For God’s sake send the trackers

by | Dec 9, 2015 | Publications

For God’s sake send the trackers FOR GOD’S SAKE SEND THE TRACKERS… A HISTORY OF QUEENSLAND TRACKERS AND VICTORIA POLICE By Gary Presland Following the use of Queensland Aboriginal troopers during the 1879-80 hunt for the Kelly Gang, Victoria Police...

First Residents of Melbourne’s Western Region

by | Dec 9, 2015 | Publications

First Residents of Melbourne’s Western Region FIRST RESIDENTS OF MELBOURNE’S WESTERN REGION (Revised Edition) By Gary Presland For thousands of years before Europeans settled on the land now covered by the western region of Melbourne, it was the estate of...

Helen Hart

by | Jan 9, 2014 | Publications

Helen Hart HELEN HART ‘FOUNDER OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN AUSTRALASIA’ This biography of 19th century suffragist and lecturer Helen Hart (1839-1908) is the result of over fifteen years research in many archives and libraries throughout Australia, New Zealand and England. ...

Cops and Robbers

by | Feb 9, 2010 | Publications

COPS AND ROBBERS.  A GUIDE TO RESEARCHING 19TH CENTURY POLICE AND CRIMINAL RECORDS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA By Helen Doxford Harris and Gary Presland This publication looks in detail at a wide range of 19th century government records created in relation to people either...