Family history
BELL, Alan
This book tells the story of the author’s Scottish ancestors who, in 1839, arrived at Port Phillip on the David Clark as part of the first shipload of free settlers to migrate directly from Britain to the new settlement.
MIAN, Azmiri
Bridging the Gap explores our cultural differences and their profound impact on generational relationships. While older generations cling to traditional customs, younger Muslims navigate the complexities of Western influence, resulting in a divergence of values and beliefs.
RYAN, Michael
Minutes to Memories is the author’s gift to his family, providing anecdotes to help future generations understand the personalities that preceded them.
CARVOSSO, John
Samuel Carvosso arrived in Adelaide with his young family in February 1849, an ‘Old Colonist’. He lived life to the full, was memorable, likeable, complex, honest, generous, yet flawed (as we all are). He lived a Wesleyan life integrating a personal faith in his Lord with the church, his work and the broader community.
RAVESTEYN, Jan (John)
Introducing a heartfelt memoir that intertwines the lives of Jan Willem and his son Jan (John) Ravesteyn. In this captivating account, Jan delves into the memories of his beloved father, showcasing their unbreakable bond despite their occasional disagreements.
HUTCHISON, Anne
No Ordinary Life tells the story of a young couple’s experience of World War II and its influence on their lives.
BAAK, Mae
From beneath the ashes of war, loss and prejudice, Mae Baak clambered out cradling an ember that set everything she touched aflame. It’s the kind of fire that thaws your heart, a fire that refines you.
SAUNDERS, Stavroula
Lula Saunders has written a heart-warming memoir, which brings to life a migrant experience of living in two cultures in Australian society. Follow her journey from a Greek café in a country town to urban Sydney.
MCLEOD, Heidi
A dramatic, true story from 100 years ago that resonates today, showcasing Hope and Heart in times of Hardship, for readers of every age, time and place. When young farmer, Wilf Fritsch and his mates leave Australia in 1914, to study in Germany, they have no idea of the catastrophe ahead.
TSOUVALAS, Sophia
Family history. An account of Greek immigration.
FARAIMO-DAKUNA, Jennifer
The Tuluma is a based on a true story. I grew up in a home with lots of Tokelau artifacts, in Porirua, New Zealand. I did not understand the significance of these artifacts until I became an adult. Voices from the Village, a Pasifika anthology is a collection of poems and short stories from 39 Pasifika storytellers and writers.
NOOROA, Iotia
The effect of the Good News concerning Jesus Christ has transformed the lives of our people from a life of hopelessness to that of hope and blessings.
WESTFIELD, Drew
Set on the beaches that stretch along the far north-eastern reaches of Tasmania, ‘Until The End’ is a story of the bond between two brothers that has been forged on family separation.
SELOCHAN, Viberto
The Portuguese Lady’s Earrings covers the rich tapestry of the de Oliveira Evora family. Their rise to power and wealth began with their role in the Portuguese Empire, the Church predominantly through Jesuits, and with military regimes.
MILLER, Kenneth
John Ware, with his wife, Maria, had four children in England. He decided that he would give himself and his young family a better life. In 1841, John and his family emigrated to Australia. This book, not only describes the life of the Ware family, but how the contributed to the development of Victoria and how Victorian history developed around them. In fact, the Wares arrived in Australia so early, that it was before Victoria was even known by that name.
DINNING, Suzanne
This is the story of the people who established Mount Stuart Station in 1880 on barren land near Tibooburra in northwestern NSW. Working tirelessly through times of drought and isolation, the Thomson family established a successful sheep station that remained in the same family for 126 years.
ANSTEY, Peter, & APPS, Joan
The two titles by Peter Anstey and Joan Apps, “Charles Anstey & Eliza Cererher Port Elliot Pioneers” and “Kalgoorie to Glenelg: Charles Anstey & Fanny Smith: A Family History”, are a family history surround the lives of Charles Anstey and Eliza Cererher, and later their children. The works include a range of historical records.
BAKER, Joanne
Growing up in the Northwest of Western Australia in the 1900s was a tough life. It was a place where one was wise to pay respect to the harsh, uncompromising climate in this rough area of the coastal towns of Port Hedland and Carnarvon.
JONES, Bethney
Filth, and sickness proliferate in Stepney, England, in the 1830’s, where Robert Stone and his family lived.
STUART, Patricia
My story is about my heart being torn between two worlds, even at a young age, I remember the struggle was there within me, those strange feelings inside of me, not knowing what the feelings were? Who am I?