Book Shop
East Gippsland Historical Society has a wide range of books in stock covering people, places, gold mining, farming and events in East Gippsland dating back to early settlement. These publications are most helpful for research or learning more about family history and understanding the development of the area.
Call in and inspect the range of publications available and speak to one of our members on duty for friendly and helpful advice about selection. If you live out of the area, we would be pleased to provide assistance by telephone or email.
Latest publications added to the book list
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| Bairnsdale High School & Bairnsdale Secondary College - A centenary of outstanding achievement - 100 years 1912 - 2012 | $20.00 | ||
| Bairnsdale's Masonic Hertitage, The story of 141 years of Freemasonry | Bairnsdale Masonic Lodge | $10.00 | |
| Gippsland Murders & Murder Mysteries | Alby Adams | $30.00 | |
| A Century of Service, The story of the Buchan Bush Nursing Association | Robert Haldane | $20.00 | |
| Fernbank, then and now | Fernbank Community | $2.00 | |
Book List |
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A Sailor's War |
George Barratt | $5.00 | |
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A School beside the Lower Tambo - A history of Swan Reach Primary School 1875 - 2000 |
Jeanette Waight Severs | $25.00 | |
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A Hundred Years above Lake King - St John's Metung 1991 |
$5.00 | ||
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A Home on Hotham Hill - A portrait of a 19th Century Entrepreneur |
Guy Murphy | $25.00 | |
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Bairnsdale - An Australian Country Town |
Malcolm Mathieson | $25.00 | |
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Bairnsdale - They way we were. A Pictorial History |
Jan Davidson | $20.00 | |
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Bairnsdale 754 Primary School - 125 Years |
$12.50 | ||
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Bairnsdale Bowls Club - A Centenary History 1901 - 2001 |
Robert Haldane | $20.00 | |
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Bairnsdale Court House - a Centenary Reflection |
James O'Connor | $9.00 | |
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Bairnsdale Fire Brigade - 125 years - Willing & Able |
$10.00 | ||
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Bairnsdale to Ensay - First car journey from Bairnsdale to Ensay 1st October 1905 |
$5.00 | ||
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Bairnsdale's Home and Hospital |
Ann Andrew | $20.00 | |
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Barns of the Snowy River - documenting the distinctive slatted barns of the Lower Snowy River, Orbost |
Orbost Historical Society | $35.00 | |
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Bay Steamers and Coastal Ferries |
Jack Loney | $11.50 | |
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Calendonia Australis - Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia |
Don Watson | $21.95 | |
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Carpenter Town - A history of the New Wor4ks and Cottages at Lakes Entrance |
Marie Fish | $20.00 | |
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Casting the Net - Early fishing families of the Gippsland Lakes |
Lakes Entrance FAmily History Group | $23.90 | |
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Celebrating St Mary's on the move - A brief History of our School |
Merine Nelson | $10.00 | |
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Challenge of the High Country |
Tora & Jane Hoth | $16.00 | |
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Childhood Reminiscences of early Walhalla |
Isabella Francis Cleugh | $16.00 | |
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Colourful Tales of Old Gippsland |
John Wells | $19.95 | |
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Come Rain, Hail or Shine. History of Meals on Wheels in Bairnsdale |
$5.00 | ||
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Daniel Gunson - Gippsland Pioneer Congregational Minister 1847 - 1895 |
Neil Gunson | $2.50 | |
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Donnelly's Creek - From Rush to Ruin of a Gipplsand Mountain Goldfield |
Luke Steenhuis | $19.95 | |
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Eagle Point Primary School Centenary 1894 - 1994. From Silt Jetties to School Road |
$12.50 | ||
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Ealy Motoring in East Gippsland 1905 -1930 |
John Derbyshire | $17.95 | |
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East Gippsland past & Present - Early History of East Gippsland |
Franco Amendola | $10.00 | |
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East Gippsland - A Bibliography |
Marion Le Cheminant | $3.00 | |
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Eastern Gippsland - A Pictorial History |
Rosemary Douglas & Margaret Perry | $9.95 | |
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Echoes from the Mountains and History of Omeo Shire Council |
A M Pearson | $25.00 | |
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Education at Hillside - A History of the Schools |
Neil Cox | $25.00 | |
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Exploring the Gippsland Lakes in 1882 |
Paynesville Maritime Museum | $15.00 | |
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Far East Gippsland Pioneer Register - Pre 1920 |
Lakes Entrance Family History Group | $20.00 | |
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Forerunners - The Saga of a Family of Teachers |
Constance Tisdall | $8.00 | |
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Gippsland - People, A place and their Past |
John Wells | $35.00 | |
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Gippsland Heritage Journal - Index 1-10 |
$6.00 | ||
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Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 15, 16 & 19 |
$7.50 each | ||
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Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 20, 21, 22 & 23 |
$8.00 each | ||
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Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 24, 25 & 26 |
$9.00 each | ||
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Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 27, 28, 29 & 30 |
$12.00 each | ||
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Goon Nure - A Rural Community on the Gippsland Lakes |
Joy Scott | $5.00 | |
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Grandstand Riders - 75 Years of the Bairnsdale Hibernian Racing Club |
Bill McNamara | $20.00 | |
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Great Faithfulness - A Centenary Publication of the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland 1902 -2002 |
Anglican Trust Corp | $15.00 | |
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Happy Go Lucky - A Gippsland Gold Town 1863 -1917 |
Dorothy & Marjorie Morgan | $12.00 | |
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Heatbeats, Hoofs and Horizons - Living History in the Omoe District |
David Williams | $18.00 | |
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Horrific Hammer Murders at Bullumwaal near Bairnsdale. The most callous crimes in Victorian History |
John Clements | $10.00 | |
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Hotels Around Us - Bairnsdale & District. A Photographic presentation of the early hotels in East Gippsland |
Glenn Morgan & John Rigg | $12.00 | |
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Is Emu on the Menu? Historic Homesteads and Recipes of Gippsland |
Patricia Crooke | $10.00 | |
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Jaberanda & Co. Living in the Twentieth Century 1950 - 2000 |
Prue McGoddrick | $25.00 | |
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John Flynn postcards from Buchan 1905 - 1906 |
Rhonda Coates | $25.00 | |
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Knuckles & Knowledge |
Elaine Bailey & Margaret Fox | $10.00 | |
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Light & Life, A History of the Anglican Church in Gippsland 1977 |
I T Maddern | $2.00 | |
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Lindenow Primary School No. 1120 - 125 Years 1871 - 1996 |
Judy Richardson & Margaret Treasure | $12.00 | |
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Lindenow South Football Club - The First Hundred Years |
Judy Richardson | $30.00 | |
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Lucknow Football Club 1951 - 2001. 50 Year Reunion |
$8.00 | ||
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Lucknow Primary School No. 1231 - 125 Years of Memories 1873 - 1998 |
$12.50 | ||
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Maid of the Mountains |
Bob Bates | $27.00 | |
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Maritime Trade on the Gippsland Lakes. Noted Vessels & Masters c1854 - c1937 |
John Derbyshire | $9.95 | |
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Meerlieu Primary School - 125 Years of Memories |
$20.00 | ||
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Mrs Montgomery's Life in Gippsland - Her Memoirs |
Stratford Historical Society | $12.00 | |
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Monumental Memories - Bairnsdale Cemetery |
Tim Gibson | $7.50 | |
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More Colourful Tales of Old Gippsland |
John Wells | $19.95 | |
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My Paddock - Growing up in Sunshine |
Prue McGoldrick | $13.50 | |
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Names of the Great Alpine Road between Bairnsdale and Omeo |
P D Gardner | $10.95 | |
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Noweyung - 50 Years of Achievement |
Tim Gibson | $24.95 | |
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Nyerimilang - A Gem of the Gippsland Lakes |
Marion Le Cheminant | $9.95 | |
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Old Walhalla - Portrait of a Gippsland Gold Town |
Raymond Paull | $18.00 | |
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Our Best Yet - The History of the "Glen" Schools |
Glen Reunion Committee | $12.00 | |
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Portraits - Remarkable People of South Eastern Australia |
Tim Lee | $32.95 | |
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Path Among the Years - History of the Shire of Bairnsdale |
John Adams | $25.00 | |
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Providence Ponds - A Novel of Early Australia |
Stanley D Porteous | $25.00 | |
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R.A.A.F Bairnsdale - 50th Anniversary 1992 |
Jim Pendergast | $20.00 | |
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Recipes for Success - A touch of Inspiration from Familiar Faces |
$1.00 | ||
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Recollections of Early Gippsland Goldfields - The Reminiscences of Richard Mackay |
$19.95 | ||
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Sarsfield - A Rural Community |
$10.00 | ||
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Scatter the Light - Centenary of Technical Education in Bairnsdale 1890 -1990 |
Lorna Prendergast | $10.00 | |
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Secrets of Ghost Towns of the High Country |
Luke Steinhuis | $14.95 | |
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Ships that Sailed the Gippsland Lakes |
Elizabeth de Quincey | $1.00 | |
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Shire of Bairnsdale - A Quality of Life Community 1868 - 1994 |
$1.00 | ||
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Snowy River Story - The Grassroots Campaign to save a National Icon |
Claire Miller | $15.00 | |
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SS 2535 Meerlieu 1883 - 1993. History of a rural School and its District |
Marjorie M Simpson | $1.00 | |
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St Patrick's Church Paynesville |
Prue McGoldrick | $5.00 | |
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St Martin's Anglican Church Lindeonw. 90th Anniversary 1898 - 1988 |
$5.00 | ||
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Steps in Time - A gippsland Chronology to 1899 |
D Squires & L Barraclough | $6.00 | |
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Stories from the High Country |
Max Dyer | $29.95 | |
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Swing Bridge - Story of the Swing Bridge Sale |
Peter Synan | $10.00 | |
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Tambo upper Primary School No. 2216. 1879 - 2005 |
Robyn Hewitt | $22.00 | |
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Taming a Town - Law & Order at Omeo |
Vic Webber | $6.00 | |
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The Anglican Parish of Bairnsdale 120th Anniversary 1987 |
C W Tolley | $5.00 | |
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The Alps in Flower |
I R McCann | $15.95 | |
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The Ash Ranges |
Laurie Duggan | $12.95 | |
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The Chinese Ingredient - A histroy of the Chinese at Omeo 1859 |
Alby Adams | $16.95 | |
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The Church of England in the High Country |
Gordon E Cooper | $10.00 | |
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The Days of Mick Moon along the Snowy River |
Mick & Vera Moon | $15.00 | |
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The Dog's Grave - An account of Droving Days in Early Gippsland |
Flora Johns | $4.50 | |
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The Gap - A Speical Edition contributing to Victoria's 150th Celebrations from the Education Dept and school communities of the region |
$4.95 | ||
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The Gap - A Scool Magazine circulating in Elementary Schools of the Omeo Shire November 1920 |
$6.00 | ||
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The Gap - A Scool Magazine circulating in Eastern Gippsland 1921 Bairnsdale Inspectorate |
$9.00 | ||
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The Gap - A Scool Magazine circulating in Eastern Gippsland 1922 Bairnsdale Inspectorate |
$9.00 | ||
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The Gap - An Educational and historical Magazine produced in the Bairnsdale Inspectorate 1969 |
$6.00 | ||
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The Glory Box - A Chest full of Hopes and Dreams |
East Gippsland Historical Society | $3.00 | |
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The Growing Hops in the Mitchell and Tambo Valleys |
$3.00 | ||
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The History and Guide to the upper Goulburn - Victoria |
$14.00 |