Bookshop

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.  

Booklist

100 Years of Saints and Sinners - The Centenary History of the Anglican Parish of Bruthen in East Gippsland
Kenneth W Campbell - $12

Alfred Howitt - A Prominent Gippslander
East Gippsland Historical Society - $15.00

A Hundred Years above Lake King,
St John's Metung 1991 $5.00

A School Beside the Lower Tambo
Joy Severs - $20.00

A Time of Hope Tom
Valenta - $5.00

At Home on Hotham Hill - A portrait of a 19th Century Entrepreneur
Guy Murphy - $25.00

Bairnsdale - An Australian Country Town
Malcolm Mathieson - $25.00

Bairnsdale - The Way We Were. A Pictorial History
Jan Davidson - $20

Bairnsdale 754 Primary School - 125 Years
$20.00

Bairnsdale Primary School No. 754 Sesquicentenary. Celebrating 150 years of education
$20.00

Bairnsdale High School & Bairnsdale Secondary College - A centenary of outstanding achievement - 100 years 1912 - 2012
$20.00

Bairnsdale Looking Back
East Gippsland Historical Society - $9.95

Casting the Net - Early fishing families of the Gippsland Lakes
Lakes Entrance Family History Group - $23.90

Come Rain, Hail or Shine. History of Meals on Wheels in Bairnsdale
Bruce Reynold & Peter Stokes - $5

Cut Lunch Commando
$29.95

Early Motoring in East Gippsland 1905 -1930
John Derbyshire - $17.95

East Gippsland Anzacs
Heritage Network - $30.00

Echoes from the Mountains and History of Omeo Shire Council
A M Pearson - $25.00

Education at Hillside - A History of the Schools
Neil Cox - $25.00

Fernbank - Then and Now

Fernbank Community - $5.00

Gippsland Heritage Journal - Index 1 - 10
$15.00

Gippsland Heritage Journal No 19
$15.00

Gippsland Heritage Journal No's 20,21,22 & 23
$15.00 each

Gippsland Heritage Journal - Index 1-10
$15.00

Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 19
$15 .00

Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 20, 21, 22 & 23
$15.00 each

Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 24, 25 & 26
$15.00 each

Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 27, 28, 29 & 30
$15.00 each

Gravel and Bitumen
Anthony Meade $40.00

Is Emu on the Menu? Historic Homesteads and Recipes of Gippsland
Patricia Crooke $10.00

Is Emu off the Menu? Historic Homesteads and Recipes of Gippsland. 2nd Edition
Emu Committee $20.00

Jaberanda & Co. Living in the Twentieth Century 1950 - 2000
Prue McGoddrick $25.00

Knuckles & Knowledge
Elaine Bailey & Margaret Fox $15.00

Lindenow South Football Club - The First Hundred Years
Judy Richardson $30.00

Lucknow Football Club 1951 - 2001. 50 Year Reunion
$8.00

Lucknow Primary School No. 1231 - 125 Years of Memories 1873 - 1998
$12.50

Maid of the Mountains
Bob Bates $29.95

Maritime Trade on the Gippsland Lakes. Noted Vessels & Masters c1854 - c1937
John Derbyshire $9.95

Meerlieu Primary School - 125 Years of Memories
$20.00

Mrs Montgomery's Life in Gippsland - Her Memoirs
Stratford Historical Society $12.00

Names of Bass Strait
P D Gardner $15.00

Names of the Latrobe Valley and West Gippsland
P D Gardner $10.00

Names on the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Sydney
P D Gardner $10.00

Our Best Yet - The History of the "Glen" Schools
Glen Reunion Committee $30.00

Our Little Town - Growing up in Lakes Entrance
Elsie Johnstone $30.00

 R.A.A.F Bairnsdale - 70th Anniversary 2014
Jim Pendergast $45.00

Recipes for Success - A touch of Inspiration from Familiar Faces
$1.00 

Reflections - Life Stories from East Gippsland
B.R.H.S $10.00

Ships that Sailed the Gippsland Lakes
Elizabeth de Quincey $5.00

Shire of Bairnsdale - A Quality of Life Community 1868 - 1994
$1.00 SS 2535

Meerlieu 1883 - 1993. History of a Rural School and its District
Marjorie M Simpson $7.00

St John's Bairnsdale Windows
$15.00

St Patrick's Church Paynesville
Prue McGoldrick $5.00

St Mary's Catholic Church Bairnsdale - The Building of a Victorian Icon
Shirley Tanner $20.00

Steam and Motor Traders opm the Gippsland Lakes
Don Love $30.00

Story of the Sale Powder Magazine
Peter Synan $5.00

Swing Bridge - Story of the Swing Bridge Sale
Peter Synan $10.00

The Church in the Triangle - 150th History of St John's Bairnsdale
Tim Gibson $20.00

The Days of Mick Moon along the Snowy River
Mick & Vera Moon $15.00

The Dog's Grave - An account of Droving Days in Early Gippsland
Flora Johns $4.50

The Gap - A School Magazine circulating in Elementary Schools of the Omeo Shire November 1920
$10.00

The Gap - A School Magazine circulating in Eastern Gippsland 1921
Bairnsdale Inspectorate $10.00

The Gap - A School Magazine circulating in Eastern Gippsland 1922
Bairnsdale Inspectorate $10.00

The Gap - An Educational and historical Magazine produced in the
Bairnsdale Inspectorate 1969 $6.00

The Growing Hops in the Mitchell and Tambo Valleys
EGHS $5.00

The History and Guide to the upper Goulburn - Victoria
$14.00

The Memorial Church of St James, Orbost - A History
Jennifer A McLennan $3.50

The Peck Plaques. An insight into the lives of Gippsland's First Settlers through the medical practices of early Gippsland Doctors and Nurses
Flora Johns $5.00

There's the Mill Whistle - The Boyhood Memories of George Little
Stratford Historical Society $10.00

This Bold Adventure - History of Lake Tyers House
Alison Goding $27.95

Through Foreign Eyes
P D Gardner $27.50

Two Rocks & A Shed - A Tambo Crossing Commemoration
John Somerville $6.00

Voice of the Mountains: Issue Nos. 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 34, 36, and 37
Mountain Cattlemen's Association $15.00 each

Weatherbeaten Wisdom
Ian Stapleton $49.95

White Sails, Whistlers & Woodlands - Natural & Social History of Metung and surrounding areas, Nungurner & Tambo
David Williams $20.00

Postcards

Sepia style postcards of the Bairnsdale Railway Station, the Old Bairnsdale Hospital, the Old Post Office and Court House, the Rowing Club and Swimming pool, and St Andrew's College.
$0.50 each

Set of 5 Bairnsdale Views
$2.00

754 Primary School (coloured)
$5.00

View of Bairnsdale - 1889
$5.00

Posters

Gippsland and Woods Point Advertiser 1866
$5.00

View of Bairnsdale - 1889 (Large Lithograph)
$75.00

DVD's, e-Books 

Bairnsdale - A Glimpse into the Past
$30.00 

Calendars 

Old Views of Gippsland 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
$2.00 each 

*Please note: Prices shown above may vary and do not include postage