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An Exhibition of Material from the
Monash University Rare Book Collection
14 June - 12 October 2001

A selection of items from the exhibition

2. Programme of celebrations during the visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York for the opening of the first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia from the 6th to the 16th of May 1901. ([Melbourne? : s.n.], 1901)

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       5. Australian Exhibition of Women's Work (1st : 1907 : Melbourne, Vic.)
Official souvenir catalogue : first Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, 1907
. (Melbourne : [s.n.], 1907)

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9. The Anzac book / written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of Anzac. (London ; New York ; Toronto ; Melbourne : Cassell, 1916)

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       19. We dooks the - Dook : an unofficial, unauthentic, and totally unreliable account of the opening of Canberra. [Sydney : Sydney University Undergraduates' Association, 1927]

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21. Makeshifts and other home-made furniture and utensils. 3rd ed. (Melbourne : Issued for the New Settlers League of Australia (Victorian Div.) by A. Gilchrist, 1927)

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       35. Second front. [Melbourne : Australia-Soviet Friendship League, 1941]

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36. Marks, E. George (Ernest George)
Watch the Pacific! : defenceless Australia / by E. George Marks. (Sydney : Coles Book Arcade, 1924)

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       37. Thomas, W. J. (William J.)
Japan strikes : Nippon's record of aggression and brutality / by W.J. Thomas. (Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall, 1941)

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42. Yanks and Aussies in battle : official pictures of Pacific war from Pearl Harbour to Timor / text, pictorial design and production by W.J. Thomas. (Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Co., [1943])

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       44. Elliott, Madge.
My life as a W.A.A.A.F. / by Madge Elliott ; as told to Aura Jackson. [Sydney? : s.n., 1944?]

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46. The black market is the traitor's market. (Adelaide : K.M. Stevenson, Govt. Printer, [between 1942 and 1945]) 1 sheet, perforated across middle ([4] p.)

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       51. Liberal Party of Australia.
Road back : a story of Australia today. [Sydney : Liberal Party of Australia, 1949]. (From W. H. Tregear Collection.)

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55. [Original water-colour sketches of the Bain family life at 69 Windella Street, Kew between 1952 and 1958.]

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       56. "Spies: Russians in Australia. Vol. 1, 14-27 April 1954." Volume of press-cuttings from the Herald library.

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62. Defence against radioactive fallout on the farm. (Sydney : [s.n., 195-?])

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       75. [Collection of election ephemera associated with the Federal election in 1975]

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77. Ward, Phil.
Azaria! What the jury were not told / Phil Ward. [Epping, N.S.W.] : P.C.W., [1984]

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99. King's Cross whisper. (Sydney : South Pacific Press Services, 1965-)

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102. Kippax, Alan.
Anti body-line / by Alan Kippax in collaboration with Eric P. Barbour. (Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co., 1933)

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       109. Everylady's cook-book : containing over 1000 recipes tested and proved good, with many splendid lessons on every sort of cookery / edited and compiled by Lucy Drake. 5th ed. (Melbourne : Fitchett Bros., [193-?])

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117. Eve in ebony : the story of "Jedda" / by Charles Chauvel [et al.]. [Sydney : Columbia Pictures Proprietary Ltd., c1954]

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       121. Woman: incorporating the Woman’s Budget (Sydney: Sungravure)

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122. Women in the engineering industry : special report, May 31st, 1943. (Sydney : Amalgamated Engineering Union, [1943])

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       129. Trencho [game] : the new war game. Melbourne, (Vic.) : Climax print., [ca. 1915]

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137. Health Commission of New South Wales. Division of Health Education.
The great Australian drinking problem / Division of Health Education, Health Commission of New South Wales. ([Sydney] : Health Commission of N.S.W., 1977)

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143. Attention tourists : if you frequent a hotel devoid of Aboriginal people, you may be supporting oppression and racism in the N.T. [Northern Territory] : P.A.R.I.A.H., [2000?]

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