by PMI Librarian | Sep 5, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
Originally Published 30 May 2019 A haunting book without being bleak, a feat in and of itself. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart draws deeply on the Australian landscape and is intensely evocative in its depiction of the natural environment. It also has one of the best...
by PMI Librarian | Sep 5, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
Originally Published 24 May 2019 Why doesnât Hawthorn Rd go to Hawthorn? And why is there a Junction Hotel at Oakleigh? The first remains a puzzle but the second makes sense. By 1895 Oakleigh was the junction of three railways: the Outer Circle, the Gippsland and the...
by PMI Librarian | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Research
Originally posted on 4th April, 2019 Review by Jennifer McCoy This book is an annotated and transcribed copy of significant sections of Niel Blackâs journal, that covers his journey here and the first 5 months of his life in Australia, between October 1839 to May...
by PMI Librarian | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Research
Originally posted on 29th March, 2019 The Outer Circle: a history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Railway by David Beardsell and Bruce H. Herbert Review by Michael Canavan In the day, the Dasher dashed, carriages had swing doors and trains travelled to Deepdene. The...
by PMI Librarian | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Research
Originally posted on 22nd March, 2019 This is a book review with a difference. PMI member Geoffrey Paterson takes you through the books he used to research his Eastern Hill places of worship tour for the Uniting Church Historical Society. You can view the text of his...
by PMI Librarian | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
Originally posted on 28th February, 2019 Rebecca Jonesâ earlier writings include an academic article titled, âBlended Voices: Crafting a Narrative from Oral History Interviewsâ.  In âSlow Catastrophesâ she has crafted a narrative, not from oral histories, but from...
