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Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 1 month ago

Time Travellers in Essendon, Flemington and the Keilor Plains

 

 

Local and Family History Resources for Essendon,  Flemington and Keilor:

 

select bibliography

 

27/3/2024

 

Lenore Frost 

© 2024

 

 

Recent additions in red.

 

See also the Regional Book Index

 

CONTENTS

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL INDUSTRY

ART

AVIATION INDUSTRY

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

BIOGRAPHIES

CHRONOLOGIES

CHURCHES

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS

FAMILY BUSINESSES

FAMILY HISTORY

FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE 

GENERAL HISTORY

HERITAGE STUDIES

HOUSE HISTORY

NEWSPAPERS

PERSONAL NARRATIVES

SCHOOLS

SOCIAL CLUBS

SPORTING CLUBS

TRANSPORT

WAR TIME

 

Abbreviations:  [SM] Sam Merrifield Library; [SLV] State Library of Victoria; [EHS] Essendon Historical Society; [RHSV] Royal Historical Society of Victoria.  

 

AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL INDUSTRY

 

100 years of shows: the story of the Melbourne Show, 1872-1972, [Morgan,  Robert]. Ascot Vale:  Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, 1972.

 

Growing stories : tales from Keilor market gardeners.  Sunshine, Vic. : Brimbank City Council, [2013?]

 

Memoirs of a stockman,  Peck, Harry H.  Melbourne:  Stock and Land Publishing Company Pty Ltd, 1974.

 

On the fall of the hammer: a personal history of Newmarket saleyards,  Vincent, Keith and  Lee White. Melbourne: State Library of Victoria, 1992.

 

Pastoral properties : grazing on the Keilor-Werribee Plains, Gary Vines.  Highpoint City Vic. : Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc., 1993.

 

Speed the plough: a history of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria  and its role in developing agriculture in Victoria,  Noble, Frederick Harwood and Robert Morgan.  [Ascot Vale]: Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, [1981].

 

Speed the plough, volume two 1980-1998: a history of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Morgan, Robert. Royal [Ascot Vale]: Agricultural Society of Victoria, 1998.

 

ART

 

Art of Lockdown, The: Australian Ukrainians making art in 2020. Graphic Design and Layout by Stephan Moravski:  Essendon, 2021.  Australian Federation of Ukrainian Associations. 

 

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: an exhibition of paintings of houses in Moonee Valley, by Karen Price.  [Moonee Valley, 2018]. [MVLS]

 

Visual arts together : currency : social inclusion through arts. Publisher: La PasseggARTa. Melbourne: 2019 [Flemington] 

 

AVIATION INDUSTRY

 

Associated Airlines : the first fifty years / by Agnes Hannan. Essendon, Vic. : Associated Airlines, 1987.

 

Contested skies: Trans-Australia Airlines, Australia Airlines, 1946-1992, Gunn, John.  St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1999.

 

Douglas DC.3 at Essendon Aerodrome, Victoria, September 1956 to July 1970,  Hopton, John. Toorak: Aeronautical Antiquaria Research Group, 1997. 

 

Flying the Royal Mail: the history of Australia's Airlines,  Brimson, Samuel. Sydney: Dreamweaver Books, 1984.

 

Forgotten Giant of Australian Aviation, The: Australian National Airways, Yule, Peter, South Melbourne Vic: Hyland House. 2001

 

Hawdon : an immortal DC.3, Nancy Blitz.  Essendon, Vic. : N.Blitz, c1993.

 

History of aircraft associated with the Ansett Group of airlines, Niven, Fred. [Carlton]: [Ansett Group of Airlines], 1999.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

 

Bibliography of material and resources available at City of Keilor Library on local history issues, in addition to a list of sources of Keilor history, material collected by Peter Nagels. City of Keilor, 1987. [SM, EHS]

 

BIOGRAPHIES

 

... and one from England : the story of an early Wesleyan minister,  Ruth M. Bradbury. Ruth M. Bradbury, 2000.

 

'Big' Clarke, Clarke, Michael.  Carlton, Vic: Queensberry Hill Press, 1980.

 

Brian Fitzpatrick: a radical life,  Watson, Don.  Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1979.

 

Cole of the Book Arcade: a biography of E W Cole, Turnley, Cole. Hawthorn, Vic: Cole Publications, 1974.

 

Donald Macrae Stewart: records of his life and work Mackenzie, John (ed), William Thomson (ed) and  Margaret Thomson, Melbourne: Board of Religious Education, 1935.

 

Fifty-one pieces of wedding cake : a biography of Caroline Chisholm / [by] Mary Hoban. Kilmore, Vic. : Lowden Publishing Co, 1973.

 

Great John Coleman, The.  Wayne Miller, Vikki Petraitis with Victor Jeremiah. Cheltenham, Vic : Nivar Press, 1997.

 

H.E. Carey (1881-1955): Presbyterian minister : a memoir, Ward, Ruth G. Enfield, S.A: the author, 1989. [SLV]

 

Helen Macpherson Smith : her life and lasting legacy, 17 April 1874 - 19 April 1951. Jane Sandilands: commissioned by the Trustees of the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, 2011.

 

Hugh Ramsay: his life and work, Fullarton, Patricia. Hawthorn:  Hudson, 1988.

 

Mannix Era, The : Melbourne Catholic leadership 1920 -1970. Morgan, Patrick, 1941-, The author: 2018

 

Personal account of a short period spent as part of the Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital Community, A.  Faye Brassington, 2017.   https://mvcc.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/3621/0  [SM]

 

Pompey Elliott, McMullin, Ross.  Carlton North: Scribe, 2002.

 

Stories from the Suburbs. Moonee Valley: an anthology by memoirists, life writers, poets and local and family historians of Moonee Valley.  Koziaris, Olympia; Watson, Katrina; Anh-ha Long Tac Bui; Le Mesurier, Melissa; Ross, Lane; Benson, Rita; Brown, Jennifer; Park, Eve; Pham, Binh; McLoughlin, Patricia; Stuart, Lynda; Monaghan-McCarthy, Robyn; Kurczycka, Bernadette; Lagzdin, Ed; Frawley, Nola; Gibbs, Liz; Leos, C.; Caffrey, Lyndel, editor; Williamson, Diane, editor;  Mooney, Irene.  [Moonee Ponds, Vic.] : Doubleland, 2019.

 

Tommy Bent: Bent by name, bent by nature, Margaret Glass. Carlton, Vic: Melbourne University Press, 1993

 

Under The Rainbow: The Life And Times Of EW Cole, Richard Broinowski. Carlton, VIC: Miegunyah Press, 2020

 

Utopian man, Lisa Lang. Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2010. [E W Cole]

 

 

CHRONOLOGIES

 

Annals of Essendon to 1924, [Sam Merrifield]. Essendon Historical Society, 1980.

 

Annals of Essendon, The, by R.W. Chalmers. Vol 1 (1850s to 1924); Vol 2 (1925 to 1962); Vol 3 (1963 to 1985); Vol 4 (1986-2000).   Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds,  1998-2000.

 

 

CHURCH HISTORIES

 

1890-1990: the centenary of Moonee Ponds Citadel Corps,  Keast, J Milton. Moonee Ponds: Salvation Army Moonee Ponds Citadel Corps, 1990.

 

50 years on: the history of the parish of St Andrew Aberfeldie, 1926-1973, Clayden, John, Rev.  Aberfeldie: St Andrew's Anglican Church, 1983.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Anglicans in Ascot Vale, 1889-1989, Gould, Jim.  Ascot Vale:  St Paul's with All Saints, Ascot Vale, 1989.

 

Ascot Vale 50th anniversary, 1891-1941 : [Church of Christ] : souvenir programme. Austral Printing &​ Publishing, [1941].

 

Ascot Vale 60th anniversary, 1891-1951 : [Church of Christ] : souvenir programme.  [Victoria : s.n., 1951?].

 

Ascot Vale Methodist Church, 1888-1938 : golden jubilee anniversary celebrations Saturday, Oct. 1st to Sunday, Oct. 9th, 1938. Ascot Vale, Vic. : Ascot Vale Methodist Church, 1938.

 

Ascot Vale Methodist Church, 1888-1963: church history. [Ascot Vale, Vic: Harry. Hatton],  1963. [SLV].

 

Ascot Vale Presbyterian Church jubilee historical review, 1887-1937, [Ascot Vale]:  [Ascot Vale Presbyterian Church], May 1937.

 

Ascot Vale Uniting Church : centenary celebration.  Ascot Vale:  Ascot Vale Uniting Church, Vic, 1996. [SLV]

 

At the Rosary, 1902-2002: Holy Rosary Kensington, the parish experience, Monagle, Terry, (ed).  Kensington, Vic: Holy Rosary Church, 2002.

 

Cause in their neighbourhood, A:  a history of an inner suburban church - Newmarket Baptist Church - from 1886 until 1940, Garner, Mark and Sue Garner.  1978. [RHSV]

 

Centenary celebrations, 1849-1949 : March 6th to March 27th, 1949. South Essendon Methodist Church (Vic.), 1949.

 

Christ Church North Essendon, 1890-1990: the joys and tears of 100 years, Judy, Ellison.    [Essendon]: [Christ Church, North Essendon], November 1990. 

 

Chronicle of St Peter the Apostle parish : East Keilor 1970-2020. Memorial book for 50th anniversary.  [Avondale Heights, Victoria] [Publisher not identified] 2021.

 

Diamond jubilee 1888-1948 : 18th April-7th May, 1948. Essendon North Methodist Church (Vic.), 1948. (NLA)

 

Essendon Baptist Church. Essendon: Essendon Baptist Church, [1957].   See Regional-Book-Index

 

Essendon Baptist Church: Celebration of a century: 1894-1994Fisher, Neil R. Essendon: Essendon Baptist Church, 1994.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Essendon CYMS: 80th anniversary of the first meeting, 9th July 1923. St Therese's Sunday 6th July 2003. Essendon: Essendon CYMS, 2003.

 

Estate of change / Ascot Vale Public Housing Tenants Group Inc. [Ascot Vale, Vic.] : The Group, 1986?]

 

From the Heights : 60th parish anniversary : St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, "Most livable parish",  [Avondale Heights, Vic] : [St. Martin de Porres], [2023?]

 

Growing in faith : the leadlight windows of St. John Bosco's Catholic Church, 29 Muriel Street, Niddrie, Victoria, Australia 3042. East Keilor [Victoria] : Comsoda Communications [2019].

 

History of the Salvation Army Moonee Ponds Citadel Corps, 1890-1990,  Bastick,  J & G. [Moonee Ponds]: Salvation Army Moonee Ponds Citadel Corps, 1990.

 

History of the stained glass windows of Holy Rosary Catholic Church Kensington. Max  Vodola, [North Melbourne, Victoria] : [Holy Rosary Catholic Church], [2015]

 

Jubilee of the Flemington and Kensington Presbyterian Church, Norwood St., Newmarket, 1883-1933 : souvenir programme.  [Melbourne? : The Church, 1933].

 

Jubilee souvenir, 1884-1934 : Newmarket Church of Christ, Victoria : Melbourne centenary year, 1934, Warne, T. J.   Newmarket:  The Church, Melbourne  1934. [SLV, online]

 

Kensington Methodists, Beverley Wendelken. Hotham Mission: North Melbourne, 2001.

 

Knox Church, Ascot Vale West: jubilee history 1894-1944, Spencer, F. Rev. [Ascot Vale West]: [Knox Church], 1944.

 

Keilor mission and the story of St Augustine's 1854-2004 / Christine Laskowski. Airport West, Vic : St Christopher's Parish Airport West, 2004.

 

Majority celebrations, 4th November, 1904 : Flemington and Kensington Presbyterian Church.  [Melbourne? : The Church, 1904].

 

Moonee Ponds Methodist Church, Gladstone Street : diamond jubilee celebrations, October 1942. M H Bottoms, The Church, Moonee Ponds: 1942.

 

North Essendon Methodist, 1888-1988, centenary.  Essendon: North Essendon Methodist Church, 1998. See Regional-Book-Index

 

North Essendon Methodist Church: eightieth anniversary, 1888-1968. Essendon: North Essendon Methodist Church, 1968.

 

On the way: stories of a faithful people. A social account of St John's Congregation, Essendon, Waldon, Steve (ed).  St John's Uniting Church: Essendon, 2002.

 

On their shoulders we stand: a history of St Monica's Parish, Moonee Ponds,  Rev. John Lanigan.  St Monica's Catholic Church:  Moonee Ponds, 1984. 

 

One hundred years: a history of the Gladstone St Methodist (now Uniting) Church, Smith, Syd.  Moonee Ponds:  [Gladstone St Methodist Church], 1982.

 

Operation fulfilment : Buckley Park Methodist Church, Essendon, 1956. Buckley Park Methodist Church (Essendon, Vic.), 1956.

 

Our Lady of the Nativity 40th Jubilee, 1961-2001, Ann Marie Angebrandt, Dawn Watson. 2001.

 

Our Lady of the Nativity, West Essendon, 1961-1971: 10th anniversary magazine, Butler, Mary (ed).   1971.

 

People were their story: the Glenbervie Baptist Church, 1933-1983,  Rowan, Gill.  .  Essendon: The Church, 1983.

 

Short history of  St. Paul's-on-the-Hill Church of England, Ascot Vale, A, Wilson, E T (Don).  [Victoria : E.T. Wilson? 1958].  [SLV]

 

Silver anniversary, Essendon Church of Christ, 1915-1940, [Essendon, Vic.? : The Church? 1940?]

 

Sixtieth anniversary : Newmarket Church of Christ, 1883-1943.  [Newmarket : The Church, 1943]. [NLA]

 

Some pages from the history of Saint George's Church, Royal Park, 1876-, Flemington, 1925-  [Ascot Vale, Vic.]: [Anglican Inner-City Ministry] , 1975. [SLV]

 

Souvenir of the Ascot Vale Congregational Church Jubilee (1883 to 1933).  Ascot Vale: Ascot Vale Congregational Church, 1933.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Souvenir of Ascot Vale Methodist Church and Sunday School Jubilee celebrations, 1888-1938.  Ascot Vale:  Ascot Vale Methodist Church, 1938.

 

Souvenir of Kensington Methodist Church and Sunday School jubilee celebrations 1882-1932.  Kensington: Kensington Methodist Church, 1932.

 

St Andrews Church of England Aberfeldie: a silver jubilee history, 1923-1948, Carter, W J.  Aberfeldie: Vicar and Vestry of St Andrew's Church of England, Aberfeldie, 1948. See Regional-Book-Index

 

St Brendan's, Flemington 125th year anniversary mass : "standing on the shoulders of ordinary people", Sunday 7th August 2016.  St Brendan's Catholic Church [Flemington, Victoria] : [St Brendan's Catholic Church] [2016]

 

St Brendan's, Flemington : architecture & art : St Brendan's Catholic Church, 103 Wellington St Flemington, 125th anniversary, 2016, Cynthia Bartolo and Patrick Ferry. Flemington, Victoria: [St Brendan's Catholic Parish] 2016.

 

St John's Presbyterian Church, Essendon : Souvenir, 70th anniversary, 1852-1922.  [Essendon, Vic: The Church?],  1922.

 

St John's Presbyterian Church, Essendon: 100 years of Presbyterianism in Essendon, 1852-1952, centenary celebrations 22nd June to 6th July, 1952, Evan Richard and J F Richardson.  St John's Presbyterian Church, Essendon:  Essendon, 1952.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

St Thomas' Church, Essendon: 125th Anniversary of church building, 1859-1984, Frank Shattock.  [St Thomas' Church, Essendon]: [Moonee Ponds], 1984.

 

St Thomas’ Church Essendon Centenary 1849-1949, Frank Shattock.  St Thomas’ Church, Essendon, 1949.

 

St. Thomas' Church, Essendon : 130th anniversary of the opening of St. Thomas' Anglican Church building, Diocese of Melbourne and centenary of laying of foundation stone of vicarage. [St. Thomas' Church], [1990?].

 

Story of St Therese's Essendon, 1922-1982, The.  St Therese's Parish: Essendon, 1982.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

 

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS

 

A is for aunty and z is for zigni : an alphabet book of African stories : sharing a women's lives - a project of Jesuit Social Services.  Richmond, Vic. : Jesuit Social Services, 2010. [Women from Flemington] [SLV]

 

1st Moonee Ponds Group Boy Scouts: 21st birthday souvenir.  1st Moonee Ponds Group Boy Scouts: Moonee Ponds, 1936.

 

1st Moonee Ponds Group Boy Scouts: 50 years of scouting, 1916-1965. 1st Moonee Ponds Group Boy Scouts: Moonee Ponds, 1965.

 

Caroline Chisholm shelter sheds, The, Peter S Knights.  Keilor Historical Society Inc: Keilor, 1992. 

 

Celebrating community memory: a snapshot of Kensington organisations, 1975-95, Lesley Hoatson. 1996.

 

Essendon River League, 1906-1966, Marilyn Kenny.   Essendon Historical Society: Moonee Ponds, 2006.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Essendon River League and the Maribyrnong River, Judy Maddigan.  Essendon Historical Society Inc: [Moonee Ponds], 1995.

 

Flemington ... town in the shadow of a racecourse : self-directed walk. Publisher [Flemington, Vic.] : [Wild West Walks] [1996]. [SLV]

 

Grandparents shaping the future: the work of Grandparents Victoria to create a safe and happy future for all children in Australia, 2001-2014, Anne McLeish, et al.  [Flemington, Vic]: Grandparents Victoria, [2015].

 

Health to the people : Kensington to Doutta Galla (DGCHS), 1974-2014, Aron Paul. Moonee Ponds, Victoria : Doutta Galla Community Health Service/Cohealth, 2014.

 

History of the Rotary Club of Essendon: Volume 1, 1937-1959; Volume 2, 1957-58 - 1968-69, Jim Le Ray, (ed), Bill Fraser, (ed),  Jack Edgar, (ed), Joe Bradbury, (ed) Bob Paul, (ed).  Rotary Club of Essendon: [Essendon], 1959.

 

Golden age in Flemington, A : 10 years of active ageing, ed : Edith Chen.  Kensington, Vic. : Moonee Valley Golden Age Women, [2019]

 

Hospital for Essendon, Judy Maddigan.  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1995. 

 

Kensington history of community organisations 1975-1995. [Kensington, Vic. : Lesley Hoatson ... [et al.], 1996].

 

Lions roar, A: a pictorial history of the Lions Club of Essendon, 1953-2003, Douglas Ramm. Lions Club of Australia, Essendon: Essendon, 2003.

 

Lionsville Incorporated, Essendon, Melbourne: a short history of the project, 1962-1999, [Stan Morrison].  Lionsville Inc, Essendon: Essendon, 1999.

 

Mamma's kitchen.   Moonee Valley City Council: Moonee Ponds, 2022. [SLV]

 

Miracle by the creek, The: the story of the establishment and development of Lionsville Aged Care Facility, Essendon. A project of The Lions Club of Essendon 1962-2002, Neil Baudinette.  2003.

 

No sight - great vision: a centenary history of the Association for the Blind Ltd, John Weir Wilson. Association for the Blind Ltd: Brighton Beach, 1996.

 

Now that we are in paradise, everything is missing : a study of the health experiences and needs of older Italo-Australians in Ascot Vale / V. MacKinnon with A. Nelli.  [Melbourne, Vic.] : Department of Nursing, Victoria University, 1996. [SLV]

 

Pick of the bunch : Rotary Club of Essendon's eighty-three years of service.  By Alan Murphy.  Rotary Club of Essendon, 2018.

 

Remembering the past, embracing the future; a history of the Keilor East RSL Sub-Branch, Mark Saunders.  Keilor East RSL Sub-Branch:  Essendon, 1996.

 

Ukraine Downunder / edited by Darka Senko, Tetiana Koldunenko and Marko Pavlyshyn. Essendon, VIC : Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations [2020]. [SLV]

 

 

FAMILY BUSINESSES

 

Arthur John Lewellin, Estate Agent, 137 Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds, 1928-1931, Kathleen M Lewellin.  2001.

 

Behind the board: Sam Pennisi's 50 golden years in real estate, Grant Aldous.  2006.

 

Bulla : 100 years of real dairy goodness, Laura Donati.  Regal Cream Pty Ltd, Derrimut, 2010. 

 

Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses: a recipe for success. Four generations of baking excellence, Ari Unglik.  Wilder Ghostwriters: Toorak, 1997.

 

Harold's way: where super is standard: It's a corker!: an ordered Australian life, Harold Reginald Davies.  BEA*MAR Productions: [Tullamarine], 2004. 

 

KIWI : the Australian brand that brought a shine to the world,  Keith Dunstan, 2017 [Ramsay family]

 

Rabbit King, The, Catherine Watson.   Boniyong Pastoral Co:  Niddrie, 1996.

 

Remarkable : the Good Guys story, Margaret Geddes, Bill Hitchings, John Ross Bill Anderson, 2017

 

Keilor Hotel : history of Keilor Hotel, by Susan Jennison. Keilor, Vic. : Jenpress, 2006.

 

R J Gilbertson Pty Ltd: premier butchers, 1928-1978, with a recollection of the years 1901 to 1928 by Robin Victor Ord, David Steer (ed).  Motivational Communications: 1978.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Short history of Francis Gerald McEncroe and the Chiko Roll, A, Peter McEncroe. The author: 2003.

 

What's in a name? the evolution of an antiquarian bookshop, Kay Craddock. Bread Street Press: Melbourne, 2005.

 

Where have all the flour mills gone? A history of W S Kimpton and Sons - flour millers, 1875 to 1980, W Lewis Jones.  Flourmillers' Council of Victoria: Melbourne, 1984.  

 

 

FAMILY HISTORY

 

Australian connections: the Hayden and Kimpton families Melbourne and Tulloch, Masters and Bennett families England, June Bennett. The author, Oct 2006.

 

Bradford story, The: celebrating the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Joseph and Lydia Bradford in Australia on the 20th October, 1854, Sylvia Tupper.  2005.

 

Danihers, The [electronic resource] : the story of football's favourite family. Terry Daniher ... [et al.] ; as told to Adam McNicol. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010.

 

Dasa to Avondale Heights: my story, Francesco Portaro. The author: [after 1995].

 

David Mansfield story, The: a genealogical history of his descendants in Australia, Neil Hamilton Mansfield.  1999. [SM]

 

Days with Gran,  Anne-Maree Althous  and  Catherine Farthing-Knight.  University of Queensland Press: St Lucia, QLD, 1995.

 

Dear Annie, Elizabeth (Mollie) Elson. Mornington, 1994.   See Regional-Book-Index

 

From Tipperary to Port Phillip: the O'Brien and Rahaley families, Elizabeth Sleigh. The author, 2001. 

 

I played it my way! The memoir of Les Roberts OAM, Les Roberts.  The author:  Essendon, 2004.

 

Life and times of Leo Gladstone Gleeson, The : 1903 – 1977,  by Kevin Moran. The author: 2003. [SM]

 

Melon & lemon jam, by R.W. Dyason [v. 2] Dyasons in Australia, the family tree -- [v. 3] For all they were worth.  Melbourne : R.W. Dyason, 1991-1999.

 

Martin Henry Bottoms - "A wonderful life", 1871-1969, Mac Nicoll (ed). [c. 2005].

 

Miles family history, A, Stephen Miles.  The author: 2006.

 

Morgan family of 'Niddrie', The; a history of a group of related Irish-Australian families, Richard Morgan and Patrick Morgan.  Richard Spillane: Essendon, 1990.

 

One Man's Story: Of the Newmarket Baptist Church,  Ed. F Dickinson.  The author:  1998. [SM] [SLV]

 

Our Morton and Gibson families from Ireland to Australia , compiled by John Morton and Betty Richardson from memories and contributions by family members.  John Morton: 2004 [SM]

 

Roots and branches: the story of the Byams, the Wights and associated families for 500 years, from the 1500s to 2005, Pamela Byam Simmons.    The author: 2006.

 

Somerset to Saltwater River: to mark the 150 years of the Davis family in Victoria, Gladys Grigg. The author, 1989.

 

Stamp album, The : the family of George Ernest and Jessie Ethel Stamp, Ray Stamp, 2009 [SM]

 

William Llewellyn Lewellin, Mayor of Essendon, 1939-1940, Kathleen M Lewellin. The author, 2001.

 

Worn Stockwhip, The: tracking down a past, Beverley Gilbert.   Elton Publications: Mont Albert, 2005.

 

FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE

 

Aboriginal Melbourne : the lost land of the Kulin people, Presland, Gary. Ringwood: McPhee Gribble, 1994.

 

When the wattles bloom again: the life and times of William Barak, last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe , Wienecke, Shirley W.  Woorie Yallock: 1984.

 

Wurundjeri willam, The: the original inhabitants of Moonee Valley Schultz, Janet.  Moonee Ponds:  City of Moonee Valley, [1999].[2nd printing 2016]

 

 

GENERAL HISTORY

 

Beneath the long brown grass : a history of the Keilor Cemetery 1854-1925 / Christine Laskowski. Essendon, Vic. : Christine Laskowski, 2006.

 

Borough of Flemington and Kensington Council, 1882-1905, The. Louise A. Clark.   [Melbourne : L. Clark], 2006.

 

Cottage garden walk through Keilor, A,  Cath Missen. Susan Jennison (ed), Keilor, Vic. Keilor Historical Society Inc, 2001.

 

Dearly beloved [electronic resource] : burials in the Keilor Cemetery 1856 – 1900,  Christine Laskowski. Essendon, Vic. : Christine Laskowski, 2008.

 

Depression in Essendon, The, Judy  Maddigan.  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1995.

 

Discover the other side of the tracks in Flemington : a walking guide to one of Melbourne's oldest suburbs. Flemington, Vic. : Flemington Association Incorporated, 2011.

 

Early landowners, parish of Doutta Galla, Ray Gibb.  The author, 2001.

 

Essendon Police Court Report, 1888-1891, Lenore Frost (ed).  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 2005.

 

Essendon centenary guide: 1861-1961, Jim MacFadyen and Syd Smith. Essendon Gazette:  Moonee Ponds, 1961. 

 

Essendon historical journal, Moonee Ponds, Vic. : Essendon Historical Society, 2010.

 

Federation times in Essendon and Flemington: a pictorial record, Lenore Frost (ed), Robert J Mackay, Robert W Chalmers, Alex Bragiola, Lorraine Rogers.   Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 2001.

 

Flemington Valentine's Day, 2014. Flemington, Vic. : Gamble, 2014.

 

Greenvale: links with the past, Annette Ferguson.  Heritage Productions: Moonee Ponds, 2011.

 

Growing stories : tales from Keilor market gardeners. Sunshine, Vic. : Brimbank City Council, 2013.

 

Heritage trail, Flemington Racecourse. Caulfield, Vic. : Australian Racing Museum, [2000?]

 

History of Essendon 1948 / James McJunkin.  Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Ascot Vale and Aberfeldie. Community heritage collection. J. McJunkin, 1948  [SM]

 

History of the Keilor City Library Service. City of Keilor, [1991?]. [SM]

 

Kaleno, Parish of Doutta Galla : Borough of Essendon and Flemington, County of Bourke, June 1879-Sept 1879 /​ Marilyn Kenny. Essendon Historical Society, Moonee Ponds: 2010.  [EHS]

 

Keilor & district historical records [microform], transcribed & compiled by Angela M. Evans. Gisborne, Vic. : M. Button, 1995.

 

Keilor centenary celebrations 1850-1950, Keilor, Vic. : Keilor Shire Council, 1950.

 

Keilor pioneers : dead men do tell tales, [Angela Evans and the Keilor Pioneer Research Collective]. St. Albans, Vic. : St. Albans History Society, 1994.

 

Keilor: 150 years of local government,  Susan Jennison & Dorothy Minkoff. Keilor Historical Society, 2015.

 

Keilor to Footscray: Mr Solomon's Maribyrnong, Rick Keam.  Australian Scholarly Publishing & Footscray Historical Society: North Melbourne, 2020.

 

Keilor's heritage,  Susan Jennison. Keilor, Vic. : Keilor Historical Society, 1997.

 

Kensington population : likely impacts of the redevelopment of the Holland Park public housing estate 1998-2011,  by Marty Grace and Lesley Hoatson. Outer Urban Research and Policy Unit, Victoria University, 2000

 

Lynch's Bridge Project : Living History.  Series: Flemington, Newmarket, Kensington and Travancore. Community heritage collection.  East Melbourne, Vic. : Victorian Government Major Projects Unit, 1989. [SM]

 

Making the future: a history of ICI Australia Reasearch Group, Keith Gordon Neill. Ascot Vale, 1989. Research Group ICI Australia:  Ascot Vale, 1989.

 

Maribyrnong record: past images of the river, Judy Maddigan and Lenore Frost (eds).  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1995.

 

Materials research laboratory : west of the Yarra up Maribyrnong way. Ascot Vale [Vic.] : Materials Research Laboratory 1991. [SLV]

 

Melbourne Cup 1861-2000, The, Maurice Cavanough ; with Rhett Kirkwood & Brian Meldrum. Melbourne : Equus Marketing Pty Ltd & Crown Content Pty. Ltd. c 2001.

 

Milleara, Garden Suburb: a Walter Burley Griffin Estate, by Margaret Marshall.  [no publication details, 2012].

 

Moonee Ponds Courthouse, The, Judy Maddigan. Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1995.

 

Moonee Valley Thematic Environmental History, by Jill Barnard and Sonia Jennings of Living Histories, Carlton South, 2012.  

 

Murder & misfortune on the Mount Alexander Road: Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Ascot Vale and Flemington, 1840-1866, Lenore Frost.  The author: Essendon, 1995.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Notes on the country about West Essendon /​ by R.W. Armitage. Field Naturalists' Club of Vic., 1910.

 

Other river, The : a history of the Maribyrnong River - the main ecological feature of the western suburbs. Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley Inc., 1989 (video)  (SM)

 

Other river, The: a school resource kit .  Ann Cremean, Marilyn Lennox, Patricia Pettit, John Upsher ; illustrations by Karin Mottyer, design and text by Ann Cremean. Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley Inc, Ascot Vale.  [1989?]

 

People and property in Strathmore : development and change in an outer suburb of Melbourne, in the nineteen fifties and sixties,  Ken Johnson. Canberra : Urban Research Unit, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, 1979.

 

People cows and cars: the changing face of Flemington, Marcus Breen.  Melbourne City Council, Flemington Bicentennial Committee: [Melbourne], 1989.

 

Peppercorn tree / [DVD] [Melbourne, Vic.?] : Barbara Pater, c2008.

 

Place in the ponds, A, Jenny Macaffer.  Holmesglen Historical Writing: Holmesglen, 1998.

 

Place of Plenty : a biography of the older residents of Keilor, The, by Bob Williams. Keilor, Vic. : B.Williams, 1997.

 

Plastics laboratory - Ascot Vale, Victoria. [Melbourne] : Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand, [1960]

 

Police shootings in Victoria 1987-1989 : you deserve to know the truth / by the families of Mark Militano, Graeme Jensen and Jedd Houghton, and Flemington/Kensington Community Legal Centre. Melbourne : Fitzroy Legal Service, 1992.

 

Pubs, punts & pastures : the story of Irish pioneer women on the Salt Water River,  by Joan Carstairs & Maureen Lane. St. Albans, Vic. : St. Albans History Society, 1988.

 

Queen's Park, Judy Maddigan.  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1995.

 

Queen's Park: a history of Queen's Park, Parish of Doutta Gala, County of Bourke, City of Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Rita Billington.   The author, 1984.

 

Queen's Park redevelopment study, Pauline Kerley.  City of Essendon:  Moonee Ponds, 1988.

 

Riverview Tea Gardens, Robert J Mackay.  Essendon Historical Society Inc:  Moonee Ponds, 1999.

 

Saltwater River history trails, Hugh Anderson.  Red Rooster Press: Ascot Vale, 1984.

 

Solid brick homes and vegie patches: a history of Italian migration to Moonee Ponds, Giaconda Di Lorenzo. History Department, the University of Melbourne: Melbourne, 2001. 

 

Solomon's Ford:  Which Ford?  Which Solomon? Valantyne J Jones, Globe Press: Melbourne, 1983.

 

Spring Park Estate subdivision, Essendon ... Saturday, 10th April, 1915. ​ Coghill &​ Haughton.

Melbourne, 1914.

 

Steele Creek and The Lady of the Lake : the early history of Niddrie, Airport West, Keilor East, Avondale Heights, Keilor Park, West Essendon and Tullamarine, Christine Laskowski ; edited by Lenore Frost. Essendon, Vic. : Christine Laskowski, 2013.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Stopover that stayed, The: a history of Essendon, Grant Aldous.  City of Essendon: Moonee Ponds, [1979].

 

Strathmore : Our 20-Minute Neighbourhood : 20-Minute Neighbourhood Pilot Program

[Melbourne] : Environment, Land, Water and Planning [2019].  Available online at the SLV.

 

Strathmore's pioneering times : a meeting place of pioneers, their stories and properties.  Alie Missen.  Keilor, Vic. : Friends of Horseshoe Bend Farm, 2008.

 

Street names of Essendon, Ascot Vale, Moonee Ponds, Strathmore, Lenore Frost (ed).  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 2001 (2nd ed).

 

'Where big birds soar : a short history of Tullamarine and district',  by Ray Gibb unpublished ms, no date.  [SM]

 

Young women on the Ascot Vale Estate : an exploratory study.   Essendon : Essendon CYSS, 1986. [SM]

 

HERITAGE STUDIES

 

City of Essendon significant and historic tree study.  Jill Burness, City of Essendon, 1993.

 

City of Hume heritage study : former Shire of Bulla District, 1998 / David Moloney and Vicki Johnson. Victoria : Hume City Council, 1998.

 

City of Moonee Valley Gap Heritage Study. Volume 1: Thematic History and datasheets for heritage precincts. Heritage Alliance. North Melbourne, September 2005.

 

City of Moonee Valley gap heritage study, December 2004. Vol 2: datasheets for individual places, Heritage Alliance; Simon Reeves, Michele Summerton,  David Wixted, Historica Cultural Heritage Projects. Dec 2004.

 

Essendon conservation study, Graeme Butler.  1985. 

 

Essendon incinerator complex, 180 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria : conservation plan. Moonee Valley Vic. : City of Moonee Valley, circa 1995.

 

Flemington and Kensington conservation study / prepared for the Melbourne City Council, 1985, [by] Graeme Butler & Associates. [SLV]

https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/BuildingandPlanning/Planning/planningschemeamendments/Documents/AmendmentC214C215/Flemington_and_Kensington_Conservation_study_1985_Part3.pdf

 

Incinerator. DSE, 2007  [SLV]

 

Local character study: prepared by the Corporate and Strategic Planning Unit, Moonee Valley Council. Adopted October 1997, GDH Planning Pty Ltd; Jon Curtis Pty Ltd; Butler, Graeme & Associates. City of Moonee Valley: Moonee Ponds, 1997. 

 

Maribyrnong River as a Recreational Resource 1900 to 1939 (with particular reference to Essendon).  Margaret Isaacs,

 

Moonee Valley thematic environmental history : adopted 18 September 2012. City of Moonee Valley, 2012. [MVCC online].  

 

Study brief for the Tea Gardens/Canning Street Reserve site, on the Maribyrnong River in the City of Keilor. City of Keilor. 1982.  [SM]

 

 

HOUSE HISTORY

 

Ardmillan; the story of Ardmillan, Ray Gibb.  Unpublished ms. No date [SM]

 

City of Melbourne rate books [microform] : borough of Flemington and Kensington. City of Melbourne: Melbourne 1989. [SLV]

 

Guide to altering old houses, David Harvey and Celia Waters. City of Essendon: Moonee Ponds, [1982].

 

Dominey's Hall - Moonee Ponds: 801-803 Mt Alexander Road (formerly 687 Mt Alexander Road), Andrew Fedorowicz. The author: North Essendon, [1984].

 

Fine Homes of Essendon and Flemington, 1847-1880, Alex Bragiola ... [et al.] Lenore Frost (ed). Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 2010.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Flemington House, Travancore: built with wealth for status, Alex Bragiola, ed Mary Cahill, Essendon Historical Socety Inc: Moonee Ponds, 2023.

 

Former 'Clydebank' Ave Maria College, 20 Vida Street, Aberfeldie [electronic resource] : conservation management plan / David Rowe & Wendy Jacobs. Essendon, Vic. : Ave Maria College, 2007.

 

Grand mansions of Essendon and district 1880-1892, Alex Bragiola [ and seven others] ; edited by Mary Cahill. Essendon, Vic. : Essendon Historical Society, 2013.

 

"Handsworth" a Victorian Worker's Cottage,  Anne Hillier: the author. Moonee Ponds, 2021.

 

Harrick's cottage. Keilor, Vic. : Keilor Historical Society, 2006.

 

House names of Essendon and district, Volume 2, Robert W Chalmers (ed).  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 2000.

 

Houses in Essendon, Broadmeadows and Bulla.  [Moonee Valley Regional Library]: Moonee Ponds [?].

 

How to trace the history of your house: with special sources for the Essendon district, Lenore Frost (ed).  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1999.

 

'Overnewton' : the castle on the hill / text and illustrations by Christine Laskowski. Essendon, Vic. : Christine Laskowski, 2005.

 

Rosebank, Strathmore: a brief history, Sr Margaret Nabbs, RSC. [2002].

 

Sam Merrifield's house names index: Essendon and district, Sam Merrifield.   Edited by  Lenore Frost. Essendon Historical Society Inc:  Moonee Ponds, 1996.

 

"Whose little cottage is this?" : 33 Vida St Essendon : a history 1945 - 2014, Grant & Steven Barlow. Daylesford, [Victoria] : Barlow Books, 2017. [SLV]

 

 

NEWSPAPERS

 

 

PERSONAL NARRATIVES

 

Diaries of John Reid, Victorian schoolmaster, 1853-1856, John Reid; Elaine Sheehan (ed). Newcastle Family History Society Inc: Adamstown, NSW, 2002.

 

Down under/up top : creating a life,  by Wilga M. Rivers. Fairfield, Calif:1st Books Library, 2004.  [SLV]

 

Essence of Essendon (The).Volume 1: the bicentennial oral history collection, Lenore Frost (ed).  Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1994.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

History of Kensington: 25 Year Period, - 1905 - 1930.  S J [Sylvester James] Baker. [Kensington, nd]. 3 typed pages.

 

Ice-cream with chilli powder: a manager's account of a women's cricket tour of India in the 1970s, Betty Butcher.  The author:  Essendon, 1996.

 

Melbourne on my mind: a series of radio talks from the Melbourne studios of the ABC, Ken Taylor (producer), Keith Dunstan, Graham McInnes, Kris Hemensley, George Tibbits. Australian Broadcasting Commission: Melbourne 1976. [Includes items on Glenthorpe College and Dr Walter Russell McCrae.]

 

Memoirs of Tilly Aston, Australia's blind poet, author and philanthropist.  Aston, Tilly. Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1946.  

 

Memories: compiled by members of St John's Friendship Club, Mt Alexander Road, Essendon. To commemorate 1988 the Bicentennial year.  Wagstaff, Dorrie; Lawler, Jane; Varley, Jessie; Williams, Mary; Spurr, Ethel; Gardiner, Gwen; Chambers, Kath; Timmins, Mabel; Stevenson, Lorna; Dickinson, Win; Harris, Colin; Anderson, Rose; O'Gorman, Stella; Bowring, Reg; Wood, Dorothy; Birrell, May; McFarlane, Moira; McIntyre, Eileen; Birchall, Rose; Martin, Beryl; Lancaster, Cecilia; Milner, Ethel; Abikhair, Fred; Connor, Gordon; Jurss, Evelyn; Young, Bella; Park, Betsy; Harris, Irene; Moog, Blanche; Eddy, Arthur; Savage, Daisy; Shugg, Arundel; Gossip, May; Urie, Jean; Smith, Dorothy; Smith, Ivy; Purves, Shirley; Clayton, Ethel; Fox, Rose; Gorrie, Jean.   St John's Friendship Club:  Essendon, 1988.

 

My guardian angel,  Francis H. Morton Mornington, Vic. : F.H. Morton, 1987

 

Sharing impressions and memories : a collection of writings from migrant women at the Flemington Neighbourhood House 1986. Flemigton, Vic. : Migrant Women's Language Group, Flemington Neighbourhood House, 1986.

 

Stories from the suburbs : Moonee Valley : an anthology by memoirists, life writers, poets and local and family historians of Moonee Valley. Lyndel Caffrey (ed) with assistance from Diane Williamson. Doublethread: Moonee Ponds, 2019.

 

Threepence a book & other stories from Moonee Valley, Joe De Iacovo (ed). Wingate Avenue Community Centre, Wingate Avenue Over 50s Club: Ascot Vale, 2001.

 

Today, yesterday and tomorrow, William Keith Hancock.  Australian Broadcasting Commission: Sydney, 1973.

 

Very convenient everywhere.  Richard Seligman.  Vantage Press: 1991.  [SM]

 

Variety is the spice of life : an account of my life.  Morrison, Stanley Campbell, 1914-2004. edited by  Grant, Dalys, [2004]  [MVLS]

 

Wind flowers : a series of short stories reflecting on her youth.  Marie Henkel, 2008  [SM]

 

 

SCHOOL HISTORIES

 

Ascot Vale West Primary School #4025 70th anniversary book: 1923-1993, Helen Williams. [Ascot Vale Primary School]: [Ascot Vale], 1993.

 

Avondale Secondary College 1972-1991 / [edited by Drew Gilmour]. Avondale Heights, Vic. : The School, 1991.

 

Essendon High School : 1913-2013. Essendon, Vic. : Essendon Keilor College, 2013.

 

Essendon High School: 75th anniversary, 1913-1988, Margaret Vines and Barbara Opar. [Essendon High School]:  [Essendon], 1998.

 

Essendon North Primary School No 4015, 1920-1995: Keilor Road State School, Margaret Marshall. [Essendon North Primary School]: [Essendon North], 1995.

 

Essendon Technical School: 50 Years 1938-1988. Jubilee Vulcan.  Essendon Technical School: Essendon, 1988.

 

Follow the gleam: a history of Essendon Primary School, 1850-2000, Adrian Jones.  Australian Scholarly Publishing: Kew, 2000.

 

From counting frames to computers: the history of Aberfeldie Primary School No 220, 1925 to 1995, Robert W Chalmers. Aberfeldie Primary School: Essendon, 1995. 

 

Gold, the Blue, The: a history of Lowther Hall, A D Pyke.  1983.

 

Government schools in the city of Moonee Valley,  Bob Chalmers.  Essendon Historical Society: Moonee Ponds, Vic, 2012.

 

History of Ave Maria College, 1963-1988 and Clydebank, 1888-1988: silver jubilee year, Dorothy Minkhoff.  [Ave Maria College]: Essendon, 1988.

 

History of Debney Park High School: building a school, Grahame MacDonald. 1983.

 

History of Essendon Grammar School, A: compiled by the Old Essendon Grammarians Association to commemorate the centenary of the foundation of Carlton College and the bi-centenary of the foundation of Northern Presbyterian College.  Old Essendon Grammarians Association, [Essendon], 1972.

 

History of St Columba's College 1897 - 2012.​ Sister Angela Burke. St Columba's College, Essendon: 2012.

 

Hundred Years at Bank Street, A: Ascot Vale State School, 1885-1985, McCalman, Janet. Ascot Vale Primary School - School Council: Ascot Vale, 1985.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Keilor Primary School No 1578, 1875-2000, Christine Laskowski. Keilor, Vic. : Keilor Primary School No 1578, 2004.

 

Kensington School No 2374 centenary, 1881-1981, Judy Leslie.  Kensington Primary School: Kensington, 1981. 

 

Lowther Hall : Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Leslie Road, Essendon, Victoria. The School, Essendon: [1938]

 

Mercy Teachers' College: 75 years of Catholic teacher education, 1909-1984, Alex Rossimel, Chris Sheargold, Marie Kehoe, RSM and John McGregor. Institute of Catholic Education, Ascot Vale Campus: Ascot Vale, 1984. 

Moonee Ponds Central, 75 years: 1919-1994, Danuta Wieczorek,  Grant Meiksans and Christine Angus.   Moonee Ponds Central School: [Moonee Ponds], 1994.

 

Murphy's lore - and other stories : a history of St Bernard's College as told by those who were there, Paul Kennedy (ed).  PenFolk Publishing: 2010.

 

Niddrie Technical School 1959-1983: the first twenty five years, Ronald D White. Niddrie Technical School: Niddrie, 1983. 

 

Origin and history of Essendon Technical School, The, Mrs D Watson.   [Essendon Technical School]: [Essendon], 1977.

 

Partners in change.  [Lincolnville School Support CentreMoonee Ponds Central School. 

East Keilor [Vic.] : Lincolnville School Support Centre ; Moonee Ponds [Vic.] : Moonee Ponds Central School c1989.  [SLV]

 

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School: a history, Victoria M Peel. Halstead Press: Rushcutters Bay, 2001.

 

Pupil's register : State Elementary School at Keilor 1906-1933,  Indexed by Christine Laskowski.  Keilor Historical Society, 1999.

 

Seed that grew, A: the story of St Columba's, Sr Josephine Cannell, RSC.  Spectrum Publications: Richmond, 1987.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Silver jubilee, 1913-1938, Essendon High School. Essendon High School, 1938.  

 

Silver reflections 1961-1986 : the silver jubilee of Niddrie Primary School No. 4849. Niddrie Primary School, 1986. 

 

Splendoured road from Dorset; a centenary history of Penleigh Presbyterian Ladies College, Lyle Tucker.  Penleigh Presbyterian Ladies College School Council: Essendon, 1971. 

 

St Vincent's Primary School, 1937-1987, Sr St Jude M Doyle, Liz Blackburn, Anne Francis,  Liz Frazer,  Nadia Kraus. St Vincent's Primary School: [Strathmore], 1987.

 

Strathmore High 25th Anniversary, Strathmore High School, 1982.

 

Strathmore North 1961-1986 : the first 25 years, Strathmore North Primary School no. 4821, Alice Gilbert.  Strathmore, Vic. : Strathmore North Primary School, 1986.

 

Strathmore Primary School No 4612: 50th Jubilee, 1944-1994, Bernie Cole. [Strathmore Primary School]: [Strathmore], 1994.

 

To learn and to do: a history of St Bernard’s College, 1940-1990, Paul J Rule. St Bernards College: West Essendon, 1990. 

 

  

SOCIAL CLUBS

 

Always out for fun: the Lizards Club, 1909-1978, Lorraine Rogers. Essendon Historical Society Inc: Moonee Ponds, 1999.

 

Woman haters club, Essendon - Dromana: one hundred years, 1902-2002, Woman Haters Club: Essendon, 2002.

 

 

SPORTING CLUBS

 

100 years of athletics in Essendon, 1897-1997.  Essendon Amateur Athletic Club: Essendon, 1997.

 

100 years of Monday nights, 1903-2003, Paul Jacklin. Essendon Fish Protection Society and Anglers' Club Inc: Moonee Ponds, 2003.

 

An illustrated history of Essendon Football Club, [edited by James Weston, Peter Di Sisto and John Murray ; foreword by James Hird].  Docklands, Vic. : GSP Books, 2007.

 

Cede Nullis : 50 golden years of Essendon Squash Club / Alan Murphy, OAM ; Sue Rainey, Maxine Kosnar ; Amanda Powell (editor).  Moonee Ponds, VIC : Sue Rainey 2020. [SLV]

 

Centenary history of the Flemington-Kensington Bowling Club, 1892-1992.  1992.

 

Century galloped by, A: the first hundred years of the Victoria Racing Club, John Pacini. Victoria Racing Club: Melbourne, 1998.

 

Chasing leather: a history of the St John's Pres (Uniting) Cricket Club (Essendon), Robert W Chalmers. 2007.

 

Donex Ladies Cricket Club Record Book, 1945-46 to 1984-85, Lois West and Lenore Frost (ed).  Donex Ladies Cricket Club: 1986.

 

EDFL Story, The: 50th anniversary.  Essendon District Football League: Airport West, 1983.

 

Essendon District Football League 75th anniversary year 2005 history book.  2005.

 

Essendon's Public Golf Course: 35 years of effort to obtain the site.  Frank N T Williams, 1979.

 

Flemington Racecourse : a memoir, history, autobiography / David Maughan. The author, Queensland : Wombat Press 2021. [SLV]

 

Glory & fame : the rise and rise of the Essendon Football Club,  [editor John Murray]. Docklands, Vic. : Slattery Media Group, 2009.

 

History of Essendon and Broadmeadows churches cricket association, A, R W Chalmers. [SLV].

 

History of football in Melbourne's north west : Essendon Football League, Western Region Football League, compiled by John Stoward. Drysdale, Vic. : Aussie Footy Books, 2008.

 

History of Essendon croquet club, A /​ Dorothy Dickson. Essendon croquet club, 2013.

 

Moonee Valley Racecourse, The, Frank Reilly. Moonee Ponds, 1988.

 

Northern Golf Club: the first 75 years, 1912-1987, Jim Denison (ed).  Northern Golf Club: Glenroy, 1987.

 

Oaklands Hunt, 1888-1988: a chronicle of events, D F Cameron-Kennedy and M R G Muschamp, (ed). The author: Melbourne, 1989.

 

Origin and achievements of the Strathmore Bowls Club, 1954-1988, Holt, Stuart (ed).  Strathmore, 1988.

 

Other Essendon,  The: a history of the Essendon Town Football Club, Marc Fiddian. Raccoon Tail Books: [c2009].

 

St Bernard's OCFC : forever strong : celebrating 50 years, collated and edited by Matthew R Mulkearns, edited by Sophie Arnold. St Bernards OCFC, Essendon: 2013. [SM]

 

They're racing! The complete story of Australian racing, Garrie Hutchinson (ed) and Les Carlyon. Viking: Ringwood, 1999.

 

Those magnificent men, 1897-1987,  compiled by Michael Maplestone. Essendon Vic. : Essendon Football Club, 1988.

 

Victoria Derby, The / Marc Fiddian. The Author: Pakenham [Vic], 1991. [SLV]

 

Victorian turf cavalcade, 1836-1936, Derby Clonard. 1936. 

 

 

TRANSPORT

 

Coming of the trams, The : Essendon, Flemington & Maribyrnong, illustrated, October 11th, 1906 , James McJunkin (ed).  West Bourke Times: Newmarket, Vic, 1906.

 

Centenary of the opening of the Government Railway between Melbourne and Essendon, 1871-1971 /​ by Kieth W. Turton. Australian Railway Historical Society, 1971.

 

Electric tramways of Essendon. David John Richardson, Traction Publications, Melbourne: 1956

 

Essendon Tramways, The, J Richardson.  Traction Publications: Canberra, 1963.

 

Ferries on the Yarra, Colin Jones. Greenhouse Collingwood, Vic., 1981. (Includes chapter on the Maribyrnong). [SM], [RHSV]

 

Short History of the North Melbourne Tramways and Lighting Company Limited, K.S. Kings, EDITED BY Dean Filgate.  Nunawading : Tramway Publications, 2016.

 

 

WAR TIME

 

Bandsman Vosti's diaries : war and peace in Essendon, 1917-1920, Lenore Frost. The Author: Essendon, 2012.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Essendon and the Boer War, with letters from the veldt, 1899-1902, Lenore Frost.  The author: Essendon, 2002.  See Regional-Book-Index

 

Essendon Rifles, Judy Maddigan.  Moonee Ponds, 2009.  2nd edition 2017.

 

From the Suburbs to the Trenches: the story of two Australian soldiers of the Great War, Ralph Seccombe.  Fernbank Publishing, Toronto, NSW: 2015.

 

History of Maribyrnong-Bagotville Hill Returned Soldiers Reception and Memorial Committee.  Frank N T Williams, 1980.

 

Keilor's Anzac memory,  Susan Jennison and Dorothy Minkoff. Keilor, Victoria : Keilor Historical Society Inc., 2015.

 

Laurie Larmer : our local lad.  by Judy Maddigan. [Keilor East, Victoria] : [Keilor East RSL]: [2017] [SM, SLV] [Booklet]  also a 40 minute video:  Laurie Larmer: our local lad.

 

Men of the West: volunteers from the Essendon and Flemington Districts in the Great War, 1914-1918.  By Rod Martin.  The author, 2013.

 

Men of the West: volunteers from the Essendon and Flemington districts in the Great War, 1914-1918. Volume 2.  By Rod Martin.  The author, 2019.

 

Militia battalion at war : the history of the 58/59th Australian Infantry Battalion in the second World War / R.L. Mathews.  58/59th Battalion Association, 1961.

 

Our dear old Battalion: the story of the 7th Battalion AIF, 1914-1919, Ron Austin.  Slouch Hat Publications: Rosebud, 2004.

 

Southern Cross Scots: the Australian and New Zealand participation in the Marquis of Tullibardine's Scottish Horse during the South African War of 1899-1902, John E Price.  The author:  Cheltenham, 1992.

 

Stories from Vietnam : reflections from Australian and Vietnamese servicemen / Year 10 ME and 10 SC Footscray City College.  Contributor(s) : Footscray City Secondary College; Vietnamese Veterans Association of Victoria Inc. (Footscray); Returned Services League of Australia. Keilor East Sub-branch.  [Footscray, Vic. : Footscray City College? 2005] [SLV]

 

Trooping to the Middle East, 1916: the trooping journals of Colonel John Evans: Themistocles, Argyllshire, Aeneas & Port Sydney, Marilyn Kenny.   Essendon Historical Society Inc:  Moonee Ponds, 2005.

 


 

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