Publications
Walkerville Waratah Bay A Patchwork of History
Limestone was quarried and processed at Waratah Bay from 1876 until 1926.
During that time, a small township existed, built into the slopes of the picturesque little cove. Adjacent, clinging to the cliffs, were lime-burning kilns, where the stone was converted to the lime used in the building industry.
The township has long gone, except the community hall which now stands about one kilometre north of where it was originally built.
Ruins of the kilns and a small cemetery remain as ghostly reminders of a former era when the sea was the lifeline for a small isolated community of miners and their families.
Take this book with you and experience Walkerville in a way you may never have imagined.
Purchase online using PayPal – $30.00 plus $12.40 post and packaging.
Walkerville Coastal Geology
The Museum is proud to offer Walkerville Coastal Geology, a walk from Walkerville North to Bird Rocks.
The book is available at the museum during published opening hours or by purchase on-line using the PayPal button below.
Cost $10 plus post and packaging $12.40
Wilsons Promontory A History – Mary Ellis
The Museum is proud to offer this meticulously researched history by local Field Naturalist and historian Mary Ellis.
The book is available at the museum during published opening hours or by purchase on-line using the PayPal button below.
Cost $35 plus post and packaging $12.40
Buffalo Primary School
“Schooling in Buffalo is now 100 years old. The centenary committee have attempted with the contents of this book to compile a short history of our primary school, incorporating Middle Tarwin Primary School and the Buffalo Community Centre.” The book is clearly very well researched and replete with illustrations.
Cost $15 from the museum Plus post & packaging $10.60 if ordering via PayPal.
Let’s Take a Walk – Through the Streets of Foster
This little monograph is packed with local history and essential reading for anyone exploring Foster.
Available at the Museum or via the Paypal button below.
Cost $10 + postage $2
Across Bass Strait by Jane L Lennon
Dr Jane Lennon AM grew up in rural Victoria and has an affinity for the stormy southern shores. In December 2020, Jane was made an Honorary member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) for her distinguished service to conservation in Australia and internationally.
This book on the inter-colonial trade in meat and livestock is well illustrated and the various maps are clearly printed and easy to read.
Available at the Foster & District Historical Society or on-line through PayPal, $35, postage $13.00
To Australia They Came – Everitt Family History by Neil Everitt
A new publication by Neil Everitt recording the life of Luke Everitt, who landed at Sydney Cove in 1830, and his descendents in Ryton in the inhospitable Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria. A well researched book with many illustrations.
Cost $30 plus $12.40 post & packaging. PayPal Button below picture
Fish Creek A Pictorial History 1884-2020
We have new stock of this publication.
Compiled and published by Gavin Westaway
These reprints are now available at $40 each plus $9.20 post and packaging
In The Shadow of the Prom Mike McCarthy
This beautifully presented book is the result of nearly 40 years of research and the Foster & District Historical Society is proud to launch the publication on Nov 29th at !pm, Due to on-going Covid-19 restrictions the launch will take place on the front lawn at the Museum. Books will be available for purchase at a special discount to the normal $66 plus $15 postal costs if not collected at the museum. Keep an eye on Browsing Around in The Mirror as opening hours will be restricted.
A Place to Swim by Neil Everitt
This delightful well illustrated book is now available at the museum during advertised opening hours or online using the PayPal button below. Contact us if you need help with purchasing or have any questions.
Cost $15.00 plus postage $5.00
Pavements to Streetscape Foster 1870 – 2020
On January 18th 2020 at 11am this ‘catalogue’ of various highlights was launched at the Foster & District Historical Society Inc. Nola Taylor has compiled the text and Rosemary Francis has written an overall introduction and short prefaces to each chapter.
The book has been produced to honour Foster’s sesquincentenary.
email enquiries@promcountryhistory.org.au to order direct from the museum .
EFTPOS is available at the museum.
Cost $20.00 Postage $5.00
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The Power of Water – Neil Everitt
This history of hydro-electric power on the Franklin River at Toora is now available from the Museum.
It is a well researched and illustrated book about relatively little known enterprises in the early 1900’s.
Cost $25 Postage $13.40
Anastasia Thornley, Q&A Liz Rushen, Kathy Gibson
Local history through the journeys of a single woman
November 7th 2017 (Melbourne Cup Day) 8pm, after the usual general meeting, Liz and Kathy will play a video of the launch in Ireland of “Anastasia, from Callan to Stockyard Creek” to be followed by a Q & A session.
Please come along with your questions for an evening’s entertainment.
STOP PRESS
As of 11 Feb 2023 the Museum still has 2 copies availablefor purchase. Please use the enquiries email if you wish to purchase on line.
HOW THEY KEPT IN TOUCH
Wilsons Promontory Telecommunication
A Brief History by Norman Sparkes
This well illustrated booklet was written to record the early history of communication with the Wilsons Promontory lighthouse. First published in 1997 this reprint is under the auspices of the Foster & District Historical Society Inc.
They Fished in Wooden Boats, Neil Everitt
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A recent publication is They Fished in Wooden Boats. A History of the Port Franklin District and the Fishing Families, by Neil Everitt. Available from the Museum and online.
Please note increased cost of publication – November 2016.
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- They Fished in Wooden Boats
They Fished in Wooden Boats by Neil Everitt
Cost $35.00 plus $13.40 postage( Australia only)
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Toora Football Netball Club “A Century of Saturdays – 25 years on”
1991 – 2016
Neil Everitt in his Foreword says ” the author, John Stone, is to be commended for the time and effort in compiling the past 25 year history” of the Toora Football and Netball Club.. “This project epitomises his dedication” to the club.
The book is available at the museum or by using the PayPal button below.
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Wednesdays Closest to the Full Moon, Barry Collett (soft cover)
A History of South Gippsland
This excellent book is available in soft cover format, with very limited hard cover supply (see separate post to purchase).
Price $20.00 add postage $10.00( soft cover)
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BUFFALO PRIMARY SCHOOL 1895 – 1995
“Schooling in Buffalo is now 100 years old. The centenary committee have attempted with the contents of this book to compile a short history of our primary school, incorporating Middle Tarwin Primary School and the Buffalo Community Centre.” The book is clearly very well researched and replete with illustrations.
Cost $15 from the museum Plus post & packaging $10.60 if ordering via PayPal
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YANAKIE Station to Settlement 1850-1923
This beautifully re-published publication was first produced in 1984 for the Back to Yanakie Celebrations. Now, in 2016, permission has been granted for a reprint to honour the 50th Anniversary of the Yanakie Hall. Rosemary Crawford’s text is still fresh and this informative, well illustrated compilation is proudly offered for sale in conjunction with the Foster & District Historical Society’s exhibition “The Road to the Prom”.
Cost $20 plus $15.00 postage
Earth and Industry – Stories from Gippsland
Erik Eklund and Julie Fenley have assembled contributors to “examine historic and contemporary relations of people and the environment, in Gippsland, built upon a many-layered history of environmental changes and modifications, once again on the cusp of rapid economic and social change”. Cost $30.00 Postage $15.00
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Railway Hotels of Australia Volume One – Victoria
The coming of the railway was a major event in the history of many towns and cities across Victoria. This is the story behind every Railway Hotel; and the social, economic and political themes that have shaped society over the last 150 years in Victoria.
Limited stock available
$60 at the Museum
$14 postage
Fifty Years On The Green 1965-2015 Toora Ed: Neil Everitt
“Congratulations to the Toora Bowls Club on reaching their 50th Anniversary” This quote from Neil Everitt sums up the theme of a well researched illustrated history of the bowls club.
We are proud to offer this book for sale at the museum or on-line using PayPal. Further enquiries click on this link research@promcountryhistory.org.au Cost $25 plus $10.50 postage(Australia)
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Great Gippsland Mysteries – Grant Robinson BSc.
Grant Robinson is a former Mathematics & Physics teacher who was raised in Poowong. He has a keen interest in the paranormal and has been researching this book for the past two years.
Price $20.00 plus $8.50 postage
FAMDA’s Frolics & FAMDA’S Further Frolics
These 2 publications are availbable either separately or combined to reduce postage.
FAMDA’s Frolics $7.00 plus$1.00 postage
FAMDA’S Further Frolics $7.00 plus$1.00 postage
FAMDA’s Frolics & FAMDA’S Further Frolics cost $14.00 plus postaage
Click on link below for a quote if ordering online
Research enquiries: research@promcountryhistory.org.au
Along the Ridge and Beyond by Dorothy Williams
Dorothy’s latest book on local history. A history of the families who pioneered the O’Grady’s Ridge area from the west side of the South Gippsland Highway (formerly Mirboo Road) taking in the area of McGlead’s Road, Gardiner’s Road and O’Grady’s Road to Fish Creek Road at Hoddle and spanning the years from the 1880s to early 1950s. This book is available from the Museum or online. Cost $25.00 Postage $10.50(Australia only)
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Combined to Win by John Gilbert
Combined to Win by John Gilbert Foster Cricket Club – Premiers 1970-71 Season This is the story of the Foster Cricket Club in its first and very successful season 1970/71, competing in the Stony Creek Cricket Association.
$12.00 + $5.00 postage (Australia only) via PayPal:
The Land of the Lyrebird by Korumburra & District Historical Society Inc.
A story of early settlement in the great forest of South Gippsland.
Cost $40.00 plus $13.40 postage(Australia only)
The settlement of Wonga, First 50 years, Dorothy Williams
A history of the families who pioneered the Wonga area.
Cost $21.00 plus $10.50 postage (Australia only)
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Cards at the Museum
These cards are available at the Museum, cost as displayed
For orders email: research@promcountryhistory.org.au
Stockyard Creek to Foster with Patricia Fleming
A monograph celebrating the centenary, in 1970, of the establishment of Foster.
Cost $2.50 plus postage
Contact us using link below for a quote if ordering online
Email for quote: research@promcountryhistory.org.au