| Description |
267 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portrait ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: 1.The use and function of local history / Beverley Kingston -- 2. The historical view from the Royal Australian Historical Society / Gail Griffith -- 3. Nineteenth century Australian historians: traps for the unwary / Mark Hutchinson -- 4. An outsider's approach / Wardiningsih Soerjohardjo -- 5. What is a region? / Malcolm Campbell -- 6. Fact, fiction and fancy: using literary sources / David Walker and Richard Nile -- 7. Beneath the foundations: buildings in historical perspective / Lucy Taksa -- 8. My house / Sister Gonzaga Stanley -- 9. Interpreting material culture / Charles Pickett -- 10. The camera never lies. Or does it? Interpreting photographs / Julia Horne -- 11. Untangling the web: interpreting written evidence / Anne O'Brien -- 12. 'Great Men' and little people: using biographical material / John Ingleson -- 13. A country town / Susan-Mary Withycombe -- 14. A suburb / Richard Cashman -- 15. A parish / Patrick O'Farrell -- 16. A state school / Robert J. King -- 17. An independent school / Bruce E. Mansfield -- 18. A sports club / Louella McCarthy -- 19. A small business / Gregory Haines -- 20. A Trade Union / Christopher Sheil -- 21. Localising major events / Richard Reid -- 22. A local history approach for New South Wales schools / Errol Lea-Scarlett -- 23. Community museums: more to them that meets the eye / Mary-Louise Williams -- 24. Creating a local history centre / Helen and Bill McAnulty -- 25. Employing historians / Rosemary Broomham and Carol Liston -- 26. Oral history in New South Wales / Louise Douglas |
| Notes |
First published: Kensington, N.S.W. : Local History Co-ordination Project, School of History, University of New South Wales, 1988 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
History -- Research.
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Local history -- Technique.
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Local history.
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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Australia -- History, Local http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007007010 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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Australia -- History, Local http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007007010 -- Methodology.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001902
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Australia -- History, Local http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007007010 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012010
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Australia -- History, Local.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007007010
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New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- History, Local http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005861 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012007
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New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- History, Local http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005861 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- History, Local http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005861 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012010
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| Author |
Local History Co-ordination Project (N.S.W.)
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| LC no. |
89179235 |
| ISBN |
0868402117 |
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