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Herstory                                                        

Covers the lives of some Parramatta Female Factory women, the background to establishing female factories, and aspects of their operation.         -       50pp, A4, paperback, contents and illustrated.          

Herstory -  Another Chapter Unfold

 Lives of the Parramatta Female Factory women.

50pp, A4, Dec 2017

Authors: Parramatta Female Factory Friends (Anne Mathews, Beth Matthews, Ronda Gaffey 

Journal No. 1 (1918), No.2 (1921), N0.3(1926)  (Available on CD as Reprint sold out)

(originally published in 1918, reprinted in 2005 and produced on CD in 2011)

-       Historical aspects of Parramatta and its people

-       All available on one CD

-       No.1 (114pp), No.2 (102pp), No.3 (149pp)

                                              (view CONTENTS)                

$ 15.00

$ 4.00

Journal Nos. 4 (1935), 5 (1991), 6 (1995)

-       Historical aspects of Parramatta and its people

-       Available all on the one CD

-       No. 4 - 239pp, No 5. - 49pp, No. 6 - 56pp

                                                                        (view CONTENTS)

Journal No. 7

(originally published in 2004)

-       Historical aspects of Parramatta and its people

-       159pp in A5 format, indexed, paperback cover               

                                                                 (view CONTENTS)               

$ 5.00

$ 6.50

Journal No. 8

(originally published in 2006)

-       Historical aspects of Parramatta and its people

-       163pp in A5 format, indexed, paperback cover               

                                                                 (view CONTENTS)       

$ 5.00

$ 6.50

Journal No. 9

(originally published in 2013)

-       Historical aspects of Parramatta and its people

$ 5.00

$ 6.50

Hambledon Cottage: The Cottage on the Plain 

(Launched December 2013)

(gives the history of cottage, its occupants, restoration work and some images of items in the collection

and the garden)

·        30pp in A5 format, paperback cover, full colour

$ 5.00

$ 3.50

James Houison: Parramatta’s Forgotten Architect

(covers the life and achievements of James Houison [1800-1876]

·        236pp in A4 format, paperback cover, illustrated, indexed with endnotes

$ 5.00

$ 12.50
(Sydney)

$17.50

$19.00

James Jervis (1884-1963) Parramatta Historian

(short biography and bibliography)

$ 3.00

$3.30

All Saints and Old Wesleyan Cemetery Book

(originally published in 2007)

(covers cemetery history and headstones/memorial inscriptions)

·        220pp, 24cm x 17.5cm, paperback cover, indexed

$ 5.00

$ 7.00

Mays Hill Cemetery Book

(originally published in 1996)

(covers cemetery history and headstones/memorial inscriptions)

·        264pp, 24cm x 17.5cm, paperback cover, indexed 

$ 5.00

$ 12.50
(Sydney)

$ 14.00

(NSW)  

(Interstate)

$17.50

$19.00

Parramatta Pioneer Register: Foundation to Federation

(originally printed in 2000 and produced on USB in 2022)  

                                                                                     (Available on USB as Reprint sold out)

(gives genealogical and biographical details of Parramatta’s early settlers)

·        293pp, indexed on USB in PDF format 

$ 15.00

$ 4.00

Parramatta Pioneer Register: Settlement to 1920

(gives genealogical and biographical details of Parramatta’s early settlers)

·        300pp in A4 format, paperback cover, indexed   

$ 5.00

$ 14.00

Parramatta Packet Newsletter

(issued by Family History Group)

·        3 copies issued per year  

$ 12.00

(per year)

Included

Parramatta Packet Index

$ 3.00
 

Parramatta Packet Index

(covers from Vol.10 [2004]

     
$ 3.00

$2.00

St Paul's Cemetery Carlingford Book
Published (2017) by Judith Dunn and Rosemarie Morris Covers cemetery history and detail inscriptions on headstones as well as Private and Demolished cemeteries in the Parramatta Area.
208pp, 24cm x 17.5cm, paperback indexed, illustrated.

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The Soldiers Memorial Prince Alfred Square Parramatta
Published (2016) by Enid Turbit
Covers biographical notes, newspaper reports and photos of soldiers listed on the Soldiers Memorial in Prince Alfred Park
183pp, 21cm x 30cm, paperback, indexed,

Other Publications

About That Shout: History of Pubs In Parramatta Final ed.
Published (2018) by Gary Carter
Covers the history of past and present hotels and inns of Parramatta, dating from 1800 to the present 2018. Includes details of over 60 hotels It is a revised and updated version of an earlier edition of the book with the same name. 
189pp, 15cm x23cm, paperback, indexed, illustrated.

$12.50 (Sydney)

$14.00 (NSW)

$44.50

$46.00

Carlingford: Now and Then (OUT OF PRINT-nil stock)

(produced by Pam Trimmer in 2006)

(covers buildings and their residents along Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford)

·        172pp in A4 format, paperback cover, illustrated, indexed with footnotes

$ 30.00

$ 12.50
(Sydney)

$ 14.00

(NSW)

(Interstate)

$42.250

$44.00

In Search of Pennant Hills

(produced by Trevor Patrick, James Symes and Andrew Tink in 2007)

(covers the history of the settlements known as Pennant Hills, 1788-1906)

·        208pp, 30cm x 23cm, hardback cover, illustrated, indexed with endnotes

$ 60.00

$ 14.00

A House Reborn

(published by Elizabeth Plimmer and Ellen Errey in 1991)

(covers the story of William Swann of Elizabeth Farm House, Parramatta)

·        120pp, 20.5cm x 14.5cm, paperback cover, illustrated, 

Northmead: Between Two Councils

(produced by Pam Trimmer in 2009)

(covers history of Northmead)
·        147pp in A4 format, paperback cover, illustrated, indexed with footnotes and  bibliography

 $30.00

$ 12.50
(Sydney)

$ 13.50
(NSW)

(Interstate)

$42.50

$44.00

Once Upon a Family
by Elizabeth Plimer
Produced 1995, covers over 100 years of history, 1871-1976, as seen through the eyes of 9 Swann sisters of Elizabeth Farm House Parramatta.
-          295pp 21.5cm x 14cm, paperback cover, indexed.

Parramatta Bicentenary: Australia

Produced 1988, by Collinridge Rivett, covers history, of numerous Parramatta buildings and sites.
-        112pp, 24.5cm x 18cm, paperback cover, illustrated.

Parramatta & District Pictorial History

(produced by John McClymont and Terry Kass, New updated edition 2015,

provides a pictorial history of Parramatta from pre-European settlement)

-       140pp, 28cm x 21cm x 1cm, paperwork cover, illustrated, indexed, chronology of Parramatta

$25.00

$14.00

$39.00

Parramatta - Tasmania Colonial Connections
Published 2017 by Reg Watson. Covers connections between colonial personalities involved in both Parramatta and Tasmania.
-    113pp, A5 size, paperback cover, illustrated, table of contents

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William and Elizabeth Swann, 1904-1968

(published by Elizabeth Plimmer and Ellen Errey in 1991)

(covers the story of William Swann of Elizabeth Farm

$ 2.50

$ 2.50

William Woolls - A most useful colonist

(produced by Lionel Gilbert in 1985)

·        138pp, 248mm x 177mm format, hardback with dustcover, indexed, illustrated

$12.50
(Sydney)

$14.00
(NSW)
(Interstate)

$17.50 

$19.00