Hearth and Home

Travel into the past with this unique collection of  recipes, advice and handy-hints from our ancestors.

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Christmas in Australia

1. Australia Christmas 1933 - Cherry Recipes from Australian Housewives
2. Australia Christmas 1933 - Festive Gifts from Your Kitchen
3. Australia Christmas 1933 - Jolly Games for the Holidays and Tricks to Play on Your Friends
4. Australia Christmas 1933 - Recipes with a Real Christmas Flavour from Australian Housewives
5. Australia Christmas 1933 - The Traditional Feast and the Christmas Cake
6. Selection of Candied Christmas Recipes from Australia 1935
7. The Australian Christmas Dinner 1883

Recipes

1. A Good Mustard Recipe 1895
2. A Selection of Australian Winter Recipes from June 1933
3. Australia Christmas 1933 - Cherry Recipes from Australian Housewives
4. Australia Christmas 1933 - Festive Gifts from Your Kitchen
5. Australia Christmas 1933 - Recipes with a Real Christmas Flavour from Australian Housewives
6. Baked Omelet (1889)
7. Baked Potatoes (1890)
8. Barley Broth (1890)
9. Cheese Muff (1890)
10. Cherry Cake (1923)
11. Chocolate Cream (1890)
12. Cinnamon Buns (1890)
13. Damson Pickles (1921)
14. Desirable Tea Dish (1890)
15. Directions for Making Vinegar from 1803
16. Fig Conserve (1921)
17. Frozen Pudding (1890)
18. Gem Scones (1921)
19. Genoa Cake (1890)
20. Green Tomato Jam (1920)
21. Household Recipes and Handy Hints - The Dawn: A Journal for Australian Women (Sydney) September 1889
22. Household Recipes from South Australia 1867
23. How to Make Soft Icing for Cakes (1920)
24. How to Prepare Spaghetti (1920)
25. Kidney Hash (1889)
26. Kisses Biscuits (1921)
27. Ladies' Delight Pickles 1895
28. Lemon Butter (1921)
29. Lemon Jelly (1890)
30. Lemon Squash (1921)
31. Lemon Syrup (1921)
32. Making Glass (Glace) Eggs (1919)
33. Mrs. Wickens Chicken Salad Recipe 1894
34. Nougat Icing (1921)
35. Preserving Peas and Beans (1921)
36. Preserving Tomatoes (1921)
37. Pumpkin Fritters (1921)
38. Recipes for Cold Meat in a Casserole and Fruit Blanc Mange 1921
39. Recipes for the use of Lentils (1932)
40. Recipes from Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) 1828
41. Red Currant Jam (1921)
42. Rhubarb Jelly (1890)
43. Salad and Salad Dressing Recipe 1894
44. Selection of "Domestic" Recipes from Sydney in 1870
45. Selection of Candied Christmas Recipes from Australia 1935
46. Selection of NSW Housewife Recipes from July 1933
47. Sheep's-Head Broth (1890)
48. Shrewsbury Cakes (1890)
49. Snowdrops Biscuits (1890)
50. Sponge Cake (1889)
51. Steamed Sherry Shape (1933)
52. Stewed Carrots (1890)
53. Sweetbreads Macedoine (1890)
54. Tapioca Pudding (1890)
55. The Australian Christmas Dinner 1883
56. Tomato Relish (1921)
57. Treacle Pudding Made Without Eggs (1920)
58. Tutti Frutti (1889)

Games

1. Australia Christmas 1933 - Jolly Games for the Holidays and Tricks to Play on Your Friends
2. Game Rules for "The Huntsman" Printed in 1866

Homemade Sewing & Crafts

1. How to Make Raffia Flowers (1924)
2. Useful Hints for Knitters & Crocheters (1920)

Advice & Handy-Hints

1. A Handy-Hint about Green Ants 1907
2. Advice To Men About to Propose 1868
3. Advice for Growing Vegetables in Van Dieman's Land 1828
4. Advice for Washing Silk and Woollens (1920)
5. Advice on How to Get Rid of Corns in 1839
6. Advice on the Uses of Amonia 1909
7. Care of Shoes (1890)
8. Care of the Hands (1890)
9. Children and Fruit (1932)
10. Chinese Style Tea (1890)
11. Cleaning a Burnt Saucepan
12. Dealing with Destructive Silver Fish 1921
13. Directions for Making Good & Common Soap 1895
14. Directions for Spinster Parties 1905
15. Do Not Fret (1890)
16. Domestic Advice from 1828 Tasmania
17. Effects of Alcohol (1890)
18. First-Aid Remedies 1909
19. Home Repair Emergencies (1890)
20. Household Recipes and Handy Hints - The Dawn: A Journal for Australian Women (Sydney) September 1889
21. How To Bathe Without a Bath (1890)
22. How To Clean Windows (1890)
23. How To Clean a Cream Velour Hat at Home 1921
24. How To Dislodge a Fish Bone (1890)
25. How To Press Silk (1890)
26. How to Clean Suede Gloves 1921
27. How to Keep Blue Calicoes Bright and Fresh (1890)
28. How to Remove Brown Stains from Teacups (1919)
29. How to Remove Mildew from a White Underskirt and Rust Stains from Fuji Silk 1921
30. How to Remove a Vinegar Stain from a White Crepe-de-Chene Blouse 1921
31. Laundrying Coloured Clothes (1890)
32. Lemon Rice (1889)
33. Mourning of a Grandparent (1919)
34. Old Parr's Maxims of Health 1828
35. Producing a Gloss on Linen (1890)
36. Punishing the Child (1894)
37. Raising the Girl of Fourteen (1894)
38. Restoring Slightly Soiled Enamel Paint (1919)