Memories & Reminiscences

Read first hand accounts of the way life was in early Australia.

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Township of Ballaarat from nr Bath's Hotel, 1855, S. T. Gill (1818-1880); State Library of Victoria

  1. "Banjo" Paterson Tells His Own Story - Part 1 - In the Days of the Gold Escorts
  2. "Banjo" Paterson Tells His Own Story - Part 2 - Giants of the Paddle, Pen, and Pencil
  3. "Banjo" Paterson Tells His Own Story - Part 3 - A "Reliability" Drive to Melbourne
  4. "Banjo" Paterson Tells His Own Story - Part 4 - An Execution and a Royal Pardon
  5. "Banjo" Paterson Tells His Own Story - Part 5 - Political Giants and "Pilgrim Fathers"
  6. A Colonial Love Story - The Maid of the Inn
  7. Melbourne from 1852 to 1854
  8. Memories of Old Melbourne - Part I
  9. Memories of Old Melbourne - Part II
  10. Memories of Old Melbourne - Part III
  11. Memories of Old Melbourne - Part IV
  12. Memories of Old Melbourne - Part V
  13. Memories of Parramatta in 1837 by Mr. John Taylor
  14. Memories of Perth in the 1890's by Henry Lyall Hall
  15. Pioneers and Veterans of Ipswich, Queensland
  16. Reminiscences of Early Penrith Going Back to the 1830s (New South Wales)
  17. Reminiscences of Kapunda in the 1860s
  18. Reminiscences of Redcastle - 1915
  19. Reminiscences of a Mackay Newchum and Pioneer 1882-1928
  20. Reminiscences of a Queensland Pioneer
  21. Reminiscences of a Wide Bay Pioneer - 1853 to 1870
  22. Reminiscences of the Old Coaching Days in New South Wales & Queensland by a Native of Llandilo
  23. Reminiscenes of Eungella
  24. Tasmanian Memories 1874
  25. The Drovers' Prank - A Droving Reminiscence of 1879 on the Queensland and NSW Border
  26. When Western Australia Had 12,000 people - 1856

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