PUBLICATIONS

The Society has published a number of publications which can be purchased.
In addition, it also sells some other publications relating to the Parramatta area.

PRICING FOR PUBLICATIONS

(Please add costs of Postage & Handling)

GST is not applicable & is not charged.

Prices indicated are for within Australia - Overseas is extra - please e-mail for quote.

Heavier books, etc. are indicated as "p/a"(price on application), as prices vary widely depending on
 address -   please e-mail for quote.)

 

Members of Parramatta & District Historical Society receive a 5% discount on Society publications, other than for books listed for sale on Special Reduced Price.

 

SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

Cost

Plus P/H

JAMES HOUISON: Parramatta’s Forgotten Architect  (2010) (LATEST NEW ISSUE) (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE)

(covers the life and achievements of James Houison (1800-1876) – 236pp in A4 format, paperback cover, illustrated, indexed with endnotes)

(see CONTENTS) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 20.00

$ 9.50 (Sydney)

$ 10.50 (NSW)

$11.50 (Interstate)

JOURNAL No. 1                                       (AVAILABLE on CD as Reprint sold out)
(originally reprinted in2005, CD produced in 2011)
(Reprint of this Journal issued in 1918

– historical aspects of Parramatta & its people – CD   PDF format     114pp in A4 format, indexed) (see CONTENTS) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 25.00

$ 3.00

JOURNAL No. 2 (2006)

(Reprint of this Journal issued in 1921

– historical aspects of Parramatta & its people – 102p in A4 format, paperback cover, indexed) (see CONTENTS) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 15.00

$ 4.50

JOURNAL No. 3                                          (AVAILABLE on CD as Reprint sold out)
(originally reprinted in2004, CD produced in 2011)
(Reprint of this Journal issued in 1926

– historical aspects of Parramatta & its people – CD   PDF format     149pp in A4 format, indexed) (see CONTENTS)  (see BOOK COVER)

$ 25.00

$ 3.00

JOURNAL No. 4 (1935)                             (Reprint SOLD OUT – no copies available)

Original issued in 1935 covering historical aspects of Parramatta & the Society – 216pp, approx. A5, paperback cover) (see CONTENTS)

Sold Out

Sold Out

JOURNAL No. 7 (2004)

(historical aspects of Parramatta & the Society – 159pp, A5, paperback cove, illustrated, indexed with endnotes) (see CONTENTS) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 12.00

$ 4.50

JOURNAL No. 8 (2006)

(historical aspects of Parramatta & the Society – 163pp, A5, paperback cover, illustrated, indexed with endnotes) (see CONTENTS) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 15.00

$ 4.50

HAMBLEDON COTTAGE RECIPE BOOK   (2005)

(favourite recipes of members – 76 pp in A5 format, wire bound, paperback cover, indexed) (see BOOK COVER)

 $ 10.00

$ 3.00

HAMBLEDON COTTAGE : The Cottage on the Plain
(gives the history & details of the cottage – paperback cover    24pp)

$ 2.00

$2.00

PARRAMATTA PIONEER REGISTER - Foundation to Federation (AVAILABLE on CD as Reprint sold out)
- 1st Edition  (originally printed in2000, CD produced in 2011)
(gives genealogical & biographical details of Parramatta's early settlers – CD  PDF format    293pp)

$ 25.00

$ 3.00

PARRAMATTA PIONEER REGISTER - Settlement to 1920 - 2nd Edition    (2003)      (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE)
(gives genealogical & biographical details of Parramatta settlers to 1920  - paperback cover     about 300pp) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 15.00

$ 11.50

MAYS HILL CEMETERY BOOK   (1996)   (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE)
(covers cemetery history & headstones/memorial inscriptions – paperback cover    264pp – printed 1996) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 10.00

$ 9.50 (Sydney)

$ 10.50 (NSW)
$ 11.50 (Interstate)

ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY BOOK  (1991)                              (SOLD OUT – no copies available)
(covers cemetery history & headstone/memorial inscriptions – paperback cover    236pp)

Sold Out

Sold Out

ALL SAINTS’/OLD WESLEYAN CEMETERY BOOK  (2007)                                     (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE)

(covers cemetery history & headstone memorial inscriptions – paperback cover    220 pp) (see BOOK COVER)

$ 10.00

$ 4.50

JAMES JERVIS (1884-1963) Parramatta Historian
(short biography & bibliography – paperback cover    8pp)

$ 3.00

$2.00

"THE PARRAMATTA PACKET" Newsletter (Family History Group)

for 3 copies per year

$ 12.00

Included

“INDEX to THE PARRAMATTA PACKET [Vol. 1 (1995) to Vol.9 (2003)]

$ 3.00

$ 1.20

“INDEX to THE PARRAMATTA PACKET [Vol. 10 (2004)]

$ 1.00

$ 1.20

HAMBLEDON COTTAGE MUG
(blue coffee mug with Hambledon Cottage embossed)

Sold Out  Currently

 

TEA TOWEL
(cotton tea towel featuring historic map of Parramatta)

Sold Out  Currently

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

 

BATTLE OF VINEGAR HILL

(by Marion McGuirk)

(covers pioneers involved in March 1804  Battle of Vinegar Hill    paperback cover    177pp   printed 2005)

$ 20.00

$ 9.50 (Sydney)

$ 10.50 (NSW)
$ 11.50 (Interstate)

BAULKHAM HILLS: (A district second to none)

(by Pam Trimmer)

(covers the early history & development of Baulkham Hills & its pioneers – A4 – paperback cover – 178pp, illustrated, indexed with footnotes – printed 2010)

$ 22.00

$ 9.50 (Sydney)

$ 10.50 (NSW)

$ 11.50 (Interstate)

CARLINGFORD: NOW & THEN  (A tour along Pennant Hills Road)

(by Pam Trimmer)

(covers buildings & their residents along Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford) – A4 – paperback cover – 172pp, illustrated, indexed with footnotes    printed 2006)

$ 30.00

$ 9.50 (Sydney)

$ 10.50 (NSW)
$ 11.50 (Interstate)

COLONIAL LADIES – Lovely, Lively and Lamentably Loose

(by Judith Dunn)

(covers crime reports from the Sydney Herald relating to the Female Factory, Parramatta, 1831-1835 – paperback cover – 192pp – indexed with footnotes – reprinted 2010)

$ 20.00

$ 4.50

IN SEARCH OF THE PENNANT HILLS

(by Trevor Patrick, James Symes & Andrew Tink)

(covers the history of the settlements known as Pennant Hills on the Pennant Hills Range – 1788 to 1906)

(30cm length x 23cm wide, hardback cover, 208pp, illustrated, indexed with endnotes – printed 2007)

$ 60.00

$ 11.50

NORTHMEAD: BETWEEN TWO COUNCILS )

(by Pam Trimmer)

(covers Northmead between the suburbs of Baulkham Hills, Winston Hills, and North Rocks)

(A4 – paperback cover – 147pp, illustrated, indexed with footnotes    printed 2009)

$ 30.00

$ 4.50

PARRAMATTA : A PAST REVEALED                                    

(by Terry Kass, Carol Liston & John McClymont)
(detailed history of Parramatta & district – paperback cover    454pp, illustrated, indexed with endnotes – printed 1996)

$ 29.95

$ 11.50

STREET NAMES OF PENNANT HILLS

(by Trevor G. Patrick)

(covers the background to the naming of streets in Pennant Hills and surrounding suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, Thornleigh, Westleigh

and West Pennant Hills – A5, paperback cover, 136pp)

$ 20.00

$ 4.50

SWANN FAMILY
(by E. Errey & E.Plimer)
(shorter history of Swann family – paperback cover    16pp – printed 1984)

$ 2.50

$ 2.00

WHAT BECAME OF PARRAMATTA DOMAIN?

(by Pam Trimmer)

(covers Parramatta Park, Northmead, Old Toongabbie, Toongabbie, Westmead, Winston Hills & Wentworthville)

(A4, paperback cover, 160pp, illustrated, indexed with footnotes – printed 2005)

$ 30.00

$ 4.50

WIND & WATERMILLS OF OLD PARRAMATTA
(by Olga Tatrai)
(history of water & windmills in Parramatta – paperback cover    108pp, illustrated, indexed with endnotes – printed 1994)

$ 15.00

$ 4.50

HAMBLEDON COTTAGE POSTCARD

$ 0.30

$ 0.60

COLOUR VIEWLETTER OF EXPERIMENTAL FARM & 
OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE

$ 0.10

$ 0.60

COLOUR VIEWLETTER OF ELIZABETH FARM HOUSE &
ST. JOHN'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL

$0.10

$0.60

HOW TO PURCHASE

A cheque or money order for the full amount (in AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS), including postage & handling, should be posted to the Society at P.O. Box 1384, PARRAMATTA  NSW  2124, together with details of the publications required.
Unfortunately, the Society does not have a credit card facility.

Please make the cheque/money order payable to "Parramatta & District Historical Society Inc."

If ordering several books, please send e-mail requesting total postal cost - it should be cheaper for you.

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