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, other than for books listed for sale on Special Reduced Price.
 

SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

Cost

Plus P/H

JOURNAL No. 1 (NEW - 2005)

(Reprint of this Journal issued in 1918

– historical aspects of Parramatta & its people – 114pp in A4 format, pbk) (see CONTENTS)

$ 15.00

$ 4.00

JOURNAL No. 2 (NEW  NEW  NEW – Oct 2006)

(Reprint of this Journal issued in 1921

– historical aspects of Parramatta & its people – 102p in A4 format, pbk) (see CONTENTS)

$ 15.00

$ 4.00

JOURNAL No. 3                                                               (SOLD OUT)

(Reprint of this Journal issued in 1926

– historical aspects of Parramatta & its people – 149pp in A4 format, pbk) (see CONTENTS)

Sold Out

Sold Out

JOURNAL No. 7 (2004)

(historical aspects of Parramatta & the Society – 159pp, A5, pbk) (see CONTENTS)

$ 12.00

$ 4.00

JOURNAL No. 8 (NEW   Nov 2006)

(historical aspects of Parramatta & the Society – 163pp, A5, pbk) (see CONTENTS)

$ 15.00

$ 4.00

HAMBLEDON COTTAGE RECIPE BOOK   (NEW – Nov 2005)

(favourite recipes of members – 76 pp in A5 format, wire bound, pbk)

 $ 10.00

$ 4.00

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

$ 4.00

$2.00

PARRAMATTA PIONEER REGISTER - Foundation to Federation 
- 1st Edition (Reprint SOLD OUT – no copies available)
(gives genealogical & biographical details of Parramatta's early settlers – pbk    293pp)

Sold Out

Sold Out

PARRAMATTA PIONEER REGISTER - Settlement to 1920 - 2nd Edition          (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE)
(gives genealogical & biographical details of Parramatta settlers to 1920 
- pbk     about 300pp)

$ 15.00

$ 8.00 (NSW)
$ 12.00 (Interstate)

MAYS HILL CEMETERY BOOK      (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE)
(covers cemetery history & headstones/memorial inscriptions – pbk    264pp)

$ 10.00

$ 8.00 (NSW)
$ 12.00 (Interstate)

ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY BOOK      (REDUCED PRICE)
(covers cemetery history & headstone/memorial inscriptions – pbk    236pp)

$ 10.00

$ 8.00 (NSW)
$ 12.00 (Interstate)

ALL SAINTS’/OLD WESLEYAN CEMETERY BOOK     (NEW  NEWLaunched June 2007)

(covers cemetery history & headstone memorial inscriptions – pbk    220 pp)

$ 15.00

$4.00

MEMBER'S INTEREST BOOKLET (Family History Group)

$ 4.00

Included

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

$ 3.00

$1.00

"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

$ 1.00

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

$ 1.00

$ 1.00

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

 

 

WHAT BECAME OF PARRAMATTA DOMAIN?  (NEW)

(by Pam Trimmer)

(covers Parramatta Park, Northmead, Old Toongabbie, Toongabbie, Westmead, Winston Hills & Wentworthville – A4, pbk., 160pp, illus, indexed with footnotes)

$ 30.00

$ 4.00

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

(by Pam Trimmer)

(covers buildings & their residents along Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford) – A4 – pbk – 172pp, illus, indexed with footnotes)

$ 30.00

$ 8.00 (NSW)
$ 12.00 (Interstate)

PICTORIAL HISTORY - PARRAMATTA & DISTRICT 
(by John McClymont)
(pictorial history with text & many old photographs – pbk     140pp)

$ 24.95

$ 8.00 (NSW)
$ 12.00 (Interstate)

PARRAMATTA : A PAST REVEALED                                    

(by Terry Kass, Carol Liston & John McClymont)
(detailed history of Parramatta & district – pbk    454pp)

$ 29.95

$ 8.00 (NSW)
$ 14.00 (Interstate)

ONCE UPON A FAMILY
(by Elizabeth Plimer)
(100 years of history as seen through the eyes of Swann sisters of Elizabeth Farm – pbk   295pp)

$ 18.95

$ 4.00

A HOUSE REBORN
(by Elizabeth Plimer & Ellen Errey)
(relates to William & Elizabeth Swann of Elizabeth Farm House – pbk    120pp)

 $10.00

$ 4.00

SWANN FAMILY
(by E. Errey & E.Plimer)
(shorter history of Swann family – pbk    16pp)

$ 2.50

$ 2.00

SWITCHED ON IN THE WEST

(by Robert Low

(history of electricity supply in western Sydney -  pbk    55pp)

$ 10.00

$ 4.00

WIND & WATERMILLS OF OLD PARRAMATTA
(by Olga Tatrai)
(history of water & windmills in Parramattapbk    108pp)

$ 15.00

$ 4.00

MY MOTHER REREAD ME TENDERLEY

(by Janice Ruse Huntington)
(the story of James Ruse – pbk    97pp)

$ 22.00

$ 2.00

HISTORIC PARRAMATTA (Videotape – 60 mins – G rating)

(by Rollingstock Productions – 1989)

Views & dialogue of external architecture of the wonderful historic buildings of Parramatta

Full colour, except for 16 seconds of black & white

$ 35.00

$ 6.00

STEAM TRAMS (Videotape – 64 mins – G rating)

(by Rollingstock Productions – 1993)

Includes unique footage of George Street Parramatta to Redbank Wharf steam trains

Colour coverage and 8mm & 9.5mm black & white film segments

$ 35.00

$ 6.00

HAMBLEDON COTTAGE POSTCARD

$ 0.30

$ 0.45

COLOUR VIEWLETTER OF EXPERIMENTAL FARM & 
OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE

$ 0.10

$ 0.45

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

$0.10

$0.45

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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