Publications for sale

New book by CDHS Member Alan Doyle. Available from the Colac & District Historical Society – Cost $17.50

Books by the Colac & District Historical Society

Title

$AUD

Bryan Brothers & Borch reprints: 1965 Catalogue, mid 1960s Instruction Manual (two for $12).

8.00

Colac Time Line – A Short History.

8.00

The Country Emporium – Bilson's of Colac by Ida McIntosh.

7.00

Down Through the Years – the story of the Colac & District Historical Society.

5.00

Dreeite – A Soldier Settlement by Dawn Peel (2001)

8.00

A Further History of Colac and District, 1830s–1930s – Isaac Hebb (2012).

30.00

Historic Homes of Colac and District (2nd edition, 2023).

15.00

Human Love – stories of local homes etc. by Elizabeth Mackie.

15.00

J.G. Johnstone of Colac by Dawn Peel (2021).

15.00

The Local Hall – Nalangil by Dawn Peel (2014).

10.00

Plaques of Colac by Dawn Peel, Helen Paatsch and Richard Francis (2020).

15.00

The Otways – Through the Magic Lantern – George Sydenham, 1896 (2012).

25.00

The Road to Fromelles – One Australian family and World War 1 by Dawn Peel and Andrew McIntosh (2010).

18.00

Street Names of Colac (2008).

15.00

Victoria Hall, Colac 1889–1979 by Dawn Peel, Helen Paatsch and Richard Francis (2020).

10.00

Books by Norman Houghton

Click here to view a selection of books by Norman Houghton OAM. available from the Society.

Others

Title

$AUD

Beeac – Winds of Change 1860–2010 by Dawn Missen and Anne Trigg (2010).

60.00

Beech Forest – Capital on the Ridge by Norman Houghton (2007).

30.00

Birregurra Businesses – Past and Present, a Birregurra Historical Society publication (2010).

20.00

Boilers and Scrapers – Beeac Salt Industry by Norman Houghton (2016).

15.00

Brass Bands in Colac.

15.00

A Bush Girl by Bessie Trevaskis.

18.00

By the Barwon – History of Forrest and Barramunga by Norman Houghton.

7.00

Choppers and Chippers – West Otway’s Timber History, by Norman Houghton.

50.00

Closed 50 Years – Colac/Beech Forest Railway by Norman Houghton (2012).

25.00

Colac and District 1896–1920 Photo collection by Leigh Hammerton.

20.00

Colac Cricket Club 150th Anniversary.

8.00

Col Stewart – Australia's Speedway King 1926–1931 by Barbara Batistich (2012).

25.00

Coragulac House by Jennifer O’Donnell.

35.00

Cororooke – A Dairy Factory (Fonterra) by Laura Donati (2013).

30.00

Days Gone By – History of Lavers Hill Cemetery.

15.00

For the Pleasure of the People History of Colac Botanic Gardens by Helen Paatsch (2015, 2018).

30.00

Drink Up, Gents – History of Hotels in Colac and District 1841–2011 by Norman Houghton (2011).

35.00

End of the Line – A History of Beech Forest to Crowes Extension Railway 1911–1962 by Norman Houghton (2011).

17.50

Excuse Me, Sisters – A Schoolyard Memoir, St Marys and St Josephs, Colac 1953–1965 by Norman Houghton (2010).

15.00

Fifty Golden Years – Radio Station 3CS by Geoff Peel (1989).

8.00

For Love They Faced the Wilderness Vol.1 by Donald W.H. McCready (2008).

65.00

For Love They Faced the Wilderness Vol.2 by Donald W.H. McCready (2010).

65.00

Games at the Ditch – Centenary History of Ditchley Park Sports Ground by Norman Houghton (2011).

8.00

God’s House – A hostory of churches in Colac and District, by Norman Houghton.

45.00

A Grand Parade – History of Colac's P & A Society by Norman Houghton (2011).

35.00

Home in the Hills – Historic Glimpses of Barongarook, Gellibrand, Banool and Carlisle River by Norman Houghton.

12.50

Forest, Lake and Plain – Colac 1888 to 1988 by Ida McIntosh (1988).

25.00

A Land of Milk and Onions by Norman Houghton (2013).

25.00

Lasseter: The Colac Years by Alan Doyle (2022).

17.50

Love by Name – Love by Nature – Andrew Love biography by Heather Le Griffon.

25.00

Mystery at Moonlight head by Alan McLean.

30.00

The Onion Line – History of the Colac to Alvie Railway 1923–1954 by Norman Houghton (2012).

13.00

Onion People – The History of Onions in Victoria by Shirley Burns (first published 2006).

15.00

Peas in a Pod – A History of Pea Growing in Colac & District by Norman Houghton.

12.50

Pictorial History of Colac Ambulance Service – 1896–2006.

10.00

Polwarth Tennis History 75-Year History compiled by Dawn Missen (2013).

25.00

Rail Centre Colac – Rail Stations in the Colac Otway Shire 1877 to 2014 by Norman Houghton (2014).

50.00

Ready Aye Ready, Colac Fire Brigade 1887–2012.

15.00

Ready for the Plough – Shire of Colac by R.J. McCormick (1998).

25.00

The Ridge – Historical Guide to the West Otway Ridge by Norman Houghton (2005).

7.00

Sawdust and Steam (revised edition) by Norman Houghton (2010).

45.00

Top Coal – Benwerrin Coal Line & Tramway by Norman Houghton.

22.00

Warncoort & Mount Gellibrand History by Birregurra Historical Society.

35.00

To Warrnambool – Stopping All Stations by Norman Houghton.

30.00

Wartime in a Country Community – Colac 1939–1945 by Dawn Peel (2009).

25.00

The Wattle's Call and Other Poems by Marie Gray (2015). 100-year history of Beeac Red Cross compiled by Dawn Missen.

15.00

We Remember – Recollections of Cressy Fires 1944 and 1977.

30.00

Year of Hope: 1857 in the Colac District – Dawn Peel (2006).

30.00

50 Years of Colac & District Pipes & Drums etc..

18.00

75 Years of Meat Processing – The Colac Abattoir by Trish Stephens.

12.00