Local Area Collection

Annotation. Walking tour of a district in Sandringham, Victoria.

One of the world's special golf courses, Kingston Heath GC consistently ranks inside the world top 25 and has played host to the premier events on the sport's calendar. Yet the true spirit of the Heath lines within its walls: camaraderie, competition, sanctuary, and friendship. This is the story ...

This book provides a history of Albert Street in Highett, and the surrounding area. Compiled in collaboration with residents, this title includes maps, photos and stories of people who have and still live in the street.

A story of survival and resilience. A woman and her family are struck by an unexpected early tragedy and then threatened to be overwhelmed by a brutal war engulfing them all. A story of love and devotion and a lesson in finding happiness in acceptance of unplanned events.

The story of Ian Ball, of Richmond, kicked out of school at 13 only to build a tiling business with 20 tilers. In a chance meeting on the Mornington Peninsula, he struck up a deal to tile some holiday shacks and from there he and his business partners built not one but two empires. The Knowles Gr...

Annotation. Within a place of love, sorrow and salvation, where Elwood's Swamp met St. Kilda's Red Bluff, two ardent women - Agnes Simmons and Geraldine Minet - with their Victorian Coal Mining Company, challenged providence and geology. In the days of Suffrage and Spiritualism, these two daring ...

This is the much anticipated follow up book to Beaumaris Modern: Modernist Homes in Beaumaris. Book 2 features a range of significant freshly discovered mid-century modern houses, some restored and others renovated by a contemporary architect. Like the first book, the photography by two of Austra...

Driven by a passion for art and the belief that artworks are necessary companions in daily life, Norman Rosenblatt has built a wonderfully idiosyncratic collection that crosses media, time periods and interests.

Past lives highlights significant events and characters that have shaped Bayside’s past. Drawing from Bayside City Council’s collection and from the local historical societies, the exhibition will explore topics such as Brighton’s 19th century land boom and important well-known identities such a...

Clarice Beckett was one of Australia's most important early Modernist painters, excelling in portraiture, still-life and landscape. The discovery of a trove of her artworks has led to her remarkable talent and evocative art being recognised afresh and greatly admired. Clarice Beckett was self-eff...

Bayside : Portrait of Place celebrates the tenth anniversary of Bayside Gallery opening it's doors to the public in 2011.

A commemorative work detailing the accomplishments of Italian immigrant, Carlo Catani who rose to become Victoria's Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department 1890 - 1917. A much valued and loved public servant, Catani was responsible for the creation of new townships, roadways, the reclama...