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Publications
The following publications are available for purchase from Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex
- What they did Yvonne Fitzmaurice (editor). 2013. $5.00
Extracts from our Newsletter about early personalities, some of whose descendants still live in the area.
Orchardists Fankhauser and Course, herbalist William Slater, Barelli bakers, Algernon Elmore, builder and the high-profile doctor, MP and wine promoter Dr. L. L. Smith are included.
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- Spiders in the Loo Patricia Richardson (editor). 2011. $10.00
A selection of stories of Whitehorse people in the pre- and post-war periods, many based on oral history interviews of long-term residents
and post-war migrants. These snapshots show that times were tough, but not without humour.
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- Alwyn Terrence Till: A brave Australian Airman Yvonne Fitzmaurice (editor). 2010. $5.00
A young Mitcham man who volunteered for the RAAF in 1942 wrote letters to his family while training in Australia and serving as a navigator in
Lancaster bombers in Europe until he was shot down over Belgium. The letters, initially humorous, show the harsh realities of battle and form a compelling story.
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- This is Vermont Tim Shambrook. 2nd ed. 2010. $7.00
Long out of print, this history has been revised and updated to provide a description of the Vermont area from earliest times to the present day. Dockings Real Estate has generously provided copies to the Society
for sale to the public.
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- Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum: The legacy of Johann August Schwerkolt, Pioneer Ted Arrowsmith. 2004. $5.00
A comprehensive history of the Schwerkolt family in Mitcham, based on extensive research and documents from family sources.
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- Schwerkolt Cottage Cards each $2.00
Nine designs, full colour, with envelopes.
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NB. Postage not included in the above prices
If you would like to purchase any of our books, within or outside of Australia, please email us with your order and your address and we will advise the price including postage, payable by cheque or money order.
The Whitehorse Historical Society produces a newsletter every second month.
Current and past copies can be downloaded here
Download April 2013 (pdf 915 kb)
Download February 2013 (pdf 1,400 kb)
Download December 2012 (pdf 1168 kb)
Download October 2012 (pdf 680 kb)
Download August 2012 (pdf 861 kb)
Download June 2012 (pdf 1034 kb)
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