Friday, May 22, 2015

Inside History magazine - Maitland City Library

In issue 28, our May-June 2015 edition of Australia’s favourite history and genealogy magazine, you’ll discover:
  • Our expert guide to finding and using parish maps and land records
  • Our chat with Sir Tony Robinson on his Tour of Duty discovering Australia’s hidden wartime stories
  • 95 new online genealogy resources to help grow your family tree
  • The world of the English workhouse, beyond Dickensian stereotypes
  • The iconic Tea and Sugar train of yesteryear and its cross-country rides across the Nullarbor
  • How to use asylum records and access even those closed to the public
  • Our pick of the top 5 historical walks around Australia
  • The mammoth project to document our surviving World War II veterans
  • Where to find the newly digitised collections of 14 leading museums from around Australia
  • How you can help map the past with geo-referencing projects underway
  • Why Victoria’s education system is historically significant
Electronic edition available at Maitland City Library http://www.maitland.nsw.gov.au/Library/
select eresources, then emagazines for full, free access.