Vision Splendid

Rev.Dr. John Flynn and the Australian Inland Mission

Compiled and edited by Daryl Lightfoot and Sue Pacey

A limited edition ( of 400 copies ) commemorative monograph celebrating the centenary of the inauguration of The Australian Inland Mission.

Contents include: ‘Reflections’ by Rev.Dr. Colin Ford, former AIM Padre; ‘Memories of Rev.Dr. John Flynn; ‘Antecedents of the Australian Inland Mission – People and Places’; Flynn’s ‘Call to the Church’-The 1912 General Assembly of Australia; and Itinerant and Special Ministries – 1912 onwards.

The book also covers ‘The AIM Nursing Service; Some AIM Padres/Patrols; The Aerial Medical Service and the Pedal Radio’.

 

Softcover
56 pages
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2012
Cost: $15

Voices

A Folk History of the Manning Valley

Helen Hannah

Helen says of this book:
“Every person has a story to tell. My desire to hear and record some of these stories led me to write this book. As well as successful farmers and sawmill owners, I spoke to share farmers, rabbiters, women who dairyed and reared large families, as well as others who are usually forgotten by history.”

Softcover
230 pages
16 cm x 23 cm
First published 1988
Cost: $20 CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Wherrol Flat – Caparra Memories of a Bygone Era

Tom Woollard

In this book Tom has focused on the years he and Jean, his wife, spent at Caparra.  He has drawn on his observations of life around him to paint a picture of a community, which, notwithstanding social, cultural, and religious differences, worked together to improve the district for the good of everyone.  Tom has shown us the bonds which develop between people striving together for a better life.

 

Softcover
51 pages
14.5 cm x 21 cm
First Edition 2002
Cost: $10

Who Poisoned Mary Dean?

by Maurie Garland

Set in colonial Sydney in 1895. With painstaking research, Maurie Garland reveals for the first time the full story behind the trial that changed Australia justice.

The trial that followed her husband’s arrest and the public meetings and Royal Commission that followed, riveted the attention of all Australia as crucial questions about the roles of judges, lawyers and witnesses in trials were examined, trying to determine what constitutes a fair trial.

263 pages with photographs
13.5 x 21cm
Printed 2019
Cost $25

Wingham and St. Matthews

 Norma Neal and Minna Senior

This book is a history of Wingham’s Anglican Parish of St. Matthews and a story of the town itself.  It highlights the way of life of the early communities in the Valley and then focuses on the people and township of Wingham.

Softcover
128 pages
145 cm x 21 cm
printed 1998
cost $15

Wingham Municipal Council’s Housing Scheme 1954 – 1980

by Bill Beach

Home ownership occupies a special place in the Australian psyche providing a strong sense of emotional security and safety. For 26 years Wingham Municipal Council conducted a remarkably successful housing finance scheme that assisted almost 400 local families to own their own home. There is little doubt that the housing scheme differentiated Wingham from many other country towns and is something of which the town can be proud.

26 pages with photographs
14 x 21.5cm
Printed 2019
Cost $14.00