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Subject -- health : a handbook for health education
As a handbook for teachers to be used in Queensland state primary schools, the book provides a complex array of notes, talks, activities, quizzes, etc. Each topic is tailored to particular student groups, for example, ?origin of the Good Foods? is…
Children's menu
Front cover shows a spaceman eating an ice cream cone. Motif possibly inspired by the Russian spacecraft, "Sputnik" which was in orbit from 4 October 1957 to 4 January 1958.
The case of the missing health factors
For children, promoting the use of Ovaltine.
Feeding the child - all ages
Dr Younger Ross wrote this book ‘primarily for mothers with the intent of helping them in the many difficulties which arise in feeding their children’. The book covers all stages of childhood, from five to seventeen years of age. Ross believed…
A guide to the care of the young child : infant and pre-school ages, for students of infant welfare
A Guide provides textbook material for Infant welfare nurses, who were at the forefront of the transference of knowledge to mothers about their children. From the research of Dr Scantlebury Brown, it was first published as ‘Guide to Infant…
Manual of health and temperance; with appendix on infectious diseases and ambulance work by J.W. Springthorpe.
Thomas Brodribb, a former Inspector-General of Schools and Head of the Education Department of Victoria, provided the Manual of Health as an accompaniment to lessons on health and temperance prescribed by the Victorian curriculum. The book has eight…
The diet of Australian school children : (with, also, health and disease during school life), and technical education
In another introduction to reforming diet and health of school children, Philip Muskett pays particular attention to the importance of the Australian climate in relation to all aspects of diet and health. He notes that earlier books were overly…
We must eat! Food values for children
Designed to be read by children as part of the Story Book series of Whitcombe and Tombs, We Must Eat! tells the story of two children, Bob and Margaret in their quest of find out what’s a diet. They are helped through their exploration by Ms…
Health brings victory : health, milk and national fitness week. October 24th to November 1st, 1941
Produced in the first half of the 20th century for the Executive of the ‘Twenty-First Annual Sydney Health and Milk Week Campaign’. Health week was founded in 1921 by Professor Harvey Sutton and Dr J S Purdy ‘ to focus public attention for one…
The principles of health and temperance
Esther Alice Chadwick begins her book with the Greek etymology of hygiene - hygeia. She argues that ‘by studying hygiene we learn how to prevent sickness and disease, to keep the body and mind strong and alert, and to preserve their powers as long…
Mothercraft
Founded in 1931 by Phyllis Dorothy Cilento(1894-1987), the Mothercraft Association of Queensland aimed to educate women in all areas affecting maternal and child health. Their magazine does so with a cross section of advice regarding the importance…
My notebook of health for grade 6 & form 1
Record of Health was designed for children to record bodily measurements, and covered topics of health such as fresh air, sunshine, food, clothing, exercise, rest, sleep. The food advice given is combined with basic anatomical functions. Unlike other…
Domestic science handbook : for use by the pupils of Domestic Science Schools.
Designed as a comprehensive guide to domestic science suitable for older students, it includes chapters on all aspects of home management including ‘A Glimpse into the Science of Nutrition’ and ‘Hay Box Cookery’, as well as many common…
The child's book of health in easy lessons
Preface signed: Providence, R.I., April, 1886.
Health and hygiene [1958]
During the 1950s, radio programming was developed for for primary school children throughout Australia to learn about health. For three terms, six units of study were broadcast weekly, covering topics such as: the body, food, national health,…
The value of the vitamin : the story of the Oslo health lunch experiment
The ‘Oslo lunch’ - feeding children a wholemeal cheese and salad sandwich accompanied by milk and fruit - was initiated in Oslo, Norway by Professor Carl Shiotz as means to improve the diet of malnourished school children.This booklet tells the…
Health and hygiene [1961]
During the 1950s, radio programming was developed for for primary school children throughout Australia to learn about health. For three terms, six units of study were broadcast weekly, covering topics such as: the body, food, national health,…
Food for school boys and girls
Menu suggestions for breakfasts, dinners and suppers were common tools of handling nutrition issues. Prepared by the Boston Dietetic Bureau, the menus in this pamphlet are directed towards mothers. Highlighting the importance of meals in a simple,…
Good health from balanced meals
Food consumption surveys undertaken in 1936 and 1944 by the Health Department showed that some Australians were not eating the ‘right kind of food.’ These results resulted in the production of booklets such as this one, produced by the Red Cross…
Handbook of suggestions on health education for the consideration of teachers and others concerned in the work of public elementary schools
This book was a Manual on Health Education to be used by teachers across the hygiene syllabus. It has two main parts, ‘Subject Matter for Health Practice and Health Talks for Young Children’ and ‘Outlines of Health Lessons for Older…
Agatha's husband : a novel
Originally published as a three-volume novel, this yellow-back was the seventh edition of Dinah Craik's Agatha's Husband. The cover and title page attribute the book to "the author of John Halifax, Gentleman," which was Craik's best-known novel.
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A handbook of gymnastics
In this small book, a cheap volume intended for sale at railway stations, John George Wood describes some basic gymnastic exercises. He covers exercises both with and without apparatuses, such as parallel bars, poles, and ropes, with accompanying…
Benjamin Bulk : his tale / written and illustrated by Simple Simon, assisted by Mrs. Simple Simon, Mr. V. B. Spider, and Mr. Cyril Centipede. Entirely set up and produced in the living room, Kallista, Aug. - Sept. 1944.
Hand-lettered, hand-drawn and coloured children's book.
James the lonely kangaroo
A hand-lettered, hand-drawn and coloured children's book, circa 1940s.
May & Sissy
Manuscript book drawn and illustrated by what appears to be two girls. Includes six original drawings, mostly animals and children as subjects.
Made on pages taken from a printed book.
Made on pages taken from a printed book.
Buluwayo sketch
A pioneer newspaper from Mashonaland (Northern region of Zimbabwe). Handwritten and printed with a cyclostyle. The paper focuses on the first Matabele War between troops from the British South Africa Company and the Ndebele Kingdom.
Started July 21,…
Started July 21,…
The Matabeleland times and mining journal
A pioneer newspaper from Mashonaland (Northern region of Zimbabwe). Handwritten and printed with a cyclostyle. The paper focuses on the first Matabele War between troops from the British South Africa Company and the Ndebele Kingdom.
Catharine Susan and me's coming out
Coloured lithograph illustrations, with text lithographed as handwriting.
Convalescent cookery : a family handbook
Booklabel: Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Melbourne.
Indigenous Rights : Protest in Print
Australia’s historical and political records regularly omit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives on the ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights. Their experiences are often framed solely from the viewpoint of relations between…
Tall Tales and True: Journeys of the Mind
Journeys of the Mind is the second part of the Tall Tales and True exhibition. In part one, Journeys Real and Imagined, we endeavoured to show tales of exploration and the imaginary journeys that they inspired. In part two, the journeys are of an…
Tall Tales and True: Journeys Real and Imagined
Since the beginning of time, tales of travel, both real and imagined, have been created in order to make sense of the world. Upon each new geographic discovery, imaginations have been sparked and have given rise to stories of the weird and wonderful.…
Sin Po : 31 December 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 24 December 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 17 December 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 10 December 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 3 December 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 26 November 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 19 November 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 12 November 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 5 November 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…
Sin Po : 29 October 1938
Sin Po was a Chinese-Malay (Peranakan) publication that was first published as a weekly newspaper by young Peranakan Chinese in Jakarta on 1 October 1910. Sin Po became a daily newspaper in 1912 to meet increasing demand and shortly became one of the…