No. 226, MARCH 1987: Hal Warren - a tribute p3. The Rialto story p6. Church ritual and the working classes of Early Collingwood and Fitzroy p20. Methodist missionaries on Dobu Island, Papua New Guinea in 1891 p24. Women in public life in renaissance Florence p28. A schoolmaster in goldrush Victoria: David Ryland at Forest Creek 1856-1863 p33.

No. 227, JUNE 1987: The English Lady and the quartermasters sons (Andrew and Annie Baxter) p3. 'Every large centre of population is entitled to its industrial school' a case study in nineteenth century welfare decision making p19. Review article: A review of Robert Hughes 'The fatal shore: a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia 1787-1868' p28. Document: True civilisation: the establishment of the Melbourne Public Library p36.

No. 228 SEPTEMBER 1987: Les Blake: an appreciation p3. From Dr N.G. Curry's address at the funeral service for Les Blake (1987) p4. A personal tribute from Cliff Green p7. Les Blake the writer by Hugh Anderson p8. Les Blake - teacher by Neville Drummond p10. Bibliography of monographs by Les Blake p11. A colonial city of ideas (Ballarat and the steam engine) p14. Family, community and friendship ties among assisted immigrants from Cambridgeshire to Port Phillip and Victoria 1840-67 p33. Obsequies for Sir Redmond Barry p38.

No. 229, MARCH 1988: Taking the past into the future (public records) p3. Peter Lalor: Ireland and Victoria p16. Alfred Deakin at home p30. Memories of the Darby Chalet, Wilson's Promontory National Park p38. Review article: Set up to fail? soldier settlers in Victoria p42.

No. 230, JULY 1988: From colonial government to social democracy by Dr Davis McCaughey p3. John Murray, Premier of Victoria p18. Women, subjects of science and their subjective experience: the knowledge evolution 1880s-1930s p36. Morality and feminine patriotism in Melbourne during the Second World War p47.

No. 231, NOVEMBER 1988: Manning Clark's history - the musical p3. The Scottish cairn at Sydney's Domain p21. Humble and Sons of Geelong: pioneer engineers no.6 p39.

No. 232, MARCH 1989: A forgotten Victorian goldrush: Lamplough, via Avoca, 1859-1860 p3. The shaping of Victorian Rules Football p27. Murrundi aborigines and Murray squatters p42. Edward Roberts of the 'Firefly' and the Glass Works, Lake Tyers p51.

No. 233, SEPTEMBER 1989: The Maltese in Melbourne 1838-1938 p3. Using a woman's diary for social history p24. The Pentonvillains p37. The ragged school systems in the Australian colonies p47. A historical perspective of radiology p57. Raffaello Carboni revisited p68.

No. 234, MARCH 1990: The removal of G.W.L. Marshall-Hall from the Ormond Chair of Music p3. Governor La Trobe p17. Reflections on local history by Richard Broome p33. A memory of Hal Porter by Chester Eagle p52.

No. 235, AUGUST 1990: The challenge of our industrial heritage p93. The life and death of the Bow Truss Woolstore p96. Bow Truss building, Geelong p121. The legend of H.V. (Hugh Victor) McKay p124. The Spotswood Pumping Station p158. Commonwealth no. 5 Explosives Factory (Albion) Deer Park, 1939-1945 p178. The Footscray City Link Heritage Study p193. David Munro and Company, engineers p208. Heritage conservation and museum development in Melbourne's western suburbs in the 1980s (discusses Melbourne's Living Museum of the West p214) p212.

No. 236, DECEMBER 1990: The diseased stock agent (Daniel Kennedy) (aspects of the Ned Kelly story) p243. Marcus Clarke and the significant past p270. The Merino and industrial science (explores aspects of the production of fine wool for the world market) p279. On missing the point: a response from Melbourne's Living Museum of the West p299.

No. 237, JUNE 1991: The Reverend R.G. (Reginald Gordon) Nichols in Fitzroy 1925-1942 p3. Growing up in Melbourne 1883-1899 by E. Morris Miller p18 (includes time at University High School 1896-98 p35; at Wesley College 1898-99 p41). A.M.G. (Alfred Marshall Graeme) Thom p51.

No. 238, DECEMBER 1991: Batman's treaties (John Batman) p85. Discovering John Batman's Port Phillip Exploration p98. Samuel Anderson, Robert Massie and the Rebecca: pioneering Western Port p107. Tracking William Turton in Gippsland p117. Naming Mount Alexander p131. Changing town names in Victoria p137.

No. 239, JUNE 1992: Builders of public enterprise in Victoria by E.W. Russell p3.(George Emery and the State Savings Bank p7, Samuel McGowan and the Electric Telegraph Department p9, Sir Harold Clapp and the Victorian Railways p9, Stuart Murray and the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission p12, George Broome and the State Coal Mine p13, Sir John Monash and the State Electricity Commission p15, Oswald Barnett and the Housing Commission of Victoria p16). Watering and peopling the Goulburn Valley by Jacqueline Templeton p22. A tale of two bridges: the Hawthorn Bridge controversy, 1929-30 by Carolyn Rasmussen p31. The Glenlyon Toll Gate by Geoff Palmer p45. Besmirching our reputation: sectarianism and charity in Geelong by Shurlee Swain p51.

No. 240, OCTOBER 1992: Chronology of Melbourne's history p12. Plutocracy at play: social activities of the Melbourne City Council by David Dunstan p17. The Melbourne Town Hall: the city's meeting place by Graeme Tucker p37. The Search for a (town, city) square by Jenny Williams p50. Theatrum Urbis: Melbourne's street processions by Andrew May p64 (civic p69, loyalty and royalty p73, funerals p76). 'The garden city of a garden state': Melbourne in the 1934 centennial celebrations by Vikki Plant p86. Melbourne's public gardens: a family tree by Georgina Whitehead p101. 'The sanitary defence': housing, disease and health administration by Paul Hicks p118. Cleansing the city streets: a photo essay p138. Cleansing the great unwashed: Melbourne City Baths by Jennifer Bailey p141. A search for identity: Carlton's history, Carlton's residents (Carlton) by Patricia Grimshaw and Katie Holmes p154. Melbourne that might have been: past visions of the future city by Graeme Davidson p168 (Melbourne as it is, and as it ought to be (1850) p173, A fifty year plan for Melbourne (1935) by Frank Stapley p178, Melbourne 2001 AD (1969) by Robin Boyd p182). [missing]
No. 241, APRIL 1993: Women fighting for peace: Charles Strong and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom p4. The Sentimental Bloke on screen: a stoush with the Yanks p28. John Kitchen, chemical industry pioneer: a soap story p46. Thomas Smith of Sandon: miner, farmer, geologist p59. Obituary: Howard Spencer McComb p77.

No. 242, OCTOBER 1993: 1893 remembered by Paul de Serville p101. Preventing bank failure: could the Commercial Bank of Australia have been saved by its peers in 1893? by D.T. Merrett p122. Thomas Bent: land booming politician by Margaret Glass p143. James Morrow: inventor of the stripper harvester by Robert B. Morrow p159.

No. 243, JUNE 1994: Death of the Old Melbourne Cemetery by Ralph Biddington p3 (The cemetery's early history p3, The City Council and the cemetery p6, Legislation 1915-1918 p7, Opposition to the Act is organized 1917-1919 p11, Isaac Selby and the cemetery p13, Monash, Selby and the Jewish section 1919-1920 p15, A revitalized campaign 1920-22 p18). Monumental untruths about early Melbourne (monuments) by Stuart Duncan p31 (Rehabilitating John Batman p37). Where did they bury Charlie (Charles) Gray by David Corke p45. The Puckles (Puckle family) of Moonee Ponds by Truda Olson p57.

No. 244, OCTOBER 1994: After Corowa (conference 1893) p98. Independence or annexation to Victoria? separationism in the Riverina in the 1850s and 1860s p113. The Victorian Land Act 1862 revisited p130. The Biographical Dictionary of Western Victoria Project p145. The professor and the journalist (Crosbie Morrison and John Turner) - Scientists in popular conservation campaigns p154. Saving the returned men - The Soldiers' Lounge, St Paul's Cathedral p169.

No. 245, JUNE 1995: Annie Wilkins: life on the margins in nineteenth century Collingwood by Margaret M. Pawsey. Spying on the goldfields by Ralph Birrell. Ned Kelly and horse and cattle stealing by Doug Morrissey. Lutheran schools in Victoria during World War I by Charles Meyer. Sir John Gellibrand and the Victoria Police: a short, unhappy association by Peter S. Sadler.

No. 246, NOVEMBER 1995: The South Street Eisteddfod, and local music-making in Ballarat in the 1920's and 1930's by Kay Dreyfus. Cremorne Gardens, Richmond, and the modelled panoramas 1853-1863 by Mimi Colligan. The golden age of Melbourne theatre, 1870-1910 by Joan Maslen. Victoria's suburban cinemas: from converted building to multi-screen complex by George Ivanoff. That's entertainment! the Performing Arts Museum by Janine Burrand.

No. 247, APRIL 1996: Perceptions of Melbourne's 'pride and glory' by Weston Bate. In pursuit of useful knowledge: the nineteenth-century concept of the botanic garden by Theresa Wyborn. A garden of views: photographic records of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 1860-1910 by Eve Almond. Under pressure: the evolution of the water supply system of the Royal Botanic Gardens by Rohan Lamb. A tale of two animals: camel and alpaca - zoological shaping of Mueller's Botanic Gardens by Linden Gillbank. Relief from duties of minor importance - the removal of Baron Von Mueller from the directorship of the Royal Botanic Gardens by Helen Cohn and Sara Maroske. William Guilfoyle and staff discipline in the Botanic Gardens by Darren Watson. The provincial botanic gardens of Victoria and their relationship with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne by Francine Gilfedder. The Cranbourne Botanic Garden and the Maud Gibson Trust by Peter Howson. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne: a select annotated bibliography by Helen Cohn and Sara Maroske.

No. 248, APRIL 1997: Separation and Federation: the relationship of Port Phillip with the government of New South Wales by A.G.L. Shaw. Melbourne's birthday by Ralph P. Neale. The (John) Campbell Incident by Patrick Morgan. Eureka: politics or self defence? by John Ireland. Guided democracy: the local courts after Eureka by R.W. Birrell. Mining and processing of Jarosite near Torquay in the 1920's by Ian D. Rae and M. Williams. The discovery of Australia: the Portuguese priority reconsidered by Stuart Duncan. Alfred William Howitt: scientific pioneer in colonial Victoria by Judy Wardlaw. In search of a Victorian Baronetcy (Sir William Clarke) by Sir Ronald Lindsay. Harry Leston: a versatile showman by Loreley A. Morling. The Great Depression in Victoria: some local observations by Geoff Palmer. A memorable memorial: John Gardiner and the first house in Hawthorn by Gwen McWilliam.

No. 249, NOVEMBER 1997: Visitor views of Echuca: history as the grassroots of tourism by Susan Priestly. Housing and the elderly: the experience of one group of colonial Victorians by Dawn Peel. James Campbell 1845-1893: 'An admirable type of Australian Scot' by Alison Goding. Settlers, prayers and divine service: early years on the Mornington Peninsula by Valda Cole.

No. 250, JUNE 1998: In search of Maie Casey (and a tribute to the late Dr Geoffrey Serle) by Diane Langmore. Open road, open sky: the story of David Allen by Carole Woods. No stone unturned: in search of Professor Sir Frederick McCoy by Malcolm Carkeek. Dr William John Harris - teacher, scholar, geologist and gentleman by Clive Harris. Baby boon: the infant welfare movement in Victoria by Margaret Flood..

No. 251, NOVEMBER 1998: George Bass and the whaleboat voyage 1797-1798 by Valda Cole. The Bass bicentenary markers at Western Port by Stuart Duncan. Welsh gold seekers by Valerie Hill. The Mount Buffalo story by Dan Webb. It shows in his buggy: the place of the buggy in nineteenth century Australia by Jim Badger.