To Four Mile Creek and beyond
Edith and George Rial lived much of their lives in the southern Riverina region of NSW, Australia. Their parents and grandparents typified the ambition, optimism, and achievements of those who came to Australia in the mid-1800s, some voluntarily and some as a result of minor crimes in England. Their story is one of hard work, large families, property success and failure, and the loss of sons in the Great War.
Chinese Music Handbook
To musicians versed in western music tradition and theory, Chinese music can sound bewildering. But look underneath the hood and you will find the foundations of the music are remarkably similar. So similar in fact, that French musical theoreticians in China, during the 18th and 19th centuries, speculated that Chinese music with its five to six thousand year tradition was the ancestor of western music with its two to three thousand year tradition.
How is it that music that is built on the same underlying foundations can sound so different? Maybe you already know that Chinese music is mainly pentatonic. This book will introduce you to the many techniques, starting from the pentatonic scale, that form component parts of the Chinese music tradition and theory.
To musicians versed in western music tradition and theory, Chinese music can sound bewildering. But look underneath the hood and you will find the foundations of the music are remarkably similar. So similar in fact, that French musical theoreticians in China, during the 18th and 19th centuries, speculated that Chinese music with its five to six thousand year tradition was the ancestor of western music with its two to three thousand year tradition.
How is it that music that is built on the same underlying foundations can sound so different? Maybe you already know that Chinese music is mainly pentatonic. This book will introduce you to the many techniques, starting from the pentatonic scale, that form component parts of the Chinese music tradition and theory.
Alpaca Teeth
Dental issues are common in alpacas and can lead to pain, suffering and, if left untreated, can be fatal.
Alpaca Teeth: The Owner’s Guide to Alpaca Dental Health and Wellbeing will take you on a guided tour of the mouth of the alpaca, demonstrating the role that the mouth and teeth play as the first part of the digestive process. You will learn about normal dentition, what can go wrong in the mouth and, most importantly, how you can identify animals in your care that may be suffering from a dental problem.
Allison Quagliani became interested in alpaca dentistry in 2002 when one of her own animals developed a tooth problem and needed dental treatment. Allison is the first dedicated Alpaca Dentist in Australia and has been providing dental care to alpacas for over 15 years. Allison has written Alpaca Teeth: The Owner’s Guide to Alpaca Dental Health and Wellbeing, to share her knowledge with alpaca carers to improve the lives of alpacas.
Owners and carers are at the frontline when it comes to identifying any dental issues. Using the information in this book, you will play an important role in the early detection and treatment of dental issues for animals in your care. Written in everyday language with lots of photographs and diagrams, this book is suitable for all alpaca carers. It will be an essential part of your alpaca husbandry reference library and an invaluable book to have on-hand when checking the health of your alpacas.
Dental issues are common in alpacas and can lead to pain, suffering and, if left untreated, can be fatal.
Alpaca Teeth: The Owner’s Guide to Alpaca Dental Health and Wellbeing will take you on a guided tour of the mouth of the alpaca, demonstrating the role that the mouth and teeth play as the first part of the digestive process. You will learn about normal dentition, what can go wrong in the mouth and, most importantly, how you can identify animals in your care that may be suffering from a dental problem.
Allison Quagliani became interested in alpaca dentistry in 2002 when one of her own animals developed a tooth problem and needed dental treatment. Allison is the first dedicated Alpaca Dentist in Australia and has been providing dental care to alpacas for over 15 years. Allison has written Alpaca Teeth: The Owner’s Guide to Alpaca Dental Health and Wellbeing, to share her knowledge with alpaca carers to improve the lives of alpacas.
Owners and carers are at the frontline when it comes to identifying any dental issues. Using the information in this book, you will play an important role in the early detection and treatment of dental issues for animals in your care. Written in everyday language with lots of photographs and diagrams, this book is suitable for all alpaca carers. It will be an essential part of your alpaca husbandry reference library and an invaluable book to have on-hand when checking the health of your alpacas.
Early Days
The Distribution of Australian Dragonflies
Fine Spirit and Pluck
Step back in time as everyday Australians are plucked from their homes in the outer suburbs and rural fringes and plunged into the fray of World War I. Their stories have remained untold for a century but are contained now within these pages, written by family, friends, and historians, keen to bring the memory of their loved ones out of the shadows.
There’s the unusual gift sent by a faraway soldier as a declaration of love, the military medal recipient who would return to build the Fairfield RSL, the Arthur’s Creek orchardist who left behind an unknown fiancée only to be “discovered” decades later by the family … and so much more.
Yarra Plenty Regional Library have gathered stories from the municipalities of Banyule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea in Melbourne’s north – stories that help connect us to our past and offer a sense of place in the community in which we live, and which exemplify the fine spirit and pluck exhibited by every Australian.
Fine Spirit and Pluck: World War One Stories from Banyule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea is a poignant collection of snapshots into the past, an anthology that commemorates the Australian spirit and which is sure to touch every reader.
Step back in time as everyday Australians are plucked from their homes in the outer suburbs and rural fringes and plunged into the fray of World War I. Their stories have remained untold for a century but are contained now within these pages, written by family, friends, and historians, keen to bring the memory of their loved ones out of the shadows.
There’s the unusual gift sent by a faraway soldier as a declaration of love, the military medal recipient who would return to build the Fairfield RSL, the Arthur’s Creek orchardist who left behind an unknown fiancée only to be “discovered” decades later by the family … and so much more.
Yarra Plenty Regional Library have gathered stories from the municipalities of Banyule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea in Melbourne’s north – stories that help connect us to our past and offer a sense of place in the community in which we live, and which exemplify the fine spirit and pluck exhibited by every Australian.
Fine Spirit and Pluck: World War One Stories from Banyule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea is a poignant collection of snapshots into the past, an anthology that commemorates the Australian spirit and which is sure to touch every reader.
JEWEL
It wouldn’t happen to them … until it did. Jewel is an autobiography of how one son coped with the devastating blow of finding out that his mother, Julie, has breast cancer. But that’s only the beginning, as the cancer comes back more and more aggressive each time, eventually taking Julie away from her family forever.
Dylan Smith details his mother’s cancer battle with raw honesty and a grim sense of humour. A touching tribute to a much-loved mother, and a must read for anyone who has had to witness their loved one battle cancer
It wouldn’t happen to them … until it did. Jewel is an autobiography of how one son coped with the devastating blow of finding out that his mother, Julie, has breast cancer. But that’s only the beginning, as the cancer comes back more and more aggressive each time, eventually taking Julie away from her family forever.
Dylan Smith details his mother’s cancer battle with raw honesty and a grim sense of humour. A touching tribute to a much-loved mother, and a must read for anyone who has had to witness their loved one battle cancer
Your Grandfather Married My Grandmother – A Shipley Family History
My story starts in the newly formed Kingdom of Great Britain in the early 1700’s with my 5 times Great Grandfather John Shipley. He was born in Epworth Lincolnshire a small rural village 143 miles north of London. In the late 1880’s our story moves to nearby Thorne a market town and thence to Doncaster the major town in the area. I was born in Doncaster in 1943. In 1951 my family migrated to Melbourne Australia where I spent my formative years.
The curiosity to find out about where we came from, I believe, exists for all of us. For the best part of my life I craved information about my ancestors. My parents did not talk to me about them, nor did I ask them. We were very private people.
My ancestry journey officially started in 2007. By this time my parents were long deceased. With hindsight what I wouldn’t have given to ask them questions.
Using internet search engines, I was able to construct an interesting and informative story. But like any good story there is always a twist. Something that I did not see coming. I found ancestors that I didn’t know existed who provided me with valuable information including a very special cousin, Dianne, who helped me open the doors to this new vision. She has also written her own special chapter in our story.
Unfortunately, Dianne passed away before the publication of this book. I know she would have enjoyed reading it.
My story starts in the newly formed Kingdom of Great Britain in the early 1700’s with my 5 times Great Grandfather John Shipley. He was born in Epworth Lincolnshire a small rural village 143 miles north of London. In the late 1880’s our story moves to nearby Thorne a market town and thence to Doncaster the major town in the area. I was born in Doncaster in 1943. In 1951 my family migrated to Melbourne Australia where I spent my formative years.
The curiosity to find out about where we came from, I believe, exists for all of us. For the best part of my life I craved information about my ancestors. My parents did not talk to me about them, nor did I ask them. We were very private people.
My ancestry journey officially started in 2007. By this time my parents were long deceased. With hindsight what I wouldn’t have given to ask them questions.
Using internet search engines, I was able to construct an interesting and informative story. But like any good story there is always a twist. Something that I did not see coming. I found ancestors that I didn’t know existed who provided me with valuable information including a very special cousin, Dianne, who helped me open the doors to this new vision. She has also written her own special chapter in our story.
Unfortunately, Dianne passed away before the publication of this book. I know she would have enjoyed reading it.
