Whitehorse Manningham Heritage Database



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The Whitehorse Manningham Heritage Network was established in June 1997 as a collaboration between Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library Corporation, Box Hill Historical Society Inc., Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society Inc., Warrandyte Historical Society Inc., and Whitehorse historical SocietyInc.

The aims of the Whitehorse Manningham Heritage Network are to create a local history database for the region and to develop co-operation between the local historical societies and the library in order to provide a comprehensive local history service to the communities of Whitehorse and Manningham and beyond.


The Whitehorse Manningham Heritage Database is an ongoing project with additional entries being added as catalogued. It is not yet a complete record of items held in the historical societies.

A selection of images can be viewed in database records but for most images the researcher will need to visit the society to view images.

The Whitehorse Manningham Heritage Database is the place to look for any information relating to the local area - not just 'history'.


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Notes on how to search the database.




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From the library website, access through the Information on the Web page under History and Geography then Local History

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Access through the Information Desk page under Local History




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1. Images on goldmining locally are required for a school project.
(Tip: Basic search using Search for Images only)

2. Which organisations hold information about the Eastern Freeway?
(Tip: After searching use the Return to search page link for names of organisations).

3. According to the database, how many photographs does Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society have of schools in Doncaster.
(Tip: Use Advanced Search. Note: % is used for AND for a Boolean search in this database)

4a. Which collection holds photographs of tiles produced by the Australian Tesselated Tile Company?
(Tip: Use Advanced Search - tiles%tesselated - and specify publication type. After searching use the Return to search page link for name of organisation.)

4b. When is the organisation holding the photographs of tiles open to the public for research enquiries?
(Tip: Use Contacts link).

5. A patron is looking for books on local birds.
(Tip: Use Advanced Search)

Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center (LRC) is a fairly comprehensive database, useful for literary research and author biographies etc. Although it has a strong American focus, it still has some good Australian content.

LRC consists of three seperate sections which can be searched individually or as a group (which is the default setting and is the best way to go).

It is part of the Gale group of databases and is therefore easy to search and navigate.

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To access LRC go to the "Information on the Web" page under "Books & Reading" or "Databases A-Z"

http://ezproxy.wev.vic.gov.au/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wh_manningham?db=LitRC




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1. Use the "Works Search" tab to find some overviews of "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. How many did you find?

2. Using "Advanced Search" find a book review of "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold.

3. A student is doing an assignment on the "muckraking movement" and needs to find a list of authors from this literary movement. Hint...use the "Person Search". Which nationality was primarily responsible for this literary movement?