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Mackay Historical Society has a range of local history booklets and books that can be purchased at the Mackay Historical Society Research Centre. All items are available to read at the Research Centre. Sales are cash only and purchases can be made during Research Centre opening hours. Postage will be added to mail orders - please contact us to organise.
Mackay Historical Society has a range of books and booklets for sale. Some are also available for reading at the Mackay Museum.
Booklets
Development of Mackay
A pictorial timeline 1863-1967 of the city of Mackay.
By Janet Norman
$5
Mackay Harbour History
History of the Ports of Mackay. From the use of Flat Top Island and the Pioneer River to the development of the Mackay outer harbour. 1862-1989.
By Janet Norman
$4
The Spirit of Hospitality
The story of the White family on Percy Islands 1921-1964.
By Janet Norman
$5
Pine Islet Lighthouse
A history of the lighthouse that resided on Pine Islet. The last operational kerosene light in Australia, now standing out at our local marina at the Mackay Harbour.
By Janet Norman
$2
Pine Islet and the Lighthouse
An illustrated children's story based on the history of the lighthouse.
Written by Janet Norman and illustrated by David Norman
$5
Shipwrecks on our Coast
A booklet of ships wrecked along the Queensland Coast.
By Janet Norman
$2
Small Ships Up the River Vol. 1&2
Small ships the frequented the Pioneer River before the construction of the present Mackay outer Harbour. (Sold Seperately).
By Janet Norman
$2
Mackay Meals on Wheels
Mackay Meals on Wheels celebrating 40 years of service to the Mackay district September 2007.
By Janet Norman.
$10
The Aftermath (1918 cyclone)
Printed to commerate the centenary of the destructive 1918 cyclone through stories and images.
By Helen Martin
$5
Cooks of Balnagowan & Greenmount
A shot history of the Cook family who arrived in Mackay 1862 and established Balnagowan.
By Betty Clark
$4
A Short History of Mackay and District
A small booklet recounting the establishment of Mackay from 1862.
By Betty Clark.
$5
River City
Photographical Images of Mackay published 2005.
$5
Ossie's Story
The Life story of Oswald (Ozzie) Earnest Muller, born legally blind in Mackay 1929. Who built a yard working business and lived a full life.
By Ossie Muller
$18
Biosketches of the Fallen
A Booklet commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the B17C Flying Fortress Aeroplane Crash at Bakers Creek during 1943. The booklet features biographies of those killed in the crash.
$5
Books
The 1918 Cyclone in Mackay
A collection of information taken directly from the Daily Mercury and the Mackay Daily Standard newspapers reporting on the aftermath of the 1918 cyclone.
$10
Cattle Creek Memories
A collection of images and captions relating to the Cattle Creek Sugar Mill, Finch Hatton which last crushed in 1990.
Compiled by John Elliott.
$10
Sugar Mills of Mackay
A short history of each of the 40 sugar mills which operated at one time or another in the Mackay area.
By: Glen Hall and members of the Mackay Historical Society
$15
St Joseph's Orphanage Merara
The story of the St Joseph's Orphanage at Bucasia 1869-1886. In memory of the children who remain among us at Bucasia.
By Doug Petersen
$15
Pubs of Mackay
Brief histories of the many local hotels in the Mackay area 1862-1962.
By: Glen Hall
$25
In Their Own Hands
A collective history of the many mills that made up the Farleigh Co-operative Sugar Milling Assoc. Ltd.
By K. W. Manning
$10
Poorhouse to Paradise
The story of the Ford family and life in Walkerston 1894 onwards.
By Lyall Ford.
$15
A Photographic Record of Colonial Queensland
The work of John Henry Mills professional photographer 1851-1919.
By Lyall Ford.
$15
Mackay's Own
A biographical register of the men from Mackay and district who died in The Great War of 1914-1918.
By: Glen Hall.
$40
Mackay Revisited
A history of the Mackay city written as part of a joint initiative By K.H. Kennedy
$10
Against The Odds
The history of the Williams Family which had an influential role in the Mackay Business, commercial and social worlds between 1872 and the mid 1900’s.
By: Lyall Ford
$30
Roads to Riches
Development of the Main Roads network throughout the Mackay District including information on the conditions of the first hundred years.
By: Lyall Ford
$40
Road in the Wilderness
Development of the Main Roads network throughout Cairns and Far North Queensland including information on the conditions of the first hundred years.
By: Lyall Ford
$35
Publications
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