TOP END HERITAGE
Darwin, Australia
Publications
From books to newspaper articles, we deal with a diverse range of topics including politics and migration, corporate and social history. Let's not forget our special history just for kids.
Quincy & the Sheriff
A beautifully illustrated children's book about the bombing of Darwin with End Notes for teachers and parents. Buy.
Antecedents
A corporate history of Darwin's oldest law firm, Ward Keller. Dating back to 1910, this book details the exploits of some of the Northern Territory's early legal trailblazers.
Hakka
This book traces the history of the Hakka Chinese from Timor Leste to the Northern Territory and features the stories fo some of Darwin's leading Hakka families.
AJPH
Northern Territory Political Chronicles in the Australian Journal of Politics and History.
Arcadian Populism
Northern Territory politics from self-government in 1978 to 2005. Includes appendices of election results.
Gambling
Newspaper feature on the Northern Territory's extraordinary history of gambling, which was frustrated by archaic South Australian laws.
Mallam
Newspaper feature on a somewhat quirky Londoner who fled the Victorian era and discovered a pleasant life in the Top End.
Bottomley
Newspaper feature on one of the Territory's greatest fraudsters, Horatio Bottomley.
Ah Kim
Newspaper feature on the judicial murder of poor devil Ah Kim, a Chinese artisan, cook and vegetable farmer.
Mean Machine
Newspaper feature on lawyer Dick Ward and journalist Jim Bowditch teaming up to take on multiple Australian authorities.
Turning 40
A history of the NT Legislative Assembly, 1974-2014. Lead author is Emeritus Professor Dean Jaensch AO. Buy
Baracchi
Pietro Baracchi is little known, but played a critical scientific role in Palmerston in 1882-83. Pic: Museums Victoria.
J McD Stuart
Drunk or demented? Death by alcohol or the advanced stages of TB? This is a classic story of fact vs folklore.
Empty bottles
...and full public servants. The history and heritage of Lots 2392 and 2393, Town of Darwin.
Stone Houses
The history and heritage of Lot 2328, Town of Darwin — our only remnant of Chinatown.
Salt Pan
The history and heritage of the Ludmilla Salt Pan; a story of Greek immigrants and hard yakka.
Adelaide River
Interpretive signage plan and strategic plan for the Railway Heritage Precinct.
Racing
The history of horse racing in the Top End, including an explanation for the apparently pointless one-horse 'races'.