Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack was among the first students of the Weimar Bauhaus in 1919. Written by Resi Schwarzbauer with Chris Bell, this book is a culmination of two decades of research, drawing on extensive private family archives and oral histories. For the first time, it reveals the full details of Hirschfeld-Mack’s extraordinary life as so much more than a Bauhaus artist — teacher, musician, inventor, performer, pacifist — a man of compassion and resilience.

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Replete with candid, humorous and thoughtful recollections contributed by members of the Royal Military College Duntroon’s class of 1958–61, this book is an engaging story of military life in post-war Australia experienced only by a select few.

By Sophie Church

In this book of edited memoirs, former headmaster of Canberra Grammar School, Paul McKeown, reflects on a lifetime in education, from his own schooldays at Canberra Grammar, to university years in Sydney and Oxford, to formative teaching experiences at the Dragon School, Outward Bound Mountain School, Northampton Remand Home and Geelong Grammar School’s Timbertop campus. Those who knew him will revel in his warm and insightful recollections; others will appreciate the wisdom and integrity of a man who helped to shape the educational landscape of Australia.

This book won the Local History — Small Publication Award at the 2019 Victorian Community History Awards. The authors, Beris Campbell, Janet Goodwin and Heather McKee, worked closely with editor Helen Penrose of HistorySmiths to produce an engaging publication that records the work of the South Port Community Housing Group since 1983 as a unique player in Victoria’s community housing sector.

‘The handsome book itself is a source of pride for all the social workers and tenants involved.’ (VCHA judges)

152 pages, 260 × 215 mm, with illustrations and index, published 2018

Published by HistorySmiths in July 2023, this biography of John Wilkinson was written by his great-nephew Dr Roger Wilkinson. His great-uncle had been a general practitioner, specialist physician, churchman and an early eco-tourist in the Victorian high country. He had also been instrumental in bringing insulin into Australia after witnessing the effects of the ‘wonder’ drug first-hand during the early months of its use in Toronto, Canada.