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Steele Creek and the Lady of the Lake

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On Friday the 28th June, 2013,  Niddrie Library hosted the launch of  Christine Laskowski's book Steele Creek and the Lady of the Lake: the early history of Niddrie, Airport West, Keilor East, Avondale Heights, Keilor Park, West Essendon and Tullamarine. This book is the culmination of many years of painstaking research undertaken by Christine and is the first comprehensive history of the local area. The library has several copies of this book available for loan and Reference copies will soon be available at the Sam Merrifield, Niddrie and Avondale Heights branches.

New Family History Book

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The Moonee Valley Library Service has a new edition in paperback of The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History, edited by David Hey. This book is available at the Sam Merrifield Local History Room LH 929.1072041 OXF