Wrathall Books

30/07/2026

Donate books to Yarragon Book Fair

We are accepting donations of books for next years book fair. Leave a note on the page if you would like to contribute to the stock for the 2027 event.

30/07/2026

Taking a look at Tim White’s Books for Cooks book stall at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair, open until Saturday 1 August.

29/07/2026

The West Gate Bridge collapsed on 15 October 1970 in Melbourne, resulting in 35 deaths and 18 injuries. This document appears to be published prior to the disaster.

26/07/2026

Lorraine had an important part in the amalgamation of La Trobe Shire, which the book doesn’t really explain.

25/07/2026

Arrawatta is probably the name of an Aboriginal person, rather than a place, because Henry Kendall referred to “Strong Arrawatta” in another poem in the same year:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137564907

24/07/2026

An exhibition of 50 years of Australia–Japan diplomacy is currently being displayed at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, which is located in the Azabudai Hills, Tokyo.

24/07/2026

Andrew Wrathall is visiting the University of Melbourne’s Classics Reading Room during the BookUp Research Day.

The Classics Reading Room contains an extensive collection of Ancient Greek and Latin texts (eg Loebs, Oxford Classical Texts, Budés, and Teubners, including some Byzantine texts), commentaries (such as the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries), dictionaries and lexicons, major works of reference (eg Oxford Classical Dictionary, Cambridge Ancient History, Pauly Wissowa), and a complete set of the Australian-published journal Ramus: critical studies in Greek and Roman literature. There are many academic books on ancient literature, art, architecture, mythology, political history, social history, philosophy, epigraphy, Roman law, Byzantine studies, and other areas of classical studies. There are also ancient Egyptian, Syriac Aramaic, and Akkadian texts.

19/07/2026

Dalai Lama book collection, with one signed by His Holiness. The family has organised his tour to Australia for many years.

18/07/2026

Book fair coming to Darnum

Here we go again folks. Mark your calendars now for the weekend of 29th/30th August 2026. The Lions Club of Warragul will be running its Springtime Charity Book Fair at the Darnum Memorial Hall raising funds for the community. A huge variety of books will be offered and entry is by Gold coin donation. If you have any good quality books that you would like to donate we would love to here from you. Phone 03 5623 4575 or email [email protected]