Publications for sale

The Society has the following publications for sale:

Hay Public School: 150 Years of History 1869-2019  written by Ian Beissel as part of the celebration of the school's sesquicentenary  [price: $55 (Aust.), which includes postage & handling within Australia].

Mackenzie's Riverina: A Tour of the Hay District Pastoral Holdings of the 1890s (Second Edition)  (a collection of the writings of Harold M. Mackenzie, edited by Caroline Merrylees - with an additional pictorial supplement)  [price: $40 (Aust.), which includes postage & handling within Australia].

Haywire: The Wartime Camps at Hay  [price: $50 (Aust.), which includes postage & handling within Australia].

Beyond the Lachlan: A History of Tom’s Lake and the Crossley Family by Norman Crossley [price: $49.50 (Aust.) plus postage] – available directly from the author (e-mail ) or from the Riverine Grazier, 183 Lachlan Street, Hay.

Rene: Photographer of Hay  [price: $25 (Aust.), plus $5 for postage & handling within Australia].

Ringer: Tales of Hay and the Western Riverina  [price: $40 (Aust.), plus $10 for postage & handling within Australia].

Among the Pioneers: A Guide to Rambles in the Hay Cemetery  [price: $5 (Aust.), which includes postage & handling within Australia].

Pastoral Records of the Riverina, a collection of microfilmed records of pastoral holdings in the Hay district.  Click on the link for full details and prices.

Reprint of Robert Ronald's The Riverina: People and Properties (first published 1960) - now available from the Riverine Grazier, 183 Lachlan Street, Hay, NSW, 2711  [price $55 (Aust.) plus $7 postage & handling within Australia].

Brave Beginnings: A History of the Carrathool District  by Caroline Merrylees [price: $15 (Aust.), plus $5 for postage & handling within Australia].

The Witcombe Heritage: A History of the Buildings of Hay  written & compiled by Caroline Merrylees & Derek Woolcott [price: $15 (Aust.), plus $5 for postage & handling within Australia].

CD-ROMs for sale

The Society has produced two CD-ROMs, each providing valuable tools for the study and appreciation of the history of Hay and district over the past 150 years.  Click the links for full details and prices.

Portrait of Hay has 1600 images on two CDs, featuring local photographs from the 1870's to the 1980's.

Haystacks contains a vast amount of historical and contemporary information and data relating to the residents of Hay and surrounding areas.

Portrait of Hay contains 1600 photos on two CD-ROMs, plus much historical information.  The project was a spin-off from the Gavin A. Johnston Negative Indexing task, in which 78,000 black & white negatives were identified, listed, indexed and archived for future use.  The CDs showcase a selection of about 1500 of these photos, adding several other important collections spanning a period of 125 years.

Hay's first Courthouse, on the site of the present Post Office  (photo: H.T. Davidson, about 1874).

CD (2) contain two further groups of Gavin Johnston's photographs.  One group is of properties, events and villages of the Hay district.  The other is of copies Gavin made of older photographs (by unknown photographers) of local historical importance.
Also included on this CD are other smaller collections:
Fred Harrison (1888 - 1964) was the son of George Henry Harrison, a local merchant and storekeeper.  Fred's excellent photos of Hay and local personalities are mostly dated from the first World War era and are reproduced from glass plates.
Albert Underwood (1883 - 1956) became caretaker and grave-digger of the Hay Cemetery in 1913, and continued in that role for 43 years until his death in 1956.  Albert's photographs included here are mainly from the 1931 floods and the Second World War POW Camp era.
Derek Woolcott's involvement with recording the buildings of Hay & district began in the mid-1970's when he made a number of visits to research and photograph structures which he identified as of historical interest.  He submitted photographs and descriptions to the National Trust, as a result of which many buildings were listed, and several received classified status.  Derek's black & white photographs are included.
Elizabeth Gibson and Caroline Merrylees are local artists.  Included are photographs by both, recording contemporary images and selected subjects of Hay and district.
Included also are photographs taken in 1874 by H. T. Davidson and others of historical importance by unknown photographers.

Haystacks CD-ROM is an information resource providing an accessible tool for genealogical and local history studies relating to Hay and surrounding areas.  It contains an extensive collection of fully-searchable primary data that provides a varied and full picture of the residents of the town and district over the past 150 years.  Databases on the CD-ROM include the following: