The man behind the library
Before his name was on the library, Max Rogers was the person many people turned to when they wanted to understand a family, a house or a piece of local history. He joined the Society in 1995, became its librarian that year and took on the role of research officer in 1999.
Born in Orange in 1937, Robert Maxwell Rogers worked in newspapers before joining the Sydney Morning Herald as a linotype compositor. After retiring to Bowral, he brought the same care for words and detail to the Society’s archives. He built the library’s collection, donated books and gave generously of his time to researchers.
The Royal Australian Historical Society recognised his contribution in 2006, and the Society made him an honorary life member in 2009. After his death in 2017, the research library was named in his honour. Read the Society’s tribute · The library’s naming
These are library holdings for consultation, not a list of books for sale. Visit the Society bookshop for publications you can buy. The catalogue does not have a separate author column; authors are shown where an edition-matched source has supplied one. Some source titles are truncated. Check the original and contact the library for details.
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| Collins Pocket Reference Scottish Surnames | 1995 | R.03/03-21 | PDF p. 1 |
| 'Tough but Fair: Some Practices of Imprisonment in New South Wales 1866-1914' with references to Berrima Gaol. JournalDec1991 Volume 77, Partv3 Duplicate copy othernheld in RAHS bound vols | 1991 | R.13/150 - RAHS Jnls - Articles | PDF p. 1 |
| "...in the favour of Mary". Marist Brothers in Australia. | 1997 | REF. 09/69 | PDF p. 1 |
| "..those People from Skye - The McKenzie Family" | 1998 | R.01/190 | PDF p. 1 |
| "As We Journey" and other poems. | 1988 | 33/05 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Brushwood Fire and Boiling Billy": Camp fire tales and bush poems | - | 33/15 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Dems? What's Dems?": The story of the men of the Royal Australian Navy who manned defensively equipped merchant sh | 1986 | 35/40 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Gift" Land Grant to the Oxley Family at Wingecarribee. Article published in R.A.H.S. Journal Vol. XXXII, Part III, 1946. Page | 1946 | R.13/150 - RAHS Jnls - Articles | PDF p. 1 |
| "God Speed the Plough". Argyle Agricultural & Horticultural Society (1857-1873). (A collection of facts by Ian Wod). | 2005 | R.14/47 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Gone but not Forgotten": A history of the Minnamurra Falls Valley and a family history. | 1982 | 27/16 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Horsley" Historic Homestead Bong Bong Road, Dapto: On-site inspection brochure for your information. Prepared for the vand Council Representatives on Saturday,19th July, 1980 | 1980 | 27/05 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Hurrah for the Road". Stage-coaches to Goulburn and beyond 1.7.1848 - 31.12.1875. (A collection of facts by Ian Wood). | 2005 | R.14/50 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Main Roads" Journal of the Department of Main Roads, New South Wales. June 1979 Volume 44 No. 4. | 1979 | 21/16 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Surveyor General" Inn - Berrima 1835-1985. (copy only as three copies stolen) | 1985 | R.13/67 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Sweet Things" Recipe Book. | 1988 | R.13/214 | PDF p. 1 |
| "The Brand on the Bunk-House Door" and other Bush Poems | - | 33/14 | PDF p. 1 |
| "The Palace of Winged Words": The development of telephone exchanges in Australia. | - | 20/13 | PDF p. 1 |
| "Working Together for the Future": Royal Australian Historical Society. Proceedings of the Annual Affiliated Societies Conve | 1986 | R.04/19 | PDF p. 1 |
| 10 Years Rescue Service to Gouburn District | 1988 | R.14/23 | PDF p. 1 |
| 10,000 Years of Sydney Life: A guide to archaeological discovery. | 1979 | 29/45 | PDF p. 1 |
| 100 Lives of Bathurst: Memories in Marble | 2005 | R.10/55 | PDF p. 1 |
| 100 Lives of Bourke: A cemetery interpretation book. | 2003 | R.10/65 | PDF p. 1 |
| 100 Lives of Orange: Stories in stone. | 2004 | R.10/56 | PDF p. 1 |
| 100 Years at Bundanoon. Compiled by the Uniting Church Centennary Committee. 1985. | - | R.09/12 | PDF p. 1 |
| 100 Years Moss Vale Golf Club - 70 Years The Dormie House | - | R.13/221 | PDF p. 1 |
| 1000 Famous Australians. | 1978 | R.06/13 | PDF p. 1 |
| 150 Years for Christ: 1853 to 2003. A History of St Jude's | 2003 | R.09/04 | PDF p. 1 |
| 150 Years. Mittagong Railway Station (NSW) Monday 6th March, 2017. | 2017 | GAV | PDF p. 1 |
| 175 and Beyond: A Bicentennial Decade Salute to Australia's Postal Service 1809 - 1984. | 1984 | 21/37 | PDF p. 1 |
| 1788 Comprising A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson. W | 1996 | 20/139 | PDF p. 1 |
| 1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet. The biggest single overseas migration the world had ever seen. | 2008 | R.01/72 | PDF p. 1 |
| 1788: The People of the First Fleet. | 1981 | R.07/23 | PDF p. 1 |
| 1824 Cawdor Bench of Magistrates Population, Land and Stock Book: A biographical register of the inhabitants residing in th | 2011 | R.03/01-37 | PDF p. 1 |
| 1901 Census County of Camden | - | CD Disc Drawer 1 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1908 The Orange District: Facsimile Edition - Orange District Guide: Millthorpe, Cadia, Forest Reefs. | 1983 | 30/104 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1913 NSW Telephone Exchanges List of Subscribers. Archive CD Books Australia | - | CD Discs Drawer 1. | PDF p. 2 |
| 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee - Bowral. | 1951 | R.13/02 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1966 Commonwealth of Australia State of New South Wales Supplemental Electoral Roll Commonwealth Division of MacarthSuplemental Roll of electors owral, Bundanoon, Moss Vale | 1966 | R.02/50 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1967 Commonwealth of Australia State of NSW Electoral Roll. Commonwealth Division of Macarthur State Electoral District | 1967 | R.02/49 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1972 Joint Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of Bowral Commonwealth Electoral Division of Macarthur State Electoral District | 1972 | R.02/48 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1978 Commonwealth of Australia State of New South Wales Joint Electoral Roll for the State Electoral District of Wollondilly | 1978 | R.02/45 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1982 State of New South Wales Electoral Roll for the State Electoral District of Camden. | - | R.02/28 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1982 State of New South Wales Electoral Roll for the State Electoral District of Goulburn | - | R.02/29 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1988 Campbelltown City Festival of Fisher's Ghost Souvenir Programme | 1988 | 25/02 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1989 Commonwealh of Australia State of New South Wales Electoral Roll Division of Gilmore | 1989 | R.02/40 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1989 Commonwealth of Australia State of New South Wales Electoral Roll Division of Throsby. | 1989 | R.02/38 | PDF p. 2 |
| 1995 Guide to Australian Tourist Railways and Museums. | 1995 | 21/66 | PDF p. 2 |
| 200 Facts about Historic Illawarra | 1970 | 27/43 | PDF p. 2 |
| 200 Years of Farm Machinery in Australia. | 1988 | 20/103 | PDF p. 2 |
| 25th Anniversary Mittagong Branch: The Church of Jesus Christ of Laatter-day Saints. 1982-2007. | 2007 | R.09/47 | PDF p. 2 |
| 3 pamphlets-List of Publications: Suggestions for local Historians: Campbelltown Library material. | - | R.02/17 | PDF p. 2 |
| 458 Argyle Street, Moss Vale. Archival Record. Lot 1 DP 194654 Argyle Street, Moss Vale. | - | R.13/117 | PDF p. 2 |
| 60th Anniversary Unanderra-Moss Vale Railway. 1932-1992. | 1992 | R.13/53 | PDF p. 2 |
| 75 Years of the Mountain Railway: 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Unanderra-Moss Vale link railway line and the Rob | 2007 | 21/56A | PDF p. 2 |
| 75th Anniversary Souvenir History of the Moss Vale Bowling Club | 1977 | R.13/64 | PDF p. 2 |
| 80 Years and More of the Mountain Railway: History and operation of the Unanderra-Moss Vale Railway Line and RobertsonProduced by the Robertson Heritage Railway Station Inc. | 2015 | 21/102 and 21/56A (2 copies) | PDF p. 2 |
| 95 Year History of the Moss Vale RSL Sub-Branch from Beginnings to Present Times 1919-2014. | 2013 | R.13/233 | PDF p. 2 |
| A Basic History of Ryde 1792-1980 | 1981 | 29/25 | PDF p. 2 |
| A Belfast Chronicle 1789: a compilation from the 'Belfast Newsletter'. | 1989 | R.04/29 | PDF p. 2 |
| A Biographical Dictionary of the Hisory of Australian Artistic and Technical Achievement. Part 1: Information brochure regar | - | R.04/09 | PDF p. 2 |
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