Romsey An Historical Guide (2020)
Fay Woodhouse
TO BE LAUNCHED ON FRIDAY 29 JANUARY 2021, 5.00-7.00 PM, ROMSEY HUB, 100 MAIN STREEET, ROMSEY
Romsey an Historical Guide is an exploration of the built form and the rich historic fabric of the Romsey business district. The book identifies fifty-five buildings and landmarks in Romsey and documents the history of the families behind its many businesses. It is striking that the layout of the town’s business district remains very much as it was when first established. Romsey An Historical Guide has been thoroughly researched and is beautifully designed and produced. It includes a wide range of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photographs of the original buildings as well as current photographs of the same site. Gazetted in 1861, the township of Romsey will celebrate 160 years in 2021. This book will become the go-to book for tourists to the area and will inform residents of the history behind some of its most iconic buildings.
TO PURCHASE A COPY phone Fay Woodhouse on 0427 042 753.
ISBN: 978-0-9872347-7-3 Price: $40.00
Gita: Melbourne’s First Yoga School - 65 Years of History (2020)
RECEIVED A COMMENDATION IN THE 2020 VICTORIAN COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARDS
Gita: Melbourne’s First Yoga School – 65 years of history is the first history of any yoga school in Australia to be published. It provides the context to the development of yoga in Australia and demonstrates that theMelbourne yoga scene would not be what it is today without Gita. The school has seen three significant phases in its 65-year history. Founded in 1954, by 1960 The Gita School of Yoga was the first full-time yoga school with a permanent home in Melbourne. During the second wave of feminism in the 1970s when it was clear teaching yoga offered women a viable career path, the number of Gita teachers grew.
In the 1980s when its founder, Margrit Segesman retired, Gita was transferred to Lucille Wood and Di Lucas, beginning the second phase of the school’s history. Their plans for a yoga school in the modern age were embraced by an increasing number of enthusiastic students. They introduced new teacher training courses, a teachers’ guild and a charitable foundation. Now in its third phase, Gita retains its flagship teacher training course while embracing the digital world offering classes and courses across the airwaves. Over the past 65 years the Gita School of Yoga, now Gita World, has truly forged a place in Victoria’s cultural landscape.
TO PURCHASE COPY Phone: Fay Woodhouse on 0427 042 753 or email fay.woodhouse@gmail.com
ISBN: 978-1-64713-167-8 Price: $40.00