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Further Reading

Reference

Library

Call Number

Freeth, Vincent, "Silver Anniversary: Allied Bruce Small Ltd., 1920-45 (Bruce Small Story)", Vincent Freeth & Co (McLaren & Co), Melbourne, 1945.

NLA

 

SLV

Np 629.2272 FRE

 

SLT 629.277 Sm1F

Fawkes, Kim, "You’d be better on a Malvern Star", article publication unknown.

 

 

Shepherd, Ron, "100 years of Malvern Star", Australian Cyclist, pp 66-67, Feb Mar 1999.

 

 

Gibson, T, "A Guide to the Literature and resources on Sir Hubert Opperman Kt Cr 1968, OBE KSJ", Melbourne, 1968.

NLA

 

SLV

MS 7780

 

SLTF 016.320994 G35G

Opperman, Hubert, "Pedals, Politics & People", Haldane, Sydney, 1977.

SLV

 LT 923.20994 OP5P

Hepher, Jack and Drummond, John, "Goulburn to Sydney 1902 – 1992, 90 Years of a Cycling Classic", Hepher and Drummond, 1992.

SLN

SLV

 796.6209944/1

SLT 796.6209944 H41N

Fitzpatrick, Sandra, "Hubert Opperman, A Cycling sensation called Oppy", Reed Library, Melbourne, 1996.

 SLV

JLT 796.6092 OP5F

Mockridge, Russell and Burrows, John, "My World on Wheels: The Posthumous Autobiography of Russell Mockridge", Stanley Paul, London, 1960.

SLSA

NLA

796.60924 M688

796.6092 MOC

Fitzpatrick, Jim, "The Bicycle and the Bush: man and machine in rural Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1980.

MacU

SLV

GV1040.5.F5

LT 388.3472 F58B

Fitzpatrick, Jim, "The Bicycle in Wartime: an Illustrated History", Brassey, Washington DC, 1988 SLV 357.52 F58B

Old, Ernie, "By Bread Alone: the autobiography of veteran cyclist Ernie Old", Georgian House, Melbourne, 1950.

SLSA

SLV

920 O.44

927.96 OL1

Atkinson, Graeme, "Australian & New Zealand Olympians: The Stories of 100 Great Champions", Five Mile Press, Canterbury Victoria Australia, 1984    
Dunstan, Keith, "The Confessions of a Bicycle Nut", Information Australia, Melbourne, 1999.    

 

Key

NLA     National Library of Australia

SLV     State Library of Victoria

SLN     State Library of New South Wales

SLSA   State Library of South Australia

MacU   Macquarie University Library 

SLWA  State Library of Western Australia

 


Links

 

Vintage Bicycles The world of vintage bicycles.
Canberra Bicycle Museum

Best place to find more information on old Australian bikes.

Classic Bicycle Rendezvous Best looking and most informative web site on vintage lightweight bicycles and lots of other
Menotomy Vintage Bicycles Great discussion groups on Vintage Lightweights and English roadsters. Best place to ask questions about parts and restoration techniques.
Sheldon Brown's Home Page An incredible amount of amazing information on old bikes, especially English three speeds.  
Tony Hadland's Website Lots of information on old bikes, Strumey-Archer gears, Moultons, derailleur gears and more.
Bicycle Groups If you have an old bike, find out about rides..
Bike North Great place to start if you want to ride your bike in the northern suburbs of Sydney.
Bicycle NSW Find you local bike group here if you are in NSW.
Newcastle Cycleway Movement Best place to start if you are in the Lower Hunter Valley, Australia.
Bicycle Federation of Australia Good starting point to find your Australian State and then your local group.
Image Galleries Historic photos of bikes and cycling in Australia
PICMAN

State Library of NSW

Extensive collection of bicycle photographs including many of the Goulburn to Sydney Classic.  Try searching for "Bruce Small" , "Opperman" or "bicycle".
Picture Search  

National Library of Australia

Excellent database of photographs but few featuring bicycles.
Multimedia Catalogue

State Library of Victoria

 Includes photos of bicycle manufacture in the Malvern Star factory.
Photo Search

National Archives of Australia

Small collection of cycling photographs. Search for "bicycle" or "cyclist"

How you can help

 

You will see from touring this site that there are many gaps in the presentation of the history of Malvern Star.  We need your help to fill some of those gaps.  If you have knowledge of:

  • Events that shaped the development of the brand,
  • Details of bikes,
  • Profiles or information about people who worked for, rode for or sold Malvern Stars,
  • Catalogues, brochures, advertisements or other material,
  • Experiences from having worked for or with Malvern Star,
  • Corrections that need to be made to the information on the site,

Please let us know so we can improve and expand the site to better preserve the history of these bikes.

 

Send an e-mail to:

 

Rolf Lunsmann at lunsmann@tpg.com.au

 

or

 

The Canberra Bicycle Museum at email@canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au

 

To see some of the old bikes visit the Museum

 

 


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