The Quest for Pelorus (as in the Reel "Pelorus Jack") - a history of the word "pelorus", beginning and ending with dolphins: starting with Pelorus Jack the pilot dolphin of Cook Strait, and tracing the story to HMS Pelorus, the pelorus as a compass accessory, and back to Hannibal's navigator of the same name in about 200BC, and earlier still to 2400-year old coins showing the goddess Pelorias and her dolphins. pdf file with illustrations

"1954 -1994 and Still Dancing" - the history of The Scottish Country Dance Club of Canberra over its first 40 years, by the late Bob Clark, a founder member.     pdf file