HENDERSON, Alexander 'Henderson's Australian Families. A Genealogical and Biographical Record. Volume 1' [all published], 1st Edition [Melbourne, 1941]. 408 pp. with very many black and white illustrations (portraits, houses and family crests), orig. red cloth with gilt spine title, gilt crest on upper board, bevelled edges. The Australian Institute of Geneological Studies was founded in 1973 to assist its members to undertake family history research in Victoria and the other states of Australia, England, Scotland and Ireland as well as other countries. An annual award for the best family history published in Australia known as the Alexander Henderson Award was created in 1973.