HENDERSON, Alexander 'Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina - A Genealogical and Biographical Record' [McCarron, Bird, Melbourne, 1936], 1st Edition. 584 pp. Quarto, illustrations throughout (portraits and homesteads), original red leather with gilt embossed titel to spine, gilt edges. The Australian Institute of Genealogical 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.