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Therry R.; Bennett JM. introduction J. M.
Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence in New South Wales and Victoria.
Sydney: Royal Australian Historical Society 1974. 522pp index. Or red cloth in jacket. Toning to page edges slight edge wear to jacket. Facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1863. First literary memoir by a judge of the Supreme Court. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Royal Australian Historical Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041209 ISBN : 042406880x 9780424068800
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Jounquay Dorothy.
The Isisford Story.
Brisbane: Isisford Shire Council 1975. 135pp bw ills. Or pale blue card covers. Some minor foxing. Historical details of the Shire of Isisford formed in 1908 before which it was part of Barcoo Shire. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Isisford Shire Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041199
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Howard Patrick.
To Hell or to Hobart. A New Insight Into Irish Convict History.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1993. 199pp index bibliography notes appendix tables bw ills. Or brown boards in jacket. Slight surface damage to margins of plates. The story of two Irish convicts Stephen Howard of Limerick and Ellen Lydon of North Galway transported to Tasmania where they were married in 1854. Most of the book describes in great detail the conditions in which they lived in Ireland at their trials en route to Van Diemen's Land as convicts and as pardoned convicts making a new life for themselves in their new homeland. The final chapter charts the fortune of their family in the Tasmanian west coast mining industry. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Kangaroo Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041229 ISBN : 0864175507 9780864175502
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Fysh Sir Hudson.
Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh.
London: Angus & Robertson 1966. xii 296pp index 9 appendices 42 bw ills frontis. Or black cloth in jacket. Tiny chip to top right front corner of jacket price clipped some rubbing at folds. The autobiography of Sir Hudson Fysh which perforce is also the biography of Qantas one of the world's great airlines. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041224
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Gibney James and Desmond.
The Gatton Mystery. Signed
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1977. vii 223pp endnotes bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. SIGNED by both authors on half-title page. Examines the baffling murder of three members and the brutal rape of the women of the Murphy family near Gatton west of Brisbane in 1898. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041258 ISBN : 0207135258 9780207135255
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Evans Raymond and Ferrier Carole editors with Jeff Rickertt
Radical Brisbane: An Unruly History
Carlton North: The Vulgar Press 2004. Foreword by Humphrey McQueen. 329pp index illustrated throughout with b/w photos bibliography end-paper maps. Illustrated light card cover. Near new. Radical Brisbane from penal settlement days to contemporary times. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. The Vulgar Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041264 ISBN : 0958079455 9780958079457
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Webb Vivienne.
Kurrajong. An Early History.
Sydney: The Author 1980. 198pp index maps bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Near new. The first edition sold out within 2 weeks and this second edition contains an additional 50 pages. Local history including Kurrajong Heights Over the Tabarag Ridge Comleroy Road Grose Vale and North Richmond. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. The Author Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041275 ISBN : 0959470921 9780959470925
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Art in Australia
Sydney Bridge Celebrations 1932.
Sydney: Art in Australia 1932. 80pp many pages bw & col ads many Art Deco bw ills. Or pictorial card. Small bump to top front corner. An excellent example of this beautiful Art Deco presentation. Also includes a 1937 photograph of USS Preston under the bridge a USS Crossing the Line colour certificate a newpaper clipping on the bridge and a menu from the WhiteHorse Inn signed by the supervisor and cashier. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Art in Australia Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041274
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Lyng J.
Non-Britishers in Australia. Influence on Population and Progress. A Hitherto Unwritten Page in the History of Australia.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1935. 249pp appendix graphs. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket clipped small pink stain on front panel spine darkened page edges evenly toned. Re-issue with appendix: Movement of Australia's immigrant Population 1921-33. Awarded the Harbison-Higinbotham Scholarship for 1927. A breezy record of the coming to Australia of Germans Scandinavians Italians Jews and other non-British people "right down to the lowly South Sea Islanders"; what caused them to come here and in some cases to disappear again; their contribution to the development of the Commonwealth and the role they are likely to play in the future. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041316
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Williams Pauline; Williams Alison editors
Queenslanders. Pioneer Families 1859-1901.
Brisbane: Genealogical Society of Queensland 2009. 159pp index bw ills. Or pictorial card. Near new. The real stories of every day Queenslanders who opened up the land built the railways developed industry and commerce and survived the many trial and tribulations that nature could throw at them. From separation in 1859 to Federation in 1901. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Genealogical Society of Queensland Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041312 ISBN : 1864300817 9781864300819
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Hordern Marsden.
Mariners are Warned! John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843.
Melbourne: Miegunyah Press 1989. xxi 359pp index bibliography large folding map notes appendices bw ills col portrait. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket minor creases to flaps light even toning to page edges. John Lort Stokes and the third British Hydrographic Office voyage to Australia lasting six years during which Stokes circumnavigated Australia twice. He discovered the Fitzroy Albert and Flinders Rivers and Port Darwin. His most notable achievement being the charting of that graveyard of ships-Bass Strait. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Miegunyah Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041314 ISBN : 052284376x 9780522843767
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Fitchett T K
The Great Liners. P & O Orient Ships on the Australian Trade.
Adelaide: Rigby 1977. 80pp colour ills throughout index of ships. Blue boards in lightly edge-worn jacket. For more than a century the great ships of the P&O Orient Lines were a principal link between Australia and Great Britain. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by The Author. Oblong 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041301 ISBN : 0727003895 9780727003898
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Nash Michael.
Convict Places. A Guide to Tasmanian Sites.
Hobart: Navarine Publishing 2016. 176pp bibliography col ills maps. Or pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. Between 1804 and 1853 Tasmania received 74000 convicts from Britain. This book looks at how convicts and their labour created the new colony: their legacy included not just gaols and probabtion stations but also convict-built roads bridges wharves public and private buildings and agricultural estates. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Square 8vo. Navarine Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041320 ISBN : 0992366038 9780992366032
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Peachchester History Committee.
Peachchester Pioneers. The Continuing History.
Peachchester Qld.: Peachchester Hall Committee 1998. 204pp map index num bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Local history of Peachchester near Caloundra in Queensland. Includes Peachchester Durundur D'Aguilar Range Woodford Cedarton Stanley River Crohanhurst Blackall Range Booroobin Beerwah Glasshouse Mountains Landsborough Conondale Pumicestone Passage Maleny and more. Lots on timber getters local familiesand social history. Second Enlarged Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. Peachchester Hall Committee Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041336 ISBN : 0958872813 9780958872812
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Fox Aileen.
Carved Maori Burial Chests. A Commentary and a Catalogue. Bulletin No. 13
Auckland: Auckland Institute and Museum 1983. 52pp text 71 bw ills references appendices 51 bw figures maps. Or pale yellow card. Ex-Queensland Museum with few stamps inc cancelled stamp. Presentation letter from the NZ Consulate stapled to inside of front cover. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Auckland Institute and Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041348
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Moran John.
In the Grip of the Grape. Establishing Queensland's Wine Industry.
Brisbane: Preferential Publications 1993. 112pp index bibliography bw ills. Or pictorial card with integral flaps. A couple of tiny marks to fore-edge. SIGNED by author on title page. Historical study of the Queensland wine industry from its birth along Kedron Brook in the 1850s- in today's Brisbane suburbs of Enoggera Mitchelton and Everton Park. The industry quickly spread to places like Roma Warwick Toowoomba Ipswich and the West Moreton region. Today it is still going in Roma establishing itself on the Granite Belt and being trialled again in areas such as West Moreton. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Preferential Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041347 ISBN : 187521108x 9781875211081
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Chamberlain Leigh; Salter Lindy editors
Toowong. The Road to Everywhere. Memories of Toowong Community Vol. 2.
Brisbane: Toowong & District Historical Society. 2006. vi 114pp index bw ills. Or card covers. SIGNED by one of the authors on title page. Near new. Residents share their memories of Toowong. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Toowong & District Historical Society. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041340 ISBN : 0975798014 9780975798010
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Chamberlain Leigh; Salter Lindy editors
Toowong. A Tram ride from the Past. Memories of Toowong Community Vol. 4.
Brisbane: Toowong & District Historical Society. 2008. vi 149pp index bw ills. Or card covers. Light crease to bottom front corner. Residents share their memories of Toowong. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Toowong & District Historical Society. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041341 ISBN : 0975798049 9780975798041
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McFadgen BG.; Sheppard RA. B. G. R. A.
Ruahihi Pa. A Prehistoric Defended Settlement in the South-Western Bay of Plenty.
Wellington: National Museum of New Zealand 1984. ix 65pp references appendices plans tables bw ills. Or pictorial card. Ex-Royal Society of Queensland with minimal stamps inc cancelled stamp. . Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. National Museum of New Zealand Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041353
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Longhurst Robert.
The Heart of Paradise. The History of Burleigh Heads.
Gold Coast Qld.: Gold Coast City Council 1991. 96pp num bw ills map. Or pictorial laminated boards with minor scuff to front free endpaper. Commissioned by the Gold Coast City Council and prepared by the John Oxley Library this is an account of Burleigh Heads one of the older areas of Queensland's Gold Coast. Burleigh Heads is also one of the premier surfing beaches in Australia and has been for many many years. Includes first settlers the arrival of rail surfing Burleigh at war and Burleigh today as well as many other topics. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Gold Coast City Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041358 ISBN : 0646067109 9780646067100
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Robson RW. editor; Keesing RS. assistant editor R. W. R. S.
The Pacific Islands Year Book 1932.
Sydney: Pacific Publications. 1932. 334pp index list of missions bw ills maps tables. Or pictorial wraps. Light edge wear toning to page edgeschipped at head & foot of spine prev owner name in red on title page. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Pacific Publications. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041382
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Allen Percy S.
Stewart's Handbook of the Pacific Islads 1923.
Sydney: McCarron Stewart & Co. 1923. xxiv 572pp folding map advertisements. Or pictorial wraps. Front cover partially detached splitting along spine page edges and margins evenly toned. A very nice example of the second issue of this important Pacific Island guide. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. McCarron, Stewart & Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041383
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Jones Max.
No. 1 Bush Detective.
Renmark SA: The Author 1993. 144pp bw ills. Or pictorial boards. Prev owner name on front free endpaper. SIGNED by author on title page. Stories from the career of a rural South Australian retired Detective Sergeant from his 23 years of personal experience. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041399 ISBN : 0646166239 9780646166230
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Seemann Berthold; Snow Philip A. new introduction
Viti: An Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands 1860-1861.
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall 1973. xv 447pp appendix bibliography few bw ills folding map. Or tan clothin original plain glassine jacket. Bookseller label to front pastedown. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Dawsons of Pall Mall Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041388 ISBN : 0712905642 9780712905640
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Cooper H. Stonehewer.
The Islands of the Pacific. Their Peoples and Their Products.
London: Richard Bentley 1888. xxiv 398pp index 2 bw ills. Or tan cloth. Some soiling to cloth front hinge starting some toning a little shaken several small holes in front & rear endpapers. Prev owner stamp in several places throughout including front cover J Malcolm LenoxLumaji Cicia Fiji. This is a "new and revised edition of Coral Lands" for circulation in Australia. Deals mainly with Fiji but also Tonga Solomons and several others. Content includes Bully Hayes pearl fishing cannibals etc. New Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Richard Bentley Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041385
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MacMillen Richard E.; MacMillen Barbara.
Meanderings in the Bush. Natural History Explorations in Outback Australia.
Melbourne: CSIRO 2009. viii 198pp index references bw ills maps. Or pictorial card. Minor bump to bottom edge. The authros describe their many adventures and misadventures in the Channel Country. They also discuss the results of their research which reveals some of the secrets for survival for many of the native animals including marsupials rodents birds and the remarkable desert crab. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. CSIRO Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040928 ISBN : 0643097066 9780643097063
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Babidge Sally with Dallachy Patricia & Alberts Valerie.
Written True Not Gammon. A History of Aboriginal Charters Towers.
Townsville: Black Ink Press 2007. xi 77pp appendix bibliographybw & col ills maps. Or pictorial cardcovers. Ex-university library with usual stamps barcodes etc inc withdrawn stamp. First published history of the indigenous people of Charters Towers- better known as a gold town than an indigenous town. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to. Ex-Library. Black Ink Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040938 ISBN : 1863340246 9781863340243
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Polson Genge Adair; Polson Ruth Milmine.
Kith and Kin. The Story of John and Christina Polson. Early Scottish Pioneers Lindis and Bendigo Districts Central Otago New Zealand.
Invercargill New Zealand: The Authors 204. 180pp index references sources chronology descendants glossary num bw ills. Or pictorial card. Minor bump to bottom front corner slight fading to spine. Family history dealing briefly with the Polson family in Scotland then in depth from their move to New Zealand in 1862. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. The Authors Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040936 ISBN : 0476006643 9780476006645
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Wingrove Keith selected by
The Comic Art of Norman Lindsay
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1987. 266pp with almost 500 cartoons and joke illustrations from the Bulletin and its monthly magazine Lone Hand. Or cloth in jacket. 1cm tear at top and bottom of rear flap fold minor edge wear. The artist's 'delightful sense of irony is also revealed in his clever vital animal drawings which warrant a separate section in this book. Included too are several of his humorous verses as well as examples of illustrations in which he captured the essence of other people's verse'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040950 ISBN : 0207155658 9780207155659
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Rigby Nigel; van der Werwe Pieter; Williams Glyn.
Pioneers of the Pacific. Voyages of Exploration 1787-1810.
London: National Maritime Museum 2005. 144pp index bibliography chronology num co & bw ills maps. Or black boards in jacket. Near new. Early voyages of exploration in the Pacific. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to. National Maritime Museum Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040972 ISBN : 0948065559 9780948065552
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Dunmore John.
Storms and Dreams. Louis De Bougainville: Soldier Explorer Statesman.
Sydney: ABC Books 2005. 296pp index bibliography notes appendix mapsbw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Small spot on top edge. Biography of Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766-1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life he participated in many of the turning points of world history: the birth of the United States the fall of French Canada the opening of the Pacific the French Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars the crowning of Napoleon and the modernisation of France. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. ABC Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040993 ISBN : 0733314589 9780733314582
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Boileau Joanna.
Caldera to the Sea. A History of the Tweed Valley.
Tweed Heads: Tweed Shire Council 2006. 198pp index references notes bw ills map. Or card covers. Near new. Major themes include the environment; Aboriginal prehistory and contact; agriculture and industry; government services and the evolution of communities. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Tweed Shire Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040986 ISBN : 0977512509 9780977512508
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Various
Picturesque Travel. Burns Philp. No. 6. 1928.
Sydney: Burns Philp & Co 1926. 112pp bw ills col maps ads. Or pictorial wraps. Much of the spine strip is missing prev owner name on first blank page. A very nice copy of this scarce Burns Philp's promotional magazine. Includes very early material on Qantas as well as Australia New Zealand PNG Solomon Islands Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands New Hebrides Tonga Fiji Samoa Java Singapore Burma India Japan China and more. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Magazine. Burns, Philp & Co Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040985
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Murphy J E and Easton E W
Wilderness to Wealth: Being a History of the Shires of Nanango Kingaroy Wondai Murgon Kilkivan and the Upper Yarraman Portion of Rosalie Shire 1850-1950
Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1950. 376 pp illustrated with b/w photos endpaper maps. Or light blue cloth in jacket. Jacket toned with several short tears and chips.Page edges evenly toned. Section 1 covers a general history of the Shires of Nanango Upper Yarraman: Yarraman Blackbutt; Kingaroy Wondai; Murgon; and Kilkivan; Section 2 covers economic history; Section 3 covers church history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041006
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Cubit Simon.
Snarers and Cattlemen of the Mersey High Country. The Lees of Lees Paddocks.
Launceston Tasmania: Regal Press 1987. xii 108ppindex references bw ills. Or card covers. Foxing to edges and title page. Slight edge wear. In 1888 George Lee started running cattle on The Paddocks nearthe Mersey River of northern Tasmania supplementing his income with snaring possum and wallaby for their skins. This is his story and that of his family. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Regal Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041003 ISBN : 0949457086 9780949457080
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Starr Joan and Sweeney Christopher
Forward: The History of the 2nd/14th Light Horse Queensland Mounted Infantry
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1989. xviii 230 pages 32 pages of b/w plates text-figures 7 appendices: Honour Rolls of Queensland Mounted Infantry 2nd and 14th Light Horse Regiments Battle Honours Awards for Gallantry Order of Battle Commanding Officers index illustrated end-papers. Or green cloth in jacket. Excellent with small toned spot on fore-edge. 'Raised as the Queensland Mounted Rifles in 1860 by the Queensland colonial government for the defence of the new colony the Regiment has maintained its close ties to the state and in particular the city of Brisbane. Today 1989 as a mechanised unit the Light Horse carries its tradition proudly and 'forward' to the future.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041005 ISBN : 0702222909 9780702222900
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Ellis M H
John MacArthur.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1955. xviii 603pp index reference notes bibliography bw plates endpaper maps. Or cloth in jacket. Small bookseller label on front pastedown prev owner name on front free endpaper some foxing to page edges. Jacket a little rubbed at folds with several short approx1cm tears at top edge. Biography of John Macarthur who introduced the first authenticated Merino sheep to Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041012
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Ryan PM. P. M.
The Reed Dictionary of Modern Maori. Maori-English and English-Maori.
Auckland: Reed 1995. 648pp. Or boards in jacket. SLight fading to spine. Maori-English/English-Maori dictionary with over 40000 entires. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041031 ISBN : 0790003899 9780790003894
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McNaught Janet E.
Presbyterian Churches of North Eastern New South Wales. Historic churches and Their Scottish Pioneers.
Lismore: The Author 2008. HEAVY. xvi 459pp index bw ills map. Or pictorial card. Small crease bottom front corner. A chronological history of 109 Presbyterian churches built by Scottish pioneer settlers in north eastern New South Wales during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041019 ISBN : 0949459232 9780949459237
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O'brien Bob.
Massacre at Eureka. The Untold Story.
Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing 1992. xiv 175pp index bibliography appendices notes ills errata. Or pictorial card. Bumped at top corner light crease to rear cover. Includes The Ballarat Riots an eye-witness account by Samuel Douglas Smythe Huyghue. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Australian Scholarly Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041027 ISBN : 1875606041 9781875606047
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de Rey y Rubio Joaquin Vera; Fontordera Luis Santos; Cadarso y Rey Luis. Driver Marjorie G. translation/annotation
Reports Concerning the Mariana Islands. The Memorias of 1890-1894.
Mangilao Guam.: University of Guam 2000. x 165pp bibliography glossary appendices footnotes few bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Near new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. University of Guam Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041030 ISBN : 1878453459 9781878453457
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O'Connor Rory.
The Kombumerri. Aboriginal People of the Gold Coast. Ngulli Yahnbai Gulli Bahn Bugal Bugalehn. We are Still Here.
Gold Coast Qld.: Rory O'Connor 1997. 80pp notesbw & colills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. The Kombumerri people their traditional lifestyle life after contact and the Korumberri people today. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Rory O'Connor Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041036 ISBN : 0646310755 9780646310756
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Williams Stephan.
The Warning Voice of Charles Adolphus King.
Woden Canberra.: Popinjay Publications 1989. Unpaginated approx 100pp. Or black buckram. Prev owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Limited edition of 40 copies bound in buckram by Capital Bookbinders and signed by Stephan Williams this being #6. . Signed. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Popinjay Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041063
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McLeay Alexander.
Convict Regulations 1835 and Related Documents.
Woden Canberra.: Popinjay Publications 1988. Unpaginated approx 120pp. Or black buckram. Prev owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Limited edition of 25 copies of which this is one of only 9 bound in buckram by Capital Bookbinders this being #7. Facsimile copies of government documents of the time. Signed by Publisher. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Popinjay Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041061
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Struilby Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence; Musgrave Sarah; Williams Stephan.
The Last Days of Scotchie and Whitton.
Woden Canberra.: Popinjay Publications 1989. Unpaginated approx 100pp. Or black buckram. Prev owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Limited edition of 100 copies this being #9. Contemporary accounts of the bushrangers Scotchie and Whitton along with an account of their last days compiled by Stephan Williams. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Popinjay Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041062
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Dawbin Annie Baxter; Frost Lucy editor
The Journal of Annie Baxter Dawbin July 1858- May 1868.
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press in Association with the State Library of New South Wales. 1998. lv 668pp index maps footnotes biographical notes chronology. Or card. 2 small bug spots to fore-edge otherwise excellent. Woman pioneers journal from 1858-68 including time in New South Wales Victoria and New Zealand. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. University of Queensland Press in Association with the State Library of New South Wales. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041070 ISBN : 0702228117 9780702228117
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Bakewell Sarah.
The English Dane. A Life of Jorgen Jorgenson.
London: Chatto & Windus 2005. 324pp index bibliography notes bw ills maps. Or grey boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket even toning to page edges small indentation to front Jorgenson was a Dane who made Britain his home. At 23 he was among a small party that established a new colony in Tasmania. He captained a ship for Britain against France; staged a coup in Iceland where he ruled for 2 months; was imprisoned in the hulks travelled as a British spy in Europe and was under the patronage of Joseph Banks. Eventuallyhe was transported to Tasmania-the very colony he helped found- as a convict and became an explorer. Despite his sympathy for the people he was caught up in the Aboriginal clearancesmovingly described here. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041067 ISBN : 0701173408 9780701173401
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Creese Jennifer.
Jewish Life in Queensland: Celebrating 150 Years Since 1865.
Brisbane: Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies. 2016. HEAVY. vi 297pp index bibliography bw & col ills. Or card covers. Slight edge wear to covers. From humble beginnings in 1865 the Jewish community in Queensland has grown to over 8000 people. This 150th anniversary volume takes a journey through the rich history of the Queensland Jewish community. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041080 ISBN : 0646961667 9780646961668
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Kerr Garry; McDermott Harry.
The Huon Pine Story. A History of Harvest and Use of a Unique Timber.
Portland Vic.: Mainsail Books 1999. HEAVY. 299pp index glossary appendices endnotes num bw & col ills endpaper maps. Or black boards in pictorial jacket. Near new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Mainsail Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041102 ISBN : 0957791704 9780957791701
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Metcalf Bill.
The Gayndah Communes. From Aborigines and Squatters Through Communes to Rural Depopulation in the Gayndah Area.
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 1998. xiii 218pp endnotes bw ills maps. Or card covers. Very light edge wear to covers. SIGNED bu author on title page. In 1894 over 500 people mainly recent migrants from Brisbane moved en masse to the Gayndah area of Queensland where they established three communes- Bon Accord Resolute and Byrnestown. There was to be be no private property or income with everything belonging to the socialist collective. These communes prospered for a while but with the loss of political support their communal leases were extinguished. This book traces the evolution and dissolution of these communes and their effects on the Gayndah area. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041111 ISBN : 1875998497 9781875998494
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