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Wallace RR.; Greenwood Helen. R. R.
Broken Hill and the West Darling. Regional information Series Vol. 3 Chapter 2.
Melbourne: Research Publications 1980. 58pp num bw & col ills map. Or pictorial card. Covers rubbed crease to bottom front corner. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to. Research Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039449
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Sainty Malcolm R.; Johnson Keith A. editors
Census of New South Wales November 1828.
Sydney: Library of Australian History 1985. HEAVY. 475pp cross reference index index appendices endpaper maps facsimile documents. Or red cloth titled in gilt. One tiny spot on rear cover. The census of 1828 first full census to be conducted in the colony and the only one to survive in full. An invaluable tool for genealogists. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Library of Australian History Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039455 ISBN : 0908120311 9780908120314
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Clune Frank.
Journey to Kosciusko. By road from Sydney with Deviations in Search of History Geography and Curious.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1964. xiv 353pp bw ills maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped minor edge wear to jacket light toning to page edges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038779
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Kenny John.
Before the First Fleet. The European Discovery of Australia 1606-1777.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1995. 184pp index bibliography bw & col ills endpaper maps. Or brown boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket prev owners label on title page. European discovery and presence in Australia prior to the First Fleet. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Kangaroo Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038795 ISBN : 0864176457 9780864176455
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Ludlow Peter.
Peel Island Paradise or Prison Local History
Brisbane: The Author 1989. Foreword by E J Reye. iv 116pp b/w ills chronicle sources index. SIGNED and ibnscribed To John by Peter Ludlow by the upper edge of the title page. Cloth-tape-backed illustrated paper wrappers. The Peel Island Lazaret Leprosarium. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038850 ISBN : 0731634101 9780731634101
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Quartermaine Peter editor
Gundagai Album. Early Photographs of an Australian Country Town.
Canberra: National Library of Australia 1976. xx 126pp bibliography 118 full page bw photographs. Or black cloth with laid on photographic illustration titled in gold and in original clear plastic dust jacket. Rear panel of jacket with long tear/crack with amateur tape repair. Early photographs of Gundagai in New South Wales. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Square 4to. National Library of Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038869 ISBN : 0642990581 9780642990587
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Knapman Leonie
Joadja Creek: The Shale Oil Town and Its People 1870-1911
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger 1988. 176pp 16pp of colour photos Joadja Creek today 1988 illustrated throughout with b/w photos two sketch maps three appendices index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. SIGNED and inscribed to Richard on title page. PLUS loosely inserted group of related cuttings/leaflets etc. The Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company prospered for 30 years until its liquidation in 1911 when its closure left Joadja Creek a ghost town. The book with its hundreds of photographs conjures up the valley when it was prosperous: the miners their families the village. . Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Hale & Iremonger Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038876 ISBN : 0868063126 9780868063126
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Sotheby's Australia.
Australian Aboriginal and Melanesian Works of Art from the Holt Collection and Other Owners.
Sydney: Sotheby's Australia 1983. 50pp 100 bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. Very slight edge wear. Catalogue consisting mainly of the Holt Collection of Aboriginal artifacts. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Sotheby's Australia Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038883 ISBN : 094936701x 9780949367013
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Hayes Mike
Before We're Forgotten. The Spirit of the Snowy River.
Sydney: ABC Books 1999. xi 174pp bibliography bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Introduces the colourful characters and vanishing way of life that once flourished along the one-mighty Snowy River. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. ABC Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038892 ISBN : 0733307353 9780733307355
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Reynolds Peter L.; Flottmann Paul V.
Half a Thousand Acres. Balmai. A History of a Land Grant.
Sydney: The Balmain Association 1976. xvi 148pp index bibliography appendices bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or boards in jacket. Light wear to jacket. Examines one of the classic mysteries of Australian colonial history- the facts behind the Balmain Land Grant. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. The Balmain Association Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038895 ISBN : 0959950222 9780959950229
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Mudie Ian.
Wreck of the Admella.
Adelaide: Rigby 1966. 184pp index sources bw ills map. Or blue cloth in jacket. Price clipped slight edge wear. The story of the wreck of the Admella in 1859 a short distance off the south east coast of South Australia. 24 of the 113 aboard survived. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038906
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von Hugel Baron Charles; Clark Dymphna editor; Hnatiuk Roger botanical index
New Holland Journal November 1833- October 1834.
Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press 1994. HEAVY. xxi 539pp index bibliography bw ills col plates. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. Number 17 in the Miegunyah Press series. Baron von Hugels journal of his time in Swan River Van Diemens Land Norfolk Island and New South Wales in 1833-4 translated into English for the first time. Von Hugel was an Australian diplomat. He records encounters with convicts and ex-convicts bushrangers shanty-keepers and common folk as well as hobnobbing with notables wherever he went. His observations of Australian plates greatly influenced Ferdinand von Mueller. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to. The Miegunyah Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038910 ISBN : 052284474x 9780522844740
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HUTLEy Lesley editor
A Guide to Lamington National Park.
Sydney: Envirobook 2006. 232pp index bibliography tables col ills maps. Or pictorial covers. Near new. Covers geologic history local history and military presence flora and fauna. Includes maps and guides to walks in the Binna Burra and Green Mountains sections of the Park. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Envirobook Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038902 ISBN : 0858812088 9780858812086
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Grant John; Cramer Yvonne editor
This Beauteous Wicked Place. Letters and Journals of John Grant Gentleman Convict.
Canberra: National Library of Australia 2000. 224pp index few bw & col ills. Or card. Tiny mark to fore-edge. John Grant was transported to NSW in 1803. His letters and journals provide a fascinating glimpse inot life in the colony through the eyes of an exile. His social and political commentary captures the intrigues and complexities of the time. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. National Library of Australia Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038913 ISBN : 0642107025 9780642107022
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Knightley Phillip
Australia. A Biography of a Nation.
London: Jonathan Cape 2000. vii 373pp index bibliography. Or boards in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. The author describes the journey that took Australia from a dark racist and often murderous past to a working multi-cultural society. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038916 ISBN : 0224050060 9780224050067
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Potts David.
The Myth of the Great Depression.
Melbourne: Scribe Publications 2006. viii 421pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Near new. After his students interviewed over 1200 survivors of the Great Depression and the author himself trawled through many first person acounts it became evident that the adverse impacts of the Depression had been over-emphasised-that good things happened in the 1930s which the Depression itself did not undermine and to which it might even have contributed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Scribe Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038914 ISBN : 1920769846 9781920769840
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Ewer Dr. Peter.
Wounded Eagle. The Bombing of Darwin and Australia's Air Defence Scandal.
Sydney: New Holland 2009. 240pp index notes bw ills. Or pictorial boards. Tiny mark on front cover otherwise near new. Rewrites early war history of the RAAF showing how Australia was left defenceless by a clique of conservative politicians including Menzies who took decisions leaving Australia without an air defense system in our greatest hour of need. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. Small 4to. New Holland Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038922 ISBN : 174110825x 9781741108255
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Kyle Noeline.
Her Natural Destiny. The Education of Women in New South Wales.
Sydney: UNSW Press 1986. 251pp index bibliography appendices bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. Education of women and girls in NSW to 1920. Sections include the education of girls before 1848; elementary schooling secondary schooling the training of women teachers/industrial and technical training. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. UNSW Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038928 ISBN : 0868403857 9780868403854
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Fowler Frank; Geering RG. introduction R. G.
Southern Lights and Shadows. Facsimile Edition
Sydney: Sydney University Press 1975. 132pp. Or black cloth in jacket. Near new. Personal impressions of Sydney in the 1850s. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Sydney University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038925 ISBN : 0424000172 9780424000176
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Australian National Gallery; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Launceston Tas.; Dunbar D
Thomas Bock: Convict Engraver Society Portraitist Exhibition and Catalogue
Launceston Tasmania: Queen Victoria Museum & Art Galley 1991. vii 107pp num bw & col ills appendices. Or pictorial card covers. Near new with tiny spot on top edge. Examines the work of early Australian artist Thomas Bock. Exhibition catalogue published to coincide with an exhibition held in 1991. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Bock Thomas. 4to. Queen Victoria Museum & Art Galley Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038938 ISBN : 0642158797 9780642158796
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Bolam AG.; Crawford IM. introduction A. G. I. M.
The Trans-Australian Wonderland. Feacsimile Edition.
Nedlands WA: University of Western Australia 1978. 134pp folding map at rear bw ills. Or maroon faux-leather in jacket. Near new. Facsimile edition based on the 6th edition of 1927. Travel across the Nullabour Plain in the early 20th century. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Western Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038981 ISBN : 0855641398 9780855641399
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Hall Timothy.
New Guinea 1942-44.
Sydney: Methuen Australia 1981. 224pp index bibliography bw ills endpaper maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Slightest of foxing to page edges minor rubbing to boards edges. From the landing of the Japanese at Rabaul in January 1942 through Kokoda and on to the retreat of the Japanese in 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Methuen Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038961 ISBN : 0454003218 9780454003215
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Bayley William A.
Blue Haven. Centenary History of Kiama Municipality New South Wales.
Kiama NSW: Kiama Municipal Council 1976. 230pp index bibliography civic record bw ills endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Slight edgewear/ rubbing to jacket a couple of very short tears at edge. Nice local history. Second Edition Enlarged & Revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Kiama Municipal Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038965
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Chauvel Elsa
My Life with Charles Chauvel
Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press 1973. viii 191pp b/w photos appendix illustrated end-papers. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket. Very slight rubbing to edges. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page To my dear friend Essie. Remembering all the happy times spent together. Affectionately Elsa.The writer's dramatic years beside her film producer husband helping to pioneer a struggling Motion Picture Industry in Australia. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Shakespeare Head Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038966 ISBN : 0855580623 9780855580629
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Priestley Susan
Echuca: A Centenary History
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press 1965. 188pp b/w plates map index illustrated end-papers. Illustrated boards in jacket. Ex-Danish Consulate with their stamp at front short tears at top rear panel. The book was prepared at the time of the centenary of Echuca's constitution as a Borough. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Jacaranda Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038964
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Trigellis Smith Syd; Zampatti Sergio; Parsons Mex.
Shaping History. A Bibliography of Australian Army Unit Histories Including Army Formations Establishments Associated Organisations and a Selection of Campaign and Area Histories.
Melbourne: The Authors 1996. vi 206pp indexes addenda. Or card covers. As new. 873 annotated entries. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. The Authors Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038995 ISBN : 0646291211 9780646291215
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Grant K.
Terrain Classification for Engineering Purposes: Kopperamanna South Australia. Division of Soil Mechanics Technical Paper No. 5.
Canberra: CSIRO 1970. 43pp index diagrams folding map in rear pocket. A couple of small indentations to cover number written on top left front corner. Ex-university library with a couple of stamps. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library. CSIRO Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038986
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Grant K.
Terrain Classification for Engineering Purposes: Pandie Pandie Area South Australia. Division of Soil Mechanics Technical Paper No. 7.
Canberra: CSIRO 1970. 32pp index diagrams folding map in rear pocket. Bottom corner bumped/creased number written on top left front corner. Ex-university library with a couple of stamps. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library. CSIRO Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038985
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Burgmann Verity; Lee Jenny editors
A Most Valuable Acquisition. A People's History of Australia Since 1788.
Melbourne: Penguin 1988. xiv 255pp index notes bw ills. Or card covers. Even toning to page edges minor bump to top edge. First Penguin Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Penguin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039000 ISBN : 0140110550 9780140110555
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Austin M.
The Army in Australia 1840-50.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1979. xii 290pp index bibliography appendices few bw ills maps. Or red cloth in jacket. Prev owners anme on front free endpaper. Jacket damp stained torn and chipped at base of spine short tear to front flap fold. The army in colonial Australia from 1840-1850. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Australian Government Publishing Service Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039047 ISBN : 0642036306 9780642036308
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Clarke Patricia.
A Colonial Woman. The Life and Times of Mary Braidwood Mowle.
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1991. viii 311pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or card covers with integral flaps. Slighteest of fading to spine. Mary Braidwood Mowle mixed with many people-from important citizens of Sydney to the whalers of the south coast. Her accounts give a rich insight into mid-nineteenth century life-the hardships and the joys. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039060 ISBN : 1863730974 9781863730976
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Olijnyk Elynor Frances; Grafton John Sheard.
Taking Possession. A Saga of the Great South Land.
Australia: Photographic Art Gallery. 2007. xiv 202pp index bibliography col plates bw drawings maps. Or pictorial laminated boards. As new. The discovery and settlement of Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Oblong 4to. Photographic Art Gallery. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039056 ISBN : 0646474731 9780646474731
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Nicholson Ian Hawkins.
Gazetteer of Sydney Shipping 1788-1840.
Canberra: Roebuck Society 1981. x 217pp bw ills maps inc 1 folding. Or pictorial card. Near new. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Roebuck Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039095 ISBN : 0909434182 9780909434182
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Miller JDB. J. D.
Britain and the Old Dominions. Britain in the World Today series
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1966. 286pp index. Or red cloth in jacket. Some fading to spine. Britain and the big four dominions- Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa- from the 19th century to post-WWII era. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Johns Hopkins Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039107
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Livingston Kevin T.; Jordan Richard; Sweely Gay editors
Becoming Australians. The Movement Towards Federation in Ballarat and the Nation.
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 2001. xii 162pp index bibliography notes. Or card covers. Near new. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Wakefield Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039103 ISBN : 1862545200 9781862545205
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Department of Mines Queensland
Queensland Mining Guide. 1966 Edition
Brisbane: Government Printer Queensland. 1932. The first edition was published in 1932. xii 152pp folding map at rear index. Or limp grey cloth. Minor edge wear/minor fraying 2 prev owners names/details on front blank. The information in the booklet was designed to enable modern prospectors to decide where and how to look to understand the requirements of the Queensland Mining Acts and regulations and assist them in recognising the minerals they may come across during their exploration activities. First Easton Press Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Government Printer, Queensland. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039136
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Pike Glenville.
Conquest of the Ranges. North Queensland's Mountain Railway and the Early Days of Cairns and Port Douglas.
Mareeba North Queensland.: Pinevale Publications. 1988. viii 79pp un-numbered pages with over 100 bw photos map. Slight edge wear to cover small crease to bottom front corner. The building of a railway over the coastal mountains behind Cairns a century ago was one of the great engineering feats in Australia in colonial days comparable to the better known Zig-Zag over the Blue Mountains. In fact due to the extreme remoteness it was even more remarkable. Without this railway Cairns would not have become a city of importance and its rich hinterland could not have been developed. This book tells of the work of the railway builders the explorations in search of a route and of the rivalry between Cairns Port Douglas and Innisfail. Illustrated with 100 historical photographs. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Pinevale Publications. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039137
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Golding W R
The Birth of Central Queensland 1802-1859
Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1966. 250 pagesappendices. Or cloth in jacket. Spine slightly darkened otherwise near new. The early years of Central Queensland up to Queensland's being made a seperate colony. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039141
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Alexander DF. et al D. F.
The Measure of the Land.
Adelaide: Department of Lands. 1986. 47pp appendices bw ills 2 col ills inside covers. Or stapled card. Near new. The 150 year history of South Australia's Department of Lands and the surveying of SA. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Department of Lands. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039117
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Dening Greg.
The Bounty: An Ethnographic History.
Melbourne: History Department University of Melbourne. 1989. xi 119pp sources bw ills maps. Or card covers. Near new. Melbourne University History Monograph No. 1. . Second Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. History Department, University of Melbourne. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039145 ISBN : 0868398209 9780868398204
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Bates John.
The Last Islands. The History Stories Legends and Tales of the Whitsunday Islands.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1990. 112pp bibliography bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket old sticker remnant on rear. Local history of the Whitsunday and Cumberland Islands off the Queensland coast. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039139 ISBN : 0646007874 9780646007878
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Phillips Peter J.
Redgum & Paddlewheels. Australia's Inland River Trade.
Melbourne: Greenhouse Publications 1981. 167pp bibliography num bw ills endpaper maps. Or brown boards in jacket. Jacket faded on spine. Between the 1850s and 1890s over 300 paddle steamers plied the Murray Darling and Murrumbidgee Rivers. This book looks at their heyday. Includes a list of paddle steamers operating in 1980. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Greenhouse Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039135 ISBN : 0909104263 9780909104269
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Pearson WH. W. H.
Henry Lawson Among the Maoris.
Canberra: Australian National University 1968. xvi 224pp index bibliography references glossary appendices map. Or cloth in jacket. Near new. Henry Lawson's lesser known experiences in New Zealand among the Maoris at Mangamaunu in the 1890s. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Australian National University Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039155
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Peron Francois; Freycinet Louis De; Cornell Christine translator
Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands. Books I to III Comprising Chapters I to XXI.
Adelaide: The Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2006. xl 430pp index appendices bw & col ills folding map in rear pocket. Or blue cloth. Slight lean to spine otherwise as new. Edition limited to 400 copies. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039152 ISBN : 1876154403 9781876154400
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Bonnemains Jacqueline; Argentin Jean Marc; Marin Martine.
Mon Voyage Aux Terres Australes. Journal Personnel du Commandant Baudin.
France: Imprimerie Nationale 2000. 464pp glossary bibliography index num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers with integral flaps. Minor damp rippling at top right corner of first few pages otherwise very nice. The personal journal Of Baudin's voyage to Australia. Text in French/en Francais. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Imprimerie Nationale Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039151 ISBN : 2743303840 9782743303846
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Mcfarlane John; McSwan Eleanor H. notes
A History of the Clarence River District 1837-1915.
Maclean NSW: Clarence Press 1980. 86pp notes & index; bw ills. Or yellow card covers. Near new. Local history of the Clarence River District including Grafton Glen Innes Ulmarra. Covers original Aboriginal inhabitants mining river steamers sugar industry and much much more. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Clarence Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039162 ISBN : 0909323054 9780909323059
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Ganter Regina.
The Pearl-Shellers of Torres Strait. Resource Use Development and Decline 1860s-1960s.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1994. xvii299pp indexbibliography notes glossary appendices bw ills maps tables. Or card covers. Near new. In an ethnically stratified workforce Aboriginal South Sea Islander Torres Strait Islander and Japanese divers brought up shell that produced mother-of-pearl and sometimes pearls. This volume charts the progress of pearl shelling from its heyday through its several crises resulting from overfishing to its present cautious management. Greatlyenhanced by the oral testimony of divers and boat owners. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 039163 ISBN : 0522845479 9780522845471
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Hoare Merval.
Norfolk Island. An Outline of Its History. 1774-1968.
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 1969. 173pp index bibliog endpaper maps bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Slightest of rubbing at jacket folds. A history of this 15 square mile territory of Australia from its discovery by Captain James Cook in 1774 on his second voyage. It had no native inhabitants and the first convicts were sent there in 1788. The island was abandoned by 1814 but reopened for the worst criminals from 1825 for another 30 years. Its unique character and distinctive personality developed from the arrival of the Pitcairners descendants of the Bounty mutineers in 1856. The book continues with an authoritative history of the island and its inhabitants to the time of publication. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039164
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Lyte Charles.
Sir Joseph Banks. 18th Century Explorer Botanist and Entrepreneur.
London: David & Charles 1980. 248pp index bibliography bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Near new. Biography of one of the 18th centuries most significant figures. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. David & Charles Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039153
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Bligh William; Rutter Owen.
Bligh's Voyage in the Resource from Coupang to Batavia Together with the Log of His Subsequent Passage to England in the Dutch Packet Vlydt and His Remarks on Morrison's Journal.
London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1937. 160pp bw wood engravings. Or two-toned cloth. The blue cloth is lifting and fraying slightly along the diagonal on the front cover. The spine a little faded and the cloth splitting along the front of the spine aaprox 4 inches/10cm but NOT affecting the join/hinge which is firm. Small bookseller label to front pastedown a little light toning to pages. Copy owned by A.M. Duncan-Kemp author of several books on Australian Aborigines with his signature on the front free endpaper. Internally the book is clean and tight. Edition limited to 350 copies of which this #263. . Signed by A.M. Duncan-Kemp. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Barker-Mill Peter. Folio. The Golden Cockerel Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039166
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