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Phillips Valmai.
Romance of Australian Lighthouses.
Adelaide: Rigby 1977. 221pp index bibliography num bw & col ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket some fading to spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034022 ISBN : 0727004980 9780727004987
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Woodward Jack
Three Times Lucky
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications with J Woodward 1991. vi 230pp b/w ills index. Light blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. The book is based on the story of an airman who volunteered in the RAAF during World War II. He was mustered in Air Crew as an Observer and trained in Australia before being sent to Singapore with 27 Squadron. The name of the story is based on lucky escapes from two aircraft crashes and one near crash. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Publications with J Woodward Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033387 ISBN : 0646029703 9780646029702
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Taylor Les.
Struck By Lightning.
Ashmore Qld.: Jon the Printer Pty Ltd 1985. 183pp num bw & col photos cartoon drawings. Prev owners name etc on half-title page some edge wear to covers foxing to edges. A factual account of life on the black opal fields of Lightning Ridge Australia full of surprises and loaded with humorous anecdotes. Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Near Very Good. 8vo. Jon the Printer Pty Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033386 ISBN : 0949192015 9780949192011
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Kalokerinos Archie.
In Search of Opal.
Sydney: Ure Smith Press 1967. 144pp num col ills pictorial endpapers. Or grey cloth in jacket. Slight shelf wear to jacket spine faded. Gift note on half-title page. A doctor who decided to leave his practice and hunt for opal tells the story of his long fruitless search digging and joining with the unkempt and unwashed miners until his hands bled and then the thrilling telling of finding treasure 70 feet below the earth. Wonderful photographs of opals and opal mines/miners. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Sml 4to. Ure Smith Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033390
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Branagan David F.; Packham Gordon H.
Field Geology of New South Wales.
Sydney: Science Press 1967. ix 191pp references bw ills num diagrams. Or card covers. Spine faded slight surface damage to rear cover prev owners name etc on title page. . Apparent First. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Science Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033397
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Haill Robert G.
Opals of the Never Never Revised Edition.
Sydney: Castle Books 1981. 152pp glossary num bw & col ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Minor foxing. More valuable than gold Coober Pedy's quality opal can be worth as much as $5000 per ounce in its rough state. Coober Pedy produces the bulk of Australia's opal supply to the world. Here is the story of Coober Pedy and the opals mined there. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Castle Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033404 ISBN : 0725510862 9780725510862
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Longhurst Robert
Nerang Shire. A History to 1949.
Nerang Qld: Albert Shire Council 1994. 246pp index bibliography num bw ills maps. Or pictorial laminated boards. Prev owners details on front free endpaper otherwise excellent. Well presented comprehensive history of Nerang in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland. Beginning with the Kombumerri aboriginal people the book explores the cedar timbergetters cattle attempts to grow cotton and sugar farming. Goes on through the settlement and development of Nerang and the negative effect the development of Coolangatta had on the area. Also covers the impact of the war and the country vs beaches rivalry. Nerang Shire ceased to exist in 1949 as it was included in the Albert Shire. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Albert Shire Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033401 ISBN : 0646202871 9780646202877
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Dunstan Keith
Saint Ned: The Story of the Near Sanctification of an Australian Outlaw.
Sydney: Methuen 1980. 128pp num bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Endpapers toned some foxing to page edges. . It is a strange facet of the Australian psyche that allows one of our most famous outlaws Ned Kelly to become hero rather than villain. This is the story of Ned Kelly and how Australian's have almost raised him to the level of Sainthood through legend and folklore. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Methuen Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033406 ISBN : 0454001983 9780454001983
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Pearce Barry. Humphries Barry; Smart Jeffrey; France Christine. contributors
Margaret Olley.
Sydney: The Art Gallery of New South Wales 1996. 128pp 77 colour plates bw photographs few col ills other than plates. Or pictorial card covers. Rear cover creased small bump to bottom front cover causing corner crease to cover and approx 30pp. Published to coincide with a retrospective exhibition of Margaret Olley's paintings held in 1996-1997. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio. The Art Gallery of New South Wales Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033402 ISBN : 0731088980 9780731088980
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Bruce Gan.
Lightning Ridge. Home of Black Opal Unique to the World.
Lightning Ridge: Gan Bruce 1983. 192pp num bw ills. Or black boards titled in gold in pictorial jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket some foxing 1cm tear to margin of p187. SIGNED and inscribed to previous owner on front free endpaper brief uninteresting letter from author loosely inserted. Scarce local history of Lightning Ridge NSW- home of the world famous black opal. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Gan Bruce Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033403 ISBN : 0959260102 9780959260106
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Hall William & Dorothy.
Carter's Collecting Australiana. Second Edition. A Guide to Collecting Australian Antiques & Collectables.
Sydney: John Furphy 2005. 176pp index num col ills.Or laminated pictorial boards. Near new. Guide to many categories of Australiana. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. John Furphy Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033407 ISBN : 1876079150 9781876079154
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Nashar Beryl.
Geology of the Sydney Basin.
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press 1967. 119pp index bibliography bw ills diagrams maps. Or decorated cloth-no jacket as issued. Lacks front free endpaper owners details opposite title page. Light rubbing to cloth. Includes sections on Wyong-Gosford; Sydney; Wollongong; Nowra; Milton-Ulladulla-Durras; Moss Vale-Kangaroo Valley; Katoomba-Lithgow. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Jacaranda Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033415
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Perry N & R.
A Prospector's Guide to Gemstones in Australia.
Sydney: Currawong Press 1988. 112pp indexbibliography glossary bw ills maps. Or pictorial card covers.Light foxing to page edges. Gift note inside front cover prev owners name etc on front free endpaper.Includes comprehensive lists of gemstone areas in all states. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Currawong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033416 ISBN : 0730102661 9780730102663
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Hodge Brian.
Frontiers of Gold. The Goldfields Story 1851-61. Book 2.
Sydney: Cambaroora Star Publications 1979. 288ppindex notes bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Prev owners details on front free endpaper. Some minor foxing. Jacket spine faded light rubbing and several very short tears at edges. The lives of gold miners between Bathurst and Mudgee in the 1850s. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Cambaroora Star Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033414 ISBN : 0959657312 9780959657319
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Tranter Deborah
Cobb & Co: Coaching in Queensland
Brisbane: Queensland Museum 2010. viii 159pp b/w ills throughout appendix bibliography index maps. Pictorial card cover with integral flaps. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Loosely inserted folding plan of Cobb & Co. coach #100. Near new. The author traces the rise and decline of this historic company' Queensland coaching operations with amendments from earlier printings. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. Third Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Square 8vo. Queensland Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033428 ISBN : 072424140x 9780724241408
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Winter Barbara
Stalag Australia. German Prisoners of War in Australia.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1986. xv 406pp index bibliography appendices glossary bw ills maps pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Some toning and dimples to jacket. Foxing to page edges. Prev owners name crossed out on title page and another prev owners details on blank opposite titlepage. A little surface silverfishing to cloth. Of the Germans captured by the Allies over 1400 servicemen and 220 merchant seamen including officers were sent to Australia where they were kept in remote bushland POW camps. This book vividly reconstructs their story and their experiences. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033443 ISBN : 0207152314 9780207152313
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King Jonathan
Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing. The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell.
Brisbane: John Wiley & Sons 2003. xvi 223pp sources bw ills endpaper maps. Or broen boards in jacket. Slightly scuffed at board edges page edges evenly toned.The life of Alec Campbell who landed at Gallipoli aged 16 surviving to live an extraordinary life and become an Australian icon. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. John Wiley & Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033439 ISBN : 1740310667 9781740310666
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Loney Jack
Wrecks on the South Australian Coast. including Kangaroo Island
Yarram Vic.: Lonestone Press 1993. 176pp indexappendices glossary num bw ills maps. Or card covers. Small bug marks to last page only. Brief account of disasters along the South Australian coast long recognised as one of the most hostile in Australian waters. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Lonestone Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033435 ISBN : 0646147447 9780646147444
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Barnard Marjorie
MacQuarie's World.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1970. vii 224pp indexbibliography bw plates. Or black cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with slight edge wear. A little light toning. No date but c1970s. The colony of New South Wales during the period of Lachlan Macquarrie's Governorship from 1810-1821. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033442 ISBN : 0207122180 9780207122187
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Allen Kim.
History of the Townsville Grammar School. 1888-1988.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1990. VERY HEAVY. Or green cloth in pictorial jacket. xviii 587pp appendices bibliography bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Near new. Exhaustive history of Townsville Grammar School one of Queensland's premier private schools. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033460 ISBN : 0731693787 9780731693788
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Klubal Max.
Music for Australian Folk Dancing with Instructions.
Place Not Stated: Australian Folk Trust 1987. 90ppappendix glossary music. Or spiral bound yellow card covers. A couple of tiny spots on rear cover. Australian Folk Trust information sheet loosely inserted. Scarce. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Australian Folk Trust Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033466
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Green Evan.
Journeys with Gelignite Jack.
Adelaide: Rigby 1967. 228pp bw ills. Or brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Slight toning to page edges. Short tear to top of front jacket panel price-clipped slightly faded on spine. Account of the extrraordinary figure-eight crossing of Australia made to test a new motor oil from Castrol. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033486
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Gilchrist david.
Raising the Bar. Queensland's Hotel Industry from the 1940s to Now. Queensland Hotel Association.
Brisbane: David Gilchrist 2008. viii168pp indexnum bw & col ills.Or cardcovers. Minor edge wear small crease to top front corner. Commissioned by the Queensland Hotels Association to record the major events which shaped the Queensland hotel industry in the years from the end of WWII to the start of the 21st century. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. David Gilchrist Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033484 ISBN : 1921054956 9781921054952
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Evans Ian.
The Australian Old House Catalogue. The Complete Where to Get it Guide for the Home Restorer.
Sydney: Methuen Hayes 1985. 96pp bibliography num bw ills. Or card covers. Some foxing/toning to first and last pages. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Methuen Hayes Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033483 ISBN : 0454011946 9780454011944
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Harriman RJ.; Clifford ES. editors R. J. E. S.
Atlas of New South Wales. Portrait of a State.
Sydney: Central Mapping Authority Department Oif Lands NSW 1987. viii 1435ppindex gazetteer maps col ills.Or green cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket 6 line gift note on front free endpaper. Sections include people economic resources and natural environment. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong Folio. Central Mapping Authority, Department Oif Lands, NSW Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033496 ISBN : 0730515478 9780730515470
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Jolliffe Eric.
Jolliffe's Outback. Cartoons & Australiana Number 93.
Sydney: Jolliffe Publications 1974. Unpaginated - approx 66pp full page bw cartoons. Or stapled covers. Very light edge wear and minor rubbing. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Jolliffe Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033497
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Hutcherson Gillian
Gong-Wapitja. Women and Art from Yirrkala Northeast Arnhem Land.
Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 1998. xiii 113pp index notes 71 ills most colour maps. Or card covers. Very small bump to fore-edge prev owners name cut from top of half-title page. Contemporary art by women of the Yirrkala community including weaving carving and painting. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Aboriginal Studies Press. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033505 ISBN : 0855753153 9780855753153
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Finn S.
The Place of Tall Trees. Early History of Medowie.
Medowie: S. Finn 1987. 54pp bw ills. Or stapled card covers. Bumped at top corner. Early events in the history of Medowie near Newcastle NSW. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. S. Finn Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033506
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Alford Bob.
Darwin's Air War 1942-1945. An Illustrated History.
Darwin: Aviation Historicalsocietyof the Northern Territory. 1991. 80pp bibliography num bw ills maps. Or cardcovers. Slight edge wear Catalina squadrons marked in red in lists at rear. Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Japanese air raids on Darwin. Lists major operational squadrons and bombing raids on the Northern Territory. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Aviation Historicalsocietyof the Northern Territory. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033494 ISBN : 0646041029 9780646041025
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Donovan Peter.
Buttercup and Baking. The History Behind Quality Bakers Australia.
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger 1996. xvi 248pp index notes endnotes bw & col ills endpaper diagrams. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. The story of the company Quality Bakers and the bread industry in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Hale & Iremonger Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033504 ISBN : 0868066141 9780868066141
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Fisher Robin; Johnston Hugh.
Captain James Cook and His Times.
Canberra: Australian National University 1979. ix 276pp index notesbw ills maps endpaper maps. Or dark grey cloth in jacket. Prev owners details on verso of front free endpaper. Light rubbing and some foxing to jacket. Collection of 11 essays pertaining to James Cook. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Australian National University Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033531 ISBN : 0708112617 9780708112618
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Bowd DG. D. G.
Macquarie Country. A History of the Hawkesbury.
Sydney: Library of Australian History 1982. x242pp indexfootnotes appendices bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Brief gift note on half titlepage. Very light edge wearto jacket. . Third Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Library of Australian History Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033540 ISBN : 0908120508 9780908120505
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Caldwell Norman.
Titans of the Barrier Reef. Further Adventures of a Shark Fisherman.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1938. 248pp bw ills endpaper maps. Rebound in green cloth retaining original endpapers. Light toning some foxing to page edges. Experiences of a commercial shark fisherman on the Great Barrier Reef. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033556
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CEW. Bean. Chauvel Sir Harry; et al. C. E.
The Changing of the Guard. Graphic Incidents of Two Wars Reproduced from Official and Other Photographs.
Cqanb: Australian War Memorial 1941. 104pp 150 bw tipped in photographs. Or green boards with coat-of-arms in gilt to front. Rubbed along spine edges some spotting to cloth top front corner and front cover fore-edge bumped and some wear to corners some foxing/small stains to endpapers. Quite nice example of the scarce first edition of 1941. Published under the auspicesof the Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial among whose members wereHarry Chauvel Colonel Sir Donald Cameron Sir Gilbert Dyett Sir David Ferguson C.E.W. Bean and others. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong Elephant Folio. Australian War Memorial Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033560
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Kent David; Townsrnd Norma.
The Convicts of the Eleanor. Protest in Rural England. New Lives in Australia.
Australia: Pluto Press 2002. x 305pp index bibliography appendices notes map. Or card covers. Gift note inside front cover. The men transported on the Eleanor in February 1831 were not hardened criminals. Impoverished agricultural labourers and rural craftsmen from the counties of Berkshire Wiltshire Hampshire and Dorset they were transported because they were 'Swing rioters'- men who dared ask for modest increases in wages and preservation of winter work threatened by the threshing machine. Part 1 examines the circumstances of the local protests during 1830 and the reasons for the severe sentences. Part 2 traces the stages by which the exiles rebuilt their lives in NSW in an alien and alienating environment. Adds new dimensions to both the hisotry of rural protest in Wesex and the little understood workings of the NSW convict system. First Australian Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Pluto Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033568 ISBN : 1864031727 9781864031720
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Stephens Geoffrey.
The Hutchins School. Macquarie Street Years 1846-1965.
Hobart: The Hutchins School 1979. 408pp index sources references bw ills. Or black cloth in acket. Jacket toned at lower edge. History of one of the oldest schools in Australia and the oldest continuous private school among whose alumni are Australia's first 2 VCs the highest proportion of RhodesScholarsof any school in Australia; the entire Supreme Court of Tasmania and endlesspoliticians bishops and priests. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Hutchins School Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033571 ISBN : 0959525602 9780959525601
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Lucas Alan.
Cruising the Coral Coast. 8th edition
Sydney: Alan Lucas Cruising Guides 2003. HEAVY. 349pp index b/w ills maps. Or pictorial card covers. 1cm tear at top front edge of spine otherwise nice. Often referred to as the Barrier Reef Bible this is Australia's best selling cruising guide. Completely revised sailor's guide to the ports anchorages rivers and reefs of Queensland and its Great Barrier Reef. Eighth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 4to. Alan Lucas Cruising Guides Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033575 ISBN : 0958176809 9780958176804
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Mcbeth Jack.
Smokey the Wild One and Other Stories. A Tribute to the Men and Women of the Early Days Based Mostly on Country Living.
Jimboomba Qld.: Jack McBeth 2001. viii 202pp bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Collection of short stories compiled 'with the background of a lifetime of experience of living on the land and taking an active part in activities in the farming and grazing industry'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Jack McBeth Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033580 ISBN : 0957703228 9780957703223
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Osborn Betty.
Against the Odds. Maryborough 1905-1961.
Maryborough Vic.: Central Goldfields Shire Council 1995. xi 478pp index bibliography notes appendix bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. SIGNED and inscribed to Joan by Betty Osborn. Slightest of toning to endpapers. Superb local history following on from her earlier collaborative work Maryborough A Social History 1854-1904 taking the town's story into the second half of the 20th century. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Central Goldfields Shire Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033586 ISBN : 0646244450 9780646244457
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Brand Ian.
Sarah Island. An Account of the Penal Settlements of Sarah Island Tasmania from 1822 to 1833 and 1846 to 1847.
Launceston Tasmania: Regal Publications 1990. 77pp bw ills maps. Or card covers. Spine slightly faded very light edge wear. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Regal Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033590 ISBN : 0949457310 9780949457318
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Buttery Ray.
Legion of the Lost. Home Defence. Factual Experiences of a Select Group of Australian Soldiers During World War II.
Adelaide: RAy H. Buttery 1992. 184pp map bw ills. Or card covers. Ex-collegelibrary with usual stamps etc inc cancelled stamp covered in clear contact plastic some fading at and adjacent to spine. The 48 Aust Inf Bn AIF which became 108Aust LAA Regt AIF part of which was merged into 101 Aust Comp AA Regt AIF. Operating on the home front these soldiers saw service in Darwin Arnhem Land and elsewhere. Trigellas-Smith #572. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Ex-Library. RAy H. Buttery Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033592 ISBN : 0646088378 9780646088372
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Robinson K. W.
A Regional Geography of Southeast Australia.
Melbourne: Longman Australia 1972. 265pp tables index num bw ills maps. Or pictorial cloth. Ex-library with various stamps etc inc cancelled stamp tape stains to endpapers. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to. Ex-Library. Longman Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033599 ISBN : 0582682177 9780582682177
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Osborn Betty; DuBorg Trenear.
Maryborough. A Social History 1854-1904.
Maryborough Vic.: Maryborough City Council 1985. xx 420pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. SIGNED and inscribed to Joan by Betty Osborn one of the authors. Slightest of toning to page edges. Superb local history covering the formative years of gold town in Victoria. Covers gold mining and related incidents bushrangers the coming of the railways and much more. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Maryborough City Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033585
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Pedersen Peter.
The Anzacs. Gallipoli to the Western Front.
Melbourne: Viking 2007. HEAVY. 447pp ndexbibliography notes num bw & few col ills maps. Or khaki cloth in jacket. A couple of very small spots on page egdes. Traces the evolution of the Australian Imperial Forces from the enthusiastic amateurs of Gallipoli to the skilled warriors of the Western Front. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to. Viking Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033608 ISBN : 0670041246 9780670041244
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Lindsay Patrick.
Our Darkest Day.
Melbourne: Hardi Grant Books 2011. li 248pp index bibliography appendices bw ills maps. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. The tragic battle of Fromelles and the diggers final resting place. Includes list of 110 identified Australian dead updated to 2011 leaving 100 still to be identified. First Abridged Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Hardi Grant Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033610 ISBN : 1742701922 9781742701929
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Fitzsimons Neil.
A Simpler Time. A Memoir of Love Laughter Loss and Billycarts.
Sydney: HarperCollins 2010. XII 370pp bw & col ills.Or card covers. A very little flecking to top edge. Journalist and prolific author Peter FitzSimons turns his pen to his own childhood and youth growing up on the rural outskirts of Sydney in the 1960s. First Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. HarperCollins Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033605 ISBN : 0732288045 9780732288044
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Cairns Joan; Johnston WT. W. T.
Early Pubs & Shanties of Far North Queensland.
Atherton Qld.: Joan Cairns & W.T. Johnston 1989. 88pp num ills. Or pictorial stapled card covers. Very light edge wear. SIGNED by both authors inside front cover at bottom also a non-authorial gift note inside front cover. Sketches and accounts of early hotels in far north Queensland- includes both the major centres such as Cairns Innisfail Normanton and Atherton as well as the Palmer River Goldfields and many tiny long gone and long forgotten pubs and shanties throughout the region. . Signed by Authors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Joan Cairns & W.T. Johnston Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033648 ISBN : 0731681843 9780731681846
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Vondra Josef
German Speaking Settlers in Australia.
Melbourne: Cavalier Press 1981. 286pp index appendices bw ills col pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth in jacket. Very light edge wearto jacket. Examines the colurful history of earlyGerman speakers in Australia the Lutheran and other settlements in South Australia the internments of the World Wars the so-called club culture of the many German speaking organizations religious groups and problems of welfare and the aged. Includes German-speaking artists poets authorsmusicians dramatists and also the large number of German Austrian and Swiss companies operating in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Cavalier Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033227 ISBN : 0949743003 9780949743008
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Glover Rhoda.
Plantaganet. A History of the Shire of Plantaganet Western Australia.
Perth: University of Western Australia Press 1979. xv 412p index maps appendices num bw ills endpaper maps. Or red papered boards in jacket. Gift note on half-title page slight foxing. A history of the Shire of Plantaganet in Western Australia from the first exploration by Wilson in 1829 the later exploration by Stirling on to the present day. Excellent historical detail with many oral accounts from present residents including all aspects of culture and life in the shire including the early aboriginal inhabitants. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. University of Western Australia Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033220 ISBN : 0855641754 9780855641757
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Tynan Patrick J.
The Liverpool Embroiderer. The Incredible Story of the Moreton Bay Convict Hannah Rigby 1784-1853.
Brisbane: The Author 2011. 108pp index bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. The story of embroiderer and seamstress Hannah Rigby transported to Australia after the Peterloo Riots of 1819. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033224 ISBN : 1921555726 9781921555725
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