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Australian National Commission for Unesco
Progress in Australian Hydrology 1965-1974
Canberra: AGPS 1974. 103 pages figures maps. Illustrated light card cover. The book supplements reports on Australian participation in the International Hydrological Decade. It is intended as a reference and not as a source book. Following a brief description of the Australian physical and human environment and of the assessment and dvelopment of water resources are 21 chapters covering topics from evaporation water-soil-plant relationships experimental catchments stochastic hydrology river morphology to biological treatment and water pollution control. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. AGPS Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021633 ISBN : 0642008671 9780642008671
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Clark Louis H
Rouseabout Reflections: A New Selection of Bush Ballads series three and Other Poems
Melbourne: The National Press 1975. 152 pages. Signed by the poet on the title page. Cloth boards flecked at the lower edge in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket which has a closed tear with minor loss of the surface of the rear panel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The National Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021640 ISBN : 0909470146 9780909470142
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Longhurst Robert
Preserving Lives Preserving Values: A History of Surf Life Saving in Queensland
Brisbane: Surf Life Saving Queensland 2000. HEAVY. vii 272 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos colour photos in the final chapter bibliography life members SLSQ presidents decorated end-papers. Illustrated laminated boards. From the turn of the 20th century to the year 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Surf Life Saving Queensland Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021625 ISBN : 0646407708 9780646407708
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Grocott Allan M
Gleanings from Glen Innes
Wee Waa NSW: The Author 1985. 115 pages. There are several small stains on the fore-edge. Illustrated stapled paper wrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collectin of editorials research articles reminiscences and addresses. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021630 ISBN : 0959679715 9780959679717
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Edwards Hugh
A Skeptic's Casebook
Sydney: Australian Skeptics. 1997. iv 321 pages. Paperback with lightly creased front cover. Australia's foremost investigator of paranormal claims exposes the charlatans frauds and quacks. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Australian Skeptics. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021632
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Parkes Don editor
Northern Australia: The Arenas of Life and Ecosystems on Half a Continent
Sydney: Academic Press 1984. xii 429 pages b/w illustrations maps appendix index. Prev owner's four-line note neatly written by the upper corner on the front flyleaf. Green cloth boards gilt titles. The book is in three sections: arena extensive ecosystems and intensive ecosystems. From the Foreword by J A Mabbutt contributions from 26 authors in this 'geographical study of the interplay of environmental challenge and human endeavour in Northern Australia consider issues such as lands rights mining impacts national parks and political developments among the Aboriginal and European communities'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Academic Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021616
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Williams Bridget and Parsons Roy
The Summer Book: A New Zealand Miscellany
Wellington: The Port Nicholson Press 1982. 152 pages 12 full-colour paintings 40 b/w illustrations. Red boards in dust-jacket. Includes Katherine Mansfield's A Pic-Nic; A Miscellany of Ornithologists and Illustrators by John Andrews; A Young Bookseller by J C Beaglehole; and Six Ways to Cook a Rabbit by Tony Simpson. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. The Port Nicholson Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021639 ISBN : 0908635052 9780908635054
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Johnston W R compiler
A Bibliography of Quensland History
Brisbane: Library Board of Queensland. 1981. i 149 pages author-title index subject index. Illustrated light card cover. The book's sections cover Reference and general; Aborigines and early settlement; Economic history; Political history; Social history; and Local history. Published for the John Oxley Library as a Robert and Esmee Veitch Bequest Publication. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Library Board of Queensland. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021627 ISBN : 072420735X 9780724207350
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Davis Richard
Open to Talent: The Centenary History of the University of Tasmania 1890-1990
Hobart: University of Tasmania 1990. xiii 256pp 32pp of b/w illustrations bibliography index. Decorative blue cloth boards gilt in dust-jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Tasmania Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021674 ISBN : 0908528183 9780908528189
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Phillips Peter J.
Red Gum & Paddlewheels: Australia's Inland River Trade
Collingwood VIC: Greenhouse Publications 1980. Foreword by Bill Peach. 167 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos plans bibliography list of boats restored or operating on the river in 1980 end-paper maps: The Murray-Darling River System. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The main focus of the book is the period between the 1850s and the 1890s when more than 300 paddle steamers plied their way up and down the great Murray Darling and Murrumbidgee Rivers the steamers covering the boats the people and the transport industry. A concluding chapter looks at river revival and the future as it appeared in the 1980s . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Greenhouse Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021662
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Whitehead Georgina editor
Planting the Nation
Melbourne: Australian Garden History Society 2001. x 196pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos paintings drawings and garden plans index textured end-papers. Cloth boards upper front corner lightly bumped in dust-jacket. The book explores Australia's gardens and landscapes between 1890 and 1914 offering perspectives on garden design horticultural developments city planning and architectural and social history during the remarkable period leading up to and following the federation of the Australian colonies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Australian Garden History Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021668 ISBN : 1876473444 9781876473440
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Chan Frances
Hervey Bay and the Fraser Coast
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 1999. viii 151pp index bibliographic notes num bw ills map. There is a light crease by the lower front corner of the front cover. Combines the indigenous and European histories of Hervey Bay and Fraser Island with a survey of the local flora and fauna. Also covers geology and ecotourism. First Edition. Pictorial Card. Near Fine. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021664 ISBN : 1875998780 9781875998784
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Edwards Hugh
Port of Pearls: A History of Broome
Swanbourne WA: The Author 1988. 199pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The book covers Broome's first one hundred years 1883-1983 with for this reprinted edition a concluding chapter 'Broome's Second Century'. In addition to the story of pearling including the introduction of pearl farming in the 1960s the author adds historical and contemporary insights into the colourful port of pearls. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Author Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021667 ISBN : 072701885X 9780727018854
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Howatson Ronald John
They'll Always Be Back: a Chronicle of Events Relating to Industrial Relations Tribunals in Queensland
Brisbane: Industrial Registrar 1998. x 435pp bibliography index. Illustrated light card cover. The Contents: Employers and employees to the 1890s; Prelude to industrial arbitration 1890s-1912; Industrial conciliation and arbitration first steps 1912-1917; The shaping of an Arbitration Court 1917-1920; The progress of arbitration falters 1921-1925; The years of confusion 1925-1932; Depression and war 1932-1945; Recovery and wage increases 1945-1960; and the Epilogue 1961-1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Industrial Registrar Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021670 ISBN : 0646366610 9780646366616
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King Norma
Nickel Country Gold Country
Adelaide: Rigby 1972. 148pp 16pp of b/w photos. Page edges lightly foxed. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The author contrasts the Western Australian gold rush with the spectacular nickel rush at Kambalda that followed it. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021666 ISBN : 0851793894 9780851793894
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Armitage Audrey M
The Katoomba-Leura Story
Katoomba NSW: Rotary Club of Katoomba 1998. 192 pages maps bibliography appendices index illustrated end-papers with a presentation note in black written on the front flyleaf over part of the illustration. Black papered boards in dust-jacket. From Katoomba Dreaming to the 1990s the story of the two Blue Mountains towns. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Rotary Club of Katoomba Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021663 ISBN : 0959341110 9780959341119
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Martin D W
Cyclists Doctors and Others: The Introduction of the Motor Car to Queensland
Brisbane: Church Archivists' Press 2001. 108pp b/w ills 3 appendices index. Two-line personal note by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. There are five words in blue biro added to a caption on p28 and there is a short biro addition to an endnote on p46. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated light card cover. The book covering the period 1895-1910 was produced to mark the centenary of the landing of the first motor car in Brisbane during the Federation celebrations. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Church Archivists' Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021675 ISBN : 0646411454 9780646411453
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Longhurst Robert
Queensland Cotton: Past & Present
Brisbane: Queensland Cotton Holdings Limited 1996. 117pp profusely illustrated throughout with b/w photos some colour and line drawings decorated eps. Illustrated laminated boards. The book was published as part of Queensland Cotton's celebration of 25 years of service to the cotton industry in Queensland. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Small 4to. Queensland Cotton Holdings Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021721 ISBN : 0646315013 9780646315010
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Ludlow Peter
A Century of Moreton Bay People Volume Four. Local History
Brisbane: Peter Ludlow 1996. 80pp index bw ills map. Or stapled card covers. The author's fourth collection of tales of the local history of Moreton Bay and its people. Includes Brisbane River ferries Bribie Island Lamb Island oysters German immigrant community at Beenleigh and much more. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Peter Ludlow Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021719 ISBN : 0646290916 9780646290911
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Wroe Margaret
Paving the Way
Maryborough Qld.: Achievers' Walk Committee 2000. Forewrod by Cr A J Brown. 65pp 32 pages of biography on page versos facing full-page pictures of the subjects. Illustrated light card cover. The book is the profiles of the first group of achievers some of Maryborough's pioneers. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Achievers' Walk Committee Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021726
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Forrest Peter
A Rush for Grass Ilfracombe Region Qld
Ilfracombe Qld and Murranji Press DArwin: Ilfracombe Shire Council 1988. 265pp illustrated throughout with b/w ills maps appendices: Ilfracombe State School roll 1893-1970; summary of extracts from annual reports of District Land Commissioner responsible for Ilfracombe area 1888-1936; sources and references. Prev owner's small four-line stamp on the Title and Contents pages no text affected. Illustrated light card cover. The book records the realities of settlement of one of Australia's great wool growing districts in Western Queensland. It gives insights into how the wool industry developed in Australia 'when some of the biggest and most successful sheep stations in the country developed when pioneers rushed to claim the rich grasslands described by the explorers'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ilfracombe Shire Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021735
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Barry Danny and Judy editors
Ararat 1857-2007
Ararat Vic: Ararat 150th Committee Ararat Rural City Council 2007. HEAVY. ix 503pp b/w ills. Paperback. From the Foreword this book 'celebrates the people events businesses and organisations that have contributed to making Ararat what it is today'. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Ararat 150th Committee, Ararat Rural City Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021734 ISBN : 0646472879 9780646472874
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Stewien Ron; Thompson Malcolm
A History of the South Australian Railways. Volume 1: The Early Years
Melbourne: ARHS Victorian Division 2007. HEAVY. 320pp colour plates illustrated throughout with b/w photos maps diagrams six appendices bibliography index. Illustrated laminated boards. The book's sections cover Early railway history; the Southern Tramway 1854-1885; The Port and Gawler Railways; locomotives and rolling stock; and the electric telegraph and the end ofthe decade. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. ARHS (Victorian Division) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021733 ISBN : 0858490471 9780858490475
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Marshall John
Battling for Gold or Stirring Incidents of Goldfields Life in West Australia
Carlisle WA: Hesperian Press 1984. Additions have been made to the introductory pages in this facsimile edition of the first E W Cole edition of 1903. 206pp b/w photos book list. Illustrated light card cover. The author adventurer journalist public figure and Digger's leader on the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie goldfield wrote of the early days on the fields in this book of goldfield stories. Facsimile Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hesperian Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021724 ISBN : 0859050408 9780859050401
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Sorenson Edward S. foreword Geoffrey Blainey
Life in the Australian Backblocks
Melbourne: Currey O'Neil. 1984. v 152pp num bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Spine slightly faded. Some light toning to page edges. Originally published in 1911 this is a collection of vignettes depicting bush life in Australia. Includes stockmen and shearers prospectors and fossickers mail coaching and tent life and much more including Christmas in the Bush. Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Currey O'Neil. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021798 ISBN : 0859023850 9780859023856
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Pearn John
A Scottish Chain. Some Australian Kindreds of Highland Ancestry. The Kindreds of Ahern Campbell Cavill Grant MacIntosh Pearn Shaw Tulloch Williams and Young Families and Their Descendants in Australia
Brisbane: Amphion Press 2003. HEAVY. xxii 248pp index notes references num bw ills maps. Or green laminated boards in matching jacket. As new. The 19th century saw much Scottish immigration to Australia. Many highland Scots made the four month voyage to start new lives. This detailed and comprehensive accoutn gives the detail of one such immigration- that of a sole mother Margaret Shaw 1841-1896 who with her 5 children arrived in Townsville in 1883. It describes the adventures she experienced and the dynasty she established in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Amphion Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021805 ISBN : 1864996579 9781864996579
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Bolland TP
Nudgee 1891-1991. St. Joseph's College Nudgee
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1991. HEAVY. vii 377pp appendices num bw ills col frontis portrait. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Stain on top edge extending approx 1mm into margin on a few pages. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper from Nudgee College students and staff. A massive comprehensive history of one of Queensland's leading private schools. Includes a comprehensive list of Alumni over a 100 year period. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021804 ISBN : 0646067753 9780646067759
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Sturtz JD.; Chapman AL. editors J. D. A. L.
Conservation Farming for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Proceedings of a Workshop at the NT Rural College Katherine 18-20 July 1995
Berrimah NT: Australian Institute of Agricultural Science northern Territory Zone 1995. xiv 305pp appendices references tables. Or pictorial card. Prev owners name on title page. Sections include ley pastures and their use; no-tillage planters and crop performance; constraints- soils weeds pests; and evaluation of ley farming systems in northern Australia. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, northern Territory Zone Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021817 ISBN : 0858561328 9780858561328
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Pavlyshyn Marko editor
Ukrainian Settlement in Australia: Second Conference Melbourne 5-7 April 1985. Shevchenko Scientific Society in Australia Library of Ukrainian Studies No 54
Melbourne: Department of Slavic Languages Monash University 1986. 165pp tables bibliography abstracts of papers in Ukrainian. Illustrated light card cover. The ten essays based on conference papers cover Ukrainian settlement in Australia under the headings: demography and social hsitory; biography; history of churches and institutions; language literature and the arts; and bibliography and research resources. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Department of Slavic Languages, Monash University Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021831 ISBN : 0867464542 9780867464542
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Cook Ford McDermott Standish Stegman and Stegman editors
The Cobar Mineral Field -- a 1996 Perspective. AusIMM Spectrum Series No 3/96
Carlton: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1996. HEAVY. 445pp publications catalogue b/w photos tables figures some colour. Prev owner's signature and date by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Illustrated laminated boards. This multi-disciplinary book covers' the history of mining in the Field and aspects of exploration geology geochemistry and geophysics mine geology mining operations and metallurgical processes'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021840 ISBN : 1875776397 9781875776399
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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. INSCRIBED and signed by EJ Reye author of the Foreword by the upper edge of the title page. Cloth-tape-backed illustrated paper wrappers. The Peel Island Lazaret Leprosarium. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021863 ISBN : 0731634101 9780731634101
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Rutherford Margaret and Buchanan Robyn editors
Voices of the Past: Stories of Caboolture Shire
Caboolture QLD: Caboolture Shire Council 2000. 96pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos index glossary map. SIGNED by Margaret Rutherford and Robyn Buchanan on the title page. The book comprises a selection of oral histories about Caboolture Shire and surrounds. It is based upon a number of interviews conducted with local residents between 1978 and 1995. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Caboolture Shire Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021829 ISBN : 0959564438 9780959564433
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Murdoch Judy
Light on Dark: Caves of the South East of South Australia
Mount Gambier: South East Book Promotion Group 1994. 38pp b/w ills bibliography. Illustrated stapled light card cover. This study is a study of the limestone caves of the South East as well as the cave dwellers and the ancient cave art. The book is Volume 5 in the Celebration South East Series. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. South East Book Promotion Group Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021861 ISBN : 0646179497 9780646179490
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Eltringham Claire
Australian Aboriginal Art. Issue 1. Launch Issue avec une traduction Francaise
Sydney: B5 Media 2009. ISSN: 18366368. Foreword by Judith Ryan. 178pp illustrated throughout in colour with some b/w. Illustrated light card cover. The inaugural issue with contents both in English and in French translation. In this issue: Icons of the Desert; Destiny Decon: The collective Hallucination; Albert Namatjira; Daniel Walbidi; Wakartu Cory Surprise and Ildiko Kovacs. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. B5 Media Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021837
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Cowlishaw Gillian recorded and edited by
Love against the Law: The Autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo
Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 2000. viii 120pp b/w ills maps. Illustrated light card cover. The stories of Tex Camfoo classifed as Aboriginal half-caste and European and Nelly Camfoo an Aboriginal intermingle to highlight the ambiguous social position of Aborigines living in the Northern Territory providing an insight into race relations and the contradictory attitudes of missionaries and police. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Aboriginal Studies Press. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021841 ISBN : 085575348X 9780855753481
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Barnes Tom
Take a Bow Pandora: Building the Pandora Bow for the Museum of Tropical Queensland
Townsville: The Author 126pp 45 captioned b/w plates. Illustrated light card cover. From the rear cover this is a 'short history of the ship HMS Pandora built in 1779 which sailed from England in 1790 with orders to find the mutineers of the Bounty and to map areas of the Great Barrier Reef. It is also a photographic record of the construction and erection of a replica of the bow section of the Pandora built by Townsville Slipways and now displayed in the Museum of Tropical Queensland Townsville'. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021860
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Siemon Rosamond
The Mayne Inheritance
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 1997. xiv 214pp sources bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Page edges toned some occasional light foxing. The rare Mary Ryan's hardcover limited edition of 1500 copies this #1217 with author signed edition identifying bookplate on front free endpaper. For 150 years scandal and mystery have surrounded the Mayne's a wealthy family who donated the site for the University of Queensland. The book begins with a macabre 19th century murder. First Hardcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021855 ISBN : 0702229342 9780702229343
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Raftery Judith
Not Part of the Public: Non-indigenous Policies and Practices and the Health of Indigenous South Australians 1836-1973
Kent Town SA: Wakefield Press 2006. xiii 333pp maps appendices bibliography index. Illustrated light card cover. In this book the author gives a 'detailed historical account of the impact of non-Aboriginal policies and practices on the health of Aboriginal South Australians in the light of current public health scholarship about the influence of inequalities on the health of populations'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Wakefield Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021834 ISBN : 1862547092 9781862547094
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King Hazel
Elizabeth Macarthur and Her World
Sydney: Sydney University Press 1981. ix 227pp 4pp b/w plates appendix: List of books in Elizabeth Farm 1854 bibliography index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. From the Introduction This is the study of 'a pioneer woman whose colonial experiences began with the arrival of the Second Fleet in Sydney in 1790 and ended with her death in 1850 on the eve of the gold discoveries. Because one or more members of her family were continually in England from 1797 when Edward the eldest son was sent home to school and they were much in Elizabeth Macarthur's mind the scene shifts continually between Australia and Europe'. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Sydney University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021856 ISBN : 0424000806 9780424000800
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Ulm Sean; Shnukal Anna and Westcott Catherine
An Annotated Bibliography of Theses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the University of Queensland 1948-2000
St Lucia: The University of Queensland Press 2001. 101pp table figures annotated bibliography index. EX-UNIVERSITY LIBRARY copy with stamps on inside front cover title and publications pages and rear free endpaper. Laminated covers with stickers on the front cover. The bibliography presents annotated entries for 352 theses completed at the University of Queensland between 1948 and 2000 of interest to researchers in the field of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. This is Volume 5 in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit Research Report Series. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library. The University of Queensland Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021836 ISBN : 1864995939 9781864995930
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Druett Joan
Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea 1820-1920
Auckland: Collins New Zealand 1991. vi 213pp 8pp colour plates b/w ills appendix selected bibliography index illustrated end-papers: Northern Whale Fishery. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book covers the whaling ships that plied the Pacific Atlantic and Antarctic oceans in the 19th century and the men and women who worked and lived on them. It tells of the experiences of the women on board the winddjammer whalers and in the ports of 19th century New Zealand Hawaii Australia Chile and Peru as well as on a host of exotic islands. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Paintings by Ron Druett. 4to. Collins New Zealand Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021833 ISBN : 1869500431 9781869500436
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Chessbrough Sue
A Spread of Green. Griffith -- Its People and Past Events
Sydney: Kalora Publications 1982. xiv 142pp b/w photos facsimiles bibliography index of place names. Prelims endpages and edges foxed. Pencil underlining scattered throughout. Paperback. The book is a tribute to the people who established the Murrumbidgee Irrigation areas centred on Griffith from its beginnings as a 'bagtown' in 1912 to the 1920s. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Kalora Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021853 ISBN : 0959336206 9780959336207
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Bennett F O
March of the Little Men
Wellington: A H & A W Reed 1971. 254pp. Papered boards in dust-jacket with wrap-around illustration. A novel set in a small Canterbury town at the start of World War I. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. A H & A W Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021843 ISBN : 0589004085 9780589004088
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Mitchell Gregory
The Bush Horseman. The Horsemanship of the Australian Outback
Sydney: Reed 1981. 80pp index bw drawings. Or brwon cloth in jacket. Ex-library with usual imopedimentia of stamps card pocket etc some damage to front pastedown from removal of label . The history of the Australian horseman along with his horsemanship special equipment saddles horses achievements tricks and working techniques- but above all here is the preservation of his memory. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gallagher Michael. 4to. Ex-Library. Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021423 ISBN : 0589502751 9780589502751
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Bird John
Percy Grainger
Melbourne: Macmillan 1976. xv 317pp index appendices bibliography bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth in jacket. 4cm tear to front panel of jacket several small chips to top of rear panel. Prev owners name at top of front free endpaper. Biography of internationally acclaimed Australian pianist and composer Percy Grainger. The author presents the wilder shores of his life including domination by his mother long into adulthood bizarre sexual predilections eccentric athleticism inconsistent philosophy alongsode the less controversial facts of his Melbourne childhood friendships with Melba and others formative years folk song collecting in England Denmark and New Zealand and years spent in the US. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021407 ISBN : 0333229290 9780333229293
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Prout Denton
Henry Lawson. The Grey Dreamer
Adelaide: Rigby 1963. 306pp index bibliography bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Ex-library with associated stamps numbers etc. Light even toning to page edges. Jacketfaded on spine with darkened mark from old label minor edge wear. Biography of Henry Lawson one of Australia's most beloved bush poets. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021405
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Calder Mary
Big Timber Country
Adelaide: Rigby 1980. 198pp index bibliography bw ills. Slight offset toning to endpapers. An account of the timber industry in South Western Australia where Jarrah and Karri grow and the communities that grew up arounf the industry including Jarrahdale Manjimup and others. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021412 ISBN : 0727011634 9780727011633
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Diesendorf W. editor
The Snowy Mountains Scheme. Phase 1 - the Upper Tumut Projects
Sydney: Horwitz 1961. HEAVY. xiv 162pp appendices num bw diagrams & photographs maps col frontis. Or light blue/green cloth in jacket. Large and small piece missing from front jacket panel jacket with several tears and creases. Bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Authorized account by engineers of the Snowy Mountains Scheme for both technical and non-technical readers. One of the most important civil engineering projects undertaken in Australia which stil provides significant hydro-electric power. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good. 4to. Horwitz Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021411
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Clarke William F
Over There with O'Ryan's Roughnecks. Reminiscences of a Private 1st Class who Served in the 27th U.S. Division with the British Forces in belgium and France
Seattle: Superior Publishing Co 1966. 176pp bw ills maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Small chip in jacket at head of spineseveral very short tears at egde and rubbed along flap folds area at bottom of rear panel has surface removed from removal of old sticker . Light toning to endpapers. Account of serving with the British in France and Belgium during WWI including service alongside two Australian divisions one of which was the 3rd Division. Also includes memories of a return trip to the battlefields in the 1950s and a brief mention of early National Guard Service including along Mexican border in 1916 and incursions into Mexico. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 4to. Superior Publishing Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021438
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Barber Jack
The War the Whores and the Afrika Korps
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 144pp index glossary bw ills. Or card covers. The author joined the AIF at age twenty and was sent to North Africa spending the best part of 1941 in the besieged city of Tobruk. This volume covers the range of his Egyptian experiences from the brothels of Egypt to the privations and horrors of life under siege with Rommel's troops and the Luftwaffe never far away. 'Tobruk was a great place for making friends but a hell of a place for losing them". 20th German Ed. First English Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Kangaroo Press Paperback
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