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Upfield Arthur
The Bone is Pointed
Sydney: Pacific Books 1968. 288pp. Spine creased and wear to covers stain on fore-edge pages toned at edges some light foxing. Decent vintage paperback edition. One of Upfield's famous Inspector Bonaparte mysteries. The first aboriginal detective in print. . Reprint. Paperback. Good Plus. 8vo. Pacific Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013183
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Horan Ronald S
Fort Street. The School
Sydney: Honeysett Publications 1989. HEAVY. 359pp bw ills pictorial endpapers silk bookmark ribbon. Or maroon cloth with title and school emblem in gilt in dust jacket. Prev owners name label on front free endpaper very slight edge wear to jacket. Recounts the history of the Fort Street school from inception to the time of publication. Founded as the model school for the colony of New South wales no school has played a more important role in the development of the nation as Fortians took their place as leaders in all manner of public office. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Honeysett Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013240 ISBN : 0959222944 9780959222944
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Davidson Dr. D. S
The Interlocking Key Design in Aboriginal Australian Decorative Art
Sydney: Australasian Medical Publsihing 1949. 14pp bw ills references. Or gray stapled thin card wraps. Somewhat faded at edges 2 lines in ink to margins. Reprinted from Mankind September 1949. The partial results of field research conducted in 1938-39 in Western Australia. Extract. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 4to. Australasian Medical Publsihing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013248
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Bulbeck Chilla
Social Sciences in Australia: An Introduction
Sydney: Harcourt Brace 1993. xiv 493pp index glossary bibliography bw ills. or card covers. Very slight fading at spine. University level textbook introducing the social sciences in Australia. Includes histories of Australia race and ethnicity citizenship and more. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Harcourt Brace Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013317 ISBN : 0729512606 9780729512602
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Levi J. S.; Bergman G. F. J
Australian Genesis. Jewish Convicts and Settlers 1788-1850
Adelaide: Rigby 1974. HEAVY. 360pp index references bibliography num bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Minor thumb soiling to bottom page corners. Front flap creased spine somewhat faded and slight edge wear to jacket. Eight jewish convicts arrived in the First Fleet to be followed by hundreds more. One became the leader of a bushranger gang some were hanged flogged or sent to outer settlements like Moreton Bay. Some soared to amazing success becoming detectives merchants boxers actors journalists politicians farmers. The first complete history of the Australian Jewsih communities from First Fleet to Gold Rush. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013103 ISBN : 0851798101 9780851798103
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Phillips Valmai
Bridges and Ferries of Australia
Sydney: Bay Books 1983. 160pp index num bw & col ills. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Occasional light toning/foxing/ Throughout Australia bridges and ferries are vital links in road and rail systems- this books at all types from one oared punts and log crossings of the early settlers to the hydrofoils and sophisticated engineering feats of modern society. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Bay Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013107 ISBN : 085835568x 9780858355682
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Franklin Margaret Ann; Short Leonie M.; Teather Elizabeth K. editors
Country Women at the Crossroads. Perspectives on the Lives of Rural Australian Women in the 1990s
Armidale: University of New England Press 1994. xii 161pp bibliography. Card covers. Light edge wear spine faded. An examination of several diferent sections of Australia's country women presenting thoughtful insights into the special problems faced by women in rural mining communities country immigrant women health and educational issues and many other gender related circumstances. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. University of New England Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013022 ISBN : 1875821120 9781875821129
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Kerr James Semple
Design for Convicts. An Account of Design for Convict Establishments in the Australian Colonies During the Transportation Era
Sydney: Library of Australian History 1984. x 183pp index appendices bibliography bw ills plans pictorial endpapers. Or brown leather-look boards with pictorial jacket. Tiny bumps to bottom corners. An overall account of the development of convict establishments and their buildings in colonial Australia. It presents in 255 illustrations and a succinct text a graphic detailed and memorable picture of convict habitations and work places. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Library of Australian History Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013027 ISBN : 0908120540 9780908120543
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Garner Helen
True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction
Melbourne: Text Publishing 1996. 242pp. Card covers. Some foxing and toning to pages. Spans 25 years of the non-fiction writings of one of Australia's greatest writers. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Text Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013035 ISBN : 1875847243 9781875847242
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HollingworthPeter; Combien Lyn h. Pe
Memories of Bush Ministry : And the Challenge of the Future
Brisbane: Anglican Diocese of Brisbane 1999. viii 111pp index appendices num bw ills. Or pictorial card. Small bump/crease at bottom corner. The story of Queensland's Bush Brotherhoods from pre-1900 to modern times and their prospects for future ministeries. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Anglican Diocese of Brisbane Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013036 ISBN : 0646380680 9780646380681
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Kristensen Veronica
Early Australian Postcards
Sydney: View Productions 1984. 56pp num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Some light rubbing and toning. Crease to first page. Showcases a selection of early Australian postcards. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. View Productions Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013038 ISBN : 0908240538 9780908240531
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Davis H. W. Bert
Bachelors in the Bush
Toowoomba Qld.: Darling Downs Institute Press. 1984. x 89pp map. Or card covers. Slight edge wear spine faded top corner front cover creased. Description of pioneer and frontier life in Queensland's Clontarf region. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Darling Downs Institute Press. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013043 ISBN : 0909306583 9780909306588
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Cuming Jim editor
The Ringer's Book of Outback Terms and Phrases
Longreach Qld.: The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame 1994. 26pp. Or pictorial stapled card covers. Very slight edge wear. Reprint of the second revised edition. List of droving stock-handling and other terms used in the Outback that gives an indication of the rich store of folklore reflected in the language which is the heritage of modern Australians. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013047 ISBN : 0959071539 9780959071535
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Bridge Carl editor
Manning Clark: Essays on His Place in History
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1994. viii 236pp index notes. Or card covers. Slightest of edge wear. Debate has always surrounded Manning Clark's contributions to the literature of Australia's history. This book seeks to inform opinion and steady the debate with contributions from historians political scientists literary critics classicists men and women old and young friends and enemies. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013069 ISBN : 0522846408 9780522846409
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Downer Sidney
Patrol Indefinite. The Northern Territory Police Force
Adelaide: Seal Books Rigby 1977. 212pp index bw ills. Pictorial card covers. Small chip at head of spine. Occasional light foxing and toning to page edges.Fascinating stories of the Northern Territory Mounted Police. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Seal Books (Rigby) Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013059 ISBN : 0727003593 9780727003591
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Burgmann Verity
In Our Time: Socialism and the Rise of Labor 1885-1905
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1985. xii 236pp index bibliography notes bw ills. or card covers. Very slight edge wear to covers. The story of a crucial time in Australia's political history told from the perspective of labour agitators and their followers. Examines the developements state by state and challenges the accepted versions of the social and political ferment which gave rise to the labour movement and its parliamentary expression the Labour Party. First Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013080 ISBN : 0868615374 9780868615370
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Oliver W. H
Further Steps Towards a Welfare State Since 1935. New Zealand History Topic Books
Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books 1974. 43pp glossary bw ills. Or pictorial stapled card covers. Slight fading and light toning to pages. Title in New Zealand History Topic Books series. Reprint. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Heinemann Educational Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012893
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Sawer Geoffrey. selected by
Australian Government Today
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1948. 49pp bw ills. Or stapled card covers. Toned along spine edge and page edges. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012906
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Wakeling Peter editor
A Century of Service. The Story of the Queensland Government Railways 1865-1965
Brisbane: Consolidated Printing 1965. Unpaginated approx 128pp. Pictorial stapled card covers. Some light rubbing externally and light toning internally. A nice example of this centennial history of the Queensland railways. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Consolidated Printing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012738
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Chambers Joe & Lyn
Out to the Wreck
Wonthaggi Vic: Wonthaggi & District Historical Society. 36pp map bw ills. Or blue pictorial stapled card wraps. Some minor rubbing to covers. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Chapman Marion. 4to. Wonthaggi & District Historical Society. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012744
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Not Stated
Natural Bridge State School. 1939-1989. 50th Anniversary
1987. Approx 50pp num bw ills map. No publisher or date details. Pictorial wraps with brown cloth tape spine. Some edge wear and creasing to covers. Bottom corner of most pages creased occasional light foxing. Stencilled booklet celebrating the 50th anniversary of Natural Bridge State School at the head of the Numinbah Valley west of Queensland's Gold Coast. Excellent historical detail photographs list of principals and more. Wraps. Good. 4to. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012870
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Smytheman F.; Tonson Albert E
Our First Hundred Years. An Historical Record of Papatoetoe
Papatoetoe NZ: Papatoetoe Burough Council 1962. 169pp chronology index num bw ills col folding map at rear. Or red cloth in jacket. Endpapers only quite heavily foxed. Jacket has several short tears and a chip at bottom of front panel. Excellent local history of the first 100 years of the burough of Papatoetoe in New Zealand from earliest times to the time of publishing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Papatoetoe Burough Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012501
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Metcalfe J. W
Governor Burke - or the Lion and the Wolves. A Study in Political Necessity
Sydney: D. S. Ford printers 1944. 36pp bibliography. Or brown wraps. Contents detached from cover which is itself taped along spine fold Damp stain to right edge of front cover and margins of first 4 pages. SIGNED by author and inscribed to Sam McCulloch well respected US professor in Australian history. Contents reprinted from the Royal Australian Historical Society's Journal and Proceedings Vol XXX Part I 1944. Signed by Author. Extract. Wraps. Fair. 8vo. D. S. Ford (printers) Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012525
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Illawarra Mutual Building Society
Illawarra Mutual Building Society Centenary 1880-1980. A Tribute to Illawarra
Wollongong.: Illawarra Mutual Building Society 1980. 64pp bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth with jacket. Some slight edge wear to jacket and spine faded. Presentation certificate tipped in on verso on front free endpaper. Looks at the history of Wollongong in NSW's Illawarra district. Numerous vintage photographs as well as contemporary photos are accompanied by an informative text. Surprisingly little company propaganda. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Illawarra Mutual Building Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012567 ISBN : 0959513906 9780959513905
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Fearnside G. H
All Stations West. The Story of the Sydney-Perth Standard Gauge Railway
Sydney: Haldane Publishing 1975. 172pp index appendices chronology num bw ills. Or light blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Haldane Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012586 ISBN : 090991804x 9780909918040
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Bartier W. J. compiled by
A History of Casino Hospital and Associated Health Facilities
Casino NSW: Casino & District Historical Society 1981. 288pp appendices num bw ills.Or dark blue cloth in jacket. Small bump to bottom front corner page edges foxed. Jacket shows light edge wear minor soiling and one very short tear. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. A history of health care in the casino district of NSW with sections on obstetrics nursing Red Cross ambulance and much more. Published on the occasion of the opening of the new hospital in 1981. Loosely inserted programme and welcome for the official opening. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Casino & District Historical Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012229
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McKinlay Brian
School Days : Looking Back on Education in Victoria
Melbourne: Robert Andersen & Associates 1985. 187pp num ills. Or lemon cloth in jacket. Endpapers foxed. Jacket faded at and adjacent to. spine and along top edge slight edge wear to jacket. A nostalgic collection of extracts from Readers School papers and other historic publications to inform amuse surprise and delight the reader. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Robert Andersen & Associates Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012242 ISBN : 0949133043 9780949133045
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Woldendorp Richard
Looking West: Western Australia
Perth: Day Dawn Press 1977. 223pp hundreds col ills Or black cloth in jacket. Boards slightly rubbed minor edge wear to jacket. Prev owners gift note on front free endpaper. SIGNED by author on title page. Photographs of Western Australia accompanied by text as follows- History by Geoffrey Bolton; Social by Kirwan Ward; Economy by Don Lipscombe and Nature by Philip Bodeker. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Day Dawn Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012257 ISBN : 0959693408 9780959693409
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Riddle Janet I
Violet. Marian Campbell Riddle 1852-1922
Whitianga NZ: Janet I. Riddle 1990. 337pp appendix bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or purple cloth in jacket. Last few pages creased at bottom corner otherwise a very nice copy. Brief biography and collection of writings of pioner New Zealand woman Marion Riddle. Most of the writings in the book were originally published in the Otago Witness between 1895 and 1911 in the women's section of the paper. As the daughter of a pioneer clergymen she saw both the joy and misery of New Zealnd life and wrote eloquently from her experiences. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Janet I. Riddle Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012303
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Sutch W. B
Colony or Nation Economic Crises in New Zealand from the 1860s to the 1960s
Sydney: Sydney University Press 1966. xiii 192pp index 52 tables 7 diagrams. Or red cloth in jacket. Light toning to ndpapers minor foxing to page edges. Jacket shipped and torn with faded spine. Looks at the economic crises to have struck New Zealand over a hundred year perios. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Sydney University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012301
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Martin John E
Holding the Balance: A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891-1995
Christchurch NZ: Canterbury University Press. 1996. HEAVY. 478pp index bibliography notes tables charts appendices bw ills. Or card covers. Spine faded slight edge wear to covers. Comprehensive work on the history and development of the Department of Labour in NZ. First Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Canterbury University Press. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012340 ISBN : 0908812612 9780908812615
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Smedley Beryl
Homewood and Its Families. A Story of Wellington
Wellington: Mallinson Rendel 1980. xii 163pp index bibliography references appendices family trees bw ills endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Lengthy gift note on 1/2 title page. Jacket spine faded very light edge wear to jacket. Documents the history of Homewood one of Wellington's oldest homes located in the Karori Valley and the families who have resided there. Includes Johnston Chapman and Sutherland families with family trees. Homewood is now the residence of the governor general. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Mallinson Rendel Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012346 ISBN : 0908606001 9780908606009
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Woodhouse A. L. collected by
New Zealand Farm and Station Verse. 1850-1950
Christchurch NZ: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1950. 202pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Prev owners gift label pasted to front free endpaper some light foxing to endpapers. Spine faded light shelf wear. 2 fragment of jacket loosely inserted. A representative collection verse by writers whose theme is the life of the New Zealand countryside. Copiously illustrated with full page plates and bw drawings in the text. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012341
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Collins Tom
Such is Life
Melbourne: Currey O'Neil. 1984. vii 371pp bw frontis. Or brown faux-leather with gilt decoration bookmark ribbon top edge gilt. Fore-edge slightly bug marked. Reprint of the 1905 Australian Classic. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Currey O'Neil. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012011 ISBN : 0855505648 9780855505646
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Kiernan T. J
The Irish Exiles in Australia
Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds 1954. 196pp index bibliography appendix bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Toned band on both free endpapers jacket evenly faded. Examines the hidden years of the 1848 Irish felons in Van Diemen's Land. As the last of them left the first wave of post-famine emigration was beginning and the Eureka Stockade seems almost like a continuation of Irish history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Clonmore & Reynolds Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012018
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Hammond J. E
Winjan's People. The Story of the South West Australian Aborigines
Perth: Hesperian Press 1980. 74pp bw ills. Or pictorial card. Some toning to covers slight crease to front cover occasional very light toning inside. Facsimile reprint of the 1933 original covering all aspects of aboriginal life in south western Australia including hunting and fishing weapons corroborees rites and beliefs and a list of native words. Facsimile Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hesperian Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012179 ISBN : 0859050165 9780859050166
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Ipswich Grammar School
Ipswich Grammar School 1978
Ipswich Qld: Ipswich Grammar School 1978. 110pp num bw photographs. Or pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear small chip at base of spine. Publsihed to record the school's acvtivitiies during 1978 and to further the interests of present students Old Boys and well-wuishers of Ipswich Grammar School. Numerous student autographs at rear on page provided for that purpose. Periodical. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Ipswich Grammar School Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012193
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Cowan William C. F.; Borungi
The Silent World of Bal-Bal: As Told by Borungi
Brisbane: Amphion Press 1989. viii 156pp num small bw ills. Faint damp stain in top margin of last few pages small bump and associated creasing at bottom front corner. The legend of Bal Bal as recounted to the author by Borungi a member of the Nogoboringi people of Queensland's remote Camooweal district. This account encompasses the universal life cycle of creation birth life and death. SIGNED and inscribed inside rear cover "To Dr. Farmer Best Wishes Bill Cowan 28-2-96". Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Amphion Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012197 ISBN : 0867763493 9780867763492
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Middleton Hannah
But Now We Want the Land Back. A History of the Australian Aboriginal People
Sydney: New Age Publishers 1977. 202pp index bibliography appendices bw ills maps. Or card covers. Prev owners name on half-title page. Slight edge wear to covers rubbed on spine edge crease to front cover light toning to page edges. Aboriginal history presented in 4 sections: The First Australians; White Colonization; The Beginnings of Unity and Progress; and Strategy and Tactics. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. New Age Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012225
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Boyde Karen compiled by
Nyngan in the Bogan. 1990. Our Stories
Nyngan NSW: Karen Boyde 1990. 128pp num ills. Or pictorial card covers. Some rubbing light edge wear and fading to covers. Scarce collection of reminiscences short stories poems and artists impressions of the Great Flood in Nyngan in 1990. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Karen Boyde Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011801 ISBN : 0646015559 9780646015552
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Forrest Peter
Springvale's Story: And Early Years at the Katherine
Darwin: Murranji Press 1985. iv 73pp bibliography glossarybw ills maps. Some minor surface marking to covers. A nice local history of Springvale in the Northern Territory as well as the early years of Katherine from 1879. A little information of use to genealogists including the Voller & Morris families. Also cattle and sheep industries mining near Pine Creek railways the Chinese workers and early explorers. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Murranji Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011794 ISBN : 0958971005 9780958971003
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Nesdale Iris
The Fettered and the Free. They Launched a Colony
Adelaide: Orchid Publication 1987. xi 241pp bibliography index appendices num bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or red-brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Some slight fading to jacket. light edge wear. A history of the first and early settlers in and around Sydney under the first 20 men in authority ie up to c1855. Essentially a collection of interesting stories of events and peiople of the time. Very enjoyable reading. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orchid Publication Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011813 ISBN : 0949552070 9780949552075
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Dunlop Eric
Harvest of the Years. The Story of Burwood. 1794-1974
Sydney: Municipality of Burwood 1974. 194pp index appendices bw ills endpaper maps maps. Or burgundy cloth in jacket. A few small chips and short tears to jacket. The story of Burwood goes back to the very first years of the convict colony. Initially almost completely comprised of farms the early harvest was a little wheat for the colony. The true Harvest of the years is the Municipality of Burwood. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Municipality of Burwood Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011923 ISBN : 085587063x 9780855870638
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Johansen Grace
Pioneers to Prosperity : A History of Fitzroy Shire 1853-2003
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 2003. 185pp index bibliography endnotes bw ills map. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear very slight spotting to page edges. Excellent local history of the Fitzroy Shire in Central Queensland. Located just south of Rockhampton and bordered by the Shires of Livingstone Duaninga Banana Mt Morgan and Calliope. Comprehensive coverage including dairy industry early years cattle industry beef brigalow and softwood scrubs cotton hemp peanuts tobacco horticulture secondary industry railways and historical figures. Of some use as a genealogical research resource. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011569 ISBN : 1876780282 9781876780289
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Scott Ernest
The Life of Matthew Flinders
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 2001. xix 371pp index bibliography maps colour ills chronology. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear and extremely light spine crease. Excellent biography of explorer Matthew Flinders. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011671 ISBN : 0207197172 9780207197178
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Salmond Anne; Stirling Amiria Manutahi
Amiria: The Life Story of a Maori Woman
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1976. xi 184pp index glossary bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by Amiria Stirling on front paste down. The story of eighty years of the life of an influential Maori woman from her childhood in Tuparoa to her later days in Auckland where the Stirlings are still prominent elders. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011674 ISBN : 0589009788 9780589009786
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Reed A. W
A Dictionary of Maori Place Names
Wellesley Hills MA: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963. 144pp appendix num bw text ills. Or yellow cloth with pictorial decoration in black. Minor discoloration of cloth occasional minor foxing. Excellent guide to the meaning of Maori place names in New Zealand with guide to pronunciation and an appendix of European place names. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011706
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Stewart Douglas
Springtime in Taranaki. An Autobiography of Youth
Sydney: Hale & Ironmonger 1983. 256pp bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper occasional light foxing. Jacket slightly faded on spine and with very light edge wear. Autobiography of the New Zealand youth and coming of age by the author of some 20 books of poems verse-plays stories essays and reminiscences in Sydney. Telling of the authors first 25 years mainly spent in the small Taranaki town of Eltham including time spent with Maoris in North Auckland trout fishing pig hunting and more- before he left for a new life in Sydney. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hale & Ironmonger Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011708 ISBN : 0868060968 9780868060965
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McClure Margaret
The Story of Birkenhead
Birkenhead NZ: Birkenhead City Council 1987. 223pp index bibliography num bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear. Exceptional local history of this maritime suburb of Auckland on the North Shore. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. Oblong 4to. Birkenhead City Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011710 ISBN : 0908704046 9780908704040
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Filer David
Home and Away. Images of New Zealanders in World War II
Auckland: David Bateman 1990. 144pp 230 bw photographs endpaper maps. Or purple cloth in jacket. Light rubbing to bottom edge. Jacket has some minor rubbing and light edge wear faded along bottom edge of rear panel with several very short tears. Photographic images of New Zealanders that tell the story of the sailors soldiers airmen prisoners of war women in uniform and the home front in World War II. Many of the images never before published. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Oblong 4to. David Bateman Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011711 ISBN : 1869530306 9781869530303
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