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Perry N & R
A PROSPECTOR'S GUIDE TO GOLD IN AUSTRALIA
Frenchs Forest N.S.W. Australia: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1982. 96pp. intext b/white halftone plates plus sketch-illustrations authors throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm minimally bumped. Illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and edgeworn with a small indentation on rear wrap. Textblock edges foxed and flecked else leaves unmarked. From the rear wrap: "The aim of 'Prospectors' Guide to Gold in Australia' is to provide gold seekers with all the information they'll need for successful fossicking. As well as a state by state survey complete with maps. of gold-producing areas and mines of special interest and present potential it gives explanations of how and why gold occurs in particular spots and recovery methods old and new. Electronic and alluvial gold recovery dredging for gold dry methods of gold recovery recovery from reef formations and information on the treatment of ore are all included." Book weight approx. 250g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A.H. & A.W. Reed Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 013559 ISBN : 0589503286 9780589503284
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Uhr John
DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRALIA: The Changing Place of Parliament
Cambridge U.K. and Melbourne Australia : Cambridge University Press 1998. xvi 265pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over nominally bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock pristine. Illustrated loose-plastic protected protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. Parliament is central to the democratic claims of Australia's system of governance. In this stand-alone volume in the 'Reshaping Australian Institutions' series the author John Uhr discusses the parliamentary representative roles institutional design of parliament principles and practices issues of accountability and much more . . . Contents include: Prelims. Abbs. Preface. Part 1/ Framework of Analysis. Part 2/ Parliament in Political Theory. Part 3/ Parliament in Australian Theory. Part 4/ Combining Theory and Practice. Refs. Index. Book weight approx. 605g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 013563 ISBN : 0521624584 9780521624589
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Beatty Bill
Here in Australia
London England: Cassell & Company 1959. Hardcover with grey boards and pictorial dust jacket first Australian edition 199pp weighs 416gms blank endpapers. Here in Australia with its astonishing array of little-known and absorbing information really captures the spirit humour warmth the very feel of this country. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a mark on the inside front endpaper where a sticker has been removed. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear. Dust jacket is in good condition with only mild shelf wear and some discolouration otherwise no other pre-loved markings. . First Australian Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cassell & Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : HISAUS665
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Spriggs P. W.
Our Blue Mountains Yesterdays
Leura NSW Australia: P. W. Spriggs 1962. Hardcover with blue cloth boards and gold stamping no dust jacket first edition 78pp weighs 200gms blank endpapers inscribed and signed by author on inside front pastedown. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with light shelf wear and some markings to cloth otherwise no other pre-loved markings. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. P. W. Spriggs Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : HISAUS666
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St John Ambulance Australia
Australian First Aid: Volumes One and Two
n/a. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! n/a unknown
Ссылка продавца : GRP100637452 ISBN : 094956933x 9780949569332
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Blackburn Estelle
Broken Lives: The Complete Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Eric Edgar Cooke
Prahran Australia: Hardie Grant Books 2005. Softcover reprint 620gms 462 pages. Broken Lives made Australian legal history proving that two innocent men John Button and Darryl Beamish went to jail for two of Eric Edgar Cooke's crimes. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Softcover. Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardie Grant Books Paperback
Ссылка продавца : TRU134 ISBN : 174064073X 9781740640732
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Jeanes W. Editor
Historic Glenelg. Birthplace of South Australia 1855-1979
Adelaide: Corporation of the City of Glenelg. 1979. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 366 pages. A history of the City of Glenelg to June 1979 incorporating the book compiled by W.H. Jeanes O.B.E. in 1955. . Revised Edition. Hardcover. Corporation of the City of Glenelg hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB15073 ISBN : 095955310X 9780959553109
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Flinders Matthew Edited & Introduced by Tim Flannery
Terra Australis Matthew Flinders' Great Adventures in the Circumnavigation of Australia
Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2000. Very Good condition. Colour illustrations. 268 pages Matthew Flinders is the man who gave Australia its name. This is an edited version of his 1814 publication describing his circumnavigation of our great island continent. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Text Publishing paperback
Ссылка продавца : BIB193924 ISBN : 1876485507 9781876485504
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Stanley Ray Edited by
Tales From The Tin Tabernacle and Other Stories
Adelaide: St Peter's College. 1997. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 316 pages Celebrating South Australia's St Peter's College's sesquicentenary. A very nicely produced history of the school and its students. . 1st Edition. Softcover. St Peter's College paperback
Ссылка продавца : BIB253787 ISBN : 0959602542 9780959602548
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Branson VM. V. M.
Kooyonga 1923-1983 The Story of a Golf Club
Adelaide: Kooyonga Golf Club. 1983. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Limited run of 1500 copies - this copy is not numbered. 133pages Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the renowned South Australian Golf Club. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Kooyonga Golf Club hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB147347 ISBN : 095911520X 9780959115208
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Australia New Zealand Conference on Pain
Problems in Pain: Proceedings
Australian Natl Univ Pr 1980-12. Hardcover. Good. Australian Natl Univ Pr hardcover
Ссылка продавца : SONG0080247938 ISBN : 0080247938 9780080247939
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Geological Society of Australia J. Ross managing ed.
Kimberlites and related rocks; vol. 1: Their composition occurrence origin and emplacement; vol. 2: Their mantle/crust setting diamonds and diamond exploration. Proceedings of the Fourth International Kimberlite Conference Perth 1986
Blackwell Scientific Publications for the Geological Society of Australia 1989. Hardcover. Endpapers slightly browned; rear cover and endpaper pastedown of vol. 2 creased; otherwise very good condition no dust jacket. . Two volumes 1271p. in all. Illus. Color frontispiece in each volume. GSA Special Publication no. 14. Blackwell Scientific Publications for the Geological Society of Australia, [ hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 33025 ISBN : 0867933844 9780867933840
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Howes Michael University Griffith Australia
Politics and the Environment: Risk and the Role of Government and Industry
Routledge. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Routledge unknown
Ссылка продавца : GRP78727594 ISBN : 1844072126 9781844072125
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Friend Theodore
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS : The Ordeal of the Philippines 1929-1946
Yale 1966. 312pp. Hardback DJ shows light wear along edges with minor chips and tears and has scrape on spine owner name on front end page card and pocket on inside front cover index b&w photos appendix Includes: The Philippine context Crisis of the Great Depression Debates on Independence Trials of transition Great ordeal . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Yale Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : wb9027112
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Grey Charles PSEUD William Wolfe 1812 1898
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia During the Years 1837 38 and 39; Describing Many Newly Discovered Important and Fertile Districts; with Observations on the Aboriginal Inhabitants etc.
2 Volumes: Volume I xiv412 pages with black and white frontispiece 5 color and 5 black and white plates 11 in text illustrations 2 maps in pocket. Volume II viii482 pages with color frontispiece 10 black and white plates 17 in text illustrations lacks four page prospectus for Gould's Birds of Australia. Royal Octavo " x 6" bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. <i>Ferguson</i> 3228 First edition.<br /><br />Grey is best known for his expeditions in the north-west interior of the continent which resulted in the discover of the Glenelg River Stephen Range and Mount Lyell. As a young lieutenant he had made a proposal to the Colonial Office to mount an expedition to the north-west coast of Australia for the purposes of establishing a settlement there for starving Irish peasants. His plans were approved and he sailed for Australia in the Beagle in 1837. He wen on to mount two expedition in the north-west in 1838 and 1839 which yielded particularly important geographical discoveries: "His expeditions were the first to examine the previously ignored north-west interior of the continent and he discovered much useful territory. The inland explorations of Grey and Lushington his deputy complemented by the associated coastal explorations of Wickham and Stokes in the Beagle were a major advance in the discovery of the Australian continent" Wantrup p 206 <br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Recased with original spines laid on scattered foxing corners bumped. Else a very good copy. T & W Boone hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BOOKS005797
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Gee Lionel C. E. Compiled by
Department of Mines Mining Review Half-Year Ended June 30th 1919 No 30
Adelaide: R. E. E. Rogers Government Printer. 1919. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Fair/good condition. The paper covers are marked and a little chipped. The interior is very good. . Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and maps/diagrams. 82 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer paperback
Ссылка продавца : BIB309096
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No Author Noted
Department of Mines Mining Review Half-Year Ended December 31st 1927 No 47
Adelaide: Harrison Weir Government Printer. 1928. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Fair/good condition. The paper covers are marked and a little chipped with a hole to front cover The interior is very good. Previous owner's name to perlims . Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and maps/diagrams. 72 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Harrison Weir Government Printer paperback
Ссылка продавца : BIB309097
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Campbell Robert Editor
Wild Australia
Sydney: Reader's Digest. 1984. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards in a very good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour photographs and maps. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 432 pages A recreational guide to all national parks. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Reader's Digest hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB309091
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Ward L. Keith The Government Geologist
Notes on The Stuart's Range Opal Field - contained in "A review of mining operations in the state of South Australia during the half-year ended December 31st 1916 No 25
Adelaide: South Australian Government. 1917. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Good Condition. Some wear to covers & page edges. Last page of whole "book" pasted to rear cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Outline maps. 13 pages of 91 pages in book . 1st thus. Softcover. South Australian Government paperback
Ссылка продавца : BIB309098
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Gee Lionel C. E. Compiled by
Department of Mines Mining Review Half-Year Ended December 31st 1917 No 27
Adelaide: R. E. E. Rogers Government Printer. 1918. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Fair/good condition. The paper covers are marked and a little chipped. The interior is very good. Previous owner's name to title page and small annotation to front cover Report Leigh Creek Coalfield pp 34-51 to front cover. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and maps/diagrams. 82 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer paperback
Ссылка продавца : BIB309094
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Australian Council Of National Trusts
HISTORIC HOMESTEADS OF AUSTRALIA- VOLUME TWO
Sydney: Cassell Australia. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0726900044 . Coloured and black and white photos 2kg weight; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 320 pages . Cassell Australia hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 33617 ISBN : 0726900044 9780726900044
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Sayers Andrew and Kornhauser Elizabeth Mankin and Ellis Amy; Johns Elizabeth
NEW WORLDS FROM OLD 19th Century Australian & American Landscapes
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia. Fine. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 0500974691 . Index of works in the Exhibition Chronology of Social Cultural and Historical events in Australia USA 1770 -1901. Weight 1.6k; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 271 pages . National Gallery of Australia paperback
Ссылка продавца : 20064 ISBN : 0500974691 9780500974698
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Vader John and Lang Fred
The Gold Coast Book: An Illustrated History
Milton Qld: The Jacaranda Press. 1980. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 152 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. The Jacaranda Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB309042 ISBN : 0701613807 9780701613808
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Leah Day
Beautiful Bowral - A Pictorial Celebration
Bong Bong Publishing 1997. General wear to edges of jacket. Signed by the author on the minor title page. 136 pages with b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Bong Bong Publishing Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 023185 ISBN : 0646322249 9780646322247
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Sarah Burgess
Charles Chinner & His Descendants in Australia Chinner - Crabb - Chinner 1845 - 1995
160 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 023178 ISBN : 0646267973 9780646267975
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Marion Dormer
The Bushman's Arms : Bush Inns and Hotels of Gilgandra District and the Castlereagh
Gilgandra Newspapers 2009. 96 pages with b/w illustrations. . THIRD EDITION. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Gilgandra Newspapers Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 023181 ISBN : 0959279806 9780959279801
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Howard C. Jones
Wodonga Yesterday
Self Published 1989. Jacket has general wear and fading. Previous owners bookplate to front endpaper. Signed by the mayor. B/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Self Published Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 023179 ISBN : 0731676343 9780731676347
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Willey Keith
Australia's Heritage a History in Pictures Since 1788
Sydney: Sunshine Books. 1982. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Plates and Drawings. 319 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Sunshine Books hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB309038 ISBN : 0867772646 9780867772647
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Lockwood Douglas
I the Aboriginal Signed by Author and Subject
Adelaide: Rigby. 1962. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is lightly worn at edges & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. This copy is signed by Douglas Lockwood and Waipuldanya Phillip Roberts the subject of the book. Previous owner's details to title page. 240 pages. Biography of Waipuldanya a full blooded aboriginal of the Alawa Tribe. Won Advertiser Award at the 1962 Adelaide Festival of Arts. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Rigby hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB296185
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Arrowsmith John
The Maritime Portion of South Australia from the Surveys of Captn. Flinders & of Col. Light Survr. Genl.
Adelaide: Austaprint. 1978. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. A Near Fine copy. Excellent condition. Comprises a large fold-out colour map housed in blue boards with gilt to face. 1 fold out map A facsimile of the original 1838 map. . Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Austaprint hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB308099
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Parsons Ronald
Hindmarsh Town
Adelaide: Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh. 1974. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Black and White Map to rear endpapers. 117 pages A history of the village District Council and Corporate town of Hindmarsh South Australia . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB232956 ISBN : 0959879307 9780959879308
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Litchfield Lois
Marree and the tracks beyond in black and white. Commemorating the Centenary of Marree 1883-1983
Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1983. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. 198 pages . Reprint. Hardback. Published by the Author hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB109783 ISBN : 0959173900 9780959173901
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Kirke Wendy
Central Australia in Paint and Print
Alice Springs Australia: Aldette Publishers. 1980. Oblong Small Quarto Size approx 27x21. Very Good condition. Paintings by Kingston Summerhayes. 51 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Aldette Publishers paperback
Ссылка продавца : BIB176231 ISBN : 0949846007 9780949846006
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Mary E. White
The Nature of Hidden Worlds
Sydney NSW Australia: Reed Books 1993. Jacket has two large repaired tears to rear. Crease to front free endpaper. 256 pages with colour illustrations. Animals and plants in prehistoric Australia and New Zealand. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good minus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Reed Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 005602 ISBN : 0730102750 9780730102755
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Margaret Spencer
Malaria : The Australian Experience 1843 - 1991
Townsville Qld Australia: The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine 1994. Light general wear to covers. 215 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 017982 ISBN : 0646176811 9780646176819
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Viking Australia
Penguin Touring Atlas of Australia 1996
Penguin Books Australia Ltd. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Penguin Books Australia Ltd unknown
Ссылка продавца : GRP97013667 ISBN : 0140259902 9780140259902
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Youth Hostel Association Australia
Accommodation Guide 1994/1995 for Australia
Explore Australia. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Explore Australia unknown
Ссылка продавца : GRP96681803 ISBN : 0670906840 9780670906840
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Butler Reg
A College in the Wattles Hahndorf and its Academy
Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1989. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good copy. No dustjacket as issued. Lovely condition. Green boards with gilt to face and spine. Maps to endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Includes a ltter from the author to the previous owner. 542 pages Starting in 1857 the Hahndorf Academy quickly became one of the leading schools in the colony. This book is cleverly divided into two parts - a story and a biographical record of some 700 old scholars. More than a history its a story of growth of part of South Australia. Uncommon. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by the Author hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB193673 ISBN : 0731674634 9780731674633
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Manuel DL. D. L.
Men and Machines: The Brambles Story
Sydney: Ure Smith. 1970. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ has tear to top of rear panel - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xxiv147 pages. The story of an Australian company from its beginnings in Newcastle until 1969. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Ure Smith hardcover
Ссылка продавца : BIB4566 ISBN : 0725400161 9780725400163
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Education Department of Western Australia
Spelling Resource Book
Pearson Canada. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Pearson Canada unknown
Ссылка продавца : GRP91107440 ISBN : 0131972367 9780131972360
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Mineral Statistics of Victoria for the year 1877.
Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1878. Folio 13 2/8 x 8 inches. Modern brown leatherette. "The mining industry during the past year has not been so prosperous as usual. Scarcity of water through long continued drought has militated greatly against alluvial mining operations. The return of gold also from quartz mining shows a decrease as compared with preceding years but there does not appear to be any ground to fear that this branch of mining is on the wane for veins are being steadily worked at increasing depths; and as regards alluvial mining it is hoped with a better supply of water there will during the next year be an increased yield of gold" W. Collard Smith Minister of Mines. The amount of gold 'raised' out of the ground between 1872 and 1877 diminished by about 40%. Gold mining in Victoria declined steadily throughout the 19th-century but the ban on exporting gold in 1915 and the abolition of the gold standard throughout the empire meant that the early 20th-century saw the complete collapse of many Victorian mining towns. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1878. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 72lib921
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Mr. Wilkinson's Patent. Reply to Question put byMr. J.S. Johnston 16th May 1861 for a Copy of the Report of the Board appointed to enquire into Mr. Wilkinson's Patent for the Extraction of Gold from Quarts
Melbourne: John Ferres 1861. Folio 13 x 8 inches. Printed on blue paper. 3 FINE LITHOGRAPHED PLATES showing location and working of Mr. Wilkinson's patent quarts crushing machine. Modern brown leatherette. A report on the efficacy of Mr Wilkinson's machine in extracting gold from quarz by means of calcination and used at the Anderson's Creek diggings: "The Board have been much impressed with the importance of the investigation entrusted to them in its practical and commercial as well as its scientific bearings; and although they cannot fully endorse the sanguine convictions of the inventor they are equally unable to deny their possible correctness." page 3. Melbourne: John Ferres, 1861. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 72lib918
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Department of Mines. Special Reports issued by A.W. Howitt Secretary for Mines under the Authority of the Hon. J.H. McColl M.P. Minister of Mines. Report on Neglected Gold-Fields.
Melbourne: Robert S. Brain Government Printer 1894. Folio 12 6/8 x 8 inches. Some spotting and browning early repair to verso of last leaf. Modern brown leatherette original blue front wrapper laid down on heavier stock at beginning. A report into a number of gold fields that were once highly productive "but which have been long neglected and in some instances almost forgotten". They include the Pyranees District Inglewood Reefs Kingower Eistrict Wood's Point Reefs Matlock Reefs Big River and Raspberry Creek Mines Big River Reefs Alexandra Reefs and Yarra Gold-fields. The causes of the 'decadence of mining' according to Walker's report are not so closely associated to a diminution of gold but to mismanagement lack of enthusiasm for the job on the part of the younger generations inefficiency of equipment: "in numberless places throughout the colony Bendigo Stawell or Ballarat skill backed by comparatively small capital would I am convinced in a short time lay bare some very prolific sources of tat mineral wealth on which our national prosperity was founded. the fact that the mining industry has not flourished all over the colony is due mainly to the incompetence and carelessness of the people interested" Introduction. Melbourne: Rob[er]t S. Brain, Government Printer, 1894. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 72lib920
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Report of the Royal Commission appointed by his Excellency to Enquire into and Report upon Applications made for Authority to Mine within and under certain Reserved Lands at Ballaarat
Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1867. Folio 13 2/8 x 8 inches. Modern brown leatherette. An extensive report into the claims made by mining companies to prospect for gold on land previously 'reserved' for some other use near Ballaraat. "In cases where it is necessary to authorise mining operations under lands which have been for a long period dedicated to public uses and where the contingent rights of the neighbouring claimholders are not involved we are of opinion that it would be convenient and more satisfactory to demise the reserved lands than to authorise holders of miners' rights to occupy them under the 15th section of the "Mining Stature" 1865". In order to prevent future violations it is recommended that the Mining department be sent any reports showing land that has been preserved for public use in mining fields. The lands include the Cricket Reserve permission refused; the Public Park permission granted; Miners' Racecourse Reserve judgment withheld; Benevolent Asylum Reserve permission refused; Botanical Gardens Reserve applicant failed to appear; Survey Paddock Reserve applicants withdrew; Corporation Reserve applicant failed to appear; Cattle Yards Reserve permission refused; Prince of Wales Park permission granted; and Lake Wendouree already being mined by another party. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1867. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 72lib922
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Report of the Prospecting Board
Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1861. Folio 13 x 8 inches. Printed on blue paper. Modern brown leatherette. A report outlining the expenditure of an agreed 30000 pound budget for prospecting for New Gold Fields in Victoria particularly in the district of Gipps Land and the Great Dividing Range; the Basin of the River Yarra; the country north and north-east of Korong; the sources of the Mitta-Mitta Little River Sandy Creek and the sources of the creeks north and east of the Benambra Mountains in the mining district of Beechworth. The report includes appendices which list the leaders of the prospecting teams at all these sites with details of their place of birth and previous occupations. Not surprisingly only one was born 'locally' in Tasmania. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1861. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 72lib923
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Return Respecting The Gold Fields
Melbourne: John Ferres at the Government Printing Office 1851. Folio 13 x 8 inches. Printed on grey paper. Modern brown leatherette gilt. GOLD IS DISCOVERED IN VICTORIA "Whereas by Law all Mines of Gold and all Gold in its natural place of deposit within the Colony of Victoria whether on the lands of the Queen or of any of Her Majesty's subjects belong to the Crown. And whereas information has been received by the Government that Gold exists upon and in the soil of the Colony and that certain persons have commenced or are about to commence searching and digging for the same for their own use without leave or other authority from Her Majesty: Now I Charles Joseph LaTrobe Esquire the Lieutenant Governor aforesaid on behalf of Her Majesty do hereby publicly notify and declare that all persons who shall take from any lands with the said Colony and Gold Metal or Ore containing Gold . will be prosecuted both criminally and civilly as the Law allows." page 10. The above notice was issued on the 15th of August in 1851 little more than a month after gold had been discovered in Victoria. The discovery sparked a rush similar to that in California the population quadrupled in the next 3 years and Britain had enough wealth to pay off her foreign debts and fund an industrial revolution. This is an important collection of 11 Returns and Memos detailing the history of the discovery of gold in Victoria including documents that record the dates and locations of the finds the number of licenses issued the quantity and value of the finds. There are also documents recording the incidental consequences of the finds including the number of immigrants to Victoria drawn there by the gold the number of extra Government Commissioners and Police required to maintain order and details of the gold escort system that took the gold from the fields to the treasury in Melbourne. Melbourne: John Ferres, at the Government Printing Office, 1851. hardcover
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Gold Diggings
Melbourne: John Ferres October 1853. Folio 13 x 8 inches. Printed on blue paper. Modern brown leatherette gilt. Including detailed inventory of the stores and provisions at the gold diggings in Beechworth Sandhurst Upper Loddon District Castelmaine is recorded as having 2 Union Jacks Heathcote and Ballaarat. Melbourne: John Ferres, October 1853. hardcover
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Gold Fields. Report from the Select Committee on the Management of the Gold Fields together with the Proceedings of the Committee and Minutes of Evidence
Melbourne: John Ferres at the Government Printing Office January 1853. Folio 13 2/8 x 8 inches. Printed on blue paper. Modern brown leatherette gilt. A far-reaching although incomplete report of the select committee in to the management of the gold fields which examined everything from the number of officers required to maintain order at the diggings to the preservation of fresh water holes the regulation of butchers and other 'hawkers' and 'sly grog-selling'. Melbourne: John Ferres, at the Government Printing Office, January 1853. hardcover
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Gold together with the Proceedings of the Committee Minutes of Evidence and Appendix.
Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer March 1856. Broadsheet 12 2/8 x 8 inches. Printed on blue paper. Modern brown leatherette gilt. An extensive report recommending the institution of a Mining Board that would be in charge of carrying out extensive geological surveys throughout Victoria to distinguish between auriferous and agricultural land. This survey would become the basis for an ordnance map of the county and provide initial information to plan a railroad reservoirs etc: "America which has credit for being the most economical Government in the civilised world has expended very large sums of money in making topographical geological and natural history surveys on the most comprehensive scale and which surveys are superior to those elaborated by any Government of Europe and results of great practical value have in all places followed from such proceedings" page iii-iv. The Committee also reports on the mining equipment and methods currently in use and decides that it is very unsatisfactory and in need of organisation: "there are 100000 miners either engaged in actual mining or rushing about from place to place in search of new gold fields."page v. A supplement to the report provided by mining expert Jacob Brach� 1827-1905 estimates the auriferous lands of the Colony to be 20000 square miles including 200 square miles of quartz reefs; that there are 20650 millions of tons of quartz which would take 100000 miners 300 years to work up. Estimating its value as low as 1 pound per ton it would give the enormous yield of 62 millions sterling per annum allowing 10000 companies of 10 men each to quarry and crush 24 tons per day. it gives the grand total of the estimated auriferous wealth of the Colony of Victoria of 26783 millions sterling!" page v. On the strength of his enthusiasm alone Brache was commissioned to conduct the report into the mining methods employed - a task he was signally unsuited for. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, March 1856. hardcover
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AUSTRALIA GOLD RUSH
Victoria. Gold Despatches
Melbourne: John Ferres at the Government Printing Office September 1852 Folio 13 x 8 inches. Printed on blue paper. Modern brown leatherette gilt. "It is quite impossible for me to describe to your Lordship the effect which these discoveries have had upon the whole community" Lieut-Governor La Trobe to Earl Grey An important collection of papers detailing the discovery of gold in Victoria. Throughout the year La Trobe gives a very detailed and increasingly desperate account of the discoveries made at Anderson's Creek Clunes Buninyong and Ballaarat sic. He not only gives a vivid account of how the gold was found but also an analysis of the geology of the areas soil clay and ore type. His main and growing concern however is the detrimental effect of the gold discoveries on the community as a whole: "Within the last three weeks the towns of Melbourne and Geelong with their large suburbs have been in appearance almost emptied of many classes of their mail inhabitants; the streets which for a week or ten days were crowded by drays loading with the outfit for the workings are now seemingly deserted.Not only have the idlers. day labourers. shopmen artisans and mechanics of every description thrown up their employments and in most cases leaving their employers and their wives and families to take care of themselves run off to the workings but responsible tradesmen farmers clerks of every grade and not a few of the superior classes have followed" page 5-6. In the face of a complete breakdown in society La Trobe took a number of extraordinary measures: he authorised an immediate pay rise to all clerks turnkeys constabulary and mounted police as well as to messengers and surveyors; the cost of a prospector's license was increased although La Trobe would have preferred a tax to be paid on the gold found; he seconded the help of subordinate officers from his neighbouring colonies; and begged the Imperial Government for guidance and help in the form of men to police the diggings and to guard the ports. After the initial fever or "Gold Crsis" as La Trobe refers to it many of the original absconders returned to their more mundane and less lucrative lives having discovered what punishing and often disappointing work digging for gold actually was but the colony's problems were ongoing. Melbourne: John Ferres, at the Government Printing Office, September 1852 hardcover
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