‎Australia‎

‎PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA PEAKE Edwin H.‎

‎Parliament House. Record of the proceedings and ceremonies in connection with the opening of the new Legislative Council building‎

‎Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia 1939. Slim quarto portrait plates original red cloth; a nice copy. Contains a history of the conception and construction of the new Parliament and a full list of members and officers. Commonwealth of Australia unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4108483

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎Victoriae Reginae. No. 4. An Act to constitute a Municipal Corporation for the City of Adelaide‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer August 1840. Folio pp. 1-16 disbound very good. Includes blank sample format for poll register of voters. Government printer, August unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4106525

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎South Australia. Assay Office Returns. September 9 1852‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1852. Foolscap folio 3pp very good in recent card wrapps. Good source of primary information on South Australian numismatic history: names wages rates and sundry details of all staff employed in minting coins. Divided into the following groupings: Crude gold assaying and smelting chemical analysts machining bullion and the coke and fuel department. Government printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4108160

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA WATTS John‎

‎South Australia. Report by Postmaster-General. 5th July 1861‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1861. Foolscap folio tinted 5pp very good in recent card wrapps. Contains much interesting detail on the early postal history of South Australia including appointments shipping logistics and revenues received. An example of incidental detail as follows 'In December of this year the mailman on the Wellington and Mount Gambier route lost his mails through the bolting of an unbroken colt which he was using as a packhorse. The mails thus lost were robbed of a considerable sum of money by a man named Leslie.'. Government printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4108163

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎Petition of E.W. Wright and L. Tayler‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 31 August 1875. Single foolscap leaf recent brown card wrapps. Petition of complaint prepared by Melbourne architectural firm Wright and Taylor for non-payment by the government of South Australia for plans for the new Houses of Parliament. Government printer, 31 August unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4108164

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. LEAN Captain James P.‎

‎South Australia. Emigration Correspondence. 14th July 1863‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1863. Foolscap folio tinted paperstock 7pp. disbound good. Prints report of Captain James P. Lean concerning conditions aboard ships selected for carrying emigrants to the colony of South Australia. Issues include poor ventilation and lighting below deck. Includes whole page plans of three such vessels the Sir John Lawrence Castle Eden and Mary Shepherd. Government printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4108156

‎COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA GARRAN RR. R. R.‎

‎Northern Territory. Memorandum prepared under the direction of the Hon. L.E. Groom Minister for External Affairs July 1909 in connexion with the Bill for the Acceptance of the Northern Territory.‎

‎Melbourne: Government printer 1910. Cover a little marked. Foolscap folio 36pp. staple bound otherwise excellent condition. Detailed report on prospects in the remote north on the eve of transfer of administration from South Australia to the Federal government finalised in 1911. With chapters on climate the Aborigines history of South Australian administration land tenure agriculture mining artesian water and financial matters. Government printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4106202

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA FINNISS Boyle Travers‎

‎Petition of B.T. Finniss. To the Honourable House of Assembly.‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1866. Very good condition. Foolscap folio tinted 6 pp. stamp of the Clare Institute. Official publication of the petition presented to parliament by Boyle Travers Finniss defending charges of incompetence of command and misallocation of public funds. Following the decision to place the Northern Territory under South Australian jurisdiction in 1863 Finniss was appointed resident and embarked on the project of establishing a settlement at Adam Bay. A surveyor by profession Finniss had previously worked with Colonel William Light in laying out the city of Adelaide. The Adam Bay site appeared sound in the dry season but quickly became unworkable in the monsoon. Conflict with local Aborigines and interpersonal rifts with the settlers ended Finniss' role in the North; he was ultimately recalled and reprimanded by a Royal Commission for the loss of £40000. This petition refutes the claims of incompetence levied against Finniss by several settlers by this stage the proceedings had become acrimonious and Finniss assumed much of the blame for the failed settlement. Ordered to be printed by parliament 28th September 1866. Government printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4108166

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎South Australia. Memorial of Australian Colonists. September 22 1852‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1852. Foolscap folio single leaf very good. Notice of complaint prepared by Australians in London for the Parliament of South Australia lamenting 'there prevails among all classes of this country a remarkable ignorance of the advantages of your distant and important settlements'. Proposes measures to make accurate information available raise the quality of prospective migrants and improve the postal system between Britain and Australia. Government printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4108154

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. BROWN Henry Lyell‎

‎Northern Territory of South Australia. Report on the gold discoveries near Winnecke's depot and mines on the Arltunga goldfields MacDonell Ranges‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1903. Small chip from front wrapper otherwise excellent condition. Foolscap folio 8pp folding map; staple bound original tinted titling wrappers. Scarce: 'I left Adelaide on March 3rd and proceeded via Alice Springs to Winnecke's gold locality where I arrived on March 25th. I inspected the various gold discoveries there and also visited the White Range mines and other mines at Arltunga'. The report includes a splendid large map of the entire region lithographed at the Surveyor General's office in Adelaide. Government printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4106200

‎PARLIAMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WELLS Lawrence Allen‎

‎Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition 1896-7: Equipped at the Request and Expense of Albert F. Calvert Esq. F.R.G.S. London for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia‎

‎Perth: Government Printer. 1902. Folio 62 pp. with a large folding lithographic map measuring 890 x 648 mm. an excellent copy half crimson morocco with gilt lettering by Sangorski. Official account of the scientific expedition financed by the wealthy English traveller Albert Calvert dispatched 'for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia'. Lawrence Allen Wells 1883-1932 was an Australian born surveyor who rose to prominence for continuing the work of the Elder Scientific Expedition after it collapsed under the leadership of David Lindsay. Accurate and understated Wells won the esteem of the Adelaide scientific community and attracted the attention of Albert Calvert who insisted that Wells lead his expedition. Accompanied by his cousin Charles Wells and other scientific companions the Calvert Expedition of 1896 passed through the Murchison goldfields and headed north to the Fitzroy River. At Midway Well the party split intending to meet at Joanna Spring some 300 kilometres to the north. The first group led by Wells' cousin perished in the attempt. Unable to locate Joanna Spring incorrectly mapped by 30 kilometres to the east by Warburton some years earlier the second group barely survived an incomprehensible 13 day march of some 220 kilometres over sand hills with no water before reaching the safety of Noonkanbah station on the Fitzroy River. Government Printer. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4106161

‎Reader's Digest Australia‎

‎Healthy one-dish cooking 230 Healthy Fuss-free Recipes‎

‎Reader's Digest Sydney 2007. Edition Unstated. Hardcover Laminated Illustrated boards. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs. the book is secondhand. It has no damage. It could be given as a gift. Illustrated with many part paid step-by-step photographs as well as prepared dishes. Each serving is given in terms of the protein fats carbohydrates fibre and calories that it contains. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. 320 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; ISBN: 192107759X. ISBN/EAN: 9781921077593. Inventory No: 0255949. . 9781921077593 THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Reader's Digest hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0255949 ISBN : 192107759X 9781921077593

‎SOUTH AUSTRALIA PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎Copies of the Commission Appointing T. F. Elliot and Robert Torrens Esquires and the Honourable Edward E. Villiers Land and Emigration Commissioners; of the Instructions addressed by Lord John Russell to the Land and Emigration Commissioners; and of A Commission of the South Australian Commissioners and appointing Robert Torrens and T.F. Elliot Esquires and the Honourable Edward E. Villiers Colonization Commissioners for South Australiadocket title‎

‎London: HMSO 24th February 1840. Foolscap folio 10 pp. with docket wrapper bit rubbed good. With much detail of colonization strategy for South Australia. HMSO, 24th February unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4107144

‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎Epitome of the Debates in the Houses of Legislature During the First Session of the First Parliament of South Australia 1857-58‎

‎Adelaide: 1857- 1858. Fine. Quarto later polished half calf. Prints debates of interest in relation to a full range of public affairs and policy issues. Fully indexed by subject. 1857- unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4107289

‎Koreny Fritz & Art Gallery of South Australia‎

‎Master Drawings from the Albertina Vienna; Australia 1977‎

‎Art Gallery of South Australia Australia 1977. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. 176 pages with introductory essay and then 75 pages of text opposites 75 illustrations the majority reproduced in black-and-white of drawings held by the Albertina Vienna. The book shows no damage apart from a reading crease in the spine and slight rubbings of the edges of the spine and rear panel. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 0724325638. ISBN/EAN: 9780724325634. Inventory No: 0255400. . 9780724325634 Art Gallery of South Australia paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0255400 ISBN : 0724325638 9780724325634

‎Australian National Health Informatics Conference 2013: Adelaide Australia Edited by Heather Grain and Louise K. Schaper‎

‎Health Informatics: Digital Health Service Delivery -- The Future is Now! HIC 2013; proceedings Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Volume 188‎

‎IOS Press 2013. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The 28 papers look at successes directions and needs of health information systems mostly but not exclusively in the context of Australia and New Zealand. Among the topics are monitoring the impact of the electronic medical record on the quality of laboratory test ordering practices designing a diabetes mobile application with social network support the New Zealand experience with building an educated health informatics workforce care provision expectations of remote adult children of aging parents the likelihood and impact of privacy breaches on health data in Australia and a hierarchical classifier approach to recognizing physical activity with wearable smartphone tri-axial accelerometer. 2013 Ringgold Inc. Portland OR IOS Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 425171 ISBN : 1614992657 9781614992653

‎INTERCOLONIAL MEDICAL CONGRESS OF AUSTRALIA STIRLING Edward C.‎

‎Address in Surgery‎

‎Melbourne: Stillwell & Co. 1889. Octavo 23 pp. some foxing old fold and manuscript postal address and postmarks 1889 where the pamphlet has been mailed from South Australia to New South Wales; in the original printed wrappers rather spotted and wornink stain to head of front wrapper. Unusual offprint rare and not listed in Ferguson. This lecture by Edward C. Stirling Surgeon to the Adelaide Hospital and lecturer at the University of Adelaide "Is Surgery a Science" is printed from the Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia Transactions from their second session in Melbourne January 1889. Stirling was born in 1848 at Strathalbyn South Australia. Educated at Cambridge and sometime lecturer at St George's Hospital London he returned to South Australia in 1875. He had a long and varied career which included a stint as the member for North Adelaide a crossing of the continent from south to north with the Earl of Kintore in 1891 and work as the medical officer and anthropologist with the important William Horn expedition in 1894. A long note in the Australian Dictionary of Biography shows the breadth of his interests: he was actively associated with the Public Library the Art Gallery the Zoological Society the Adelaide Hospital and the State Children's Council dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1908-19 and president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in South Australia. He participated in the long struggle to secure Flinders Chase on Kangaroo Island as a sanctuary. In 1917 Stirling was knighted; he died two years later. Attractively the work was considered of such interest that one "J. von Düring" has sent the pamphlet through the Australian posts to "E. Chisholm" M.D. of Victoria Street in Ashfield New South Wales. Hence the old fold running lengthwise along the book as well as the address details and various postmarks to the back wrapper: two are sadly illegible but the third is still clear: "Southern Railway S.A. Au 22 89". Although various copies of the Transactions proper are held this offprint is not in Ferguson and not known to have been acquired by any Australian institutions since. Interestingly several other offprints from the same Melbourne congress of 1889 and also printed by Stillwell are known: Jamieson On want of proportion in the signs and symptoms of diseases of the heart and great vessels; Marano On pneumatic therapeutics by means of the portable apparatus; Grant A Case of Raynaud's Disease. Stillwell & Co. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 3806686

‎SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎Secondary Towns Association formed for the purchasing of one or more special survey or surveys of land in South Australia for Sites for Secondary Towns‎

‎London: J. C. Hailes 1843. Octavo three folding plans ALS to Thomas Burrows 1841 loosely inserted ALS to John Burrows 1872 tipped in contemporary ink notations on two of the folding plans and rear endpapers noting country and town acres ownership signature of John Burrows 1855; very good in the original brown cloth gilt crudely lettered to spine colonial bookplate of Charles R.J. Glover. A remarkable copy of this rare book on the second phase of South Australian settlement sent to prospective settlers the Burrows family and with associated material relating to their land speculations tipped in. The land holdings they took up are marked on two of the more detailed maps and there is also an 1841 letter from a strong proponent of the various Wakefield schemes Daniel Riddiford having the 'pleasure to advise you of having made the selection of your two Town acres also one country section' in New Zealand. The book with its three fine maps is rare in its own right - Ferguson agreed with an early bookseller's note that it was "exceedingly scarce" - but to have a copy with such remarkable provenance is very exciting as a glimpse into how the early settlers were kept apprised of their prospects not least because the Burrows family were evidently getting involved in some rather complicated empire building. On the 'Plan of the Two special surveys on the River Light' there are a series of manuscript notes relating to J. Burrows and Jane Burrows his wife. Similarly the 'Plan of the Special Survey on the River Murray' has notes relating to John Burrows. Also tipped in at the end is an 1872 letter from one James Walsh to Burrows regarding lots in the "township of Victoria". The back endpapers are covered in notes and clippings relating to land allotments. The letter from Daniel Riddiford is particularly striking. Riddiford 1814-1875 was an enthusiastic proponent of Wakefield colonisation schemes who emigrated to Wellington New Zealand in 1840 as agent in the New Zealand Company: 'His duties were to receive immigrants on landing and to provide temporary habitation particularly for women and children and any sick' Encyclopedia of New Zealand. The letter is addressed to Thomas Burrows evidently the patriarch of the family and therefore provides a substantive glimpse into how the early Wakefield schemes worked noting his purchase of town lots 367 and 435 and no. 44 on the Hutt River valley "the land in this place is rich the timber fine.". The note also comments that Burrows' second country selection can not yet be made because the land is not ready. J. C. Hailes unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4107195

‎AUSTRALIA CLIPPER D'ALBERT Charles‎

‎The Lightning Galop‎

‎London: Chappell 50 New Bond Street 1854. Margins browned disbound with early stitch-sewing still largely intact. Sheet music 8 pp. and colour-lithograph cover. A racy tune by the dance composer Charles d'Albert 1809-1886 this rare early sheet music features a particularly appealing coloured lithograph of the clipper Lightning a vessel designed for the Australia trade and famous for making many fast passages in the mid-1850s. Built by Donald McKay of Boston for James Baines of the "Black Ball Line" out of Liverpool the Lightning was as the name suggests perilously quick and has since been called an "extreme clipper": in 1854 the ship made the passage from London to Melbourne in very quick time under the demanding Captain "Bully" Forbes infamous for running with the lee rail under water. Powerfully constructed with concave bows Lightning had a good full midsection with tumblehome making her fast yet stable with good sail-carrying ability. The ship was also lavishly decorated to entice wealthy passages to brave the passage to Australia. After some fifteen years on the Australia trade Lightning was lost on 30 October 1869 at anchor in Geelong when a fire broke out on board. The shoals on which the clipper was ultimately scuttled became known as the "Lightning Shoals". Although not dated it is fair to assume that the music would have been composed in the hey-day of the clipper's fame. A copy is recorded in the collection of the National Library. Chappell, 50 New Bond Street unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4008043

‎National trust of Australia NSW. N. S.‎

‎Australian Buildings 1900 to 1950; National Trust Desk Diary 1982‎

‎National trust of Australia New South Wales 1982. First Edition. Softcover Spiral Bound. Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs & drawings. Ephemera the rear panel appears to have had contact with water ownership detail on the inside of the front cover and phone number on the last page. Illustrated with photographs line drawings and paintings of Australian houses. Size: 12mo standard paperback. 54 pages. Item Type: Ephemera. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: photographs & drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Category: architecture; Inventory No: 0254441. . National trust of Australia paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0254441

‎Hill Ernestine‎

‎Water into Gold‎

‎Robertson and Mullens Melbourne 1958. 11th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: maps & photographs & graphs. XIV 294pp. foreword by The Right Hon. R. G. Menzies author's foreword acknowledgements appendix and list of illustrations. Black and white photographic frontispiece and black and white photography illustrates the text. End papers are illustrated by maps both different front endpage illustrated by map of the Murray Valley and back endpage illustrated by a map of Australia. Tan coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Written for the golden jubilee of Mildura and Renmark Australia's first irrigation colonies founded by the Chaffey brothers in 1887. the dust jacket is chipped and rubbed with tears at spine section top edge. There is no damage to describe for the book other than the previous owner's name at the top of the 1st page and on the half title page Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: maps & photographs & graphs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- New South Wales; Local History -- Victoria; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. Inventory No: 0254121. . Robertson and Mullens hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0254121

‎Commonwealth of Australia Postmaster General's Department‎

‎Instructions to Telephone Traffic Officers Metropolitan Section‎

‎Commonwealth of Australia Post Master-General's Department Melbourne No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover Original Cloth. Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Drawings. The text is illustrated with occasional black-and-white illustration. Age coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel. The title says it all instructions for use by telephone traffic officers. This book is very much showing its age. Heavy rubbing to the book panels along with handling and other varied marks and stains. Previous owners name can vaguely be seen just below "Metropolitan Section". There is all so faint remains of a purple coloured rubber stamp. browning and foxing to the first few and lusty pages of the book with age toning of the pages. Purple coloured stamp to the lower edge of the title page and the top edge of the verso of the rear panel. The covers have almost completely come away from the text body and the first page is very very loose. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. 2 II - VIII 3 2-53 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Telephones; Australia; Reference. Inventory No: 0116084. . Commonwealth of Australia Post Master-General's Department hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0116084

‎Long Alistair Editor‎

‎Winemakers of the Clare Valley‎

‎Decalon Pty. Ltd Melbourne 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 500 grammes; 80 pages introduction by editor. Black illustrated half title page showing the Clare Valley in the late 1800s. Map frontispiece showing the Clare Valley and environs showing the wineries. The text is illustrated with black and white and coloured photographs some from the early days of the winemaking in the Clare Valley. The text is also illustrated with numerous examples of the labels from the various wines of the Clare Valley. Brown coloured boards with a white illustration on the front panel same illustration as for half title page. White writing on the front panel and spine. Slight rubbing to the edges of the spine and to the book corners. Photographic dust wrapper showing a winemaker placing a plug back into a wine barrel on the front panel and on the back panel showing a small river of the Clare Valley. Yellow writing to the front panel and spine. A small book about the winegrowing region north of Adelaide -- the Clare Valley. There is a scrape marks on the left-hand edge of the front panel of the dust jacket equidistant from the top and bottom. There is no other damage to declare. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Local History -- South Australia ; Oeneology; ISBN: 0908074034. ISBN/EAN: 9780908074037. Inventory No: 0251670. . 9780908074037 Decalon Pty. Ltd hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0251670 ISBN : 0908074034 9780908074037

‎Trengove Alan‎

‎John Grey Gorton; An Informal Biography‎

‎Cassell Australia North Melbourne Victoria 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations author's note acknowledgements and extracts from the speeches of John Grey Gorton. Pale yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 3 inserts of four pages each of black-and-white photography and the occasional cartoon throughout. Green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper showing John Grey Gorton with black and green coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The biography of one of Australia's most intriguing and sometimes controversial Prime Ministers -- John Grey Gorton. Softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners and lower book edges. Light age toning of the textblock edges and a hint of foxing to the top text edge. Previous owners notes to the rear paste-down and original bookseller's sticker to the top edge of the same page sticker upside down. The dustwrapper is heavily rubbed and there is chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head into the heel of the backstrip. A few tears with associated creasing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 12 251 1 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics -- Australian; Australia; Inventory No: 0115019. . Cassell Australia hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0115019

‎Australian Council of National Trusts‎

‎Historic Buildings of Australia; 1‎

‎Cassell Australia Stanmore New South Wales 1977. First Edition. Hardcover Laminated Illustrated Boards. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. VII 8-320 pages introduction by Rodney Davidson Australian co-ordinator 'Historic Buildings of Australia' and acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs of various historic buildings throughout Australia. Colour photographic front cover. Some of the most famous historic buildings in Australia. Part of the "Historic Buildings of Australia" series. Size: Folio 12"- 15" tall . A very clean secondhand copy with no damage to report. . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- Australia; Australia; Architecture. ISBN: 0726900087. ISBN/EAN: 9780726900082. Inventory No: 0248232. . 9780726900082 This book weighs over 1 Kg packed and extra postal costs will be asked for when shipping outside Australia. Cassell Australia hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0248232 ISBN : 0726900087 9780726900082