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1978réf. 039184Townsville: James Cook University 1978. viii 265pp references bw ills. Or orange card covers. Slight bump to bottom corner. IncludesCloncurry copper field; mining unionism; Christie Palmerston; separation movements; literature; Chine_European relations in CAirns in the 1880s; Cinese on the Gilbert River goldfield; MAckay racecourse riot of 1883; Italians in Hinchinbrook Shire 1921-1939; Yarrabah foundation; Aboriginal resistance in NQ; and more. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. James Cook University Paperback
1984réf. 036987Townsville: James Cook University 1984. vii 256pp references bw ills. Or orange card covers. Near new. Includes a memoir of the Reid family; Catholic missions to the Aborigines; Pacific Island labour trade; Charters Towers and the Boer War; North Queensland beef cattle industry; the Ravenswood strike; Bowen industrial trouble; Moslem Albanians in NQ; internments; Hinchinbrook Island in WWII and the Civil Liberties Movement in Townsville 1977-79. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. James Cook University Paperback
1983réf. 146013Adelaide: South Australian Department of Environment and Planning 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide South Australian Department of Environment and Planning 1983. Quarto a substantial report containing numerous plates maps some folding and numerous microfiche in a rear endpocket. Pictorial card covers slightly creased and marked at the rear; an excellent copy. South Australian State Historic Preservation Plan Regional Heritage Survey Series: Region 6. South Australian Department of Environment and Planning paperback
1978réf. 105438Warradale: Pioneer Books 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Warradale Pioneer Books 1978. Octavo viii 328 pages. Papered boards; top edge slightly marked; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper lightly sunned on the spine. Number 15 of 1000 copies; this copy is signed. Number 2 in the Pioneer Books Monographs. Loosely inserted is a contemporary newspaper review of the book by Brian Elliot well worth reading. Pioneer Books hardcover
1995réf. 037749Darwin: Historical Society of the Northern Territory 1995. vi 83pp appendix list of evacuees bibliography notes bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Slightest of edge wear. The story of the women and children evacuated from Darwin in 1941-42. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Historical Society of the Northern Territory Paperback
1886réf. 59765Adelaide: RSSA 1886. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1886. Octavo 13 pages. Wrappers; a fine copy. This issue also contains WINNECKE Charles: Plants collected in Central Australia 4 pages; it is a revised and corrected version of the list published in his official report of his 1883 expedition see SA Parliamentary Paper Number 39 of 1884. RSSA paperback
1995réf. 145280Adelaide: Pastoral Management Branch of the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide Pastoral Management Branch of the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1995. Octavo xii 236 pages with numerous illustrations. Papered boards; contemporary ownership details on the front free endpaper and title page; essentially a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Pastoral Management Branch of the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources hardcover
1986réf. 131739Netley: Wakefield Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Netley Wakefield Press 1986. Octavo xvi 366 pages with numerous illustrations most from photographs plus endpaper diagrams. Gilt-decorated full brown morocco; top and leading edge a trifle marked; essentially a fine copy with the lightly rubbed clear plastic dustwrapper. Wakefield Press hardcover
1953réf. 030948Dorrigo: Dorrigo Shire 1953. 42pp bw ills ads. Or staple card covers. Covers larger than pages resulting in wear and short tears to edges of covers. Dark stain/burn mark inside front cover pulled at bottom staple. Scarce souvenir of the Back to Dorrigo Celebrations of 1953 with some emphasis on the important local timber industry. Many ads for local businesses. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Dorrigo Shire Paperback
1923réf. 034796Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1923. xxii276pp appendix bw ills maps. Or tan cloth lacking jacket. Small crease to cloth at mid-spine bottom corner of last 2 pages creased. Presentation slip from Auckland Returned Soldiers Association as prize for a 1926 essay competition laid onto front free endppaer signed by the president of the association. Content includes supply of reinforcements; seizure and occupation of Samoa; Senussi Campaign; The Work of the Philomel; NZ Army Nurses; NZ hospitals at Salonika Egypt and in the UK; NZ Hospital ships; NZ Dental Corps; NZ Veterinary Corps; Repatriation; War relief and patriotic societies; the peace conference; education in the NZEF; war finance and the NZ camps in England. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Hardcover
1995réf. 038192Canberra: The Author 1995. HEAVY. Unpaginated approx250pp bibliography. Or green cloth titled and decorated in gilt. Reproductions of 50 of the most important documents involved in the process of creating the Commonwealth of Australia -- from the first draft of its Constitution in 1891 to the appointment of the first Judges of its High Court in 1903. Commentaries accompany the documents bring out the most significant points about each document. An additional 8 original documents are added to this second printing along with improvements to the commentaries. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Folio. The Author Hardcover
1882réf. 049126London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1882. viii 328pp publisher catalogue at rear folding map in front pocket. Or pictorial brown cloth. Bookseller label on front pastedown front free endpaper partially detached gift note opposite title page dated 1884 page edges toned minor foxing to prelims. Mainly devoted to the early Australia explorers with chapters devoted to Sturt Grey & Lushington; Eyre; Leichhardt as well as content on Stuart Gregory Burke & Wills and others. Fourth Edition Revised & Updated. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover
1966réf. 78747Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia/ University of Adelaide 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia/ University of Adelaide 1966 and 1966. Quarto 54 pages with 2 maps and 102 pages. Wrappers; Volume 1 a fine copy; Volume 2 slightly sunned rubbed and with two tiny closed tears to the head of the spine; overall an excellent pair. Libraries Board of South Australia/ University of Adelaide paperback
2005réf. 051283Hazelbrook NSW: Research in Evangelical Revivals 2005. xv 460pp index bibliography references. ictorial card. Light edge wear. The first volume of a history of evangelism and revival meetings in Australia covering the late 19th century to WWI. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Research in Evangelical Revivals Paperback
1941réf. 34Sydney: Fairfax 1941. xx 169 pages. Quarto. Quarter calf; papered boards. Colour frontispiece and many illusts. Scarce. Very Good. Fairfax hardcover
1951réf. 049584Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1951. HEAVY. xii 632pp b/w ills index. Red cloth boards in jacket. Jacket with light damp marks to front spine darkened. Foxing to endpeprs/prelims small bookseller label on front pastedown. Volume from the standard bibliographical reference for Australian books. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1953réf. 140740Adelaide: RGSSA 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RGSSA December 1953. Octavo pages 1-21 with a facsimile of a log entry plus 2 plates. Original wrappers; a fine copy. The presidential address by Finniss discusses the log book of the Murray Mouth Signal Station from 5 June 1877 to 30 June 1881 compiled by James McRobert. This issue also contains LINDSAY H.A.: Across Australia in 1886 pages 35-41 with a map plus 2 plates; and RENDELL Margaret P.: The Chinese in South Australia before 1860 pages 22-33. RGSSA paperback
2008réf. 98777Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2008. Large quarto x 262 pages with numerous illustrations and plates some in colour. Papered boards; a fine copy with the slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Dr William Wyatt 1804-1886 emigrated to South Australia in 1837. He became a 'notable pioneer of the town of Adelaide' with his 'major interests and influence . in the fields of cultural development medicine and education'. The trust he set up on his death 'has grown to become one of Australia's leading philanthropic institutions'. Wakefield Press hardcover
1921réf. 041513Sydney: Tyrrells Ltd 1921. 40pp bw ills. Or pale green stapled card. Some toning to covers. A very nice copy of this scarce booklet issued in an edition of only 200 copies. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Tyrrells Ltd Paperback
1998réf. 123192Sydney: Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. Foolscap folio xx 1006 pages with several illustrations. Colour pictorial card covers a little rubbed and creased; head of the spine slightly torn; edges slightly marked; a very good copy. Not stated as such but from the collection of conference contributor Donald Johnson a Frank Lloyd Wright scholar see page 429 with his partially-completed Registration Information booklet loosely inserted in his name. Not least Christine Garnaut's 'Colonel Light Gardens: Back to the Future'. Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales paperback
1998réf. 107966Sydney: Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. Foolscap folio xx 1006 pages with several illustrations. Laminated colour pictorial card covers a little unevenly sunned and slightly rubbed; a very good copy. Not least Christine Garnaut's 'Colonel Light Gardens: Back to the Future'. Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales paperback
1952réf. 144686Adelaide: The Hassell Press 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Hassell Press 1952. Quarto iv 28 pages with numerous illustrations by the author. Pictorial wrappers with flaps; covers slightly worn on the spine and a little marked and creased; an excellent copy. A scarce Australian children's book featuring anthropomorphic fauna. Muir 2648. The Hassell Press paperback
2009réf. 119107Burra: Burra History Group Inc 2009. Hardcover. Fine. Burra Burra History Group Inc 2009 first reprint/ 2009. Quarto x 239 pages with 347 illustrations many in colour. Colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. Burra History Group Inc hardcover
2000réf. 107965Adelaide: University of South Australia 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide University of South Australia 2000. Foolscap folio viii 457 pages with numerous illustrations including maps and several tables. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; an excellent copy. Not least David Jones' 'A Gardenesque Vision for Adelaide: Planning and Planting the Adelaide Park Lands in the 1880s'. University of South Australia paperback
1975réf. 146402Woodforde: Rostrevor College 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Woodforde Rostrevor College 1975. Quarto 76 pages with maps and numerous illustrations. Pictorial card covers; an excellent copy. The expeditions were to Yudnamutana North Flinders Ranges 1970; Musgrave Ranges 1973; and Daly Mines North Flinders Ranges 1974. Rostrevor College paperback