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1920réf. 28022Melbourne: Government of the State of Victoria 1920. Very good condition. Advertising targeted at Americans for emigration to Victoria Australia. "Some facts about Victoria UST. - A Country which is progressive and prosperous where Settlers are required and will be gladly welcomed." For further information "apply either personally or by letter to the Land Settlement Agent. c/o Peck Judas Co. 687 Market St. San Francisco Cal." "The Government invites Settlers to come to Victoria preference being given to those experienced in Irrigation and possessed of sufficient Capital to take up land say $1500." 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" b&w map image with steamship lines in red verso with "Facts about Victoria. "Trove image: 26643672271. Government of the State of Victoria unknown
1827réf. 25576Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. An early map of the Exmouth Western Australia area from the North West Cape to Roebuck Bay. Lithograph with original outline color 15 3/4 x 21". Scale ca. 1:1 650 000. Plate no. 44 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1286; Phillips 749; Bib ID 1553060. P. Vandermaelen unknown
1827réf. 25575Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. Maps. Very good condition. An early map of the Broome & the Kimberly Western Australia area from P. Cantheaume to Cambridge Gulf including the Lacepede Islands. Broome is at the bottom of the Dampier Peninsula called "C. Boileau." Lithograph with original outline color 25 x 21.5". Plate no. 35 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1282; Phillips 749; Bib ID 30855. P. Vandermaelen unknown
1900réf. 26434Liebig Company 1900. Very good condition. Set of six beautifully colored lithographic trade cards of Australia including a kangaroo image issued by the Liebig company with the text in Italian. The set is titled "In Australia". The Italian set is identical to the French edition but more uncommon. One of the most graphic sets produced by this European company which enjoyed an international market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictured are indigenous peoples a kangaroo and an emu natural scenery and an exotic plant; farming and ranching and seaport scenes. Liebig Company unknown
1900réf. 26433Liebig Company 1900. Very good condition. Set of six beautifully colored lithographic trade cards of Australia including a kangaroo image issued by the Liebig company with the text in French. The set is titled "L'Australie". One of the most graphic sets produced by this European company which enjoyed an international market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictured are indigenous peoples a kangaroo and an emu natural scenery and an exotic plant; farming and ranching and seaport scenes. Liebig Company unknown
1938réf. 25686Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia 1938. A broken run of this South Australian periodical. This run includes twice yearly issues for 1938 1943 1949 1950 & 1960. From the library of the Franklin Institute Philadelphia with infrequent stamps. Dates refer to publication dates not year covered by the report. Bound in the original printed wrappers in decent condition. OCLC: 1764621 - v.45-91 1921-67; Trove: 25782876 and 50667218. Royal Society of South Australia unknown
1947réf. 25851Perth: Department of Lands and Surveys 1947. Cadastral map showing land use and zoning with notes on soil and vegetation. Includes locality plan. Originally dated 22.9.37 this is "Reprint 26.3.47". Manuscript additions in pencil in the top margin. The SLWA holds the 1937 version- "Townsite of Manjimup Nelson District cartographic material Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys. Map Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A. 1937. Available at 3rd Floor Map Stack Call number: 35/11/MANJ 1937 plus 1 more. 1 map ; 54 x 69 cm. encapsulated in plastic. Notes "22/9/37" Cadastral map showing land use and zoning with notes on soil and vegetation. Includes locality plan. Part of collection: Townsite maps Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys unknown
1933réf. 25852Perth: Department of Lands and Surveys 1933. Cadastral map showing land use. Includes plan showing townsite boundary. Version dated "6.2.33". Addition of lots 185-200 on upper right to town plan printed in red. The earliest held by SLWA seems to be ca. 1950. Call Number 9024.P3G46 1 map ; 58 x 76 cm. encapsulated in plastic. Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys. Map Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A. 1937. Available at 3rd Floor Map Stack Call number: 35/11/MANJ 1937 plus 1 more. Call Number 9024.M25G46 Related titles Townsite maps Western Australia. Description 1 map ; 54 x 69 cm. encapsulated in plastic. Part of collection: Townsite maps Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys unknown
1930réf. 25919Melbourne: Produced by Northfield Studios and J.E. Hackett 1930. Very good condition. Color lithograph travel poster depicting a mother koala with a cub clinging to her back in the top of a gum tree by the noted Australian illustrator James Northfield. Signed in the image at the lower right. Northfield 1887 - 1973 was the subject of the 2006 volume by the National Library of Australia Michelle Hetherington titled 'James Northfield and the Art of Selling Australia'. Northfield's work is prized for its draftsmanship & design and a distinctly Australian sense of color and light. Window card size 13 1/2 x 19 1/2". One small mark in margin only upper left corner left by old sticky tape. OCLC: 910601564 locates one copy only at the Library of Congress same image larger format. Trove 54841871 locates one copy at the National Library of Australia same image larger format. Produced by Northfield Studios and J.E. Hackett unknown
1932réf. 249231932. Wraps. Very good condition. Folded hand sheet with brief history of Western Australia and description of the highlights of Perth and Fremantle. With two printed color maps of Perth and Fremantle showing the Orient Line Offices and Orient Line Berths as well as tram lines & taxi service loosely inserted. Hand sheet 10 1/4 x 8"; maps 5 x 7 3/4" paperback
1920réf. 243371920. Very good condition. 11 b&w real photographs printed titles on the back including a great view of South Beach with a view over the wharves and a crowd in their holiday best crossing the railway line looking towards the Indian Ocean and a view of Convict Bridge with automobiles crossing over. The other images are: the War Memorial panorama of the wharves the Town Hall and High Street High Street showing the store front of Samuel's "The Big Tailors the Swan River another view of High Street the Post Office shipping on the Harbour and Round House Arthur's Point. These were perhaps the majority of a set of photographs issued for tourists. Photographs measure 3 1/2 x 2 1/2" unknown
1900réf. 23894Sydney 1900. Very good condition. View from a slight rise with the ferry in view along with a wooden picket fence lining the shore along with a hand full of beach huts and a woman carrying a satchel. Albumen photograph with hand color mounted on a dark green cabinet card stock. Unsigned but possibly by John Paine who did similar cards. The "Greetings" in gilt on banner with leafy branch printed below the albumen photographic print. In pencil on the verso "With kindest regards from Isabel E. Lawrence Xmas 1904". Albumen photograph & card superbly bright. 8 1/4 x 5" unknown
1942réf. 23536Australian Red Cross Society 1942. Otherwise very good condition. Two-page circular on thin salmon colored paper. The circular lists 10 directions for sending letters including one-page only and of a strictly personal character typed or clearly written. ". any person may send a letter to a prisoner of war In Japanese hands but in view of difficulties of transmission it is urged that until information is received from the Japanese as to prisoners of war and their places of internment letters should be sent only once a month and by close relatives only." The Central Red Cross Bureau based in Melbourne was the go through organization for such mail. Letters could be posted the sheet gives instructions on how to address such a letter at any post office and they would be forwarded post free by ordinary mail without stamps. "Upon arrival in Melbourne the Red Cross will arrange with the proper authorities for their onward dispatch." The piece is coded at upper front right 10 M / 30 / 6 / 42 indicating that 10000 were printed on June 30 1942. The circular measures 8 ¾" x 5 ½"; 2 ¾"; closed tear coming down from top; fold mark; upper right corner dinged. Australian Red Cross Society unknown
1900réf. 23450Liebig Company 1900. Very good condition. Set of six beautifully colored lithographic trade cards of Australia including a kangaroo image issued by the Liebig company with the text in French. The set is titled "L'Australie". One of the most graphic sets produced by this European company which enjoyed an international market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictured are indigenous peoples a kangaroo and an emu natural scenery and an exotic plant; farming and ranching and seaport scenes. Liebig Company unknown
1822réf. 23414London 1822. Very good overall. A handsome hand colored copper engraving of an Australian falcon perched on a branch from Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds'. Dr. John Latham 1740 - 1847 the leading British ornithologist of his time was a founding member of the Linnean Society and through his work with the society became acquainted with the leading naturalists and collectors of the day. Many specimens and drawings of Australian birds were arriving in Britain following expeditions to Australia. Latham gave the first published descriptions and scientific names of Australian birds including the emu lyre bird magpie and white cockatoo. A good strong impression on paper with wide margins. Faint smudging in the top margin only not affecting the image. 'Plate XI' upper left corner. Paper 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" unknown
1900réf. 22027Perth: Sands & McDougall 1900. Very good condition. Two lithographed beer labels one on red paper and printed in red and black the second on cream paper and printed in black and both with the brewery's logo. Bottled by H. Sherwood & Co. Esplanade Perth. 3 1/2 x 2 3/4" Sands & McDougall unknown
1880réf. 220001880. Very good condition. Four glossy albumen photographs two images of the Sydney Heads & the 3rd possibly the Manly Esplanade area a cove with a curving promenade. The 4th image is of two women in long white summer dresses and holding dark parasols just passing in front of a colonnaded building possibly Melbourne where horse drawn carriages await passengers. Images 4 3/4 x 3 3/4" slightly smaller than postcard size. Contemporary penciled numbers on the verso of 351 359 360 & 369. unknown
1891réf. 22142Hobart: A.F. Basset Hull 1891. Paperback. Good overall. Six issues of this illustrated journal for Australian stamp collectors published quarterly from January 1890 to October 1891. Later absorbed by Vindin Philatelic Monthly. With illustrations and descriptions of stamps plus many advertisements. Includes a portrait of and one page article on Rev. P.E. Raynor '.We present our readers with a portrait of Rev. P.E. Raynor MA of St. Peter's College Adelaide the President of the Philatelic Society of South Australia.' Articles include many anecdotes from the avid collectors of the day providing very interesting and obscure historical facts on stamps of the Australian colonies. This run consists of April 1890 2 of January 1891 April 1891 July 1891 October 1891. 8vo tan paper wraps staple bound covers dusty chipped at edges both Jan. 1891 vols. covers detached but present interiors clean. Loose in first issue is a printed order form and a sheet of advertising rates. OCLC: 15171282; Trove 4841712. A.F. Basset Hull paperback
1889réf. 206601889. Very good condition. An original pen and ink drawing showing Sir Edgar Boehm's 1834 - 1890 statue 'Young Bull and Herdsman' on a large plinth at the foot of the grand staircase at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888. A stylishly-dressed Victorian crowd of exhibition viewers strolls about the great hall with the statue on a large plinth highlighted with white accents. With the title penned below the image. Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1834 - 1890 is recognized for his colossal statues including one of Queen Victoria executed in marble 1869 for Windsor Castle the monument of the duke of Kent in St. George's Chapel the statue of Carlyle on the Thames embankment at Chelsea and the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. Boehm is also listed as a British exhibitor in the Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Centennial International Exhibition at Melbourne 1888 p111. The Young Bull and Herdsman was acquired by the Melbourne Art Gallery and Museum and was then gifted to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria where it is today outside the RASV offices in the show grounds. Unsigned with a small circular mark roughly at center of drawing and a closed tear through the caption but not affecting the drawing; mounted on an album page. 9 3/4 x 8 1/2" unknown
1873réf. 21033Germany: Schreiber J.F. 1873. First printing. Print. Very good condition. Chromolithograph depicting basalt pillars on the coast of Tasmania. The image measures 26.2 x 36.2 cm on a sheet 31.6 x 41.2 cm. Central fold slight dusting around the edges. Libraries Australia ID 774855. Schreiber J.F. unknown
1900réf. 210191900. Very good condition. Gelatin photograph with exceptional clarity a view of Albany from lower down Mt. Clarence with boulders framing the roof tops and the long jetty into the bay at center. Mounted on stiff board as found in photo albums of the time with title hand written below "Albany". Image 8 x 6". not found on Trove. unknown
1901réf. 21334Sydney: William Applegate Gullick 1901. Very good condition. Signed presentation copy to Charles A. Clough compliments of N. A. Cobb. Dr. Cobb was one of the first to be appointed to the New South Wales Department of Agriculture as Government Vegetable Pathologist where he investigated parasitic diseases of plants and farm stock. He later was appointed to the Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association Experiment Station in Honolulu having researched diseases of sugar cane. The publication includes many b&w printed photographic images of mechanical harvesters in the field with the parts numbered and identified in captions as well as horse powered combined harvesters. Tall 8vo 32pp b&w ills printed b&w photographic and b&w line drawings. Pink paper wrappers titles printed in black. Front wrapper only slightly toned at margins; small attached chip at upper corner rear wrapper. Miscellaneous Publication No. 519. William Applegate Gullick unknown
1937réf. 21355Adelaide: E. S. Wigg & Sons 1937. Very good condition. Folding travel sheet with magnificent poster art cover illustration in bright red yellow and blue showing a paddle wheeler and tall trees on the banks of the Murray. Verso unfolding to full page advertisements with heading "Follow the Winter Sunshine to Renmark on the Murray" text at the left and b&w printed photographic ills at the right. Small map printed on blue rear panel. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" folded; unfolds to 11 x 17". Trove 57137600. E. S. Wigg & Sons unknown
1802réf. 19812London: M. Jones 1802. Very good condition. An eagle wings outspread attacking a dog in a beautiful period hand colored copper engraving by V. Woodthorpe from Barrington's 'The History of New South Wales'. The book was very influential in building up the British public's impressions of the New Colony. Slightly marked right edge of print. Closed tear into margin restored from back. Page measures approximately 5 x 8 1/4". OCLC: 220785202. M. Jones unknown
1935réf. 18842Australian National Travel Association 1935. Very good overall. Travel poster illustrated by Sydney Harbour centered on the harbour with a ferry and sailboats with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the top right background. A color lithograph 20 x 24.75" 50.8 x 62.25 cm. Further text; "Painting by Will Ashton R.0.I. W.T. Baker & Co Ltd. Engravers and printers. Australian National Travel Association." Crinkles and some light creases with a couple of light marks in the sky above the Bridge. Australian National Travel Association unknown