| 1776-1976 Australia and America Through 200 Years Bartlett, Norman |
Ure Smith, Sydney, 1976
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| Numerous illustrations and many full page colour plates. |
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| A Natural History of Australia Berra, Tim |
University of New South Wales Press, 1998
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| Numerous colour illustrations. |
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| A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings and Autograph Letters Remarkable for Their Interest and Rarity. Being the Five Hundredth Catalogue Issued By The Maggs Brothers Booksellers. Maggs Bros |
Maggs Bros, London, 1928
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| Original wrappers, 357 pages. Numerous full page plates, some coloured, illustrate most items, extensively annotated. The title says it all. Extremely rare and essential for the collector of incunabula. |
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| A Thousand Miles Away Bolton, G.C |
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| A History of North Queensland |
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| A Voyage to New South Wales: The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley RN on H.M.S Sirius 1786-1792 Bradley, William |
Ure Smith, Sydney, 1969
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| 2 volumes- the second volume is a portfolio of charts. the whole is reproduced in facsmile and includes 29 water-colour views. |
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| A Voyage to the South Sea Bligh, William |
Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1979
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Under the Command of His Majesty for the Purpose of Conveying the Breadfruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty.
Facsimile Edition of the book published in London, 1792. |
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| A Yankee Merchant in Goldrush Australia 1853-1855 George Train |
William Heinemann Melbourne 1970
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| The letters of George Francis Train 1853-55 with an introductory sketch of his life and notes by E. Daniel and Annette Potts.Most of his stay in Australia was spent in Victoria. |
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| A.G. Stephens Selected Writings Cantrell, Leon |
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1978
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| A.G. Stephens was Australia's most outstanding literary critic for fourty years mainly in the famous red page of 'The Bulletin'. |
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| Account of the Recent Exploring Expedition to the Interior of Australia Mitchell, Major T L. |
In the Journal of the Royal Geographic Society, London Volume 7, part 2, 1837.
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| Includes a folding map of the South-East portion of Australia illustrating the expeditions by the then surveyor-general of New South Wales. This journal account was given before the 1838 edition of the relevant 2 volume book "Three Expeditions Into the Interior of Eastern Australia with Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix. |
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| Admiralty Chart: British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century Ritchie, Rear Admiral G.S. |
Hollis and Carter, London, 1968
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| Signed and dated by the author. 12 maps and 9 pages of plates. The authoritative proffesional history and an important refernce work. |
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| An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip J H Tuckey |
Marsh Taylor & Walsh North Melbourne 1974
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Full leather, gold titled, ribbed spine. Limited to 500 numbered copies.
First published in London in 1805.
Tuckey was First Lieutenant of 'His Majesty's Ship Calcutta' whose task it was to establish the colony in 'Bass's Strait on the South Coast of New South Wales in the years 1802-1804.' |
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| An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales. Collins, David |
Christchurch, Whitcomb and Tombs, 1910.
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| Collins was the first judge-advocate and lieutnenant governor of New South Wales. This is a reprint of Maria Collins' abridged one volume (1804) version of the first two volume edition of 1798-1802, said to be the best of the First Fleet accounts. |
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| An Annotated Bibliography of Henry Lawson Mackaness, George |
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1951.
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| Illustrated. First attempt to record in scholarly biblographical style the collected literary output of this outstanding man of letters. |
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| An Atlas History of Australian Shipwrecks (State by state, including maps and diving notes) Lonely, Jack |
A.H. and A.W. Reed, Sydney, 1981
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| Volume 3 was issued in 1500 signed copies. Volume 5 was issued in 500 signed hardback copies and 500 paperback copies. Otherwise the issued numbers are not mentioned. Offered as a whole complete set of 5 volumes with inclusions. |
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| An Elephant in My Garden: Reflections of an Australian Vet Fethers, Geoff |
Queensberry Hill Press
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| A seldom seen publication from this press. |
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| An Introduction to the Proteaceae of Western Australia A S George |
Kangaroo Press
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| 1984. A selection of species is illustrated with colour plates and are briefly described and discussed. Hints for cultivation are also given. Written by the well respected botanist. |
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| Angry Eye Harris,Max |
Potts Point, Pergamon Press 1973
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| Inscribed by the author, this collection of essays is by an outstanding and sometimes controversial literary journalist. |
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| Art in Australia Smith, Ure and Leon Gellert (eds.) |
Series Number 13, Sydney, September 1925
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| A quarterly magazine. Tipped in etchings by artists such as Lionel Lindsay and Sydney Long. Fine condition. Cased in canvas and 1/2 leather. |
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| Art of Arthur Boyd Ursula Hoff |
Andre Deutsch London 1986
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| Arthur Boyd Phillipp Franz |
Thames and Hudson London 1967
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44 tipped in colour plates, 134 black and white plates.
Contains an extensive catalogue raisonne with 850 entries. |
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| Artists of the Australian Gold Rush McCulloch, Alan |
Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1977
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| Numerous colour and black & white reproductions. |
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| Artists of the Australian Gold Rush Alan McCulloch |
Lansdowne
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| Published in Melbourne 1977. The collectors issue of the first edition limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. 1/2 leather and canvas in slipcase with gold titles. |
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| Australia As It Is |
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| Australian Artists at War: Volume 1, 1885-1925 Volume 2, 1940-1970 Reid, John |
Sun Books, South Melbourne, 1977
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Compiled from the Australian War Memorial Collection. Numerous annotated colout and B&W reproductions.
As a set. |
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| Australian Bookplates and Bookplates of Interest to Australia Barnett, P. Neville |
Privately Printed, Sydney, 1950
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| Limited edition of 200 signed and numbered copies. Contains 58 tipped in original bookplates including Robert Menzies, Thea Procter and illustrations of many more. |
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| Australian Catalogue Foxcroft, A.B. |
Whitcomb and Tobes, Melbourne, 1911
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Subtitled: A Reference Index to the Books and Periodicals published and still current in the Commonwealth of Australia.
1/2 leather and canvas with gold titled, inbbed spine. Complete with fullpage advertisements. "The first published contribution towards a complete Australian bibliography" as stated in a prefatory note by Walter Murdoch. Rare. |
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| Australian Indigenous Orchids, Volume One. Dockrill, A.W. |
Society of Growing Australian Plants, Sydney, 1969
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The Epiphytes, The Tropical Terrestrial Species.
Tipped in are 4 pages of additional notes by the author. Describes all the Australian epiphytes and the terrestrials of Northern Australia. Numerous line drawings and 30 superb colour photographs for which the Society's journal has recieved much praise overseas. |
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| Australian Little Magazines 1923-54: Their Role in Forming and Reflecting Literary Trends. Tregenza, John |
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964.
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| Australian Sketchbook Gill, S.T. |
Facsimile edition, Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1974.
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| Boxed, limited to 1000 copies. Like many copies of the original 1864 edition, this edition has probably largely been dismembered, so that the superbly reproduced plates can be sold individually. |
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| Aviators Joy, William |
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| Before Time Began Mountford, Charles P. |
West Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1976
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| Australia's most distinguished Adelaide anthropologist and ethnologist, known world-wide, wrote this book - with 23 coloured illustrations of the semi-human figures of Aboriginal mythology - concerning the time before Earth's human habitation. |
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| Beneath the Southern Cross: The Story of Australia Through Flags Cayley,Frank |
Reed, Sydney, 1980.
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| First published as "Flag of Stars" by Rigby in 1966. Tells of the drama and comedy in the Australian story, flag by flag; numerous illustrations, some in colour. |
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| Blackbirders Docker, Edward |
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1978
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The Recruiting of South Sea Labour for Queensland 1863-1907.
The story of men and women and children recruited from south-west Pacific islands to work in Queensland cotton and sugar plantations. Numerous illustrations |
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| Blackburn's Isle Neville, Derek |
Lavenham, Terence Dalton, 1975.
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| David Blackburn, after whom the small island near Lord Howe Island is named, was sailing master of the First Fleet vessel HMS Supply. |
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| Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. |
Thames and Hudson, 1970.
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| 500 numbered copies, with 115 maps including 5 coloured maps and coloured frontispieces. The atlas consists of facsimiles of parts of John Blaeu's "Atlas Major" of 1645-1654. Contains a foreword by R.V. Tooley whose pre-eminence as an authority on cartography in the 20th century, parallelled that of Blaeu as a map-maker in the 17th century. |
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| Blamey: Controversial Soldier Hetherington, John |
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1973
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| The biography of Australia's only field marshall who served in both world wars. |
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| Blamey: Controversial Soldier John Heatherington |
Australian War Memorial Canberra 1973
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| The biography of Australia's only Field Marshall who served in both World Wars. |
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| Books and Men: Letters and Comments 1900-1918 Walter Murdoch and Alfred Deakin |
Melbourne University Press 1974
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| These letters are between Murdoch who was Australia's greatest essayist and Deakin, one of Australia's greatest Prime Ministers. |
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| Books and Men: Letters and Comments 1900-1918 Murdoch, Walter and Deakin, Alfred |
Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974
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| The letters between Murdoch, Australia's greatest essayist and Deakin, one of Australia's greatest Prime Ministers. |
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| Brothers Bent: Judge- Advocate Ellis Bent and Judge Jeffery Hart Bent Currey, C.H. |
Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1968
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| This is an account of the important part played by the Bent brothers in the legal history of New South Wales. |
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| Captain Bully Hayes: Blackbirder and Bigamist Clune, Frank |
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1970
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| The life of a colourful American sea-captain with many Australian associations. |
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| Captain Cook, Navigator and Scientist Badger, G.M. |
Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1970
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| Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra. Coloured dustjacket with painting of Captain James Cook on front cover by John Piston. |
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| Captain Cook's Second Voyage: The Journalist Lieutenants Elliot and Pickersgill Elliot, J. and Pickersgill, R. |
Caliban Books, London, 1984
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| The first publication of two manuscript journals of young officers who sailed with James Cook on the 'Resolution' from 1772-1775. |
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| Charles Joseph La Trobe Superintendent of the Port Phillip District 1839-1851, Lieutenant- Governor of Victoria 1851-1854 Gross, Alan |
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1956.
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| By the time La Trobe returned to England, Melbourne, under his guidance had been established as the most prosperous city in Australia, but over time much of his achievement had been forgotten. |
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| Colonial Clippers Lubbock, Basil |
James Brown and Son, Glasgow, 1921
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| The photographs are much cleaner in this first edition than in later editions. |
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| Colonial Volunteers: The Defence Forces of the Australian Colonies 1836-1901 Nicholls, Bob |
Sydney, Allen and Unwin, 1988.
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| The first comprehensive account of the defence forces of the Australian colonies. Numerous illustrations, some coloured. |
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| Contributions to a Bibliography of Australia and the South Sea Islands W C H Robert |
Philo Press Amsterdam 1969-1972
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| 4 Volumes |
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| Cricket Walkabout: the Australian Aboriginal Cricketers on Tour 1867-68. Mulvaney,D.J. |
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967.
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| The account of the first Australian cricket team to tour England -composed entirely of Aborigines. Includes photographs and details of all the matches played on the tour. |
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| Cross Currents: Magazines and Newspapers in Australian Literature Bennett, Bruce |
Melbourne, Longman Cheshire,1981.
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| A lively study of the contribution of magazines and newspapers to Australian literature and its reflection of the nations cultural life. |
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| Darwin and Huxley In Australia Marshall, A.J. |
Hodder and Stroughton, Sydney, 1970
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| Their visits to Australia in the 'Beagle' and the 'Rattlesnake' were 11 years apart and were "to later produce one of the greatest intellectual upheavals in the history of mankind." B&W illustrations. |
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| Darwin and the Beagle Moorehead, Alan |
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1969
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| Many illustrations, 50 in colour, maps. |
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| Diaries of Sarah Midgley and Richard Skilbeck Midgley, Sarah and Skilbeck, Richard |
Melbourne, Cassell, 1967
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| These are the diaries of two settlers in the Western District of Victoria who migrated separately from England in 1851 and 1858 and were subsequently married. It gives a fascinating and clear picture of the part played by the small farmer in the history of Australia. |
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| Dire Strait: A History of Bass Strait Charles Bateson |
A H & A W Reed Sydney 1978
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| Discovery and Exploration of Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River Mackaness, George |
The Author, Sydney, 1956
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| In 2 parts, 4 illustrations. Wrappers; each part is numbered and signed by the author. Limited to 135 copies. Mint condition. |
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| Down Among the Wild Men Greenway, John. |
London, Hutchinson, 1944.
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| The narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert. |
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| Dutch Explorations of Australia 1605-1756 Robert, Willem C.H. |
Amsterdam, Philo Press, 1973.
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| Supplement 2 in the series "Contributions to a Bibliography of Australia and the South Sea Islands". Contains six folded charts in the end pocket. |
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| Dutchman Bold: Abel Tasman Finkel, George |
Angus & Robertson
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| Etchings and Lithographs Arthur Boyd |
Lund Hunphries London 1971
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| European Vision and the South Pacific Smith, Bernard |
Sydney, Harper & Row, 1984
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| This second edition is fully revised with more illustrations than the first of 1959. The work has attained a high reputation among historians, geographers and art historians. |
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| Exploration of the Pacific Beaglehole,J C. |
London, A&C Black, 1975.
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| A much expanded and extensively revised version of the original edition of 1934. It covers Pacific exploration from Magellan to Cook. |
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| Fifty-One Pieces of Wedding Cake - A Biography of Caroline Chisholm Hoban, Mary |
Lowden, Kilmore Victoria, 1973
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| The woman on the $5.00 note. |
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| First Fleet: The Convict Voyage the Founded Australia 1787-88 King, Jonathan |
Macmillan, Melbourne, 1982
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| Numerous illustrations; list of people who travelled on the first fleet. |
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| First Settlement: The Convict Village that Founded Australia King, Jonathan |
Macmillan, Melbourne, 1984
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| Contemporary illustrations- many in colour. |
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| Forsaken Settlement- An Illustrated History of the Settlement of Victoria, Port Essington North Australia 1838-49 Spillett, Peter, G. |
Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1972.
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| Details one of the most disastrous British attempts at colonial settlement |
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| French Explorers in the Pacific |
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| Geographical Encyclopedia of New South Wales Hanson, William |
Authority of the Government of New South Wales for the World's Columbian Exhibition 1893, Sydney, 1892
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| Includes map of lighthouses of N.S.W. with small tear. Gold stamped title on front board and spine. 462 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of advertisements. |
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| George Reid Melbourne McMinn, W.G. |
Melbourne University Press, 1989
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| The biography of a father of federation, New South Wales premier and Australian Prime Minister. |
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| George Robertson A Publishing Life in Letters Anthony Barker |
University of Queensland Press
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These letters are roughly arranged in chronological order and linked together with narrative text. Long before his death George Robertson commissioned the author to collate his files and publishing records into a valuable literary archive.
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| George Robertson of Melbourne 1825-1898 John Holroyd |
Robertson and Mullins
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| A bookseller from Dublin, Robertson began selling books on the day he arrived in 1852 on the wharf in Melbourne. He proceeded to dominate the book trade of Australasia for the next 25 years. Mumerous illustrations. |
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| Gold Escort Blake, L.J. |
Melbourne, Hawthorne Press, 1971.
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| A coach laden with gold that journeyed across Victoria's western plains and desert country in the 1850's was only ever vaguely recalled, no one knew anything for certain. This traces the route taken by escort riders from South Australia to the central goldfields. ½ leather and canvas. |
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| Governor George Arthur: A Colonial Benevolent Despot Levy, M.C.I. |
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1953.
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| Arthur was successor to Colonel William Sorell as Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania. |
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| Great Navigators and Discoverers Brendon, J. A |
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| Hakluyt Handbook Quinn, D.B. |
Hakluyt Society, London, 1974
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| Dust jackets and books in mint condition. Reproductions of maps and other illustrations including past title pages. Includes list of words published by Hakluyt Society 1552-1971. |
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| Hakluyt's Voyages Richard Hakluyt |
Chatto and Windus 1981
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| "The Principal Navigations,Voyages, Traffics and Discoveries of the English Nation." Originally published around 1600, they are the first collection of eyewitness accounts of voyages throughout the world. This selection presents the accounts in full with modernised spelling and punctuation. Includes maps and illustrations. |
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| Henry Lawson: His Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Association Copies. Chaplin, Harry F. |
Together with publications by Louisa Lawson. Surrey Hills, Wentworth Press, 1974. Wrappers.
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| Historical Records of Port Phillip Shillinglaw,John, J. |
Melbourne, Heinemann,1972.
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| The First Annals of the Colony of Victoria were first published in 1879 and concern the abortive expedition to present day Sorrento in 1803-4 by David Collins. |
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| Humble Adventurer: The Life and Times of James Ruse, Convict and Farmer Tolchard, Clifford |
Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1965
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| Ruse was a farmer transported for house-breaking and was chosen by governor Phillip to be Australia's first farmer and the James Ruse Agriculture High School commemorates his work. |
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| Hummingbirds Gould, John |
Wellfeet Press association with the Natural Museum London, 1990
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| A reprint of 'Monograph of the Trochilidae- Family of Hummingbirds'. 25 parts 1849-1861. 418 full page colour plates. |
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| Illustrated Catalogue of Furnishing and General Ironmongery. James McEwan and Co's |
1880. Facsimile edition of 500 copies, Melbourne, Heritage Publications, 1971.
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| In The Beginning: The Story of the Creation of Australia from the Original Writings King, Jonathan |
Macmillan, Melbourne, 1985
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| Facsimiles of original letters, newspaper reports and contemporary drawings. |
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| Journal Of An Experimental Trip By The 'Lady Augusta' On the River Murray Allen, James |
Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1976
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| 507 copies were issued. This is a facsimile of the original edition published by CGE Platts in Adelaide in 1853. |
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| Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth: Surgeon, 'Lady Penrhyn' 1787-1789 Smyth, Arthur Bowes |
Australian Documents Library, Sydney, 1979
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| The first publication of a transcription of the original manuscript of a first fleet journal held in the mitchell library. Numerous illustrations. |
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| Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788 La Perouse |
Hakluyt Society
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| Edited by John Dunmore, 2 volumes. 1995. Fortunately the contents of his journals were sent home from various ports, before the ships disappeared after leaving Sydney in 1788. |
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| Journal of Philip Gidley King Leuitenant R.N. 1787-1790 King, Philip Gidley |
Australian Documents Library, Sydney, 1980
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| The first publication of a first fleet journal held in the Mitchell Library. |
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| Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin Commander in Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste. Baudin |
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974.
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| Translated from the French by Christine Cornell- the first English version with a print-run of 1500-2000 copies. |
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| Knockers Dunstan, Keith |
Cassell, North Melbourne, 1972
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| Many illustrations: reproductions of photographs and cartoons. |
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| Lachlan Macquarie- A Biography John Ritchie |
Melbourne University Press
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| Coloured frontispiece and coloured plates. |
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| Larrkins: 19th Century Outrage Murray, James |
Lansdowne Press, Melboune, 1973
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| A feared and hated social phenomenon which ripped holes in the fabric of society. |
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| Last of the Tasmanians Davies, David |
London, Frederick Muller, 1973.
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| Within seventy years of white settlement, Tasmanian aborigines became extinct. |
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| Latest Information with Regard to Australia Felix, the Finest Province of the Great Territory of New South Wales Arden, George |
South Carlton, Queensberry Hill Press, 1977.
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| Facsimile of 300 numbered copies of the 1840 edition. ½ leather. The original was the first book printed and published in Melbourne. |
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| Leafy Tree: My Family Lindsay, Daryl |
F.W. Chesire, Melboure, 1967
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| Second impression of the author's views of the achievments of a most artistic family. Fixed front and rear end papers depict the family tree beginning with his father an Irish doctor. |
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| Letters from a Miner in Australia Antoine Fauchery |
Georgian House Melbourne 1965
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Translated from the French by A R Chisholm.
The original French edition was in 1857. The author was a miner, storekeeper and Melbourne cafe owner. |
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| Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh R.N. FRS. Mackaness, George |
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1951
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| Revised corrected edition of the 2 volume first edition of 1931. |
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| Literature in New South Wales Barton, G.B. |
Sydney, Thomas Richards, 1866.
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| Chapter headings include Periodical Literature, Poetry, History, Biography, Philology, Ethnology, Physical Science. Full leather. Ferguson 6774. |
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| Literature of Australian Birds: A History and a Bibliography of Australian Ornithology Whittell, H.M. |
Paterson Brokensha, Perth, 1954
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| Coloured Frontpiece; 32 b&w plates. Rare. |
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| Lost Australia of Francis Peron Wallace, Colin |
Nottingham Court Press, London, 1984
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| Peron was unofficial leader of Peron's voyage after Peron's death in 1810. |
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| Man on Twenty Dollar Note McNally, Ward |
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| Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment Gohm, D.C. |
John Gifford, London, 1971
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| 24 colour plates, 78 black and white photographs. Everything the print collector needs to know is covered including paper, reproductions restoration and damage. |
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| Martin of Martin Place: A Biography of Sir James Martin Grainger, Elena |
Alpha Books, Sydney, 1970
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| He was an eminent but controversial barrister who became attorney-general and premier of New South Wales. |
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| Mrs Fraser on the Fatal Shore Alexander, Michael |
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| Mrs. Fraser On The Fatal Shore Alexander, Michael |
Michael Joseph, London, 1971
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| Dust Jacket by Sydney Nolan. First edition of a famous Australian legend supported by documentary evidence of the 1836 shipwreck of the 'Stirling Castle' and the subsequent life of the captain's wife among aborigines and in England. |
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| Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas Performed by Order of the Government of British India to Ascertain the Actual Fate of La Perouse's Expedition Dillon, Peter |
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| Interspersed with accounts of the religion, manners, customs and cannibal practices of the South Sea Islanders. London, Hurst, Chance and Company, 1829. Facsimile edition, Amsterdam Nico Israel, 1972. ½ leather and marbled boards. Two volumes. |
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| New South Wales Illustrated: The Sketches of F C Terry F C Terry |
Lansdowne Melbourne 1973
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| This was first published as 'The Australian Keepsake' in 1855. |
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| Norfolk Island Story Clune, Frank |
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1967
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| Some people think that Clune wrote pot-boilers, but he did solid research and this is one of his most valued works. |
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| Northmost Australia: Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery and Adventure In and Around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland: Jack, R L. |
With a Study of All Explorers by Sea and Land in the Light of Modern Charting, Many Hitherto Unpublished Documents, Thirty- nine Illustrations and Sixteen Specially Prepared Maps. London. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 2 volumes 1921.
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| Jack's geological work in Queensland was outstandingly accurate. There are actually seventeen maps. |
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| Opportunity In Australia Gullett, H.S. |
The Field and Queen, London, 1914
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| Numerous contemporary photographs. |
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| Other Men's Flowers Wavell, A.P |
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| Owen Stanley R.N. Captain of the Rattlesnake Lubbock, Adelaide |
William Heineman, London, 1968
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| Numerous maps and illustrations by Stanley who was a proficient craftsman and water-colourist. He took part in the aborted first settlement of the Northern Territory at Port Essington in command of one of the two ships of the expedition and lakes was virtually concerned with Edmund Kennedy's overland expedition to Cape York. |
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| Pacific Islands Literature: One Hundred Basic Books Grove Day, A. |
University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1971
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| Proffesor A. Grove Day is a recognised authority in this field and this book is a review of those books with literary values rather than ethnological qualities. This annotated bibliography was extremely well reviewed and excludes the larger islands of New Zealand and Hawaii. All his many books have been very well recieved. Contains many delightful B&W illustrations. |
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| Pastoral Age in Australasia Collier, James. |
London, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1911.
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| The title page reads as above, but on the spine and front board is Early Pastoralists of Australasia. The author was parliamentary librarian at Wellington after migrating to New Zealand from Scotland in 1882. |
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| Peaceful Army Women's Executive Committee and Advisory Council of Australia's 150 Anniversary Celebrations, Sydney, 1938 |
Arthur McQuitty & Co., Sydney, 1938
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| Gilt-titled full leather. Contributions included Dame Mary Gilmore, Miles Franklin, Marjorie Barnard and Dame Flora Eldershaw. Original wrappers bound. |
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| Percival Serle: A Memoir Serle, Geoffrey |
Officina Brindabella, Canberra, 1988
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| 350 copies, (number 223), handbound, signed by the author. 4 page advance notice included. Produced by a most prestigious private press. |
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| Phil May Album |
London, Methuen, 1900.
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| Reproductions of 120 cartoons by a cartoonist for London 'Punch' and the Sydney 'Bulletin' collected by Augustus M. Moore. |
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| Portraits of the Famous and Infamous Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 1492-1970 Nan Kivell, Rex and Spence, Sydney |
London
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| Published by the authors 1974. Numerous reproductions in colour and black and white with descriptions of painters, engravers etc. |
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| Public Library of New South Wales: Historical Notes Bladen, F.M. |
Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 1911
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| Second Edition. Decorated Boards, front and rear- the latter bears the title plus 1820-1910. Numerous B&W illustrations. |
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| Public Library of Victoria 1856-1956 McCallum, Colin A. |
Melbourne 1956
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| The beginnings and growing of a great library dedicated to making available the garnered knowledge of mankind to all people. Illustrations include plates from Audubon, John Gould and the Book of Hours, the originals all housed in the library. |
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| Pushkin's Fairy Tales Lithographs by Arthur Boyd, Translated by Janet Dalley |
Mayflower Books, New York, 1978
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| Translated by Janet Dalley. Introduction by John Bayley. |
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| Qantas Rising, the Autobiography of the Flying Fysh Fysh, Sir Hudson |
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1965
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| The founder of Qantas had a most eventful career, including Gallipoli, the Australian Flying Corps and the early days of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. This is an inscribed presentation copy. |
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| Queensland Our First Half Century |
Government of Queensland
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a jubilee memorial volume published in 1909.
Quarto full calf- a little rubbed and worn. Numerous full page plates with tissue guards, coloured maps. Minor foxing. |
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| Rebel Down Under: When the Shenandoah Shook Melbourne in 1865 Pearl, Cyril |
Melbourne, Heinemann, 1970.
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| An account of the visit to Melbourne of a Confederate warship during the American Civil War. |
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| Receding Wave: Henry Lawson's Prose Matthews, Brian |
Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria), 1972
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'will become the central critical work on Lawson'- Vincent Buckley.
Examines Lawson's achievments in detail. |
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| Remember Smith's Weekly Blaikie, George |
Rigby, Adelaide, 1966
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A Biography of an Uninhibited National Australian Newspaper.
Born: 1 March 1919
Died 28 October 1950
Numerous illustrations; mainly cartoons. First edition. |
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| Reminiscences of Thirty Years Residence in New South Wales and Victoria Therry, H. |
Sampson Low, London, 1863
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| The author was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and an M.P. This first edition is scarce having been withdrawn for admendment before republication! 1/2 leather and marble boards. |
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| Rum Rebellion: A Study of the Overthrow of Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps Evatt, H.V |
Canberra, National Library,1988
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| The text has been enlarged by twenty per cent over the original printing in 1811. |
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| Rush That Never Ended Geoffrey Blainey |
Melbourne University Press 1964
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| The classic history of Australian mining. |
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| Russian Navy and Australia to 1825: The Days Before Suspicion Barratt, Glynn |
Melbourne, Hawthorne Press, 1970
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| Visits to Australia for restocking of food and water were extremely cordial occasions. |
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| Russian Revolution Morehead, Alan |
Collins with Hamish and Hamilton, London, 1958
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| Dust wrapper, 23 B&W illustrations. |
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| Samuel Terry: The Botany Bay Rolhschild Dow, G.M. |
Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1974
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| A convict transported for theft. Terry as a publican, merchant, brewer and landowner, became the richest man in New South Wales. |
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| Scream of the Reel: Deep Sea, Beach, Estuary and Inland Angling in Australian and New Zealand Waters Pollard, Jack (Editor) |
Lansdowne Press, Melboure, 1966
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| Fishing tales by Zane Grey, Vance Palmer, George Farwell, Leon Gellert, accounts by Bill Harney, Henry Lawson, T.C. Roughley and many others, fishing verse by C.J. Dennis, Roderic Quinn, Nino Culotta etc, including cartoons by Norman Lindsay, Eric Joliffe, Emile Mercier. Numerous illustrations, pristine dustjacket. First edition. |
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| Sentimental Bloke Dennis, C. James |
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| Shipwrecks and Sea Tragedies Edwards, Hugh |
Hutchinson, Ultimo (N.S.W.), 1978
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| Examines the earliest significant shipwrecks from the earliest Dutch losses to the lake Illawarra crash into the Tasman Bridge over Derwent River in 1975. |
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| Small Press Publishing in Australia: the Early 1970's. Denholm, M. |
Sydney, Second Back Row Press,1979
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| Small Press Publishing in Australia: the Late 1970's to the Mid to Late 1980's. Denholm, M. |
Footscray, Footprint, 1991.
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| Smithy: The Kingsford Smith Story Ward McNally |
A S Barnes New York 1967
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| This is the first American edition. |
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| Some Letters of Rev. Richard Johnson, B.A. Mackaness, George |
Sydney, 1954
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| Rev. Richard Johnson: The first chaplain of New South Wales. Wrappers; In 2 parts with 6 illustrations. Each part is numbered an signed by the author. Limited to 135 copies. Faint glass ring on front wrapper of part 1, otherwise mint. |
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| South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade. Wawn, William T. |
Canberra, ANU Press,1973.
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| Facsimile of first edition, London, 1893. From the 1860's until the 1920's western Pacific Islanders were "recruited" or kidnapped, to be enslaved in Queensland. |
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| Speech is of Time: Selected Speeches and Writings R G Menzies |
Cassell London 1958
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| Arguably the most erudite Australian Prime Minister and certainly a world class orator |
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| Sporting Verse- Illustrated in Colour by Lionel Edwards Gordon, Adam Lindsay |
London, Constable, 1927.
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| Tipped in coloured plates. Faded spine. |
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| Squatter, Selector, and Storekeeper: A History of the Darling Downs, 1859-93 Waterson, D.B. |
Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1968
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| Illustrated, inc. cartoons. |
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| Sydney Traders-Simeon Lord and His Contemporaries 1788-1821 D R Ainsworth |
Cassell
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| published in 1972 limited to 1000 limited and numbered copies. These were the men who laid the foundations of trade, manufacturing and ship building in early New South Wales. |
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| That Bounty Bastard: The True Story of Captain William Bligh Allen, Kenneth S. |
Robert Hale, 1976
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| Discusses the true character of Captain William Bligh, commander of the HMS Bounty. |
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| The Count: Paul Edmund Strzelecki: Explorer and Scientist Rawson, Geoffrey |
Heinemann, Melbourne, 1953
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| The explorer of Gippsland was the first to discover gold in Australia but the fact was kept secret at the request of the governor. |
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| Theatre Comes to Australia Irwin, Eric |
St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press,1971.
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| The detailed story of Australia's first permanent theatre- Sydney's Theatre Royal. |
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| Their Chastity Was Not Too Rigid: Leisure Times In Early Australia Cumes, J.W.C. |
Longman Chesire, Melbourne, 1979
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| Coloured frontpiece, black & white illustrations. |
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| They Came to Australia Brissenden, Alan and Charles Higham (eds.) |
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| Traveller's Eye |
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| Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Australia During the Years 1828 to 1831 Charles Sturt |
Smith Elder and Co London 1834
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2 Volumes, half leather and marbled boards, gold titled spine. 2nd edition. 13 lithographed plates of which 4 (of newly discovered birds)are colourised. Includes a chart and a large folding map of Australia.
Identical to the first edition of 1833. |
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| Viking of Van Diemen's Land Clune, Frank and Stephensen, P.R. |
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1954
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| First edition. Illustrated by Albert Zimmerman. |
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| Wayzgoose One Wayzgoose Press |
The Australian Journal of Book Arts, Sydney, 1985
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| All published. Wrappers in custom made box of 1/4 marbled boards and leather, made by Bertie Gesford with her binding notes on a tipped in card with letter from her to the commissioner of the box and a numbered copy of the prospectus booklet. Wayzgoose One was produced in a limited edition of 450 numbered copies. 100 copies of the prospectus were printed. A unique copy of a world-class production. |
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| Webbs Australian Diary 1898 Webb B and S. |
Melbourne, Pitman and Sons, 1965.
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| Sidney and Beatrice Webb were English socialists who interviewed every prominent public figure in Eastern Australia. |
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| White Chrysanthenum: Changing Images of Australian Motherhood Keesing, Nancy. |
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1977
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| Famous Australian artists, writers and poets reflect on the history of motherhood in Australia from Aboriginals, early pioneers and up to modern times. Selections include work by Patrick White, Mary Durack, Russell Drysdale and Norman Lindsay. |
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| Wild Notes from the Lyre of a Native Minstral Thompson, Charles |
Sydney, Sydney University Press, 1973.
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| Facsimile of the first printing in 1826 by Robert Howe, which was the first collection of verse to be published in Australia, written by a native born poet. |
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| Willem de Vlamingh's Explorations of Australia, 1696-1697. Robert, Willem C.H. |
Amsterdam, Philo Press, 1972.
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| Consists of logbook extracts in Dutch and English, and other documents relating to the mapping of 800 miles of Western Australian coast. |
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