An illustrated history. Pp. 360, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; med. 4to; tiny bruise to top edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Currency Press, Sydney, 1991. First edition. More about ENTERTAINING AUSTRALIA
by William Adams Brodribb & ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY TO GIPPSLAND by Lavinia Hasell Bennett. Pp. xiv+202+folding map at end, 3 tinted hand-tipped plates, plus 13 small mounted facsimiles, sources, indices; impl. 8vo; qr. dark brown leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, beige cloth boards; within matching cloth slipcase... More about RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SQUATTER
Richard Broome with Richard Barnden, Don Garden, Don Gibb, Elisabeth Jackson and Judith Smart. Pp. 366, printed in red & black, profusely illustrated, further reading, index; med. 4to; dust wrapper, bottom edge of back panel a trifle creased; Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 2016. First edition. *'Reveals in over... More about REMEMBERING MELBOURNE 1850-1960
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In three volumes: Volume I: ARRIVING. By Richard Broome. Pp. xiv+258, illustrated in colour and black & white, text and endpaper maps, index; Volume II: SETTLING. By Tony Dingle. Pp. xiv+274, illustrated in colour and black & white, text and endpaper maps, index; Volume III: MAKING THEIR MARK. By Susan... More about THE VICTORIANS. [Series title
Edited by Frances Brown, Dom Meadley & Marjorie Morgan. Pp. xii+100, bibliography, index+plus 12 page insert on different stock (Microform Collections) at centre, processed; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Custodians of Records, Blackburn, Vic., 1988. Third edition. More about FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY SOURCES IN VICTORIA
Foreword by W. E. L. H. Crowther. Pp. 16, illustrated (one full page coloured); small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle creased, faintly soiled and browned, inked ownership inscription on verso of upper wrapper; a little faint creasing; Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, n.d.[1960]. First edition. More about THE STORY OF TASMANIAN ABORIGINALS
including travels with Dr. Leichhardt in north or tropical Australia. Pp. [vi]+vi+216+[8](advertisements), frontispiece portrait of Leichhardt; post 12mo; pale green printed papered boards with pictorial advertisement on lower board, rebacked (not recently) with cloth tape (wider on lower board) and a grey/green calf spine lettered in gilt and ruled in..... More about AUSTRALASIATIC REMINISCENCES OF TWENTY-THREE YEARS' WANDERINGS IN TASMANIA AND THE AUSTRALIAS
From Melbourne to Myth. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [vi]+50(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, map, notes, exhibition list of works; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002. First edition. More about BURKE & WILLS
The Grand Moving Diorama of the Victorian Exploring Expedition. Pp. [20], frontispiece, plus 1 text illustration, 2 tinted facsimiles, appendices, printed pastedowns; demy 4to; printed papered boards, lightly soiled, edges a trifle bruised; original glassine wrapper, creased and slightly torn; The Australian Documentary Facsimile Society, Sydney, 1966. Edition limited to... More about NEWSREEL IN 1862
Pp. viii+172, appendices, bibliography, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the laminate slightly wrinkled, edges slightly worn; Marsh Walsh, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The author traces the voyages of exploration to the South Seas and to Australia, from Marco Polo, Da Gama and Tasman through to James Cook. More about LIKE AS THE WAVES
Pp. 212(last blank), illustrations; dust wrapper, lightly worn; inscription on upper free endpaper; Neptune Press, Newtown, Victoria, 1982. Third printing. *Signed by author on title page. Being the reminiscences of a Tasmanian boyhood, and the remembrances of a Ministry within the Methodist Church in Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia. More about MERRIMENT OF PARSONS
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Compiled and edited by Kerith A. Cadman. Pp. 960, 4 coloured plates; green papered boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with... More about WHO'S WHO IN AUSTRALIA. XXVIth edition, 1988
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Pp. [viii]+1720; black papered boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly marked; Information Australia Group, Melbourne, 1998. More about WHO'S WHO IN AUSTRALIA. XXXIVth edition, 1998
Edited by J. E. B. Currey. Pp. xvi+240(last blank), frontispiece (repeated before Part Two and Appendices), full page map, printed endpapers, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle split, the backstrip faintly faded; edge of leaves lightly foxed; Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. *Caley was one... More about REFLECTIONS ON THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
George Caley's journey to Mount Banks, 1804. Pp. [viii]+150, 12 plates, full page text illustration, title page vignette printed in green, pictorial endpapers, 10 maps (1 folding, 3 double page), appendix, notes and references, select bibliography, index; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a.... More about THE DEVIL'S WILDERNESS
Pp. 68, text illustrations (some full, one double page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly soiled, top fore-corner of lower wrapper lightly creased; upper hinge tender, a few leaves lightly creased; The Bourke Historical Society, [Bourke, New South Wales], 1978. More about BOURKE: A HISTORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
'This folder contains twelve selected views of Canberra, which is situated at the base of the Southern Alps and, with its modern architecture, broad avenues, and beautifully planned gardens, is considered one of the finest capital cities in the world' [wrapper blurb]. 12 coloured plates loosely contained in a pocket... More about CANBERRA, Australian Capital Territory
An Essay on the Importance of a National Literature. Pp. 30; printed paper wrappers over card, a trifle soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and browned, faint fracture to upper board near bottom edge; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset (heavier on lower free... More about A NEW LAND SPEAKING
A history of Perenjori, Western Australia. Pp. x+230, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, text maps, bibliography and sources, index; dust wrapper; tiny section of upper free endpaper slightly rubbed;University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1983. First edition. More about GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES
'The Age' after the Gold Rush, 1854-1859. Pp. x+102, pictorial endpapers, index; boards slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Heritage Publications, Melbourne, n.d.[1971]. First edition. *Reprints some of..... More about THE AUSTRALIAN THUNDERER
The consequence of some pirates wanting on Quarter-Deck a rebellion. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [vi]+126; light blue art. leather, spine lettered in gilt; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, 2 tiny damp stains to upper free endpaper, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Libraries Board... More about THE EUREKA STOCKADE:
The first fifty years at Carey Baptist Grammar School. Pp. [xii]+226, 16 plates, sources, appendices, index; med. 8vo; corners of boards a trifle bumped; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split; outer leaves lightly foxed; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1973. First edition. More about BY COURAGE AND FAITH
Introduction by D. Hurley, Parish Priest. Pp. 52, illustrated (mostly full page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; 'Mercury' Print, St. Arnaud,n.d.[1971]. First edition. *'Compiled by Ronald Leslie Carless, as a Centenary gesture for the Committee and Congregation, St. Mary's, Dunolly' [title page.]. from the collection of Sir Thomas..... More about HISTORY OF ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, DUNOLLY
An illustrated history of Australia 1919-1939. Pp. 142, numerous text illustrations, index; demy 4to; small spot to upper board, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; tiny surface chip to bottom edge of upper pastedown; Cassell, 1980. First edition. More about BETWEEN THE WARS
Pp. 52, text illustrations, town plan, central double page map; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled; The Castlemaine Mail, Castlemaine, 1983. Third edition. More about CASTLEMAINE AND DISTRICT TOURS