The Explorers and other Poems by M.C
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1874. The only published book of poetry by this important South Australian novelist; the title work, of 130 pages, is subtitled 'A Chronicle of the Burke and Wills Expedition'. More
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Tracks of McKinlay and Party across Australia. Edited from Mr Davis's Manuscript Journal; with an Introductory View of the Recent Australian Explorations of McDouall Stuart, Burke and Wills, Landsborough, etc., by William Westgarth
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. 'John Davis was a member of the South Australian relief expedition, led by John McKinlay, to search for Burke and Wills. The expedition travelled to Cooper Creek and north almost to the Gulf of Carpentaria ... [They..... More
Tracks of McKinlay and Party across Australia. Edited from Mr Davis's Manuscript Journal; with an Introductory View of the Recent Australian Explorations of McDouall Stuart, Burke and Wills, Landsborough, etc., by William Westgarth
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. 'John Davis was a member of the South Australian relief expedition, led by John McKinlay, to search for Burke and Wills. The expedition travelled to Cooper Creek and north almost to the Gulf of Carpentaria ... [They..... More
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke and Wills
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2000 (facsimile edition)/ 1862. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 221. This is number 96 of 99 copies of the deluxe issue, from a total edition of 500 copies. The seven-page introduction by Valmai Hankel is new to this edition. More
Exploration Expedition. Letter from Commander Norman, reporting the Return of the 'Victoria' from the Gulf of Carpentaria; together with Reports and Correspondence. [Offered together with] Report of Commander Norman, of HMCS 'Victoria', together with Copy of his Journal on the late Expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1862 and 1862. Victorian Parliamentary Papers Number 108 and 109 of 1861-2. The expedition was 'for the purpose of rendering relief, if possible, to the missing explorers under the command of Mr Burke; and directing the movements of the two land parties organized and despatched on the..... More
Exploration Expedition. Report of Commander Norman, of HMCS 'Victoria', together with Copy of his Journal on the Late Expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria
Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1862. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 109 of 1861-2. The expedition was "for the purpose of rendering relief, if possible, to the missing explorers under the command of Mr Burke; and directing the movements of the two land parties organized and despatched on the same mission..... More
A matching pair of vintage hand-coloured cartes de visite portrait photographs [circa 1861] of the ill-fated explorers Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861) and William John Wills (1834-1861)
When compared with all other examples of portrait photographs of either explorer in the public domain, this matching pair - delicately hand-coloured and skilfully vignetted to the head and shoulders - has little if any competition. And significantly, they are fresh to the market ... However, when it came to..... More
A Journey to Cooper's Creek. Translated by Stephen Jeffries and Michael Kertesz. Edited and with an introduction by Stephen Jeffries
Carlton, Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, in association with the State Library of Victoria, 1993 (first edition). With the ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022). 'First-hand accounts of the myth-laden Burke and Wills expedition are remarkably few ... Wills's journal and statements..... More
Review of the Labours of Several Explorers of Australia ... also, the Narrative of Mr. John King, Sole Survivor of the Burke and Wills Expedition
Melbourne, Clarson, Shallard & Co., Printers & Publishers, 1863. The only edition and rare (and one can imagine the attrition rate of the pictorial wrappers among extant copies is significant). 'Although Foster's 16-page pamphlet glances at the work of earlier explorers it is principally of interest for its connection with..... More
Narrative of a Voyage from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria
Melbourne, Printed at the Herald Office, 1862. 'The "Firefly", chartered by the Government of Victoria to convey stores, &c., for the exploration party sent in search of the ill-fated explorers, Burke and Wills, left Melbourne on July 29th, 1861, under orders to proceed to Brisbane, to take those who undertook..... More
A Successful Exploration through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. From the journals and letters of William John Wills. Edited by his father, William Wills
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. With the small ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has..... More
A Successful Exploration through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. From the journals and letters of William John Wills. Edited by his father, William Wills
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has been reprinted. More
A Successful Exploration through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. From the Journals and Letters of William John Wills. Edited by his father, William Wills
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). A few sheets of related ephemera are loosely inserted. Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has been reprinted. More
The Spanish at Port Jackson. The Visit of the Corvettes 'Sescubierta' & 'Atrevida', 1793
Sydney, Australian Documentary Facsimile Society, 1967 (first thus). One of only 250 copies, signed by the entire Publication Committee. + Newsreel in 1862. The Grand Moving Diorama of the Victorian Exploring Expedition (Sydney, 1966; a fine copy; one of 250 copies signed by Keast Burke). + BURKE, Iris: Foreshadowings. The..... More
Joy Hester
Melbourne, Greenhouse Publications, 1983. More
Speaking. A Novel
Richmond, Greenhouse, 1984. Signed by the author on the title page, and dated November 1984. More
Dardan-Hells, 1915. Being the Unofficial Log of a Battleship which took an Active Part in the Exploit from Start to Finish of the Dardanelles and the Gallipoli Campaign Adventures [an unpublished typescript manuscript prepared for publication circa 1960]
The author's short introduction to this work speaks for itself: 'I'm getting towards the afternoon of life now. Looking back to the Dardanelles and Gallipoli in 1915, and the part played by the naval forces and squadrons, I am not only surprised, but am definitely annoyed that, although innumerable volumes..... More
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