The Radfords were born in Devon, emigrated to South Australia in October 1838, and lived in the Barossa Valley from the mid-1840s until their death. From the perceived ages of the subjects, these images would appear to date from the 1850s. Other (later) images of the Radfords are held in..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. A superb production, limited to only 500 numbered sets (this is number 98). The storage box was designed with a matching two-door lid opening at the centre, and attached to the base with piano hinges. About a third of the edition was issued..... More
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1877 (second edition). A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years, and this is a parochial publication. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to..... More
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1877 (second edition). A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years, and this is a parochial publication. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to..... More
Adelaide, 'published by Superintendent of Club', 1872. The name of the anonymous author, a cousin of the somewhat more famous Victor, is added in pencil on the title page. Ferguson 10643 (recording only 'blue morocco cloth boards'). 'By 1866 a ravaging northern drought accelerated the need to succour bush workers..... More
Adelaide, S. Solomon, 51 Rundle St. 1891. The South Australian 'Register' (Monday, 20 April 1891) contains an interesting article on a recent match between Norwood and Maylands, adjoining suburbs in Adelaide. 'On Saturday afternoon an opening match was played on the Adelaide Oval. It was a preliminary game arranged for..... More
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, 1888. This rare pamphlet contains an account of Lindsay's 'Arnheim's Land Explorations in 1883', but it primarily concerns a more recent expedition, 'a private one, fitted out at my own expense'. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' has the following to say about this series of..... More
Gill's titles are 'Cradling, Forest Creek 1852', 'The Claim Disputed', 'Mustering Cattle', 'Native Sneaking Emus', and 'The Bushranger Pursued'. Hamilton's titles, in which the horse naturally enough features prominently, are 'The Lost Bushman', 'The Found Bushman', 'Bushmen in Danger', 'Australian Bushmen', and 'The Bushman'. Unpublished, but circa 1890, and based..... More
The archive comprises nearly 440 pieces (each approximately 320 × 510 mm or larger), many from the later 1970s when Mitchell was at the height of his powers. A unique commentary on the personalities and events of the times: when Hawke, Fraser and Dunstan were in power, Nixon went to..... More
[Melbourne], Australian Post Office, 1972. The photographs show the official centenary celebrations at Alice Springs on 22 August 1972 (46 photographs, including the reopening of the restored Old Telegraph Station), and in Adelaide on 21 and 22 August (5 photographs). Dignitaries present include Sir Alan Hulme (Postmaster General), Sir Arthur..... More
London, 'Communicated by the Commons to the Lords', and 'Ordered to be printed 21st June 1841'. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper 174 of 1841 (the House of Lords issue, Ferguson 3221 [with minor pagination errors]: see also Ferguson 3218 and 3219). 'This Report contains very complete information regarding the..... More
Buckland Park is a pastoral property near Port Gawler, South Australia. George Frederick Ernest Albert, The Duke of Cornwall and York and later King George V (1865-1936) was the second eldest son of King Edward VII, who ascended the throne on Queen Victoria's death in January 1901. With the first..... More