Changing Boundaries. A History of 100 Years of Local Government in the Area which in 1975 constitutes the District Council of Jamestown
Jamestown, District Council of Jamestown, 1972. More
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Beltana. The Town that Will Not Die. With Sketches by David Kelly
Beltana, [The Authors], 1984. Signed on the title page by Nic Klaassen. More
The Port Broughton Story, 1871-1971
Port Broughton, Oval Improvement Committee for the District Council of Port Broughton, 1992. 'Commemorating the Centenary Year'; includes endpaper maps. More
The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in His Majesty's Vessel the Lady Nelson of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales .
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973 [facsimile edition]/ 1803. Peade A28: one of 511 copies. More
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales .
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1971 (facsimile edition)/ 1798 and 1802. Peade A76: 1,002 sets. More
A Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from Authentic Papers .. to which are added, the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall .
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968 (facsimile edition)/ 1789. Peade A185: 1,144 copies. More
Carrieton in the Gum Creek Country. A Story of One Hundred Years of the Carrieton District 1878-1978
Carrieton, Carrieton Centenary Committee, 1978. More
Booleroo Times. A History of the Hundred of Booleroo, 1875-1975
Booleroo, The Author/ Booleroo Centre Book Committee, 1975. More
Hallett Review, 1977-1997
[Burra], Hallett and District Local History Group, 1997. More
James Boor's Bonanza. A History of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia
Kadina, The Author, 2002. A recent related postcard is loosely inserted. More
The Price of History. The Story of Geranium and District, 1906-1986. Compiled by the "Book Committee" a Sub Committee of The Geranium Jubilee 150 Community Committee
Adelaide, The Geranium Jubille 150 Community Committee, 1986. More
Franklin Harbour District Council 1888-1988. One Hundred Years of Local Government. A History of the District Compiled at the Direction of Franklin Harbour District Council
Franklin Harbour, Franklin Harbour District Council, 1987. More
Through Drought and Flood. 100 Years with the Morgan Council
Morgan, Dictrict Council of Morgan, 1988. Signed by the author beneath the introduction. More
Gawler. Colonel Light's Country Town. A History of Gawler and its Region - the Hills, the Plains and the Barossa Valley
Gawler, Corporation of the Town of Gawler, 1989. With the ownership signature of Robert Lethbridge Bartlett, Mayor of Gawler from 1989 to 1993, this copy is Number 7 of only 200 numbered and signed presentation copies. The limitation page is signed and warmly inscribed to 'his Worship Bob Bartlett &..... More
Snowtown. The First Century, 1878-1978
Snowtown, Snowtown Centenary Committee, 1978. More
Pioneers and Progress. A History of the Lameroo District
[Adelaide], Openbook Australia, 2006 [second edition]/ 1986. The second edition. The original was 'Karoonda East Murray. A History to 1986'. More
Copper City Chronicle. A History of Kadina
Gumeracha, The Author, 1990. More
The Gawler Handbook. A Record of the Rise and Progress of that important Town; to which are added Memoirs of McKinlay the Explorer and Dr Nott
Hampstead Gardens, Austaprint, 1978 (facsimile edition)/ 1880. More
Journey across the Western Interior of Australia. With an Introduction and Additions by Charles H. Eden .. Edited by H.W. Bates
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. Peter Egerton Warburton (1813-1889) left Alice Springs for Western Australia in April 1873 with six men and seventeen camels. The party 'endured long periods of extreme heat with little water, and survived only by killing the camels for meat. They reached the..... More
The Colony of Western Australia. A Manual for Emigrants to that Settlement or its Dependencies: comprising its Discovery, Settlement, Aborigines, Land-Regulations, Principles of Colonial Emigration .
London, James Fraser, 1839. The folding plates, after sketches by Charles Wittenoom, are of lasting value. They are 'Sketch of the Town of Perth from Perth Water, Western Australia', and 'Sketch of the Town of Freemantle [sic] from the Court House, Arthur's Head, Western Australia'. Ferguson 2819 (noting that the..... More
Budget Speech 1906-7 by the .. Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, on Tuesday, 31st July, 1906 [drop-title]
Melbourne, J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, 1906. The verso of the front flyleaf is inscribed and signed to 'The Countess of Carnarvon, from John Forrest. Oct 2nd 1906'. Sir John Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury (1847-1918), surveyor, explorer and politician, 'was the first professional politician in Western Australia, and..... More
On the Anatomy and Life History of Mollusca peculiar to Australia. [Prize Essay, for which Premium and Medal was awarded by the Council of the Royal Society of New South Wales, May 30th, 1888 (cover sub-title)]
[Sydney, Royal Society of New South Wales, 1888]. Not identified as such in so many words, but this is an offprint from the 'Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales', Volume 22, 1888. More
Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. [Volume 1: Introduction, Narrative, Summary of Results, Supplement to Zoological Report, Map. Volume 2: Zoology. Volume 3: Geology and Botany. Volume 4: Anthropology]
Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1994 [facsimile edition]/ 1896. The purpose of this scientific expedition, sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn, and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor, was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged..... More
South Australia. Its Advantages and its Resources
Adelaide, SA Government Printer/ History Trust of SA, 1983 ['facsimile' edition]/ 1848. With the bookplate of Tom Young. 'Illustrated by John Michael Skipper with a new Introduction and Notes on the Illustrations by Dr J.M. Tregenza and an Index to the Illustrations by Jean Tregenza'. A (black and white) facsimile..... More