The Ochre Warriors. Peramangk Culture and Rock Art in the Mount Lofty Ranges
Stepney, Axiom Publishing, 2010. More
Stepney, Axiom Publishing, 2010. More
Sydney, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1967 (facsimile edition)/ 1847. Number 430 of 1000 copies of this high-quality facsimile. The illustrations comprise views of the fledgling city of Adelaide and outlying settlements, the topography, flora and fauna, and the Indigenous people and their lives. Some 22 of the 60 plates (and..... More
Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1997. The 'initiative of six senior Ngarti and Kukatja women who are living at Yaka Yaka and Balgo communities on the edge of the great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. The women want to share their life stories with a wider Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal audience by..... More
Melbourne, Australian National Travel Association, 1936 and 1937. The cover title of 'Walkabout' changed several times, however these 14 issues represent the complete subset when it bore the title 'Walkabout Geographic Magazine. Australia and the South Seas'. There is much Indigenous Australian, North Australian and New Guinea content, and the..... More
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, [1880s]. The views are mainly street scenes and public buildings. Two of the plates are signed in the negative 'Sweet | Adelaide', and the balance of the photographs are almost certainly his work. Captain Samuel White Sweet (1825-1886), was a sea captain, surveyor and photographer..... More
Carlton South, The Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, 1997. Edited by Neil McLeod. More
North Sydney, The Aboriginal Arts Board, Australia Council, 1987 (third printing)/ 1975. More
[Ernabella], Ernabella Arts Incorporated, 1998. Not least, interviews with artists Nura Rupert, Nyukana Baker and Tjulkiwa. More
[No Place], Daylight Books, 2016. 'Contains photographs, drawings and poems about the indigenous Warlpiri people of Australia's Northern Tanami Desert' (Trove). More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2004. 'While the name of Matthew Flinders has found its rightful place in the pantheon of Australian explorers, that of Nicolas Baudin remains tarnished by the false accusations made against him by his enemies. This book redresses the balance. Next to Flinders' voice is that of..... More
Adelaide, Rigby for the South Australian Museum, 1972. the title page is signed by the author; the colour plates and 13 of the illustrations are from his field photographs. More
Adelaide, [Privately Published], 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1879. We know from the publisher that only 68 (unnumbered) copies of this high-quality facsimile edition were issued, thus making it even rarer than the original work. More
Darwin, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory of Australia, 1993. The sequel to 'Traditional Bush Medicines. An Aboriginal Pharmacopoeia' (1988) - and much rarer. More
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1995. 'A register of massacres and killings of Aboriginal people ... a deliberate challenge to the ideology that the colonisation of Western Victoria was peaceful, the register reveal that violence was widespread ... a detailed, meticulously researched study of massacres..... More
Adelaide, Aborigines' Friends' Association, [1937]. 'This survey was prepared at the request of the National Missionary Council of Australia, and a summary of same was presented at a Missionary Conference held at Chapter House, Sydney, in April, 1937. In response to many requests, the full text of this survey has..... More
[Adelaide], The Author, 1999. A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author ('For Joy, with thanks, Helen Tolcher, 1999') to South Australian historian Joy Chilman, who is mentioned in the acknowledgments. 'Policing in the Outback has always been difficult and sometimes dangerous, and nowhere more so than on Cooper..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1986. A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author to South Australian historian Joy Chilman. 'For Joy - in whose footsteps as an historian I am proud to follow. Helen Tolcher'. Chilman's ownership signature is on the front free endpaper. More
Perth, The Colortype Press Ltd., [1929] ('second edition')/ 1929. This full leather binding may constitute a deluxe issue. More
Adelaide, Hunkin, Ellis & King, Printers and Publishers, Pirie Street, [first published 1929; suggested third issue, with minor differences as detailed below]. This is claimed - incorrectly - to be the first book by an Aboriginal Australian (see Michael Richards: 'People, Print and Paper. A Catalogue of a Travelling Exhibition..... More
Adelaide, Aborigines' Friends' Association, [1937]. 'This survey was prepared at the request of the National Missionary Council of Australia, and a summary of same was presented at a Missionary Conference held at Chapter House, Sydney, in April, 1937. In response to many requests, the full text of this survey has..... More
Adelaide, Aboriginal Literature Development Assistance Association Inc. in association with Hodder & Stoughton, 1988/ 1988. More
[Beachport], Beachport Branch of the National Trust, 1987. With a chapter on 'Foods and Some Customs of the Coorong Aborigines' (13 pages with 12 botanical illustrations in colour). More
Salisbury, Department of Supply at the Weapons Research Establishment, 1961 (first edition). The first edition, from Tietkens' original manuscript diary. The seven-page biographical introduction by E.L. Cook puts into historical context the relatively minor explorations north and north-west of Ooldea at the behest of a wealthy Scot, Louis Leisler. More
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1889]. More