Item #134539 A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8). Northern Australia.
A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)
A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)
A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)
A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)
A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)
A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)
A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)

A substantial number of important articles on exploration and Indigenous Australia, mainly relating to Northern Australia, contained in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 2 (Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8) and Volume 3 (Sessions 1888-9 to 1897-8)

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1890 and 1899.

Octavo, two volumes bound as one in contemporary publisher's half calf and cloth, later expertly rebacked in cloth but retaining most of the original leather backstrip; new endpapers; covers slightly rubbed at the extremities; tears to four folding maps and the bottom margin of five consecutive leaves expertly sealed; minimal signs of age and use; overall, in excellent condition.

An impressive, important and unquestionably rare compilation. The contents of Volume 2 include:

1. TIETKENS, W.H.: The Nullabor Plains and the West Boundary of the Province (5 pages plus a very large and detailed folding map of the boundary line between South Australia and Western Australia, 845 × 300 mm).

2. TIETKENS, W.H.: Lake Amadeus and its Vicinity (5 pages).

3. WINNECKE, Charles: Physical Features of Central Australia (8 pages).

4. WORSNOP, Thomas: The Pre-historic Arts of the Aborigines of Australia (25 pages plus 4 lithographs, 7 chromolithographs and a small folding map).

5. KRICHAUFF, F.: The Customs, Religious Ceremonies, etc. of the Aldolinga Tribe of Aborigines in Krichauff Ranges, Central Australia (5 pages plus 4 pages of further notes).

6. CARRINGTON, Captain: The Rivers of the Northern Territory of South Australia (22 pages plus a large folding map, 405 × 515 mm).

7. LINDSAY, David: Explorations in the Northern Territory of South Australia (16 pages).

8. SUTTON, T.M.: The Adjahdurah Tribe of Aborigines on Yorke's Peninsula (3 pages).

9. NEWLAND, S.: The Parkengees or Aboriginal Tribes of the Darling River (14 pages). The contents of Volume 3 include:

1. NEWLAND, S.: Aborigines I have known (18 pages).

2. MAGAREY, A.T.: Australian Aborigines' Water-Quest (16 pages plus 3 pages of illustrations).

3. MAGAREY, A.T.: Tracking by the Australian Aborigines (9 pages plus a plate).

4. PHILLIPSON, N.E.: Camels in Australia (10 pages plus 4 plates).

4. WELLS, L.A.: Abstract of Journal of Explorations in Western Australia, 1896-7 (23 pages). The last-mentioned was the first published account (apart from newspaper reports) of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition of 1896-97, despatched by F.A. Calvert under the auspices of the RGSSA. Other articles in these two volumes include ROBINSON, Sir Wm.: The Physical Geography of the South-West of Western Australia (13 pages plus a large folding map, 380 × 425 mm); BARCLAY, Captain H.V.: Easter Island and its Colossal Statues (20 pages plus 5 plates and a map); and one on tides of South Australia (10 pages plus 5 charts, one folding).

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