Australian Aboriginal Portraits
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. Number 166 of only 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. Number 166 of only 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1972. Inscribed and signed 'with much regards Monty'. Loosely inserted is a small quantity of interesting related ephemera: an invitation to the launch of this book, and a newspaper review clipping; a photograph captioned 'Monty's Hon Ph.D Investiture, Melbourne Uni' (it was an honorary Litt.D., in 1973);..... More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1972. The front free endpaper is inscribed 'To Sir Grenfell and | Lady Price | with much thanks | and many regards | from | Monty | Charles P. Mountford' (the anthropologist Charles Pearcy Mountford, 1890-1976). The recipient, Sir Archibald Grenfell Price (1892-1977), geographer, historian and educationist, has..... More
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1986. AIAS New Series Number 48. 'With the help of Slippery Morton, Alyawarra interpreter'. More
Crawley, UWA Publishing/ University of Western Australia, 2001. More
Toronto, Dundurn Group, 2001. Part of the story of the 'Magic' network. Loosely inserted is an obituary notice for a former signaler with the unit. More
Melbourne, The Southern Cross Hotel, [1960s]. Quite apart from the hotel's boast of being 'Australia's Finest Hotel', this Coolibah Coffee Shop menu makes a special feature of their 'Steak Namatjira', 'a thin minute steak grilled to perfection and smothered in a tantalising Arnhem Land Sauce'. If that were not evidence..... More
Melbourne, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 'This is the tragic story of the talented tribesman whose paintings of Central Australia brought him fame and fortune. Here is told the story of his struggle for recognition and his endeavour to fulful his obligations under tribal laws and to white society' (from the..... More
Melbourne, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 'This is the tragic story of the talented tribesman whose paintings of Central Australia brought him fame and fortune. Here is told the story of his struggle for recognition and his endeavour to fulful his obligations under tribal laws and to white society' (from the..... More
Melbourne, William Heinemann Australia, 1992 [first and only edition]. 'Twelve contributors - anthropologists, historians, art critics and collectors - review the history and stylistic developments of the Hermannsburg watercolourists' (rear cover blurb). More
Sydney, Craftsman House/ G+B Arts International, 1997 (first edition). More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1915. This issue also contains a major paper by Captain Samuel Albert WHITE (and others): Scientific Notes on an Expedition into the North-Western Regions of South Australia (135 pages plus 2 maps and 25 pages of plates). White supplied the lengthy introductory narrative and section on birds, and..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1923. Newland devotes the first 14 pages of his address to the Aborigines of Encounter Bay, and a further 26 pages to whaling in South Australia. The address also includes a lengthy and important contribution by fellow-member (and Government Geologist of SA) Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, on Central..... More
Adelaide, Burden & Bonython, 'Advertiser' Office, 1887. A journey by coach from the end of the railway line from Adelaide to Alice Springs, with the object of 'throwing some light upon a subject nearly affecting the welfare and advancement of South Australia'. Newland is blunt about the 'very unsatisfactory' black-white..... More
Adelaide, Burden & Bonython, 'Advertiser' Office, 1887. A journey by coach from the end of the railway line from Adelaide to Alice Springs, with the object of 'throwing some light upon a subject nearly affecting the welfare and advancement of South Australia'. Newland is blunt about the 'very unsatisfactory' black-white..... More
Adelaide, Burden & Bonython, 'Advertiser' Office, 1887. A journey by coach from the end of the railway line from Adelaide to Alice Springs, with the object of 'throwing some light upon a subject nearly affecting the welfare and advancement of South Australia'. Newland is blunt about the 'very unsatisfactory' black-white..... More
Canberra, Government Printer, 1928 and 1929. Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers Number 222 of 1926-27-28 (only 835 copies), and Number 15 of 1929 (Second Session) (only 840 copies). The Commission, empowered to function from the proclamation of the Northern Australia Act of 1926 on 1 February 1927 (resulting in the proclamation of..... More
Canberra, Government Printer, 1928. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 228 of 1926-27-28; only 875 copies printed. Numerous recommendations on matters within the powers of the Commission (railways, roads, air services, ports and harbours, telegraph and water services ...). More
Canberra, Government Printer, 1928. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 228 of 1926-27-28; only 875 copies printed. Numerous recommendations on matters within the powers of the Commission (railways, roads, air services, ports and harbours, telegraph and water services ...). More
Canberra, Government Printer, 1929. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 27 of 1929; only 845 copies printed. The Government Resident for the period was R.H. Weddell. The Northern Australia Act of 1926, resulting in the proclamation of the Territories of Central and North Australia on 1 March 1927, was repealed on 11..... More
Canberra, Government Printer, 1930. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 50 of 1930; only 850 copies printed. The Government Resident for the period was R.H. Weddell. The Northern Australia Act of 1926, resulting in the proclamation of the Territories of Central and North Australia on 1 March 1927, was repealed on 11..... More
Canberra, Government Printer, 1930 and 1931. Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers Number 50 of 1929-30 (only 850 copies), and Number 216 of 1929-30-31 (only 790 copies). The Northern Australia Act of 1926 resulted in the proclamation of the Territories of Central and North Australia on 1 March 1927. Four annual reports were..... More
Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1862. The despatches, from the Duke of Newcastle, the incumbent Secretary of State for the Colonies, concern whether 'the northern part of Australia should be formed into a new Colony, or that a portion of the territory in question should be annexed to Queensland'. Newcastle's..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1863. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 127 of 1863. The most important item of correspondence reprinted here is Governor Dominick Daly's long letter of 23 December 1862 to the Duke of Newcastle, informing him of the successful return the previous month of John McDouall Stuart and his..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1866. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 103 of 1866. Questions (with answers) relating to the legal position of holders of land orders in the event the Government survey was not completed on time (it wasn't). More