Perth, The Regiment, 1944. A few pages are devoted to the regiment's WW1 precursor, the 10th Light Horse. A rarity; not in the standard bibliographies. More

Perth, History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, 1929. Dornbusch 324; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 219. More

[Sydney, 1956]. The guest list may suggest that the purpose of the retreat was to raise capital for West Australian Petroleum (WAPET), a joint venture by Ampol Petroleum Ltd and the global Caltex group. Two of the hosts were William Gaston Walkley and Leslie James Thompson (Managing Director and Chairman..... More

Darwin, Australain National University, North Australia Research Unit, 1985. With ink ownership details of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM. More

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1918. Undertaken initially (in April-June 1916) to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country, I resolved that, after the work entrusted..... More

Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1985. The thirty-five page introduction by the editor is essential reading. The original manuscript of half a million words 'was written during Mrs Bates's period of service with the Western Australian Government from 1904 to 1912'; most of the information on the Aborigines of north-west..... More

Melbourne, Museum Victoria and National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Tandanya, 2006. 'This book accompanies an exhibition that has been developed by the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Tandanya and Museum Victoria, first showing as part of the Adelaide Festival' (from the foreword). Includes essays by Dick Kumber, Jeremy Long and John Kean..... More

North Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1998/ 1965; 1999/ 1967; 2000/ 1971; 2001/ 1971; 2002/ 1975; and 2003/ 1983. All but one volume is copy number 15 of only 50 copies of these deluxe editions ('Blast the Bush' is number 18). 'Too Long in the Bush' is inscribed, dated (December 1998) and..... More

Perth, British and Foreign Bible Society, 1943 (revised edition)/ [1930]. James Robert Beattie Love (1889-1947), clergyman and missionary, was Superintendent of the Presbyterian mission at Kunmunya, north of Derby, from 1927 to 1940. More

Crawley, University of Western Australia Press, 2008. 'Information on each species, including who named them and where they were first collected, habitat, distribution, flowering period, size and distinguishing features ... species placed in taxonomic groupings making it easier to differentiate between those that are closely related ... illustrations of the..... More

Perth, Lamb Publications Pty. Ltd., 1954. Loosely inserted is the four-page pamphlet (slightly creased and torn) 'St John the Evangelist, Albany', circa 1960s. 'The Personal Diary of an Observant, Educated Early Settler in Western Australia'. Introduction by Malcolm J.L. Uren. More

Adelaide, RSSA, 1898. Keartland's field notes make this far more interesting than the 'List of Birds' title suggests. For example, he concludes his account of the Nankeen kestrel thus: 'I took four eggs from a tree near our camp, and was surprised to find the nest lined with pellets of..... More

Perth, Wm. Alfred Watson, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder..... More