Sydney, The Trustees of the Public LIbrary of New South Wales, 1963. More

New Haven, William Reese and Sydney, Hordern House, 2004 [second edition, revised and enlarged]/ 1974, 1982 and 1983 [originally published in three volumes]. An extensively annotated catalogue of the important collection amassed by Kenneth Evan Hill - 'the most extensive gathering of books that document early voyages of exploration and..... More

Brisbane, RGSQ, 1945 to 1959. Besides the mandatory Queensland material, there are excellent articles on Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory, Aborigines and exploration. These include CUTLACK, Morley: The Wealth of Central Australia (17 pages with 5 illustrations); CONNELLAN, E.J.: Population Potential of the Northern Territory (23 pages); TOWNER, Major..... More

Ninety-one numbers (Volumes 23 and 24 were issued as one volume) plus the separately issued paper envelopes of maps for Volumes 18 and 19 (the second envelope is a little worn and stained); nine early numbers are bound as five volumes in publisher's half morocco, and Volume 4 is bound..... More

Melbourne, Melbourne Publishing Company, 1923 [first edition]. A 'descriptive narrative of outback life including the work of the Australian Inland Mission. The hero, a muscular padre with war service, runs to earth a murderer playing two roles by means of disguises'. Although a novel, the author fits the description of..... More

The author was one of a small party of men, under Ralph Milner of Killalpaninna, which set out in December 1870 with 7000 sheep and about 300 horses, with the intention of claiming a South Australian Government reward for the first 1000 sheep or 100 head of cattle delivered from..... More

London, William Heinemann, 1915. The first volume contains a frontispiece portrait of the author, signed in ink 'Douglas Mawson' in the lower margin. More

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1962/ 1866. More

London, HMSO, 1887. Offered together with four other volumes of reports from this most important research expedition, namely 'Summary of Scientific Results' (Parts 1 and 2, 1895), and 'Zoology', Volumes 28 and 32 (1888 and 1889). These four volumes are also large quarto, uncut and unopened in the original dark..... More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1878. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 209 of 1878. Barclay and his small party left Alice Springs on 31 January 1878; before turning back on 4 June, they had almost reached the Queensland border. Lack of food and water was the main problem, exacerbated on their return..... More

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1914. An important expedition, scientifically and anthropologically, under the leadership of L.A. Wells; it filled in the gap 'linking together the areas traversed by the Horn and Elder Expeditions'. This volume also contains the annual address of the President, John LEWIS, with lengthy sections on Eyre, Sturt and..... More

Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974. The first complete translation into English. More

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969/ (1800). Written in 1800 "to serve as guidance to some of the members of the Societe des Observateurs de l'Homme in an impending expedition to Australia (under the command of Captain Nicolas Baudin) ... Degerando's originality lies in his recognizing and stating that the..... More