Maps
Geography of the Australasian Colonies and the Pacific Islands with Illustrations and Coloured Maps
London, Collins, [No date, circa early 1890s]. Tidy contemporary ownership details (Whinham College, South Australia). One of the Collins School Series. More
Shell Motor Tours. [South Australia (cover subtitle)]
Adelaide, The Shell Company of Australia Ltd, [circa 1930s]. More
A History of the Sixth Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1965-1985
[Enoggera], The Battalion, 1986. The complete history of the Battalion, reprinting the material contained in the two earlier volumes, 'Vietnam. A Pictorial History of the Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1966-1967' (1967) and 'The History of 6 RAR-NZ (Anzac) Battalion, 1967-1970' (1972), and adding to it the history of..... More
National Geographic Atlas of the World
Washington, National Geographic Society, 1995 [revised sixth edition]. More
National Geographic Atlas of the World
Washington, National Geographic Society, 1981. More
The Times Atlas of the World
London, Times Books/ Harper Collins, 1991. More
The New Counties, Hundreds, & District Atlas of South Australia and the Northern Territory, 1876, together with [a] Map of South Australia indicating Roads, Distances, relative position of Counties, &c., &c ...
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg and Son, 1876. The leather title-label contains some interesting details: 'The New District Atlas of South Australia and Northern Territory. Published by E.S. Wigg and Son, Adelaide, for the Proprietors, F.E. Hiscocks and Co.'. All but one of the very attractive maps carry the imprint of 'F.W...... More
History of Cartography. Revised and enlarged by ...A. Skelton, Superintendent of the Map Room at the British Museum
Chicago, Precedent Publishing, 1985 (second, enlarged, English language edition)/ 1951. With the ownership signature of cartographic historian W.A.R. Richardson. With additional maps and illustrations. More
Journal of Mr Barclay's Exploration, 1878
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
Cohrs' Atlas Ofver Sverige. Fullstandig Reskarta, 1 Fickformat, Utarbetad Och Graverad
Stockholm, A.-B. Nordiska Bokhandeln, 1908. With 23 full-colour maps, some folding. More
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Topographic Maps of South Australia [cover title]
[Adelaide, The Compiler], 1926. The copy in the State Library of South Australia has a presentation inscription on the front cover 'by the author'. It also contains an introductory leaf of text which is worth quoting: 'These maps are to be issued in sets of six at short intervals. They..... More
Terra Australia The Furthest Shore
The Rocks/ Sydney, International Cultural Corporation of Australia/ Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1988. More
Java La Grande. The Portuguese Discovery of Australia circa 1521
Hobart, Publishers PL, 1984. More
Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874
Melbourne, Printed for the Author by McCarron, Bird, 1875. More
Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874
Melbourne, Printed for the Author by McCarron, Bird, 1875. Inscribed (by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller) 'To Dr H.A. John Clarke FRCS as a mark of respect from the originator of these enterprises'. Von Mueller was entrusted with 'the task of revising [Giles's] journals for the press ... as he has..... More
Flinders Ranges Management Review. Investigation Report, December 1989
Adelaide, South Australian Department of Environment & Planning, 1989. More
The West Point Military History of The Second World War. [Comprising] Europe and the Mediterranean; Asia and the Pacific; and Military Campaign Atlas
Wayne, Avery Publishing Group, 1989. Not least, the atlas contains 135 pages of detailed colour maps. More
South Australia. Its History, Resources, and Productions
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. Provenance: Sir John Hawkshaw, Hollycombe, with his name-plate on the front pastedown, and a pencilled inscription on the first blank page ('To Sir John Hawkshaw with Mr Sam Davenport's complts. Phila 30/6/76'. Sir John Hawkshaw (1811-1891) was a famous British civil engineer..... More
Captain Johnston's Report of the General Scheme for the Improvement of the River Murray; together with Plans and Estimates. [Bound together with] Report on Improvements in the Vicinity of the Mouth of the River Murray, South Australia
Adelaide, R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer, 1912 [and] 1913. The ownership signature of Arthur Searcy (1913) is written in pencil on each title page. Arthur Searcy (1852-1935) was Controller of Harbors from July 1911 and Chairman of the Harbors Board Committee until his retirement at the age of 65 (information from..... More
Geographie de la Chine, 1930
Zi-Ka-Wei (near Shanghai), Imprimerie de l'Orphinat de T'ou-Se-We, 1930 (second edition)/ 1929. Loosely inserted are three contemporary maps in French, neatly hand-drawn and hand-coloured in outline, of China, Indo-China and the French colonies in the Pacific, and a printed map in English, removed from another book, showing the coast and..... More
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Proposed New Hundred and Agricultural Area [in Portion of Kangaroo Island]
Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1870. The areas under discussion are near Kingscote. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 216 of 1870. More
Survey of Kangaroo Island and Backstairs Passage. Report by ... Douglas, of a Survey of the Troubridge Shoal and Kangaroo Island
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1858. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 134 of 1858. In the two-page report, Douglas, the Harbor Master of South Australia, publicly expresses his 'admiration of the wonderful correctness in all essential points of Capt. Flinders's survey; and would observe, that no means at our disposal at present..... More
Water Bore Locations in Central Australia
[Canberra], Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, 1967. Record Number 1967/83. More
Australia on Paper. The Story of Australian Mapping
Box Hill, The Author, 1992. The author spent more than 28 years with National Mapping, retiring in 1976 as Director Designate of the Division of National Mapping. More