Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1972. 'Tells the life story of one of Australia's best-known anthropologists: Charles Pearcy Mountford ... When he became a Post Office mechanic, and was sent to work at Darwin in the 1920s, he came into contact with the Aborigines of the Northern Territory' (dustwrapper). More

Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2013. The most comprehensive story of the Darwin raid. More

Sydney, Methodist Overseas Missions of Australasia Literature Department, [circa 1947] (see page 34: 'Ten years ago [1937] I visited Australia'). A 'young Fijian's story of his life as a [Methodist] missionary among the Aborigines of Arnhem Land' (from the foreword by C.F. Gribble). Contents include 'conditions at Bagot Compound, Croker..... More

Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1984. W.P. Auld (1840-1911) 'was one of the eleven men who went with Stuart on his final expedition, across the continent from Adelaide, in 1861-62 ... It was he who nursed the stricken leader during the greater part of the journey back'. These recollections first appeared as..... More

Carl Friedrich Theodor Strehlow (1871-1922) was ordained a Lutheran minister 'in 1892 and worked for the missionary J.G. Reuther of the Bethesda Mission at Killalpaninna among the Dieri Aborigines near Cooper's Creek, South Australia; he helped Reuther to translate the New Testament into the Dieri language. In September 1894 the..... More

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1926]. Not least, there is a lengthy well-illustrated account (88 pages) of their travels through the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia; Michael Terry figures prominently. More

Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers, 1887. More

Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. 'These sensitive studies are neither tourist poses nor anthropological records' (dustwrapper blurb). The title page is inscribed and signed 'To Olga Hardy with much regards from the Author, Charles P. Mountford'. We know of Olga Hardy only as the author of 'Like a Bird on..... More

Adelaide, The Author, 1991. Inscribed and signed in ink by the author on the title page. The story of the army transport units that were the vital link between the railheads of Alice Springs, Mt Isa and Larrimah. More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1866. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 79 and 80 of 1866. The first one, by Frederick Howard, gives a summary account of activities from 28 December 1865 to 26 August 1866. It contains numerous references to the McKinlay expedition; the 'Beatrice' was its support vessel. Most of..... More

Darwin, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, 1995. Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin Number 20. More

Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1995 (second facsimile edition)/ 1875. This new cheaper reprint (of 2000 copies) should ease the demand not fully catered for by the deluxe edition of only 200 copies several years ago. More

[Melbourne], Australian Post Office, 1972. The photographs show the official centenary celebrations at Alice Springs on 22 August 1972 (46 photographs, including the reopening of the restored Old Telegraph Station), and in Adelaide on 21 and 22 August (5 photographs). Dignitaries present include Sir Alan Hulme (Postmaster General), Sir Arthur..... More