Canberra, Government Printer, 1939. The period covered is 1 July to 31 December 1938. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 172 of 1937-38-39; only 810 copies printed. More about Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia. Report for period ended 31st...
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1907. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 12 of 1907 (Second Session); only 900 copies printed. The items under discussion are primarily of a tropical nature: cotton fibres, mohair, vegetable oils, rice, rubber, coffee beans, tobacco leaf, dates (and fish). More about Bounties Bill, 1907. Memorandum, including Report of Conference of State Agricultural Experts,...
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 about Queensland Geographical Journal (New Series) including the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical...
Several photographs that suggest an approximate date clearly show other unique aircraft; one of these is VH-UZX. There were in fact two aircraft registered VH-UZX in Australia. The first one, a DH84 Dragon, crashed at Croydon in the UK on 26 February 1938 before delivery to Australia. The second one... More about A large cloth-bound album (300 x 385 mm) containing 478 original vintage gelatin silver...
Brisbane, The Presbyterian Church, 1949. More about The Centenary History of The Presbyterian Church of Queensland, 1849-1949
Brisbane, The Presbyterian Church, 1949. More about The Centenary History of The Presbyterian Church of Queensland, 1849-1949
Brisbane, Gordon and Gotch (for the Executrix and Children), 1896. With much on Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the relevant states; subjects include 'The Lady Augusta', the Constitution, the Anti-Transporation debate, 'The Incursions of the Blacks', Squatting, John Petrie and the Liberty of the Press. More about Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences (Illustrated), together with Portraits of Some of the...
Townsville, Deparment of History and Politics James Cook University of North Queensland, 1996 (revised edition)/ 1978. Not stated as such, but the author's personal copy. More about "If Anything, Too Safe". The Mount Mulligan Coalmine Disaster of 1921
Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland, 1978. Not stated as such, but the author's personal copy. Studies in North Queensland History Number 2. More about The Mount Mulligan Disaster
Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland, 1978. Not stated as such, but the author's personal copy. Studies in North Queensland History Number 2. More about The Mount Mulligan Disaster
London, William Heinemann, 1930. Some Australian content. More about Pearl Diver. Adventuring Over and Under Southern Seas
Adelaide, RSSA, 1940. This issue also contains MOUNTFORD, C.P.: Aboriginal Stone Structures (9 pages with 2 maps and 2 illustrations plus 8 plates). More about Notes on the Sign-Language of the Jaralde Tribe, of the Lower River Murray, South Australia....
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Brisbane, Government Printer, 1899. Queensland Parliamentary Paper A 35-1899. A comprehensive document with details of the troops proposed to be sent and the nature of their engagement in the war. Offered with five similar and related papers of the same year: 1. Approval by Legislative Assembly of Proposal to Despatch... More about Queensland Troops for the Transvaal .. Return [for] .. Copies of all Correspondence, Documents,...
Darwin, Reed International, 1997/ 1993 (revised edition). Aboriginal plant usage (for food, craft and medicinal purposes) is noted throughout, and a revised edition of 'Top End Native Plants' (1988). More about Native Plants of Northern Australia
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 [facsimile edition]/ 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of only 500 copies. Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has been reprinted. Loosely inserted is a flyer for the Friends of the State Library of SA facsimile program. More about A Successful Exploration through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of...
Adelaide, RSSA, 1934. This issue also contains FRY, Dr H.K.: Kinship and Descent among the Australian Aborigines (8 pages) and MAWSON, Sir Douglas: The Arltunga and Karoonda Meteorites (6 pages). More about Notes on the Aborigines of the South-East of South Australia. [Contained in] Transactions of the...
Sydney, Ure Smith, 1960. Signed by the author to 'Ted' [T.G.H.] Strehlow. 'The impact of white civilisation on old ways of life'. More about Naked we are Born
Bundaberg, Corkwood, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1849. The first of the Les Hiddins Series of Facsimiles; the six-page introduction by Hiddins and the plates (five in colour) are new to this edition. More about Narrative of an Expedition undertaken under the Direction of the late Mr Assistant Surveyor E.B....
Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1972. Cawte 'writes of the Aborigines of Mornington Island in the Wellesley group as they live today, [describing] their assimilation into the dominant white Australian culture and the assimilation of Western ways into their traditional way of life...'. More about Cruel, Poor and Brutal Nations. The Assessment of Mental Health in an Australian Aboriginal...
Sydney, Boolarong Publications, 1967. Presentation inscription dated (1986) signed by the author's wife. The 'Thomas King' was wrecked on Cato's reef, off the Queensland coast. Not least The Massacre and Captain Walker's heroic journey to safety. More about Captain Walker's Marathon (including the story of the wreck of the 'Thomas King' in 1852 and the...
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1970. The fifth in a series of aboriginal bibliographies on areas "of the continent which offer the best possibilities for research on the traditional life of the Aborigines". Primarily the Gulf Country (Northern Territory border to the Gilbert River) plus south-west Queensland (west of... More about North-West-Central Queensland. An Annotated Bibliography
On the verso of the leaves on which the photograph is mounted are the ink signatures of the Queensland team for the match referred to above (on one page) and the Victorian team for the match against Queensland in Brisbane, 1-5 February 1936 (SSM 292). The signatures for Queensland are... More about A vintage gelatin silver photograph (approximately 305 x 155 mm) of Don Bradman executing a...
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1968. 'From his exploration of the Burdekin and his establishment of the first northern township at Bowen in 1861 to his final expedition to the Torres Straits islands in 1874 he was in the vanguard of pioneers'. More about Frontiersman. A Biography of George Elphinstone Dalrymple
