South Australian Motor Cars, 1881-1942
Dover Gardens, The Vinall Family, 1987. One of 1000 copies. Provenance: 'E.J. Harris' is written in ink on the front pastedown. More
South Australia
David Jones' 175 Years
Sydney, New South/ University of New South Wales Press, 2013. More
The History of Marion on the Sturt. The Story of a Changing Landscape and its People
Frewville, Peacock Publications, 1981. Dated (1982), inscribed and signed and by the author on the title page. More
From Snow to Jungle. A History of the 2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1987. 'The Battalion was formed in South Australia in 1940 and its first Commanding Officer was Arthur Blackburn, an Adelaide solicitor who had won the Victoria Cross at Pozieres in 1916'. More
The Story of the Elder Bequest. Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2000. A collection of essays to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Elder Wing. 'The Elder Bequest was the first major cash bequest fund to any Australian museum and in only three years this act of generosity transformed the Art Gallery of South Australia..... More
Treasure Ships. Art in the Age of Spices
Adelaide, Art Gallery of SA, 2015. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 13 June to 30 August 2015. More
Kangaroo Island Shipwrecks. An Account of the Ships and Cutters wrecked around Kangaroo Island
Kingscote, Gifford Chapman, 2007 [updated edition]/ 1972. More
Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines
Carlton South, Miegunyah Press/ Melbourne University Press, 2001. David Unaipon was uncredited when the stories in this book were published in 1930 as W. Ramsay Smith's 'Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines'; the lengthy introduction by the editors, Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker, is worth the price of admission..... More
The Messages of its Walls & Fields. A History of St Peter's College, 1847 to 2009
Kent Town, The Council of Governors of St Peter's College/ Wakefield Press, 2010. More
Ever Yours, C.H. Spence. Catherine Helen Spence's 'An Autobiography' (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910). Edited by Susan Magarey, with Barbara Wall, Mary Lyons and Maryan Beams
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2005. Edited by Susan Magary with Barbara Wall, Mary Lyons and Maryan Beams. More
![Item #127200 Acacia decurrens [Black Wattle]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa FIVEASH,...](/pictures/thumb/127200.jpg?v=1669880112)
Acacia decurrens [Black Wattle]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 26 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127199 Eremophila alternifolia [Narrow-leaved Poverty Bush]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt...](/pictures/thumb/127199.jpg?v=1669880185)
Eremophila alternifolia [Narrow-leaved Poverty Bush]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 35 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127194 Eucalyptus leucoxylon, var. Macrocarpa (White flowering) [Yellow Gum]. J. E. BROWN,...](/pictures/thumb/127194.jpg?v=1669880240)
Eucalyptus leucoxylon, var. Macrocarpa (White flowering) [Yellow Gum]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the plates as published. Eventually, enough became too much..... More
![Item #127193 Eucalyptus rostrata [River Red Gum]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa...](/pictures/thumb/127193.jpg?v=1669880259)
Eucalyptus rostrata [River Red Gum]
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 43 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127192 Eucalyptus gunnii [Cider Gum]. J. E. BROWN, Rosa FIVEASH, Harcourt BARRETT](/pictures/thumb/127192.jpg?v=1669880092)
Eucalyptus gunnii [Cider Gum]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), initialled in the image 'R.C.F.' (Rosa Catherine Fiveash). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the..... More
![Item #127191 Eucalyptus lansdowneana [Crimson Mallee]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa...](/pictures/thumb/127191.jpg?v=1669880216)
Eucalyptus lansdowneana [Crimson Mallee]
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 44 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127187 Dodonaea lobulata [Lobed Leaf Hop Bush]. J. E. BROWN, Rosa FIVEASH, Harcourt BARRETT](/pictures/thumb/127187.jpg?v=1669880072)
Dodonaea lobulata [Lobed Leaf Hop Bush]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 17 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet, and initialled in the image 'R.C.F.' (Rosa Catherine Fiveash). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular..... More
![Item #127182 Templetonia retusa [Cockies Tongues]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa...](/pictures/thumb/127182.jpg?v=1669880307)
Templetonia retusa [Cockies Tongues]
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 45 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
South Australia. Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 14 February 1840; - for, Returns of the Quantity of Land in South Australia sold by the Colonization Commissioners since the 5th day of May 1835 ...
[London], 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed', 10 April 1840. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper Number 223 of 1840. The full title runs to 23 lines, enumerating ten separate returns. 'Contains valuable information with respect to many South Australian subjects' (Ferguson), but the perennial value of..... More
![Item #132000 Wendts. Established 85 Years... 74 Rundle Street Adelaide [cover title]. Trade...](/pictures/thumb/132000_01.jpg?v=1669332546)
Wendts. Established 85 Years... 74 Rundle Street Adelaide [cover title]
Adelaide, [The Company, circa 1939]. The detachable order form for Wendts 'The Premier Jewellers' (as well as 'Diamond Merchants, Jewellers, Watch Experts and Opticians') is still present at the rear of the catalogue; it carries the printed decade date of 193*. The catalogue contains products in these areas, as well..... More
Western and Southern Australia. Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 29 May 1838; for, No. 1, Return of all the Expenses defrayed by this Country in the Colony of Western Australia during the Last Three Years, ending 5 April 1838, in each Year respectively ...
[London], 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed', 1838. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper Number 685 of 1838. The bulk of this important paper (pages 4-19) is given over to 'Nos. 5, 6, 7. Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir James Stirling, bearing Date 15 October..... More
Ern Malley's Journal. Volume 2, Number 1, May 1955 and Volume 2, Number 2, November 1955 [the last two issues published]
Heidelberg, The Editors [only Reed and Reid edited Number 2], 1955. Six numbers of the journal were published between November 1952 and November 1955. The introduction to the first number stated that 'Six years ago Ern Malley lived and died in Australia. Child of the unintended creative act of two..... More
Report of the Masters and Wardens of the Trinity House of Port Adelaide, appointed to inquire into the Loss of the 'Melbourne' at the Mouth of the River Murray; together with Minutes of Evidence
Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1860. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 25 of 1860. The steamer sank without loss of life after having initially struck on the eastern bank of the Channel after leaving Goolwa. A re-survey of the mouth of the Murray was organized; the accompanying chart is overprinted..... More
A vintage nineteenth-century photograph of Adelaide from Kent Town
The photographer's credit and reference number ('Sweet | Adelaide | 526') is scratched in the negative. The photograph was taken from on top of the Kent Town Brewery, looking west along Rundle Street across the parklands, taking in all to the right (north) as far as the old Royal Adelaide..... More
A vintage nineteenth-century photograph of Adelaide, taken from the Post Office Tower looking towards North Adelaide
The photograph shows the eastern side of a fairly quiet King William Street; the clockless tower of the Town Hall has a prominent position to the right of the image. Captain Samuel White Sweet (1825-1886), was a sea captain, surveyor and photographer: after he was censured when his ship ran..... More