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The Old Sixteenth. Being a Record of the 16th Battalion AIF, during the Great War, 1914-1918.. With Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash. 16th Battalion, Captain Cyril LONGMORE.

[16th Battalion]. LONGMORE, Captain Cyril

The Old Sixteenth. Being a Record of the 16th Battalion AIF, during the Great War, 1914-1918.. With Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash .

Perth, History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, 1929. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's history. Dornbusch 324; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 219. More

Price: $800.00

'Eggs-A-Cook!' The Story of the Forty-Fourth. War - as the Digger Saw It ['as the Digger Fought It' (cover subtitle)]. 44th Battalion, Captain Cyril LONGMORE.

[44th Battalion]. LONGMORE, Captain Cyril

'Eggs-A-Cook!' The Story of the Forty-Fourth. War - as the Digger Saw It ['as the Digger Fought It' (cover subtitle)]

Perth, Colortype Press, 1921. In the bottom left-hand corner of the frontispiece portrait of Captain Longmore, he has written in ink 'With compliments from C. Longmore 12.1.22'. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of... More

Price: $5,500.00

The Beginning. European Discovery and Early Settlement of Swan River, Western Australia. R. T. APPLEYARD, Toby MANFORD.

APPLEYARD, R.T. and Toby MANFORD

The Beginning. European Discovery and Early Settlement of Swan River, Western Australia

Nedlands, University of Western Australia, 1979. More

Price: $40.00

The Amateur Settlers. Lord and Lady APSLEY.

APSLEY, Lord and Lady

The Amateur Settlers

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1926]. With an 88-page well-illustrated account of their travels through the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia; Michael Terry figures prominently. More

Price: $110.00

A large cloth-bound album (300 x 385 mm) containing 478 original vintage gelatin silver photographs in three main sequences. One important series comprises approximately 240 images (85 x 135 mm) relating to a journey by air in VH-UZU, the first Cessna imported into Australia (by MacRobertson Miller Aviation Company; it was registered on 2 September 1937). Aviation and Mining.

[Aviation and Mining]

A large cloth-bound album (300 x 385 mm) containing 478 original vintage gelatin silver photographs in three main sequences. One important series comprises approximately 240 images (85 x 135 mm) relating to a journey by air in VH-UZU, the first Cessna imported into Australia (by MacRobertson Miller Aviation Company; it was registered on 2 September 1937)

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

Price: $3,000.00

A vintage gelatin silver photograph (254 x 318 mm) of the West Australian Airways De Havilland DH-66 Hercules biplane G-AUJO, taking off from what may be Adelaide's Parafield Airport. Aviation.

[Aviation]

A vintage gelatin silver photograph (254 x 318 mm) of the West Australian Airways De Havilland DH-66 Hercules biplane G-AUJO, taking off from what may be Adelaide's Parafield Airport

Norman Brearley founded Western Australian Airways in 1921 (called West Australian Airways from 1926). In 1929, WAA 'won a five-year contract for mail flights between Perth and Adelaide ... which it commenced that year using the much larger DH-66 Hercules aircraft. Reflecting the more leisurely pace of air operations in... More

Price: $1,100.00

Abrolhos Islands Archaeological Sites Interim Report. BATAVIA, Myra STANBURY.

[BATAVIA]. STANBURY, Myra (editor)

Abrolhos Islands Archaeological Sites Interim Report

Fremantle, Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology, 2000. Not least, the Batavia Mutiny. Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology Special Publications Number 5. More

Price: $25.00

Notes on the Sign-Language of the Jaralde Tribe, of the Lower River Murray, South Australia. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 64, Part 2, 1940. R. M. BERNDT.

BERNDT, R.M.

Notes on the Sign-Language of the Jaralde Tribe, of the Lower River Murray, South Australia. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 64, Part 2, 1940

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

Price: $55.00

Not Slaves Not Citizens. The Aboriginal Problem in Western Australia, 1898-1954. Peter BISKUP.

BISKUP, Peter

Not Slaves Not Citizens. The Aboriginal Problem in Western Australia, 1898-1954

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1973 [first edition]. More

Price: $65.00

Wollaston's Albany Journals, 1841-1856. Being Volume 2 of the Journals and Diaries of Revd. John Ramsay Wollaston, M.A. Archdeacon of Western Australia, 1849-1856. Rev. Canon A. BURTON, Rev. Percy U. Henn.

BURTON, Rev. Canon A. and Rev. Percy U. Henn (editors)

Wollaston's Albany Journals, 1841-1856. Being Volume 2 of the Journals and Diaries of Revd. John Ramsay Wollaston, M.A. Archdeacon of Western Australia, 1849-1856

Perth, Lamb, [circa 1967]/ 1954. Loosely inserted is the four-page pamphlet (slightly creased) 'St John the Evangelist, Albany', circa 1960s. 'The Personal Diary of an Observant, Educated Early Settler in Western Australia'. Introduction by Malcolm J.L. Uren. More

Price: $80.00

List of Birds collected by the Calvert Expedition in West Australia. With Field Notes by G.A. Keartland, Naturalist to the Expedition. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 22, Part 2, 1898. Calvert Expedition, Alfred J. NORTH.

[Calvert Expedition]. NORTH, Alfred J.

List of Birds collected by the Calvert Expedition in West Australia. With Field Notes by G.A. Keartland, Naturalist to the Expedition. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 22, Part 2, 1898

Keartland's field notes make this far more interesting than the 'List of Birds' title suggests. For example, he concludes his account of the Nankeen kestrel thus: 'I took four eggs from a tree near our camp, and was surprised to find the nest lined with pellets of camel dung. This... More

Price: $250.00

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Equipped at the request and expense of Albert F. Calvert .. for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia. Calvert Expedition, L. A. WELLS.

[Calvert Expedition]. [WELLS, L.A.]

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Equipped at the request and expense of Albert F. Calvert .. for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia

Perth, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92... More

Price: $2,000.00

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Equipped at the Request and Expense of Albert F. Calvert .. for the Purpose of exploring the remaining Blanks of Australia. Calvert Expedition, Lawrence Allen WELLS.

[Calvert Expedition]. [WELLS, Lawrence Allen]

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Equipped at the Request and Expense of Albert F. Calvert .. for the Purpose of exploring the remaining Blanks of Australia

Perth, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92... More

Price: $950.00

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Equipped at the Request and Expense of Albert F. Calvert .. for the Purpose of exploring the remaining Blanks of Australia. Calvert Expedition, Lawrence Allen WELLS.

[Calvert Expedition]. [WELLS, Lawrence Allen]

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Equipped at the Request and Expense of Albert F. Calvert .. for the Purpose of exploring the remaining Blanks of Australia

Perth, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92... More

Price: $650.00

Notes on the Aborigines of the South-East of South Australia. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 58, 1934. Dr T. D. CAMPBELL.

CAMPBELL, Dr T.D.

Notes on the Aborigines of the South-East of South Australia. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 58, 1934

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

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The Canning Stock Route. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 79, 1978. Canning Stock Route, Harry BUTLER.

[Canning Stock Route]. BUTLER, Harry

The Canning Stock Route. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 79, 1978

This issue also contains WHITAKER, Chris: Captain Charles Sturt's Cannon? (5 pages with a plate) and WILLIAMS, Michael: George Woodroffe Goyder. A Practical Geographer (22 pages with 3 maps and 3 plates). More

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In the Company of Women. 100 Years of Australian Women's Art from the Cruthers Collection. Belinda CARRIGAN, co-ordinator.

CARRIGAN, Belinda (co-ordinator)

In the Company of Women. 100 Years of Australian Women's Art from the Cruthers Collection

Perth, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1995. Inscribed and signed by John and Sheila Cruthers to Greenhill Gallery's Russell Starke. More

Price: $40.00

A Grammar of Ngarinjin, Western Australia. H. H. J. COATE, Lynette OATES.

COATE, H.H.J. and Lynette OATES

A Grammar of Ngarinjin, Western Australia

Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1970 [first edition]. Australian Aboriginal Studies Number 25, Linguistics Series Number 10. More

Price: $75.00

The Art of the Wandjina. Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia. I. M. CRAWFORD.

CRAWFORD, I.M.

The Art of the Wandjina. Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia

Melbourne, Oxford University Press in association with the Western Australian Museum, 1968. The author was Curator of Anthropology and Archaeology at the Western Australian Museum; the book is based on information gathered by the author (accompanied by Aboriginal guides and a professional photographer) on five expeditions through the Kimberley. More

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10 Aust Light Horse Regt (AIF) Scrap Book, 1944 [cover title]. Sergeant Len CUTTEN.

CUTTEN, Sergeant Len (editor)

10 Aust Light Horse Regt (AIF) Scrap Book, 1944 [cover title]

Perth, The Regiment, 1944. A few pages are devoted to the Regiment's WW1 precursor, the 10th Light Horse. A rarity; not in the standard bibliographies. More

Price: $450.00

Cobba-Cobba. Francy De GRYS.

De GRYS, Francy

Cobba-Cobba

Adelaide, Rigby, 1961. The story of the author's day-to-day life as a nurse and teacher at La Grange Aboriginal Depot south of Broome. More

Price: $40.00

Survey of New Port in Great Australian Bight. E. A. DELISSER.

DELISSER, E.A.

Survey of New Port in Great Australian Bight

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1867. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 137 of 1867. Reports by E.A. Delisser of his surveys in the Eucla area, and by Captain B. Douglas of HM Colonial Schooner 'Flinders' on Delisser's proposed anchorage and landing-place. The accompanying 'Plan showing surveys and exploration, by Mr E.A. Delisser... More

Price: $650.00

Wool to Stolen Gold. A Life on the Land and in the Law in WA. Frederick J. DOUGLAS.

DOUGLAS, Frederick J.

Wool to Stolen Gold. A Life on the Land and in the Law in WA

Albany, The Author, 1988. Signed by the author - described as 'Ex-Detective Inspector and Deputy Chief of the CIB' on the title page, Inspector Douglas was acting chief of the CIB in Victoria in 1966 ('The Age', 28 November 1966). More

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Illustrated Topical Dictionary of the Western Desert Language. Warburton Ranges Dialect, Western Australia. W. H. DOUGLAS.

DOUGLAS, W.H.

Illustrated Topical Dictionary of the Western Desert Language. Warburton Ranges Dialect, Western Australia

Perth, United Aborigines Mission - Language Department, (1959). Loosely inserted are a supplementary Pronunciation Sheet (one page quarto, produced in the later 1960s) and a receipt signed by the author. More

Price: $75.00

The Scientific Results of the Elder Exploring Expedition. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 16, Part 1, 1892 and Volume 16, Part 2, 1893. Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition.

[Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition]

The Scientific Results of the Elder Exploring Expedition. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 16, Part 1, 1892 and Volume 16, Part 2, 1893

The map is in fact a superb chromolithographed 'Map showing the Route travelled by the Elder Exploring Expedition' and measures 370 x 990 mm, with a chromolithographed 'Sketch Section from Warrina to Annean Station' (180 x 990 mm) printed below it on the same sheet. The map gives detailed routes... More

Price: $650.00

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