Eileen Cowin. November 14-December 8, 1987
Tokyo, Gallery Min, 1987. Introduction by Mark Johnstone. More
Women
Minymaku Kutju Tjukurpa. Women's Business Manual. Standard Treatment Manual for Women's Business in Central Australia
Alice Springs, Congress Alukura and Nganampa Health Council Inc, July 1994 (second edition)/ 1990. '... aims to provide standard management protocols for health staff working with Aboriginal women in Central Australia'. More
The Queen Adelaide Club, 1909-1982. A History of the Club to mark the Seventy-fifth Anniversary
Adelaide, The History Sub-Committee, 1984. More
Henry Handel Richardson. A Life
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004. More
Australian Women at War
Melbourne, Nelson, 1984. More
Catherine the Great. Life and Legend
London, The Folio Society, 1999 (first thus). 'Over two centuries after her death, she still enjoys immense recognition as celebrity, superstar and sex symbol - reputations that show no sign of flagging' (introduction). More
The Tiger in the Smoke
London, The Folio Society, 2013 (first thus). Introduction by Alexander McCall Smith. More
Arcadian Adelaide
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1985 (facsimile)/1905. With "Thistle Anderson in Edwardian Adelaide" by Derek Whitelock: pages 11-28. More
Dives' Wife and Other Fragments
Paisley, Alexander Gardner, 1908. Ten short prose works by the author of 'Arcadian Adelaide' (a venomous invective against the self-satisfaction and dullness of Edwardian Adelaide); the last page collects press notices for both 'Arcadian Adelaide' and its sequel, 'The Arcadians'. 'These fragments spell the idle moments of a restless life..... More
A Woman's War. The Exceptional Life of Wilma Oram Young, AM
Chatswood, New Holland Publishers, 2011 (updated edition) / 2003. A prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War, Wilma Oram Young returned to Australia and was instrumental in assisting other former POWs through her work with the RSL and public speaking. More
History of the Women's Australian National Services, South Australia
[Kingswood, Women's Australian National Services of South Australia, 1981]. More
The Happy Garden
London, Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1912. 'Mary Ansell (1868-1950) published three books in her lifetime: "The Happy Garden" and "Happy Houses", both in 1912; and "Dogs and Men" in 1924. The former two were written three years after she had left her writer-husband, J.M. Barrie, for Gilbert Cannan, an up-and-coming..... More
The Happy Garden
London, Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1912. 'Mary Ansell (1868-1950) published three books in her lifetime: "The Happy Garden" and "Happy Houses", both in 1912; and "Dogs and Men" in 1924. The former two were written three years after she had left her writer-husband, J.M. Barrie, for Gilbert Cannan, an up-and-coming..... More
Girl with a Monkey
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1958 [first edition]. The author's first book. More
Patchwork Child. Early Memories
New York, Random House, 1993 [first thus]. More
With the AANS, 1939-1945
[Adelaide, Australia Remembers Committee, 1995]. A collection of personal accounts of Australian Army Nursing Service nurses during the Second World War. The draft manuscript was prepared by the Griffin Press, but never proceeded to publication; this is a facsimile of the proof, from a copy in the collection of the..... More
The Lie and Other Lines
North Kensington, The Koolinda Press, 1913. Sydney Partrige was the pseudonym of Mrs Hal E. Stone. More
Traveller's Joy. The Diary of Josephine Mary Bagot. Part 1: 1926-1927
Adelaide, The Hassell Press, 1948. 'Twenty-five copies printed for private circulation' is printed on the verso of the title page: consider it rare. Loosely inserted is a printed 'With the Compliments of the Editor' slip (identifying Walter Hervey Bagot). A handwritten note attests to the fact the book was received..... More
Aspects of Tasmanian Botany. A Tribute to Winifred Curtis
Hobart, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1991. 'The volume is published in appreciation of the work of Dr. W.M. Curtis AM and to mark her 85th year. 'Richea curtisiae Gray', one of many species named in her honour, is featured on the cover' (from the loosely inserted - slightly creased -..... More
Guns and Brooches. Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1992. More
The Native Tribes of Western Australia. Edited by Isobel White
Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1985. Provenance: Roslyn Poignant's copy. Signed and warmly inscribed in ink to Roslyn by the publisher's editor (Sally McCann), and signed in ink by the editor, on the title page. Roslyn Poignant (1927-2019) [was] 'trained as an anthropologist and historian; she was also a masterful..... More
Memories of Tasmania and of the McLeay River and New England Districts of New South Wales and of Port Fairy in the Western District of Port Phillip, by a Lady in Australia
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1980. Reset from the (anonymous) first edition of 1873, 'Memories of the Past, 1834-1848'; number 21 of 500 copies. More
Listen to Our Stories. An Anthology of Writing by Aboriginal and Islander Women of Australia
Nakara, Nungalinya College, [1993]. 'Tales, autobiographical writings, and stories written as part of the English and literary component of the women's studies course at Nungalinya College' (Trove). More
Charleston. A Bloomsbury house & garden. Photographs by Allen MacWeeney
London, Frances Lincoln, 1997. More