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1) Voices, Spring 1994: The Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Australia

Australia: National Library of Australia, 1994. 127 pp. Occasional b&w photos and illustrations. Articles on: The Procurement and Use of Aboriginal Peoples' Bodies in Early Colonial Australia (Paul Turnbull); Poetry by Paul Conrad, Jeri Kroll, RA Simpson, Jean Kent, Geoff Page, Robert Gray, Peter Bakowski, Mark O'Connor, Diane Fahey, Alan Gould; The Role of the Academy in Contemporary Australia (Andrew Reimer); Australian Reviews and Literary Magazines (Peter Coleman); Expatriate Voices (Bruce Bennett); Prose fiction by Tony Lintermans, Marion Halligan; Stirring of the Gum Leaves (Marcie Muir); Book Reviews. Corners lightly bumped, wraps with light general wear, creasing at spine, some edgewear at corners.. First. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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2) Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry Into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families

Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997. 689 pp. Very light scuffing and edgewear to cover. Lower front corner creased. Spine, lightly creased, is very slightly canted. Internally as new. Illustrated with b/w photos.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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3) The Great Land Grab: What Every Australian Should Know About Wik, Mabo and the Ten-Point Plan
Bachelard, Michael

South Melboune: Hyland House Publishing, 1997. xiv, 141 pp. Slight yellowing to page edges, otherwise as new. Forewords by Patrick Dodson, Cheryl Kernot and Jack Waterford. Map of land use in Australia, notes, appendices, index.. Revised Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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4) Media Tarts: How the Australian Press Frames Female Politicians
Baird, Julia

Melbourne: Scribe, 2004. 330 pp. Light edgewear to illustrated wraps, scuffing to lower edge of text block. Internally as new. Illustrated with b/w photos.. First. Paperback. Very Good +. Large 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. (more information)

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5) Anderson's Social Philosophy: The Social Thought & Political Life of Professor John Anderson
Baker, A.J

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1979. 152 pp. Cover slightly discoloured and worn at the corners. Edges lightly mottled.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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6) Generations: Grandmothers, Mothers, and Daughters
Bell, Diane; Hawkes, Ponch

Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia: McPhee Gribble, 1987. 280 pp. A little shelfworn; small crease to front cover. Interior clean, bright and tightly bound. The Bicentennial Landmark Publication for Women.. First. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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7) Meet the People: Stories of the Pilbara
Bickerton, Arthur

Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Arts Center Press, 1989. 205 pgs. Paperback with dustwrapper (now protected). DW has small chip to top of spine. Book cover has some slight wear along bottom edge. Tidy owner's stamp to ffep. "...a collection of anecdotal stories, of yarns, set in Australia's great north-west of the 1950s and 60s.". First. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. (more information)

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8) Odd Fellows: A History Of Ioof Australia
Blainey, Geoffrey

New South Wales: Allen&Unwin Australia, 1991. viii, 160 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in archival Mylar, is not price clipped. DW has slight edgewear (wrinkling) and very light scratches to the front panel. Boards have light wear (slightly bumped corners). Internally unmarked, unwrinkled and tightly bound.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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9) Australia's Home
Boyd, Robin

Australia: Pelican, 1968. 316pp. B&W plates section. "...the story of the Australian home - the small house, its builders and its occupiers." Excellent condition internally, wraps with some yellowing to inside margins, some general and edgewear and some creasing at spine.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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10) Robert Menzies' Forgotten People
Brett, Judith

Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 1992. xi, 313 pp. B&W plates sections. "...innovative, absorbing and essential reading for an understanding of the Australia that produced a Menzies - and of a prime minister who, whether loved or hated, shaped the way we imagined ourselves in the post-war world." Some light foxing/staining to page edges. Wraps with extremely light general and edgewear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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11) Neville Bonner, a Biography
Burger, Angela Sutherland

Australia: Macmillan, 1979. 169pp. Biography of the first Aborigine sworn in to the Australian Federal Parliament. Internally excellent, minor edgewear to boards. Dustjacket sunned at spine, some minor scuffing, small open tear to top edge of back cover.. First. Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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12) Money Creation: The Great Confidence Trick
Burgi, E. L

Wandin, Victoria (Australia): Edmund L. Burgi, 1994. 137 pp. Very light general and edgewear to wraps. Internally as new.. First. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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13) Intruders in the Bush: The Australian Quest for Identity
Carroll, John, Editor

Melbourne: Oxford, 1992. viii, 256 pp. Very light wear to cover, interior as new. . Second Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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14) On the Fence: An Anthology of Ukrainian Prose in Australia
Chub, Dmytro (ed.)

Doncaster, Australia & Toronto Canada: Lastivka, 1985. 151 pp. Spine sunned, corners slightly curled, three or four small splotches to fore-edge. Internally fine.. First Edition. Paper Back. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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15) Australian Autobiography: The Personal Quest
Colmer, John

New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 174 pp. "...traces the personal quest of a number of writers to discover the truth about themselves and their place in Australian society." Wraps with light edgewear, bottom corner bumped and lightly creased.. First Edition. Paperback. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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16) Broometime
Coombs, Anne, and Susan Varga

Sydney: Sceptre / Hodder Headline Australia, 2001. 294 pp. Vertical creases to front and back covers (pages are not creased) some edgewear, including small dent on top edge and slight wrinkling under the dent to two pages. Light uniform yellowing to page edges. Interior is bright, clean and tightly bound. The first edition of this book was recalled because of protests from some members of the Broome community.. Revised Edition. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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17) Asians in Australia: Patterns of Migration & Settlement
Coughlan, James E.; McNamara, Deborah J., Eds

South Melboune: Macmillan Education Australia, 1997. 338 pp. Top corner slightly bumped. Rem mark to bottom edge. Review copy stamp and sticker on inside cover and first page. Otherwise clean, shiny and tightly bound.. First Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. (more information)

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18) Making the Australian Male: Middle-class Masculinity 1870-1920
Crotty, Martin

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 2001. 301 pp. Very light edgewear. Internally as new.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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19) The Politician Who Laughed
Daly, Fred

Melbourne: Hutchinson Australia, 1982. 131 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in archival mylar, is not clipped. Very light edgewear to black cloth boards. A couple of faint splotches to lower edge of text block. Internally clean and solidly bound. Signed by author on ffep.. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Vane Lindesay. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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20) In This Our Necessity: A Book on Water in South-Eastern Australia
Davis, A J

Melbourne: Hall's Book Store, 1969. 162pp. B&W photos, illustrations, maps, diagrams throughout. "Drought is one of the few things which can be certain in Australia, the driest country in the world. The average condition anywhere here is one of water shortage." Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Wraps with light edgewear.. First. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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21) Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge
Dershowitz, Alan M

Melbourne, Australia: Scribe, 2003. 266 pp. "...an essential tool for combating terrorism while preserving our democratic values." Very good internally, remainder mark to bottom page edge, wraps with light edgewear.. First Australian. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. (more information)

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22) The Coast Dwellers - A Radical Reappraisal of Australian Identity
Drew, Philip

Australia: Penguin, 1994. 193pp. "Australians are not by nature introspective - we look outwards to gain a sense of who and where we are." Internally excellent but for very slight yellowing to top page edge and margin. Wraps with very minor edgewear.. First. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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23) Demons and Democrats: 1950s Labor at the Crossroads
Duffy, Gavan

Melbourne: Freedom, 2002. 203 pp. A little wear to covers, incl. bumped lower front corner. Internally unmarked, uncreased, soldily bound.. First. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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24) The Greening of the Red: Sustainability, Socialism and the Environmental Crisis (Australia: Strategies for Renewal series)
Dunkley, Graham

Sydney and Melbourne: Australian Fabian Society, Socialist Forum and Pluto Press, 1992. 139 pp. Very light edgewear to glossy wraps. . First. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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25) Exclusion Exploitation and Extermination: Race Relations in Colonial Queensland
Evans, Raymond, Kay Saunders and Kathryn Cronin

Sydney: Australia and New Zealand Book Company, 1975. xii, 446 pp. Slight edgewear, spine a little creased, but binding is solid. Interior as new. Some black-and-white illustrations.. First. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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26) Beasts Of Suburbia
Ferber, Sarah; Healy, Chris; McAuliffe, Chris

Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1994. xvii, 257 pp. Occasional b&w illustrations. Wraps with very light edgewear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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27) Landed Enterprise and Penal Society: A History Of Farming and Grazing in New South Wales Before 1821
Fletcher, Brian H

NSW Australia: Sydney University Press, 1976. xiii, 265 pp. Page edges yellowed, light foxing to half-title and title page. Whiteout to rear flyleaf and page edge - apparently covering library stamps, although these are the only ex-library markings anywhere on the book. Boards very lightly bumped at corners, with light edgewear. Dustjacket with light edgewear, tending towards moderate on the back cover portion.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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28) Watershed
Fullerton, Ticky

Sydney: ABC Books, 2001. 354 pp. Very light edgewear. Lower edge of text block a little scuffed. Internally as new. History of water in Australia.. First. Paperback. Very Good +. Octavo. (more information)

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29) The Uses of Art: Constructing Australian Identities
Gibson, Lisanne

St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2001. 173 pp. A few faint splotches to lightly yellowed edges of text block. Spine uncreased. Internally unmarked and firmly bound. . First. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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30) Charles Cameron Kingston, Federation Father
Glass, Margaret

Carlton, Victoria: The Miegunyah Press, 1997. xii, 247 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in clear removable sleeve, is not price clipped. Green cloth boards with only the lightest wear, probably from the publishing process, at corners. Illustrated with b/w drawings and plates.. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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