Search Results: Australiana; History from E. Manning Books

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 2009. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), 327 pages. ISBN: 9781405039468. Good condition. Bumped, scuffed. Rolled, creased at corners & edges. Page corners rolled/creased. "In August 1833, the Amphitrite, a small convict ship bound for the colonies of Australia, was wrecked in a terrible storm on the coast of France. She carried 102 female prisoners, 12 of their children, along with the captain, the crew, a medical officer and one passenger – the medical officer's wife. Only three people survived. It was the convict era's first major shipwreck. The death of so many women and children, largely due to the incompetence and blind bigotry of those responsible for their safety, was a scandal that threatened to rock the very foundations of the transportation system. The reaction of the British Government was to cover it up, refusing to release even the names of the dead, depriving those tragic women and children of their very identity,… Read More

Kenmore-Brookfield Parish of the Uniting Church, Brisbane, 1998. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), x, 138 pages (with index). B&W photographs/illustrations. ISBN: 0646364960. Very Good condition. Bumped, scuffed/scratched. Lightly rolled/creased at corners. "For more than 125 years Brookfielders have met for worship, learning and social events. 'Different Tracks' is a story of the people, their neighbours and the small chapel which, despite struggles, endured as a church and helped to build a community. Those who took on the task of bringing and idea to publication had unflagging support from descendants of early settlers who asked that a tale be told. 'Different Tracks' examines a small country community, its faith in itself and its church and its ability to go forward despite adversity and differences in ideals or beliefs." Weight: (before packaging): 450g.

Pan Books (Australia) Pty Limited, Sydney, 1982. Facsimile Edition of original first published 1906 by William Brooks & Company. Softcover (13 x 20 cm), xxii, 126 pages. ISBN: 0330270389. Good condition. Bumped, rubbed/scuffed, soiled. Creased, most notably at corners. Pages tanning. "In 1895 George Collingridge published 'The Discovery of Australia', the first full-length historical study to investigate early European explorations of Australia's coastline. His work is based on a series of maps known as the Dieppe maps, produced in France between 1536-66 which show a large landmass named 'Jave-la-Grande' between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and are believed to have been drawn from Portuguese originals. In 1906 Collingridge produced a revised and abridge edition, 'The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea'. However, due to an unhappy turn of events, the book was not a success. This facsimile edition, with a new Foreword and Introduction by two… Read More

Angus & Robertson Classics edition 1999 (Reprint). Softcover (13 x 20 cm), 209 pages. ISBN: 0207196931. Very Good condition. Covers bumped, scuffed. Front cover creased along bottom edge/corner. Pages tanning/foxing. "For fifty years after James Nash discovered gold in 1867 at the spot on the Mary River in Queensland where Gympie now stands, gold was the town's main source of income. And in that period the lure of a fortune was responsible for many dramatic events - the sensational Escort Murder, hold-ups by bushrangers, battles between Chinese and European prospectors - which Hector Holthouse vividly describes against a background of life in a frontier town with all its hardships. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of the period and the author's own photographs of present-day Gympie, 'Gympie Gold' is popular history at its most readable."

Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, Australia. First Edition 1987. Hardcover (19 x 27 cm), vi, 208 pages. The book is in Very Good condition. Grey cloth boards with white lettering on front and along spine. Bumped & rubbed. Rolled/creased at head & foot of spine. Pages soiled/foxing, most notably along top edge. The dust jacket (dj) is in Good+ condition. Bumped, rubbed, scuffed/scratched. Rolled, creased along edges. The dj is covered in an archival book cover (removable). Additional photographs provided upon request. Weight (before packaging): 775g

University of Queensland Press, 1993. Softcover (14 x 22 cm), xix, 272 pages. ISBN: 0702224537. Good condition. Covers bumped, scuffed, creased (most notably at corners).

Publishers Pty. Ltd., Hobart. Hardcover (20 x 28 cm), xv, 140 pages. ISBN: 0949325007. Signed by Author on title page. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Good condition. Pictorial boards in like dj. The boards are bumped, rubbed. Rolled/creased at corners and head & foot of spine. Pages foxing, mainly along top edge. The dj is bumped/rubbed, scuffed. Soiled, foxing. Chipped, creased. There are two tears (approx 1cm) on the front (bottom) and one tear (approx 2cm) on rear (top). The dj is protected in an archival (removable) book jacket cover. Weight (before packaging): 740g

Boolarong Publications, Brisbane. 1986. Hardcover (17 x 25 cm), x, 109 pages. ISBN: 090817599X. Good condition. The boards are bumped, rubbed. Slanted spine. The dust jacket is scuffed/scratched, chipped, with closed tears along flap fold. Tanning. "John Archer, the author's father, was the first of the second generation of one of Queensland's oldest pioneering pastoral families to appear on the Australian scene. The great properties of Durundur, Emu Creek, Cooyar, Eidsvold, Gracemere, Peak Downs, Minnie Downs and Torsdale - the locations of Burketown, the Barclay Tablelands, the Gulf Country and the great rivers of the north, the families of the Averys, the S.R. Macdonalds, the A.L. Macdonalds, the Patterson, the Geddess, the McNallys, the Barretts and the R.S. and J. Archers - all go to make up the scenarios and characters in this colourful saga of a great pioneering family." Weight: 440g.

ABC Books, Sydney, 2006. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), xx, 297 pages. ISBN: 0733317014. Very Good condition. Covers bumped, lightly creased at edges & corners. Page edges foxing/soiled. "Almost two hundred years ago a young British sailor carved his ship's name, 'Mermaid', on a Kimberley coast boab tree - it is still there today, probably Australia's oldest living graffiti. It also marked the beginning of an extraordinary period of optimism and adventure in Australia's history. The race to survey and settle Australia's west and northern coastlines was the equivalent of last century's 'space race', as France, Britain and Holland competed commercially for antipodean bases after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. "The Mermaid Tree" is the extraordinary story of the little-known successors to Cook, Bligh, La Perouse, and Flinders, why they did it, what they got out of it and the haphazard global politics they had to endure. King, Freycinet,… Read More

Penguin Australia, 2009. Softcover (13 x 20 cm), 277 pages. ISBN: 9780143010760. Very Good condition. Lightly creased, scuffed/scratched. Marked out/inked area at top corner of first page. "In 'Outback Pioneers', Evan McHugh gathers the enthralling stories of the men and women who opened up the Australian outback and in the process discovered the beauty and terror of this extraordinary country convict explorer John Wilson, Australia's greatest drover, Nat Buchanan, the men who built the Coolgardie Pipeline and the Trans-Australian Railway and more..

Angus & Robertson, Reprint 1997. Softcover (13 x 20 cm), 217 pages. ISBN: 0207187789. Very Good condition. Covers bumped, scuffed, creased. Pages tanning/foxing.

Kangaroo Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover (16 x 24 cm), 176 pages (with index). ISBN: 0864175213. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Good+ condition. Bumped, rubbed. Slight slant to spine. Pages tanning/foxing. The dj is rolled/creased at corners. Spine appears faded. Weight (before packaging): 575g

Marjorie Bligh, 1988. Assumed First Edition. Softcover (18 x 25 cm), viii, 464 pages (with index & list of photographs). ISBN: 0959431527. Good condition. Bumped, scuffed, creased and soiled. Pages tanning/foxing. There is an inscription (author's name, address & phone #) on page vi. "Contents include: Aborigines, Associations, Australian History, Bishops, Bushranging, Clubs, Coins, Commemorative days, Convicts, Executions, Fauna, Flora, Governor Generals to Premiers, Industries, Inventors, Media, Mountains and Waterfalls, Municipalities, Other States, Prominent people, Royal visits, Ships, Sport, Tasmania discovery and history, Territories, Transport, Wars, World Wonders, and more." Weight (before packaging): 935g.

Simon & Schuster Australia, 2004. Hardcover (14 x 21 cm), ix, 278 pages. ISBN: 0731812247. The book and dust jacket are in Very Good condition. Bumped, rubbed. The dj is scuffed/scratched, chipped and soiled. "'Only a stone's throw from central Sydney, Middle Harbour has a mystique all its own. Unlike most Australian city environs, it still has regions of virtually notched bushland. 'Times & Tides' is an exploration of this unique - and precious - part of Australia." Weight (before packaging): 435g.

Oxford University Press, 1993. Softcover (14 x 22 cm), 160 pages. ISBN: 0195534964. Very Good condition. Bumped, scuffed, lightly creased.

The Five Mile Press. Expanded, revised and redesigned edition published 2012. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), 320 pages, with more than 200 photographs, engravings and items of ephemera. ISBN: 9781743006344. Near Fine condition. "Wild Colonial Boys' offers a bold and exciting look at the bushranging period of Australia's colonial history. It takes the reader on a chronological journey from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to the tormented years of Port Arthur and Norfolk Island, and on to the saga of the last of the fighting and defiant Irishmen, Ned Kelly. Includes more than 200 photographs, engravings and items of ephemera. A revised and totally redesigned classic which includes the full version of Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter and features a brand new chapter on the bushranger myth in the 21st century. This is pictorial history at its finest." Weight (before packaging): 755g