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Over the Range

Over the Range

by Ion L Idriess

Over the Range is a 1937 book by Australian author Ion L. Idriess. It tells the story of a police patrol in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1933. The patrol, led by Constable Laurie O'Neill, is tasked with tracking down a group of cattle spearers who have been terrorizing the region.The patrol travels through some of the most remote and rugged terrain in Australia. They face heat, thirst, and danger at every turn. Along the way, they encounter Aboriginal people, wild animals, and the harsh... Read more about this item
Tracks

Tracks

by Robyn Davidson

Robyn Davidson was born in Queensland, Australia, and is the author of Tracks, the extraordinary account of her 1,700-mile journey across Australia with four camels, which won the 1980 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and became a film in 2013. She has written extensively for National Geographic and other magazines, and is also the author of Desert Places, the novel Ancestors, and the essay collection Travelling Light. Ms. Davidson lives in London, India, and Australia. 
No Bugles No Drums

No Bugles No Drums

by Peter and Gilmour, Garth Snell

A Million Wild Acres

A Million Wild Acres

by Eric Rolls

The Silver City

The Silver City

by Ion L Idriess

Flying Fox and Drifting Sand

Flying Fox and Drifting Sand

by Francis Ratcliffe

On the Wool Track

On the Wool Track

by C E W Bean

The Essie Summers Story

The Essie Summers Story

by Essie Summers

Isles Of Despair

Isles Of Despair

by Ion L Idriess

Aussie English

Aussie English

by John O'Grady

Jones On Property

Jones On Property

by Bob Jones

Verdict On Erebus

Verdict On Erebus

by Peter Mahon

Outlaws Of the Leopolds

Outlaws Of the Leopolds

by Ion L Idriess

Across the Nullarbor

Across the Nullarbor

by Ion L Idriess

Australasia Books & Ephemera

The Lucky Country

The Lucky Country

by Horne, Donald

Getting Stoned With Savages

Getting Stoned With Savages

by J. Maarten Troost

Paperback / softback. New.
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$16.07
'Roaming Freely Throughout the Universe' : Nicolas Baudin's Voyage to Australia and the Pursuit of Science

'Roaming Freely Throughout the Universe' : Nicolas Baudin's Voyage to Australia and the Pursuit of Science

by Fornasiero, Jean and West-Sooby, John (edited by)

Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press. 2021. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 341 pages. Nicolas Baudin’s voyage of discovery to Australia (1800-1804), included both specialist field collectors and aspiring young savants. Drawing on a range of archival sources, the essays presented here offer fresh perspectives on Baudin’s scientific voyagers, their work and its legacy. What emerges is a deeper appreciation of the Baudin... Read more about this item
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$26.58
Australia

Australia

by Frank Fox

London: A&C Black, 1910 xii, 219pp. index. folding map. 75 full page illustrations in colour with captions to tisues.
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$309.94
Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard

Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard

by Judith Brett

Paperback / softback. New. This 2003 book, by award-winning author Judith Brett, provides the very first complete history of the Australian liberal tradition, and then of the Liberal Party from the second half of the twentieth century.
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$46.80
RAROIA Happy Island of the South Seas

RAROIA Happy Island of the South Seas

by Danielsson, Bengt

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ tanned and with light chipping. ; Written by the Swedish adventurer who lived in the South Pacific ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 304 pages .
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$47.50
Australia: The Essential Touring Atlas

Australia: The Essential Touring Atlas

by Unknown

Hardback. Very Good.
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$4.49
The Trial of the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer: before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, held at Perth, on the 12th and 13th September, 1793, on an indictment for seditious practices, taken in Court by Mr. Ramsey, an eminent shorthand writer from London, with an appendix ... ..

The Trial of the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer: before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, held at Perth, on the 12th and 13th September, 1793, on an indictment for seditious practices, taken in Court by Mr. Ramsey, an eminent shorthand writer from London, with an appendix ... ..

by Palmer, Thomas Fyshe

Edinburgh: Printed for W. Skirving; London, J. Ridgeway, 1793. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Trial of one of the "Scottish Martyrs", Thomas Fyshe Palmer (1747 - 1802) political reformer and Unitarian minister who agitated in Scotland for universal suffrage. Convicted of sedition in 1793, Palmer was sentenced to seven years transportation, and sailed in 1794 on the 'Surprize', along with the Scottish Martyrs, Thomas Muir, William Skirving and Maurice Margarot. Palmer served his sentence... Read more about this item
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$125.00
'Pressing Lucerne'

'Pressing Lucerne'

by WARNER, Albert Edward (Ernest) [Britain, New Zealand, and Australia: 1879-1968]

An etching printed on card (image size 237 × 184 mm; size of card 304 × 255 mm), signed and dated (in reverse) in the plate (1935), with the edition number (10/50), title and artist's signature in pencil in the lower margin. A couple of spots of foxing to the lower margin, otherwise in fine condition, unmounted as issued. From the 'Australia at Work' series.
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$365.92
A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, Performed by Order of the Emperor Napoleon, During the Years 1801,1802,1803, and 1804

A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, Performed by Order of the Emperor Napoleon, During the Years 1801,1802,1803, and 1804

by Peron, M. F

Melbourne: Marsh Walsh, 1975. Hardcover. Fine. Fascimile Edition and Limited edition, of which this is number 178 of 350. The official historical account of the French Baudin expedition to map the coast of New Holland (Australia). 8vo, viii, 314pp, Index [2]pp, 2 folding plates (including folding frontispiece). Full dark brown calf, spine with gilt rules and raised bands, gilt title label, blind stamped diamond shaped decorations on the boards, extra leather title label inside rear pocket.
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$150.00
Contact. March 1943.Vol 3, No 3.  National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F. [RNZAF - Royal new Zealand Air Force]

Contact. March 1943.Vol 3, No 3. National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F. [RNZAF - Royal new Zealand Air Force]

Rotorua: Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1943. Magazine. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 80 pages, b/w photos. Lacks rear cover, spales rusty. Includes a monthly record of servicemen who have won honours for gallantry in the service of the air force..
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$20.00
Our Side of the Country: The Story of Victoria

Our Side of the Country: The Story of Victoria

by Blainey, Geoffrey

North Ryde, NSW, AU: Methuen Haynes, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 250pp, several black and white photographic plates. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine, yellow endpapers. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. Captures the feel of life in Victoria in various eras - how... Read more about this item
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$19.37
Ten Booklets from the Whitcombe's Story Books 'Kookaburra Series'; Phonic Stories for the Sixes

Ten Booklets from the Whitcombe's Story Books 'Kookaburra Series'; Phonic Stories for the Sixes

by [No Author Stated] Whitcombe's Story Books

Whitcombe and Tombs, 1930. First Edition. A rare collection of Australian early childhood readers written for children aged six. All are in the delicate original wrappers, being an excellent cache of early Australian ephemeral educational publishing. Titles are Ben Bunny's Holiday, Foolish Winkie, Picnic Fun, Six Little Bears, A Run for Mr Rat, An Imp at School, Shopping, What Am I, The Little Red Van and Ruff and Mr Rat. Ten staple bound pamphlets measuring 135 x185 mm, 8 pages each with colour... Read more about this item
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$498.98
Australia's Flying Doctors The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia

Australia's Flying Doctors The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia

by Woldendorp, Richard (photographs) and McDonald, Roger (text)

Sydney: Macmillan. 1994. Square Quarto Size [approx 25cm x 29cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs by Woldendorp. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 163 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$9.98
Australian Journal of Art Volume X 1992

Australian Journal of Art Volume X 1992

by Anne Gray, Sasha Grishin, Sue-Anne Wallace [Editors]

Art Association of Australia, Paddington, NSW, 1992. Softcover. Very Good Condition. ISSN 0314 6464. Balthus - David Brooks; Tapestry Production in the Burgundian Netherlands, Art for Export and Pleasure - Dagmar Eichberger; The Frame's the Thing: Metaphor and Metonym in Two Seventeenth-Century Japanese Screen Paintings - John Clark; The Liberal Teaching Philosophies of William Dargie: The National Gallery School from 1946 to 1953 - Elisabeth Findlay; The Boyds: A Post-Colonial Retrospective -... Read more about this item
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$11.31
Australia: The Red Continent

Australia: The Red Continent

by Hartmut Roder

Nz Visitor Publications, Auckland, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. The Australian continent has been separated from the rest of the world by the surrounding oceans for 200 million years. This has led to the development of a unique flora and fauna. This book features different photographs of the continent. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Australian; Photography; Photography. ISBN/EAN: 9781877339615. Inventory No: 255693. .... Read more about this item
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$19.96
Red platypus, Ornithorhynchus rufus. Color engraving

Red platypus, Ornithorhynchus rufus. Color engraving

by [Cuvier, Baron]

London: G. B. Whittaker, 1825. Very good condition. An appealing hand colored copper engraving depicting a red platypus, from 'The Animal Kingdom' by Baron Cuvier. The hind limb of this male platypus clearly showing the venomous spur. English zoologist George Shaw wrote in 1799 of a specimen sent to England, that it had an extraordinary "conformation", appearing to have the beak of a duck grafted on to the head of a quadruped. Engraved by Edward or Harriet Griffith, and signed "Griffith" in the... Read more about this item
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$145.00
Records of the South Australian Museum Volume IV No 3, June 30th, 1931

Records of the South Australian Museum Volume IV No 3, June 30th, 1931

by Hale, Herbert H. [Edited by]

Adelaide: South Australia Museum. 1931. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Diagrams. Original contents in facsimile covers. 133 pages. Contains articles on Beaked Whales from South Australia, the Goose-beaked Whale in New Ireland, the Pigmy Right Whale in South Australian Waters, the Australian Xanthid Crab, Pelecypoda from the "Flindersian" Region, South Australia, Staphylinidae in the South Australian Museum and Australian Coleoptera.... Read more about this item
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$13.31
Records of the South Australian Museum Volume VI No 3

Records of the South Australian Museum Volume VI No 3

by Hale, Herbert H. [Edited by]

Adelaide: South Australia Museum. 1939. Small Quarto Size. Very Goodcondition. Facsimile card covers. Contents original. Illustrated with Black & White Plates and Drawings. 127 pages. Contains various articles on Fossil Chitons, Pygmy Sperm Whale, Gammaridea, Astroconus and amphipoda. Also includes " Eagle and Crow Myths of the Maraura Tribe, Lower Darling River, New South Wales" by Tindale and "The Evolution of the Human Motif in Papuan Arrow Design" by Berndt. Robust,... Read more about this item
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$13.31
Old Whaling Station

Old Whaling Station

by E Brandard after John Skinner Prout (1805-1876)

1875. Steel-engraving. 120mm by 175mm (image) 200mm by 270mm (sheet). From 'Australia' by Edwin Carton Booth. Prout was an English artist who emigrated to Sydney in 1840.
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$63.20
Lord Howe Island 1882: Report on the Present State and Future Prospects of Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island 1882: Report on the Present State and Future Prospects of Lord Howe Island

by Wilson, J Bowie

Sydney: New South Wales Government, 1981. Foreword by Sir Roden Cutler. 4to (300 x 210 mm), 40pp, b&w plates, folding frontispiece, two folding maps at the rear. Textured card covers, gilt titles on the front cover. The Lord Howe Island Museum reprinted this 1882 report as a centenary project, and to emphasise the need for preservation of the Island's environment. . Facsimile.. Soft Cover. Fine.
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$33.26
Around Australia in 80 Days

Around Australia in 80 Days

by Jonathan Green

Craftsman House, Australia, 2004. Softcover. Very Good Condition. In this book the author revisits the experience of packing the Land Rover and doing what many of us dream of doing and just taking off around Australia by way of the coast. On the way he managed to keep up his well-loved column in The Age newspaper producing some very amusing yet insightful copy on the widest range of topics. 158 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian; Travel & Places;... Read more about this item
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$9.98
A vintage photograph of the St Peter's College team in 'Inter-Collegiate Cricket, 1910. PAC 118 and 209 v SPSC 368 and 191'

A vintage photograph of the St Peter's College team in 'Inter-Collegiate Cricket, 1910. PAC 118 and 209 v SPSC 368 and 191'

by [Cricket]. PELLEW, Clarence Everard ('Nip') (1893-1981) and Alban George ('Johnny') MOYES (1893-1963)

A gelatin silver photograph (218 × 294 mm), laid down as issued on the original printed mount of the photographer, 'E. Ziegler, 40 Elizabeth St, Norwood' (Ernest Charles Victor Ziegler, active 1879-1925). The photograph and mount are in superb condition, behind glass in the original frame. 'The Advertiser' (11 December 1931) sets the scene for these Inter-Collegiate matches: 'Today the annual cricket match between St Peter's and Prince Alfred Colleges will begin at the Adelaide Oval. Last year the game... Read more about this item
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$498.98
A vintage carte de visite photographic portrait of George Fife Angas (1789-1879), merchant, banker, landowner and philanthropist, and a significant figure in the foundation, settlement and development of South Australia

A vintage carte de visite photographic portrait of George Fife Angas (1789-1879), merchant, banker, landowner and philanthropist, and a significant figure in the foundation, settlement and development of South Australia

by ANGAS, George Fife

The albumen paper photograph (94 × 61 mm) is mounted on the printed card (104 × 63 mm) of The Adelaide Photographic Company. There is an example of the same image in the State Library of NSW (a gift from a family member, John Howard Johnson); it is dated January 1870. There are a few tiny surface scrapes to the bottom millimetre or so of the image, and slight surface loss to the plain section of the mount adjacent to it, but overall it is in excellent condition. The 'Australian Dictionary of... Read more about this item
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$498.98
An impressive lithographed portrait of Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), explorer and administrator

An impressive lithographed portrait of Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), explorer and administrator

by EYRE, Edward John

[No Place: No Publisher. [No Place, No Publisher, No Date] (but circa 1860s). A lithograph on tinted paper (artificial plate mark size 305 × 233 mm; paper size 430 × 318 mm), mounted on slightly larger thick card; the caption 'Edward John Eyre' is printed in the margin below the image. Minimal foxing to the margins; slight marks around the edges of the paper (a legacy of prior framing, easily matted out); a superb portrait in excellent condition. 'Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), explorer and... Read more about this item
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$997.95