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![Campfires at the Cross. An Account of the Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission 1839-1851 at Birregurra, near Colac, Victoria [with a biography of Francis Tuckfield]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/356/406/1516406356.0.b.jpg)
Campfires at the Cross. An Account of the Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission 1839-1851 at Birregurra, near Colac, Victoria [with a biography of Francis Tuckfield]
by Le Griffon, Heather
Melbourne: Arcadia. 2006. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Inscribed by author to previous owner. 321 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$46.33
A vintage photograph of 'Sturt F.C. Premiers S.A.F.L. 1919. Visit to Frankston, Victoria, 13.10.1919'
by [Sturt Football Club, 1919]
A gelatin silver photograph (219 × 294 mm), on the original mount, now matted and behind glass in a period-style wooden frame (external dimensions 420 × 520 mm). The photograph is lightly scuffed and indented, with two tiny surface chips to the edges; the frame is slightly rubbed; overall, in excellent condition. 'The Sturt Football club was established on 14 March 1901 ... Sturt enjoyed little success initially and struggled to make the finals. In 1909, the club was strengthened by a number of...
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$661.90
A Child of Lang Lang
by Hopgood, Dorothy
Gawler, SA: Published by Author. 2004. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Previous owner's name to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 179 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$13.24
One Hundred Years of Presbyterianism In Victoria. The Centenary History issued by Authority of The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria.
by Macdonald, Aeneas
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens Ltd.. 1937. Octavo Size. Good condition. No dustjacket. Gift inscription to front free endpaper (flyleaf). Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Some light foxing to page edges and endpapers tanned. 190 pages. The Centenary History of the Presbyterian Church in Victoria. Includes a Bibliography and Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$16.55
Once Were Walkers. The Stories of the Many Champion Racewalkers Who Made Victoria Their Home
by Erickson, Tim
Victorian Race Walking Club. 2005. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 196 pages. A look at the many Victorians who have been champions in this sport. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$13.24
Rediscovering Victoria's Goldfields
by Bechervaise, John
Melbourne: Pitman Publishing. 1980. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 120 pages. The author tells the story of the goldfields from the roaring days of the past up to the present [1980]...
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$13.24
To the Diggings! A Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gold in Australia. 1851-2001.
by Hocking, Geoff
Port Melbourne: Lothian Books. 2000. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs/plates. 256 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$23.17
Paddle Steamers to Cornucopia. The Renmark-Mildura Experiment of 1887
by WELLS, Sydney
[Mildura: The Author, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [Mildura, The Author, 1987]. Quarto, viii, 288 pages with maps and plates plus endpaper maps and illustrations. Pictorial papered boards; spine lightly sunned; an excellent copy. Dated (21 October 1986) and signed in ink by the author on the title page.
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$19.86
Melbourne, and the Chincha Islands; with sketches of Lima, and a voyage round the world
by Peck, George
New York: Charles Scribner, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, v, 294 pp, f rontispiece & 1 map of Port Phillip Bay. Brown gilt cloth, lt. chipped at head and tail of spine,front free endpaper has been removed with a bookplate for Excelsior Associates laid onto the facing blank sheet., o/w a good plus copy. F12987 137pp on Melbourne, 147pp on Lima and Chinchas, 10pp around Cape Horn.
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$45.00
Frontier Magistrate. The Enigmatic Foster Fyans
by Cary, John
Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2023. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 283 pages. Foster Fyans, an impecunious Irish junior officer about to participate in Britain's wars with Napoleon, would not have dreamt that one day he would reside in Moreton Bay commandant's quarters on the Brisbane River, the future site of the city of Brisbane. Later, as Victoria's second magistrate, Fyans...
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$33.06
Successful Exploration through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, from the Journals and Letters of William John Wills, edited by his father, William Wills
by Wills, William John
London: Richard Bentley,, 1863. Hardcover. Good -. Financed by the Victorian government, the ill-fated expedition set out in competition w/ Sturt's SA expedition to become the first to reach the north coast. This is the most extensive of the contemporary accounts. 8vo, (xii) 396pp, (32)pp ads, F + 1 plt., fold. map. Embossed red cloth, covers & gilt on spine rubbed, corners bumped, cloth at rear board partially pulled away and faded due to damp. Ferguson 18622. Wantrup 172.
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$375.00
!['Why did my master sell me?' [the caption on a studio portrait with attitude]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/977/736/1353736977.0.b.jpg)
'Why did my master sell me?' [the caption on a studio portrait with attitude]
by [Photography] [Racial Stereotyping] McALPINE, Thomas W. (photographer)
Richmond, Victoria: T.W. McAlpine, 1880. Richmond, Victoria, T.W. McAlpine, [1880s]. An original albumen paper carte de visite (image size 90 × 57 mm), mounted on card (104 × 63 mm) with the photographer's details printed at the foot of the recto. Apart from a tiny surface chip near one eyebrow, the photograph and mount are in excellent condition. Some details catch the eye immediately - the cloth cap, the high lace-up boots, the striped knee-length socks - but they don't demand answers. However, one...
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$496.42
!['The Grey Veil' [over Melbourne]. A vintage gelatin silver photograph (visible image size 261 × 363 mm) on the original mount](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/019/770/1085770019.0.b.jpg)
'The Grey Veil' [over Melbourne]. A vintage gelatin silver photograph (visible image size 261 × 363 mm) on the original mount
by KAUFFMANN, John
1910. Circa 1910. Signed and titled in pencil on the original mount (now concealed by the mat). Reproduced in BEER, Leslie: 'The Art of John Kauffmann' (1919), plate 2; NEWTON, Gael: 'John Kauffmann, Art Photographer' (NGA, 1996), page 9. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. (The catalogue for our major retrospective exhibition of the works of John Kauffmann (1864-1942), the pioneering Australian...
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$4,302.35
Shallow Gold Occurrences in Western Victoria as Reported by the Mining Registrars and Surveyors, Newspaper Correspondents and others who were there. A Research Report. Second Edition
by STEENHUIS, Luke
Launching Place: The Author, 2020. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Fine. Launching Place, The Author, 2020 (second edition)/ 2018. Quarto, 86 pages. Colour-pictorial card covers (with a location map on the rear cover); a fine copy.
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$19.86
Copies of correspondence respecting American Citizens who were supposed to have participated in the late riots at Ballaarat
by Victorian State Blue Paper
Melbourne: Government Printer, 1855. Very good condition. Victorian parliamentary blue paper recording the exchange of letters between James Tarleton, U.S. Consul to Australia and Australia's Lieutenant Governor Sir Charles Hotham regarding the Eureka Rebellion in Ballaarat. Tarleton says in his first letter that 'the prime movers were Scotchmen' and later denies any American citizens were involved ('I have every confidence that my countrymen throughout this colony will keep themselves in the proper...
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$125.00
Church Union. Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian. What Canada is doing. Lessons of the War. Unity of Spirit, Aim and Action
by [Church Union]. TAIT, Reverend George
Melbourne: Brown, Prior & Co, 1917. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne, Brown, Prior & Co., 1917. Small octavo, 39 pages. Pale blue wrappers with the full title page details repeated on the front cover (within a decorative border); corners slightly bent over throughout; overall, an excellent copy. Not in Trove.
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$109.21
Social Housing : Braybrook's Story
by Cunningham, Trevor D
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2024. MINT - a NEW copy. x, 262 pages. As Victoria embarks on an ambitious social housing program to address a severe housing shortage, this book exposes important lessons for the future. The context is the post-World War 2 housing shortage, when the Housing Commission developed the unique Melbourne suburb of Braybrook. Infrastructure was lacking and housing was often substandard. Although neglected by governments, residents created a positive community,...
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$29.12
Are There Oil Prospects in Australia
by Hautpick, E. de
Adelaide: Elphick, Dennis & Co., 1928. Pamphlet. With compliments" handwritten across top of front cover. The author, an expert on Russian oil, concludes that "petroleum deposits of commercial value may be discovered by the right men and suitable means in South Australia and Victoria - the only two States in the whole Commonwealth where oil prospects have a support of true science and experience." Sml 8vo, 35 pp. Cream paper wraps, staple bound, with title in dark blue at front cover; no title at spine.
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$65.00
Bairnsdale, East Gippsland - six photographs by C. Mason
by [Victoria; Photography]
Bairnsdale, Victoria: C. Mason, 1893. Very good overall. A handsome set of cabinet cards of the Bairnsdale area. The photographer is "C. Mason & Co., Photographers, Bairnsdale", so printed at the bottom of the cards. The State Library of Victoria holds one cabinet card "Portrait photograph of a young woman" [BIB ID 1804685] with the same card style, listing it as an albumen silver, undated but listing the photographers active dates as ca. 1893-97. The images are approximately 5 1/4 x 8 1/4", mounted...
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$500.00
Golden Summers. Heidelberg and Beyond
by CLARK, Jane and Bridget WHITELAW
Melbourne: International Cultural Corporation of Australia, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne, International Cultural Corporation of Australia, 1985. Quarto, 202 pages with numerous illustrations (many in colour) and 2 maps. Full leather a little unevenly sunned and rubbed; first and last leaves lightly offset; a very good copy. Deluxe binding. Offered together with a fine copy of the trade edition in colour pictorial card covers.
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$72.81
An Afternoon of Time. Stories of Western Victoria
by Charlwood, D.E
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 174pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . reprint. Softcover.
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$9.93
Full color Poster Stamps celebrating Victorian and Melbourne Centenary, October 1934-5
by [Victoria; Poster stamps]
1935. Very good condition. Two sheets of centenary stamps in full color. The 2 full color sheets include 10 stamps each in 2 rows of five, for a total of 20 color stamps. Each stamp reads 'Come Celebrate A Great Occasion' at the top. The color stamps feature a variety of settings and monuments, and each has its own subhead: Dedication of the Shrine, Beautiful Gardens, The Portland Landing 1834, Sunny Countryside, Royal Agricultural Show, Pageantry, Fields of Golden Grain, Victoria's Fine Vineyards, The...
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$125.00
![Bendigo to Maryborough via Castlemaine A photographic tour by old postcards [Signed copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/515/641/1474641515.0.b.jpg)
Bendigo to Maryborough via Castlemaine A photographic tour by old postcards [Signed copy]
by Blum, Ron (Written and compiled by)
Oaklands Park, South Australia: Published by Author. [2022]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 48 pages. Images of postcards produced by the Rose Stereograph Company of Victoria between 1913 and 1967. Ron Blum is an expert and has included two essays ' The Wonderful Postcard' and 'The Printing Machines". . New. 1st Edition....
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$16.55
The Peninsula Story Sorrento and Portsea - Yesterday : Book 1
by No Author Noted
Sorrento, Victoria: The Nepean Historical Society. 1966. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Cover faded at edges. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawing. 64 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$7.94
Brighton to Chelsea via Black Rock : A photographic tour by old postcards. (Signed copy)
by Blum, Ron (written and compiled by)
Oaklands Park, South Australia: Published by Author. [2023]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 48 pages. Images of postcards produced by the Rose Stereograph Company of Victoria between 1913 and 1967. Ron Blum is an expert and has included two essays ' The Wonderful Postcard' and 'The Printing Machines". . New. 1st Edition....
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$16.55
