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The Kalkadoons: A Study of an Aboriginal Tribe on the Queensland Frontier
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert E. M. Armstrong
Brisbane: William Brooks, No date.A resource book for teachers, students and readers of Australian history. “The Kalkadoon (Kalkatungu) are descendants of an Indigenous Australian tribe living in the Mount Isa region of Queensland. Their forefather tribe has been called the Elite of the Aboriginal warriors of Queensland. In 1884 they were massacred at Battle Mountain by settlers and police.” (from Kalkadoon PBC website) This book shows that the Kalkadoon did not submissively accept the takeover of their land.
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A Guidebook to Field Geology in Southeast Queensland
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartN. C. Stevens
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1973. -
Queensland: Useful Maps
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartThe Shell Company of Australia
[Brisbane]: The Shell Company of Australia, No date.1930s maps of Queensland: City of Brisbane; Main Touring Roads 150 Miles South & West of Brisbane; Main Touring Roads 150 Miles North & West of Brisbane; Southern and Central Queensland Main Touring Roads (double page); Northern and Central Queensland Main Touring Roads (double page); South Side Day Picnic Tours; North Side Day Picnic Tours; Motor Map of the Brisbane-Sydney All-Shell Route (double page).
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WWII-NQ
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartHoward Pearce
Brisbane: State Government of Queensland, Environmental Protection Agency, 2009.A cultural heritage overview of significant places in the defence of north Queensland during World War II.
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I Didn’t Know That: Cairns and Districts, Tully to Cape York, 1939-1946, Service Personnel and Civilians
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartVera Bradley
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2003.Far North Queensland during WWII.
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The Queensland House: A Roof Over Our Heads
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartRod Fisher; Brian Crozier
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1994.A collection of eight essays on historical and practical aspects of the Queensland house.
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Portraits of our Elders
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Aird
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1993.A selection of studio photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries featuring Aborigines from southern Queensland.
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The Leichhardt Diaries: Early Travels in Australia during 1842-1844 & The Leichhardt Papers: Reflection on His Life and Legacy
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartThomas A. Darragh; Roderick J. Fensham
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 2013.Memoirs of the Queensland Museum Culture Volume 7.
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Annual Report of the Northern Protector / Chief Protector of Aboriginals, 1903-1909
AU$2,500 Read MoreAdd to cartWalter E. Roth; Richard B. Howard
Brisbane: George Arthur Vaughan and Anthony James Cumming, Government Printers, 1904-1910.Seven consecutive annual reports of the Queensland Protector of Aborigines, running from Walter Roth’s last year as Northern Protector of Aboriginals through his term as Chief Protector and into the first years of his successor, Richard Baron Howard. The 1903 report is the last of the divided system, under which Roth administered the north and Archibald Meston the south; the protectorate of Queensland was reorganised under a single Chief Protector in 1904, with Roth appointed. Walter Edmund Roth (1861-1933) was a physician, anthropologist, and the first Northern Protector of Aboriginals. As an administrator Roth worked tirelessly for the betterment of Aboriginal rights against colonial and political forces, though controversy, including “payment” to take photographs of sexual positions for anthropological reasons, hounded him to resignation.
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[Coloured Labour, 1861-1906]
Read MoreQueensland Government [BLACKBIRDING]
Brisbane: Government Printer, 1861-1906.A substantial collection of Queensland government papers bound together in one volume concerning blackbirding, indentured labour, and migrant Pacific and Asian workers in Queensland. Fifty distinct papers, two present in duplicate, making fifty-two papers in all. Full list of papers: 1. 1861 Asiatic Labor; 2. 1868-9 Polynesian Laborers Act (Petition); 3. 1871 Correspondence Respecting Polynesian Immigration; 4. 1873 Inquiry Into The “Jason” Case (Further Paper and Correspondence Relating to); 5. 1875 Immigration of Chinese and Indian Coolies; 6. 1874 Sugar Manufacture-Claim of John Buhot (Petition); 7. 1874 Coolie Immigration (Petition); 8. 1876 The Case of Mr. Joseph Francis Kelsey. Report from The Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Matters in Dispute Between the Public Works Office and Mr. Joseph Francis Kelsey; together with Proceedings of the Committee and Minutes of Evidence; 9. 1876 Polynesian Laborers Bill (Petition from Maryborough); 10. 1876 Alleged Abuses Connected with Polynesian Labor (2 copies); 11. 1876 Polynesian Laborers Not Receiving Their Wages from Mortgagees in Possession; 12. 1876 The Proceedings in the South Seas by W. H. Hayes, a United States Subject (Further Despatch Respecting); 13. 1876 Pacific Islanders’ Protection Act (Despatch Respecting); 14. 1877 Report of Select Committee of 1876 on the Polynesian Labour Question (Despatch); 15. 1877 Mr. Mackay’s Report Upon Sugar Factories, Etc.; 16. 1877 Inquiry into Certain Alleged Illicit Distillation at the Dabilban Distillery, Logan River (Report of Board); 17. 1877 Chinese Immigration; 18. 1877 Resignation by Mr. Sheridan of the Office of Inspector of Polynesians; 19. 1877 Immigration Agent and Polynesian Inspector at Maryborough; 20. 1878 Recruiting Agents and Introduction of Polynesians (2 copies); 21. 1881 Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s Bill. Report from the Select Committee of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s Bill; together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix; 22. 1882 Coolies from British-India (Correspondence Respecting the Proposed Introduction of); 23. 1882 Proposed Extension of Facilities for Employment of Polynesian Labour (Petition); 24. 1883 Labour Vessel “Heron”; 25. 1883 Labourers from British India (Further Correspondence Respecting the Proposed Introduction of); 26. 1884 The Temporary Closure of the Hospital for Pacific Islanders at Mackay (Correspondence Respecting); 27. 1884 Selection on or Near the Delta of the Burdekin River; 28. 1884 Correspondence Respecting Proposed Introduction of Laborers from British India; 29. 1885 Pacific Islanders Fund (Revenue and Expenditure of the); 30. 1885 Report with Minutes of Evidence taken before The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Circumstances Under Which Labourers Have Been Introduced into Queensland from New Guinea and Other Islands, etc., together with Proceedings of the Commission, etc.; 31. 1891 Indented Labourers from Germany and Italy (Correspondence Relating to the Emigration of); 32. 1891 Pacific Island Immigration (Annual Report of Department of); 33. 1897 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 34. 1899 Admission of Japanese into Queensland; 35. 1897 Coloured Population of Queensland; 36. 1899 Departure of Japanese from Queensland. Return Showing the Number of Japanese who have Departed from Queensland Since the Initiation of the Passport System; 37. 1899 Pacific Islanders’ Fund (Report on, for the Year Ended 30th June, 1899); 38. 1901 Death Rate of Polynesians at Fairymead and Bingera Plantations; 39. 1901 Fines Inflicted on Polynesian Islanders in the Cairns District; 40. 1901 Pacific Islands Labourers Bill in the Federal Parliament (Letter, Dated 15th November, 1901, from Premier of Queensland to President and Members of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia); 41. 1901 Admission of Japanese into Queensland (Further Correspondence Relating to); 42. 1901 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 43. 1901 Pacific Islanders’ Fund (Annual Statement of Account); 44. 1903 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 45. 1904 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 46. 1905 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 47. 1905 Bonus for Sugar-cane Cultivated and Harvested by White Labour; 48. 1906 Deportation of Kanakas (Correspondence between the Premier of Queensland and the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Respecting); 49. 1906 Regulations under “The Pacific Island Labourers Acts, 1880-1892”; 50. 1906 Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into and Report regarding the Number of Pacific Islanders to be Deported from Queensland at the end of the Current Year, the most efficient manner of Repatriating them, with the probable Cost thereof; whether there are in Queensland any Pacific Islanders whose Compulsory Deportation would be inconsistent with humanity or with good faith; and whether Sufficient Labour for carrying on the Queensland Sugar Industry is likely to be available when Pacific Islanders can no longer be lawfully employed, and, if sufficient labour for such purpose is not likely to be locally obtainable, the best means of supplying the deficiency; together with Minutes of Proceedings, Minutes of Evidence taken before the Commission, and Appendices.
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Making It Modern: The Watercolours of Kenneth Macqueen
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartSamantha Littley; Kenneth Macqueen
Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2007. -
Beef Cattle Australia
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartRussell Reed
Brisbane: Acacia Press, 2009.An industry account of Australian cattle farming.
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Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley
AU$2,000 Read MoreAdd to cartGrahame L. Walsh
Brisbane: Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications, 2000.The magnum opus of Australian rock art researcher, Grahame L. Walsh (1944-2007), being his detailed study of the rock paintings of the Kimberley region of North-Western Australia.
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Dieu et Devoir: The Story of All Hallows’ School, Brisbane, 1861-1981
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartJean-Marie Mahoney
Brisbane: Crusader Print for All Hallows School, 1998.History of the oldest secondary girls school in Queensland.
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Cressida Campbell: 9 July to 3 August, 2013
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartCressida Campbell
Brisbane: Philip Bacon Galleries, 2013.Exhibition catalogue with price list laid in.
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Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartPatricia Piccinini; Peter McKay; Rosie Braidotti; Elizabeth Finkel; China Mieville
Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2018.Catalogue from the exhibition at GOMA, Brisbane, 24 March – 5 August 2018, with essays on the artist’s work. Arts Minister’s message by Leeanne Enoch. Foreword by Chris Saines.
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1989 Field Conference: Rockhampton Region
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartW.G. Whitaker
Brisbane: Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Queensland Division, 1989. -
1994 Field Conference: Capricorn Region, Central Coast Queensland
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartR. J. Holcombe; C. J. Stevens; C. R. Fielding
Brisbane: Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Queensland Division, 1994. -
The Olive and Its Products
AU$550 Read MoreAdd to cartLewis A. Bernays
Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1872.A Treatise on the Habits, Cultivation, and Propagation of the Tree; and upon the Manufacture of Oil and Other Products Therefrom. Early publication on developing an olive industry in Queensland. Lewis Adolphus Bernays (1831-1908) was the first Clerk of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and as a foundation member of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society devoted to introducing exotic species for commercial purposes wrote a number of papers on economic botany. FERGUSON 6952.
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The Building of the Queensland House, 1880-1920: A Carpenter’s Handbook and Owner’s Manual
AU$45 Read MoreAdd to cartAndrew L. Jenner
Brisbane: Andrew L. Jenner, 2015. -
Cressida Campbell: 12 – 28 October, 2017
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartCressida Campbell
Brisbane: Philip Bacon Galleries, 2017.Exhibition catalogue exhibiting at Mossgreen, Woollahra.
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Das Jahr der Seele
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartStefan George; Ernest Briggs
Brisbane: Ernest Briggs, No date.Autograph transcription of German symbolist poet Stefan George’s 1897 work Das Jahr der Seele [The Year of the Soul] by Australian poet, broadcaster, and critic Ernest Briggs (1905-1967). The complete work has been copied in the original German, though the poem starting ‘Keins wie dein feines ohr’ has only been titled with a blank space left for the poem, and the final 9 poems from ‘Ob schwerer nebel in den waldern hangt’ to end have not been included, presumably only because Briggs ran out of room in the book. Penned during Briggs time at 4BK Brisbane sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s.
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Blow Away the Morning Dew: An Autobiography of a Childhood in the Australian Bush
AU$550 Read MoreAdd to cartErnest Briggs
Brisbane: Ernest Briggs, 1967.The unpublished childhood memoir of Australian poet, broadcaster, and critic Ernest Briggs (1905-1967), prepared in Brisbane in 1967, the year of his death from myocardial infarction. The typescript offers a vivid first-hand account of early 20th-century life in rural New South Wales, particularly around Marsden Park and Riverstone, then bush settlements on Sydney’s north-western fringe. Laced with his verse and literary flourishes, Briggs recalls his early years in a cottage at Marsden Park, the death of his mother when he was three, and the following three years spent at the Ashfield Infants’ Home under the care of Matron Rebecca Marston. Returning home at six, a frail child excused from school by doctor’s order, he spent his days in his father’s bootmaking workshop at Riverstone or exploring the surrounding bush. Family reminiscences extend further back: his father’s recollections of childhood in Ballarat and Clunes, Victoria, and colonial family correspondence from the early to mid-nineteenth century, marking Briggs as a fifth-generation Australian. The memoir also recounts his reluctant return to schooling, the regular corporal punishment, and his growing sense of creative independence. Domestic scenes reveal the artistic atmosphere that shaped his imagination: “Once when a visitor had said, ‘Quite an art-showing you’ve got here, Charlie,’ my father walked around the room saying, ‘It comes of mixing with artists in my younger days … This is a Burket-Foster; here are a couple by the noted water-colourist Miss Allingham … this is by Uncle Tom Roberts, the first man in Australia to paint extensive oils…” Briggs also recalls excursions with his father into Sydney on public holidays, evocative tours of the city’s landmarks and recollections of its colonial past, as well as chance encounters with actress Nellie Stewart and, later, Dame Nellie Melba during his brief employment as a messenger-boy, moments that helped form his artistic sensibility. Other recollections include trips to Campbelltown, Windsor, Richmond, and Camperdown Cemetery, each described with a historian’s eye and a poet’s nostalgia. A richly detailed and intimate account of childhood, environment, and creative formation, this unpublished typescript provides valuable insight into Briggs’s literary development and into everyday colonial heritage in early twentieth-century New South Wales.
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B Company 1st Regiment of Queensland Infantry (Moreton Regiment)
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartPeter D. Anderson
Brisbane: Peter D. Anderson, 1986.Cover title: Moreton Regiment, 1886, Infantry, First Regiment of Queensland. A brief history to the Defence of Queensland from 1859, leading up to the formation of the First Regiment of Queensland Infantry sometimes called the Moretons, 1885.
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Seeing & Being Seen
AU$600 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Yang
Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, 2021.The deluxe edition, limited to only 50 copies signed by the artist with a limited edition archival inkjet print Golden Summer 1987 / 2016 by William Yang, printed on Hahnemuhle Smooth Cotton Rag paper. The print is signed, titled, dated and editioned by the artist in ink, and mounted inside the upper board in a mylar sleeve housing. “William Yang: Seeing and Being Seen explores photographer and performer William Yang’s five decades of prolific art practice. This is the first major survey exhibition and publication on the artist by a state gallery. Featuring reproductions of over 200 photographs, it traces Yang’s career from his heady early days as a social photographer in the 1970s documenting Sydney’s queer scene through to some of his well-known series addressing family ties, sexual and cultural identity, and the Australian landscape. Developed in collaboration with the artist, the publication also examines the artist’s deep connections to Queensland, including his mid-career explorations of growing up in the far north of the state.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Glory of the Future Life
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartNorman S. Millar
Brisbane: Committee of the Norman Millar Memorial Fund, 1938.Sermon preached by The Rev. Norman S. Millar, B.A. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Brisbane on 25th September, 1938.
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Queen of the North: A Jubilee Ode
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cart[George] Essex Evans; Alek Sass [Alexander Phillip Sass]
Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co., 1909.Queensland poetry by George Essex Evans illustrated by Alexander Phillip Sass in a mythological medieval style with numerous nude female figures. Queen of the North: A Jubilee Ode has previously been misattributed as a posthumous publication, Evans having died in November of 1909, however this has been proven incorrect, and is actually the final published work.
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Men of Queensland: Representative of the Public, Professional, Ecclesiastical and Business Life of Queensland as Existant in the Year 1928 A.D.
AU$850 Read MoreAdd to cartWill. H. Millar
Brisbane: The Read Press, 1929.Printed and Published by The Read Press, Engravings by S. A. Best, Photographs by Poulsen Studios, Caricatures by Will. H. Millar. Chiefly caricatures by Will. H. Millar with accompanying biographical text of 211 notable men of early 20th century Queensland. This copy with the preliminary plate of John Oxley looking down over Brisbane printed in colour and with the armorial bookplate of Brian Leask to the front pastedown.
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Athletic Queensland: A History of Amateur Rowing, Boxing and Physical Development, Pedestrianism and Cycling, in Queensland
AU$1,200 Read MoreAdd to cartW. B. Carmichael; H. C. Perry
Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co., 1900.Under the official patronage of the Queensland Rowing Association, Queensland Amateur Athletic Association, Brisbane Gymnasium, Queensland Cyclists’ Union. 4 works in 1 comprising the most detailed history of 19th century sport in early Queensland recorded by . Not only a detailed guide for physical fitness it is an invaluable record of local history. The four works are: 1. Amateur Rowing: By W. B. Carmichael with contributions by R. H. Roe, C. B. P. Bell, and F. W. de Little: Comprising a history of rowing Brisbane, Maryborough, Rockhampton, &c., crew discipline, how to row (with poses), training, &c.; 2. The Art of Boxing: Hints on Its Acquirement – How to Train – History of Amateur Boxing in Queensland by Harry C. Perry. With which is interwoven a detailed History of the Brisbane Gymnasium, the leading institution of its kind in the colony; and A Special Illustrated Article on Physical Culture, by T. Wilkinson, Together with a concise account of every Athletic Display and Boxing Tournament held under its auspices.; 3. Amateur Pedestrianism by W. B. Carmichael. Also an article on Best Methods of Starting, How to Train, &c. by C. Campbell. A Complete Record of All Intercolonial and Pedestrian Events in the Colony since the Year 1873.; 4. Amateur Cycling by Harry C. Perry. Including an Article on Best Methods of Training and Riding by J. A. Smith, also Recollections of the Pioneers by Geo. Tombuco. A Complete Record of All Principal Events, Both Local and Intercolonial. FERGUSON 7958.
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The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore: Volume 2, 1930-1962
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartMary Gilmore
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2007.Edited by Jennifer Strauss. From the Academy Editions of Australian Literature Series, foreword by general editor Paul Eggert.
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The Honey Flora of South-Eastern Queensland
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartS. T. Blake; C. Roff
Brisbane: Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland, 1958. -
Everything I want to be when I grow up
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartPolly Borland
Brisbane: University of Queensland Art Museum, 2012.Celebrated Australian photographer, Polly Borland is famous for her experimental, stylised, and occasionally unsettling portrait images. This exhibition catalogue is from her survey show at UQ Art Museum (University of Queensland), the first to bring together the various diverse threads of her practice. Curated by Alison Kubler, it includes portraits of famous faces such as Cate Blanchett, Nick Cave and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and the series Australians, The Babies, Bunny and Smudge, and the most recent series, Pupa. “Borland, who draws inspiration from Diane Arbus, carefully directs the costumes, makeup, and poses of her models, creating scenes that are intimate and dystrophic.” This copy signed by Borland.
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Field Manual for Tidal Swamps: Subtropical Eastern Australia
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartQueensland Littoral Society
Brisbane: Queensland Littoral Society, 1971.Field manual of members of the Queensland Littoral Society for conducting wetland surveys. The QLS now known as the Australian Marine Conservation Society is one of the oldest conservation groups in Australia.
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1987 Field Conference: Gympie District
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartC. G. Murray; J. B. Waterhouse
Brisbane: Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, 1987. -
Kirrenderri: Heart of the Channel Country
AU$35 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael C. Westaway; Mandana Mapar; Tracey Hough; Shawnee Gorringe; Geoff Ginn
Brisbane: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, 2022.“The project was developed in partnership between the Anthropology Museum, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation and researchers from The University of Queensland. This publication contains 14 essays by 22 contributors and explores the pre-colonial history of the Channel Country, to the early years of European settlement and through to the more recent history, now being shaped by the academic researchers that have come to study the distant past of the land and the people who have always been part of this story. But this is not just about the past – it continues into the present. Central to this story is the involvement of the Aboriginal people who have never ceased their connection to the Channel Country.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Criminal Law: Pre-trial Practice and Procedure: Fairness in the Committal and Indicting Process
AU$28 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Francis Lillas
Brisbane: Lillas Legal Publishing, [2014].“The aim of this work is to examine the aspect of a fair trial of an accused in the pre-trial procedure of preliminary examinations or committals and the charging or indicting of an accused.” (from introduction)
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The Designer’s Guide: Easton Pearson Archive
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartRenai Grace; Madeleine Johns; Alice Payne; Pamela Easton; Lydia Pearson
Brisbane: Museum of Brisbane, 2018.Produced to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane, 23 November, 2018 – 22 April, 2019.
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Patterns of Amphetamine Use: Initial Findings from the Amphetamines in Queensland Research Project
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartMark Lynch; Robert Kemp; Leigh Krenske; Andrew Conroy; Julianne Webster
Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2003.Preliminary findings of a research project aimed at gathering comprehensive data about the attitudes and behaviours of amphetamine users in Queensland.
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Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Investigation Under The Land and Water Resources Development Acts, 1943 to 1946 (for the Year 1947)
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. R. Kemp
Brisbane: A. H. Tucker, Government Printer, 1948.Results of surveys and investigations of land and water resources in Queensland. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.
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Parliament of Dreams
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartChrysalis
Brisbane: Chrysalis, 1996.Programme for Australia’s first Babylon 5 convention, Brisbane May 3-5, 1996. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Capturing Brisbane: The City’s First Photographers, 1855 to 1901
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartBrian G. Rough
Brisbane: Brian Rough, 2022.“Photographers have made a significant contribution towards our understanding and interpretation of the Citys past by recording the people and places around them. Capturing Brisbane provides the stories of 158 commercial photographers and 54 photographic studios operating in the City between 1855 and 1901. By accurately identifying the people who created the images, and from when and where they were operating, it provides a very useful tool to assist in dating Brisbane photographs.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Root Development of Cocoa in Papua New Guinea Soils
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartD. F. Freyne; P. Bleeker; B. M. Wayi; P. Jeffery
Brisbane: Freyne Consulting, 1996.Technical report of research by the Land Utilisation Section, Department of Agriculture and Livestock. Write up commissioned by the Governments of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Scarce, 2 copies in OCLC at July, 2021, at the University of Adelaide and Wageningen University, Netherlands.
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long water: fibre stories
AU$30 Read MoreAdd to cartFreja Carmichael
Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2020.“long water: fibre stories illuminates spiritual, ancestral, and physical connections to water through fibre practices of artists from Yuwaalaraay (North West NSW), Quandamooka (Moreton Bay, South East QLD), Kuku Yalanji (Far North QLD), Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait Islands, QLD), Yurruwi (Milingimbi Island, NT), and surrounding homelands. Together this group–Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, spanning different generations and ancestries–share an inseparable relationship to water, be it the vast sea, inland waterways, or expansive river systems. Collectively, long water celebrates the stories of regeneration and continuation of important cultural traditions, and the strong women and vital water places that sustain them. The country, and wide range of environments, practices, and knowledge represented speak to both deep time and contemporary experiences–bringing into focus the importance of water to our cultural health and our capacity for resilience.” (publisher’s blurb)
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A Devil Pokes The Actor: Frankly Acting 2
AU$30 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Nobbs; Peter Berkahn
Brisbane: Frank Theatre Press, 2010.“This is the second book about actor training by John Nobbs. The first, Frankly Acting, outlined the early development of the Frank Suzuki Performance Aesthetics (FSPA), as a western variant and translation of the classic Suzuki Actor Training Method (SATM). This devil’s logbook is a series of 25 provocations that poke further and deeper into the alchemical triggers and mechanisms that inform the one true actor training system originally devised by Tadashi Suzuki. Interspersed throughout the 25 provocations are revelations by some of the many actors that have used the FSPA to develop their acting spirit. Tadashi Suzuki, the inventor of the SATM, has stated that he believes that the training is not just for the actor’s craft, but that it should be a creative tool for making theatre performances . The FSPA follows on the traces of that purpose, and this book outlines its importance as the creative onestop shop of Ozfrank Theatre Matrix. It includes examples, with colour photographs, that illustrate how Ozfrank director Jacqui Carroll uses the FSPA to impel her productions.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Frankly Acting: An Autobiography of the Frank Suzuki Performance Aesthetics
AU$20 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Nobbs
Brisbane: Frank Theatre Press, 2006.“John Nobbs’ Frankly Acting is the first Australian book espousing a uniquely homegrown theatrical performance theory. As Grotowski did in Poland and Artaud in France, Nobbs has articulated an Australian performance aesthetic which revivifies in a contemporary context the theatrical traditions of its geographic region. With illuminating references to popular culture, his Suzuki-inspired method is based on rigorous theatrical discipline, but with an ever-present and distinctively Australian sense of humour. Frankly Acting grounds its theory in the artistic heritage of the Asia-Pacific, with a theatrical resonance which is universal.” (Martin Buzacott)