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Spinning Tops and Gumdrops: A Portrait of Colonial Childhood
Edwin Barnard
Canberra: NLA Publishing, 2018. -
Tracks and Times: A History of the Pine Rivers District, 1788, 1888, 1988
Lawrence S. Smith
Brisbane: Pine Rivers Shire Council, 1988.Compiled to commemorate the centenary of Pine Rivers Shire and bicentenary of Australia.
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Brisbane: 150 Stories, 1859-2009
Frank McBride; Helen Taylor; Carmel Black; Brian Rough; Heather Richards
Brisbane: Brisbane City Council, 2009.A history of Brisbane incorporating and expanding upon the 1997 publication, Brisbane: 100 Stories.
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Cape York: The Savage Frontier
Rodney Liddell
Redbank: Rodney Liddell, 2004.The first printing of the third edition of Liddell’s telling of the stories of the castaway Barbara Thompson, the lost expedition of Edmund Kennedy, and the settling of Cape York by Frank Jardine, together with his expanded and controversial chapters on the Aboriginal invasion of Australia. This copy with the three government petitions at the rear.
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Cape York: The Savage Frontier
Rodney Liddell
Dubbo: Rodney Liddell, 1991.The self published first edition telling the stories of the castaway Barbara Thompson, the lost expedition of Edmund Kennedy, and the settling of Cape York by Frank Jardine, without many of the controversial chapters of the later editions. This copy inscribed by the author to Margaret Lawrie, collector of stories and mythologies of the Torres Strait, also with a 1996 postcard from the author addressed to Lawrie laid in.
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St. George’s Bridge: A Sesquicentennial History
Carolyn Nolan
Saint George: Balonne Shire Council, 1996. -
The Story of the Monster Mine: The Burra Burra Mine and Its Townships, 1845 – 1877
Ian Auhl
Burra: District Council of Burra Burra, 1986. -
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia. A Brief History of its Establishment, Development and Service to the People of Australia and the British Empire under Sir Denison Miller
C. C. Faulkner
Sydney: Commonwealth Bank, 1923.June 1st, 1912 – June 6th, 1923.
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The Aborigines of the Sydney District Before 1788
Peter Turbet
Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1989. -
The First Hundred Years of the South Australian Museum, 1856-1956
Herbert M. Hale
Adelaide: Museum Board, 1956. -
Dieu et Devoir: The Story of All Hallows’ School, Brisbane, 1861-1981
Jean-Marie Mahoney
Brisbane: Crusader Print for All Hallows School, 1998.History of the oldest secondary girls school in Queensland.
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Surfing Australia: A Complete History of Surfboard Riding in Australia
Phil Jarratt
Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books, 2012. -
Brisbane Blacks
Michael Aird
Gold Coast: Keeaira Press, 2001.“Featuring more than 50 first-hand interviews with 200 photos of the Brisbane Aboriginal Community. Brisbane Blacks is a unique insight into the lives of Aboriginal people through stories that may otherwise have remained untold. In this book over 50 Aborigines tell history in their own words, backed by the authors narrative and a wealth of photos from archives, newspapers, family albums and the author’s private collection. The photos are reproduced on fine art paper with a large page size. The memories shared by these people range from light-hearted to deeply moving, and combine to portray a proud, vibrant picture of life in Brisbane.” Brisbane Blacks audio disc included.
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Seven Walks: Cape Leeuwin to Bundeena
Tom Carment; Michael Wee
Casino: Roc-Hin, 2014.Documents seven long distance walks in Australia: The Overland Track (Cradle Mountain, Tasmania). The Blue Gum Forest (New South Wales), Otford to Bundeena (New South Wales), Cape Leeuwin to Cape Naturaliste (Western Australia), The Heysen Trail (South Australia), The Snowy Mountains (New South Wales, and Wilsons Promontory (Victoria).
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Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits
D. A. Berkman; D. H. Mackenzie
Melbourne: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1998.AusIMM Monograph 22.
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Myths and Legends of Torres Straits
Margaret Lawrie
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1970.More than 160 stories of the people of the Torres Strait, from 17 islands including Mua, Badu, Mabuiag, Saibai, Boigu, Masig, Ugar, Erub and Mer. They were collected by Margaret Lawrie as an act of preservation at the request of the Islanders themselves, and are here illustrated with photographs and artworks by the islanders. The name of each story-teller is recorded and the book is rich with explanatory notes. Included is a recording of 11 of the islands songs.
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Cairns: City of the South Pacific: A History, 1770-1995
Timothy Bottoms
Cairns: Bunu Bunu Press, 2015. -
A Guidebook to Field Geology In Southeast Queensland
N. C. Stevens
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1973. -
Geological Excursions in South-east Queensland
N. C. Stevens
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1965.This copy with 1 additional map laid in.
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Did You Meet Any Malagas? A Homosexual History of Australia’s Tropical Capital
Dino Hodge
Darwin: Little Gem Publications, 1993.Conversations with thirteen gay men from the Northern Territory, including a priest, a hustler, the owner of a wine bar, a political activist, and the first Territorian diagnosed with AIDS. This copy with numerous gift inscriptions to a gay policeman.