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The Mapoon People demand their land back!
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartInternational Development Action
Melbourne: International Development Action, 1975.Early aboriginal land rights poster published alongside the story of Mapoon, in northern Queensland, as told by the Mapoon People in 1974/5: their forceable removal to make way for COMALCO and other mining leases, the burning of their houses by the Queensland police, and the fight for land rights.
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I’ll Go No More A-roving
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Ladds
Brisbane: The Bunyip Press, 1945.Charles Ladds (1903-1971) was an Australian writer who ran away to sea at the age of fourteen, and at the ripe old age of twenty-two wrote this story of his adventures, fist published in 1934. It earned praise from the critics, including G. K. Chesterton. He later lived at Burleigh Heads.
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Fugitive Books: The U Committee’s Book Fair 1968-2012 & Women’s Voluntary Work at UNSW
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoderic Campbell
Sydney: University Archives, UNSW, 2014. -
The High Country
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartState Library of NSW
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, No date.Catalogue of an exhibition in the 1st floor Galleries of State Library of NSW.
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La Boite: The Story of an Australian Theatre Company
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChristine Comans
Brisbane: Playlab Press, 2009. -
Tours in Sunny New South Wales
AU$110.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdward Lynch
Sydney: Edward Lynch, No date.1920s NSW travel guide. Published in collaboration with the Government Railways’ Publicity Department.
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The Making of Women: The History of Mac Robertson Girls’ High School
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPauline F. Parker
Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2006. -
Souvenir Programme: Crowning Ceremony: Miss Sydney Competition, Anzac House Appeal
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartReturned Sailors, Soldiers & Airmens Imperial Australia League
Sydney: The Market Print, 1944.Programme for a beauty pageant at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Ground, Saturday, 9th September, 1944, organised by the RSL to raise funds for development of Anzac House, Sydney. Contains a brief pitch for the development, programme of events, and portraits of the competitors, most representing different government departments and ministries.
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Ceremonial Parade: On the occasion of the Laying Up of the Queen’s & Regimental Colours of the 9th Infantry Battalion (The Moreton Regt.) Sunday, 23rd March, 1969
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cart9 Battalion, The Royal Queensland Regiment
Brisbane: Neta, 1969.Program for a Ceremonial Parade.
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Narrative of a Voyage Round the World; Comprehending an Account of the Wreck of the Ship “Governor Ready”, in Torres Straits;
AU$2,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartT. B. Wilson
London: Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1835.A description of the British Settlements of the Coasts of New Holland, more particularly Raffles Bay, Melville Island, Swan River, and King George’s Sound; also, the manners and customs of the Aboriginal Tribes: with an appendix, containing remarks on transportation, the treatment of convicts during the voyage, and advice to persons intending to emigrate to the Australian Colonies. FERGUSON 2073. This copy without the 10 page catalogue of books and the plates bound in a different order.
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Revidirte Statuten fur den Deutschen Kranken=Verein in Brisbane
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDeutschen Kranken-Vereins
Brisbane: A. Cleghorn, 1872.Revised statutes for the German Health Association in Brisbane.
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Constitution and Rules of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartQueensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
[Brisbane]: Watson, Ferguson, and Co., 1891.Founded, 1885. Amended at the Annual General Meeting, July 6, 1891. FERGUSON 15166a.
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A Collection of Sketches: The Wool Trade
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartE. Pearce
Brisbane: The Carter-Watson Co., No date.Cartoon portraits of buyers and others connected with the Australian wool industry, mostly from Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, though also featuring a bevy of English characters. ANB 34155 dates [191-?], though a Barcaldine newspaper, The Western Champion Saturday Morning, March 22, 1924, ran a short story on the publication’s issue: “An event of some local interest has been the issue during the week of a collection of sketches by an old and very popular member of the wool trade, Mr. E- Pearce. The book consists of about 100 cartoons of people prominent in the wool trade. Mr. Pearce, whose skill as a cartoonist had hitherto been known only to a select circle of friends, has been prevailed on to publish in book form a series of sketches which had previously only a private circulation amongst friends. As a combination of technical skill and delightful humor the publication is unique.”
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A Census of New South Wales Plants
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. H. Maiden; Ernst Betche
Sydney: W. A. Gullick, Government Printer, 1916.A talented and enthusiastic botanist Joseph Henry Maiden established the colony’s first herbarium, the National Herbarium of New South Wales, together with a museum and library. Among his many studies and achievements he was also responsible for the construction of Sydney’s first playground and worked tirelessly to develop the educational value of the Botanical Gardens for all Australians.
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Snapshot Photograph of Watsons Bay, Sydney
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
[Sydney]: No publisher, No date.Early 20th century view of Watsons Bay, Sydney.
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Snapshot Photograph of Rocks, Botany Bay
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
[Sydney]: No publisher, No date.Early 20th century view of a man standing on the rocks at Botany Bay, Sydney.
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Additional Notes on the Palaeontology of Queensland (Part 2)
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Etheridge
Brisbane: Warwick and Sapsford, 1886.Queensland. Department of Mines. Geological Survey. Bulletin No. 13 by R. Etheridge, Junr., Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney.
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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$80.00 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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Notes on Fossil Plants from Duaringa, Ipswich, Dawson River, and Stanwell and on Fossil Woods from the Ipswich Beds, Boggo Road, Brisbane
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Shirley
Brisbane: George Arthur Vaughan, Government Printer, 1902.Queensland Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin No. 18.
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12 Snapshot Photographs of a Holiday Trip to South Australia
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
[Australia]: No publisher, 1965.Lot of twelve snapshot photographs taken on a 1965 road trip to South Australia. Photographs are captioned on the verso and views include the Murray River near Murray Bridge, Adelaide War Memorial, Bonython Fountain on Opening Day, Lake Meningie, and Carpenter’s Rock.