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Brisbane: 150 Stories, 1859-2009
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFrank 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
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRodney 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
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRodney 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
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCarolyn Nolan
Saint George: Balonne Shire Council, 1996. -
Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartConstance Campbell Petrie
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1983.Queensland Classics edition.
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Dieu et Devoir: The Story of All Hallows’ School, Brisbane, 1861-1981
AU$50.00 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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Brisbane Blacks
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael 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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Cairns: City of the South Pacific: A History, 1770-1995
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTimothy Bottoms
Cairns: Bunu Bunu Press, 2015. -
A Guidebook to Field Geology In Southeast Queensland
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartN. C. Stevens
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1973. -
Native Plants of Queensland (4 Volumes)
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKeith A. W. Williams
Ipswich: Keith A.W. Williams, 1979-1999.All first edition, first printings. Volume 2 inscribed, Volume 4 signed.
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Plants of Capricornia
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRhonda Melzer; Joel Plumb
Rockhampton: Capricorn Conservation Council, 2011.Detailed reference on the plants of the central Queensland coast region.
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Voices from Brisbane Rugby League
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGreg Mallory; Gail Cartwright
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010.Oral histories from the 50s to the 70s.
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The Voyages to Queensland of the Glamorganshire
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPennie Manderson; Maryborough Family Heritage Institute Volunteers
Maryborough: Maryborough Family Heritage Institute, No date.A look at life on board an immigrant ship. Includes passenger lists for numerous voyages.
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From Mandarins to Mangoes: A History of Farming in Bowen, North Queensland
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJan Rees
Brisbane: Jan Rees, 2007. -
Pioneering: The Life of the Hon. R. M. Collins
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHarry C. Perry
Brisbane: Watson, Ferguson & Co., 1923.With a poetic epigraph by Queensland poet George Essex Evans.
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The Brisbane River Story: Meanders through Time
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHelen Gregory
Brisbane: Australian Marine Conservation Society, 1996. -
The Building of the Queensland House, 1880-1920: A Carpenter’s Handbook and Owner’s Manual
AU$45.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAndrew L. Jenner
Brisbane: Andrew L. Jenner, 2015. -
The Kalkadoons: A Study of an Aboriginal Tribe on the Queensland Frontier
AU$250.00 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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The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. K. Thomson; Thomas Welsby
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press, 1967. -
Place of the Stinging Nettles
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPhyllis Shatte
Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1970.A novel of Gympie, Queensland. This copy signed by the author.