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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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For the Love of the Game: Ten Legends of Queensland Rugby League
AU$35.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMurray Barnett
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2015.“Queensland State of Origin legends are indelibly printed on the minds of rugby league supporters – Lewis, Meninga, Lockyer. They are lauded for their contributions to the greatest game of all and rightfully so. But what about all the great players who played for Queensland before Origin? They are not so easily remembered, but this does not mean their status should be in any way diminished. This book is a tribute to their courage, dedication and spirit – and to their love of the game.” (publisher’s blurb)
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I Know Who Killed Betty Shanks
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTed Duhs
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2022.Queensland’s oldest cold case. The third edition reveals Betty’s secret life as documented in an ASIO file.
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How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRay Kerkhove
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2023.“The history of Australias Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few books available which explain, in detail, the modes of warfare First Australians applied during the Frontier Wars. How They Fought is written as an introductory guidebook. It is broken into chapters covering organisation, strategies, weaponry, and defences. The book considers both traditional practices and technological and tactical adaptations. To make this complex topic more accessible, How They Fought includes numerous tables, figures and diagrams that illustrate and summarize the contents.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Glory Days: Brisbane’s Art World to 1970
AU$35.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJudith Hamilton
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2020.“This book recounts the glory days when Brisbane was seen as the art capital of Australia. Great artists such as renowned, award winning artist, Margaret Olley and two time Archibald winner, William Robinson, were developing and exposing their skills. Brisbane had many prestigious art galleries, art organisations and groups. These times inspired great art teachers such as Wendy Allen and Mervyn Moriarty who made such a big impact on the education of students in primary and secondary schools and tertiary colleges in the city and country areas of Queensland.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Hospital Ships
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRupert Goodman
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2016.Foreword by B. T. Treloar, AO, Rear Admiral RAN (Rtd).
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The Bird Man of Brisbane: Silvester Diggles and his Ornithology of Australia
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLouis J. Pigott
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010.“When Silvester Diggles arrived in 1855 there was little artistic or scientific talent in the small frontier town of Brisbane. By the time of his death in 1880, his paramount legacy was a large book on Australian birds, profusely illustrated with hand-coloured lithographs. Acting as his own publisher from 1865 onwards, Diggles produced the first substantial zoological work to commence publication in Australia. The compilation and content of this rare work of art and natural history is examined here in the light of Diggles’ life and times, as well as his ornithological predecessors and contemporaries. So too is his role in establishing the first scientific society and museum in Queensland. Also presented in this lavishly illustrated publication are colour plates from his bird book, and some of his original bird paintings for the first time.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Baptised Among Crocodiles: A History of the Daintree Aboriginal Mission, 1940-1962
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRussell Guy
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2015.“Sometime around 1930, an Irish pentecostal missionary, Isobella Hetherington arrived at Mossman in Far North Queensland. She was accompanied by an Aboriginal woman named Nellie who was a talented vocalist. Together they began ministering to the Kuku Yulanji Aboriginal people who had been forced to gather in small groups throughout the Daintree Rainforest. Ten years later, a Mission was built on land purchased by the Assembly of God (Qld) beside the Daintree River and 50 to 70 people moved there. For the next 20 years, they grew bananas and pineapples, built homes and struggled with a government policy that controlled most aspects of their lives. This is the story of how, in a rapidly changing world, the Kuku Yulanji and the Missionaries sought to understand each other at a time before Reconciliation became a national objective.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Gentlemen of the Flashing Blade
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBianka Vidonja Balanzategui
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2015.Studies in North Queensland History, Number 12. Foreword by Henry Reynolds. First published in 1990 by James Cook University.
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Bonsai: Its Art, Science, History and Philosophy
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDeborah R. Koreshoff
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2013.Illustrations by Deborah R. Koreshoff. Photography by Penny Wright.