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TITLE

AUTHOR

PRICE

MS001

Amazing Australian Shipwrecks

Bell

*

MS002

An Atlas of Australian Shipwrecks

Loney

*

MS042

Australian Hospital Ship: Centaur

Milligan/Foley

27.50

MS003

Australian Sea Mysteries (2nd Edition)

Loney

13.50

MS004

Australian Sea Stories

Loney

13.50

MS006

Australian Shipwrecks (Volume 3) 1891-1900

Loney

*

MS007

Australian Shipwrecks (Volume 4) 1901-1986

Loney

46.50

MS033

Australian Shipwrecks (Volume 5) Update. From 1622 to 1990

Loney

*

MS005

Australia's Shipwreck Coast and Other Stories

Loney

19.95

MS008

Ghost Ports of Australia

Toghill

*

MS009

Gold Galleons and Archaeology

Burgess/Claus.

*

MS010

High and Dry

Stone/Loney

11.00

MS043

Hospital Ships

Goodman

38.50

MS011

Maritime Archaeology in Australia

Henderson

*

MS012

Maritime Australia

Loney

*

MS028

Mysteries of the Bass Strait Triangle

Loney

11.00

19.95

MS034

New South Wales Shipwrecks

Loney

*

MS013

New Zealand Shipwrecks

Ingram

*

MS041

Old Days: Ways Along the South Coast

Loney

*

MS026

Papers 1st Conference: Southern Hemisphere Maritime Archaeology

(No author)

*

MS035

Perth Dive Guide (Western Australia)

Beilby

20.00

MS014

Quest for Treasure

Marx

*

MS037

Reef Pilots

Foley

*

MS015

Sea Adventures & Wrecks on New South Wales South Coast

Loney

11.00

19.95

MS016

Ships That Passed

Baty

*

MS024

Sunken Treasure: How to Find It

Marx

32.95

MS040

Tales From the Surf Coast, Shipwreck Coast and Their Hinterlands

Loney

*

MS030

The Mahogany Ship

Loney

*

MS027

The Quetta : Queensland's Worst Disaster

Foley

*

MS036

The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North-West Cape of Australia 1875

Rathe

22.00

MS025

Treasure is not for the Finder

Robinson

*

MS017

Treasure Ships and Tropic Isles

Byron

12.00

MS031

Wreckers, Smugglers & Pirates in S.E. Aust.

Loney

19.95

MS018

Wreck of the Ly-ee Moon

Loney

*

MS019

Wrecks Along the Great Ocean Road (Victoria)

Loney

*

MS020

Wrecks Along the Murray

Loney

*

MS032

Wrecks at Robe (South Australia)

Loney

2.50

MS038

Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast

Loney

18.75

MS021

Wrecks on the New South Wales North Coast

Loney

*

MS022

Wrecks on the Queensland Coast (Vol. 1)

Loney

*

MS023

Wrecks on the Queensland Coast (Vol. 2)

Loney

19.95

MS029

Wrecks on the Queensland Coast (New Edition)

Loney

18.75

MS039

Wrecks on the Western Australia Coast

Loney

*

TITLE

PRICE

A HISTORY OF SEAFARING: Based on Underwater Archaeology.    (Ed: G.F. Bass)   1972.  320pp.

SOLD

A HISTORY OF THE PORTS OF QUEENSLAND.   H/C    (G. Lewis)   1973.  341pp. A study in economic nationalism. Scarce!

45.00

AUSTRALIAN SCUBA DIVER. S/C (H. Morrison & S. Sinclair) 2nd Edition, 1982. 191pp. The essentials of scuba theory.

5.00

AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS - Volume 1 1622 - 1850. (C. Bateson)   S/C   Reprint 1982. 267pp. Scarce!

37.50

AUSTRALIA'S MARITIME HERITAGE. S/C (G. Andrews) 1984. 88pp.

7.50

CAPTAIN WALKER'S MARATHON. H/C (R. Cilento) 1986. 143pp. An account of the captain of the barque 'Thomas King' which was wrecked off the Queensland coast in April 1852. (Inscription to the previous owner inside the front cover by the author's wife: Phyllis Cilento).

27.50

CORAL GATEWAY: The Hydrographers Passage Story.  H/C   (J.C.H. Foley)   1987.  49pp.   A story of one of the world's newest shipping channels which was opened in 1984 off the coast of Mackay, Queensland. Ex lib.

2.50

HOME AND BACK.   H/C   (S. Bremer)   1984.   224pp.   Australia's Golden Era of Passenger Ships.

19.50

ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS.   S/C   (H. Edwards)   Reprint 1985.   207pp.   Australian divers probe a 300 year mystery and uncover a grim tale of shipwreck mutiny.

4.50

LIGHTHOUSE OF TRAGEDY.    S/C   (S. Buchanan)   1999.  243pp.   The story of  Bustard Head Lighthouse - Queensland's first coast light. Ex lib.

16.50

MURDER MEYHEM FIRE & STORM: Australian Shipwrecks.   S/C   (M. Jeffreys)  1999.   262pp. The author presents the most dramatic Australian shipwrecks from the 'Batavia' in 1629 to 'AHS Centaur' in 1943.  Ex lib.

15.00

MYSTERIES OF THE BASS STRAIT TRIANGLE.   H/C + D/W   (J. Loney)   1980. 110pp.  Stories of the lost ships and shipwrecks of Bass Strait.  Ex lib.   Special.

16.00

NORTH COAST RUN. S/C  (Mike Richards)  1996. 175pp. A story of the men and ships of the New South Wales North Coast.  Ex lib.  Special.

15.00

RIVERBOATS and RIVERMEN.  H/C + D/W   (W. Drage & M. Page) 1st Edition, 1976.  221pp. A story of William Drage's -  his recollections and descriptions of a vanished world - being a nostalgic and affectionate glimpse into a way of life on the paddle-steamers on the inland rivers  - a life that was uniquely Australian.

27.50

SHIPS IN THE CORAL. H/C (H. Holthouse) 1976. 146pp.

29.50

SHIPWRECKS … and MORE SHIPWRECKS.   S/C   (M.E. Mackenzie)   4th Edition, 1974.  190pp. An account of Victorian Shipwrecks.

12.00

SHIPWRECKS and SEAFARERS' SCANDALS. (T. Matthews) 2000. 250pp. True Tales from Colonial Queensland and the South Pacific with mysteries, long- forgotten treasures, shipwrecks, murder, torture, madness and brutality. A fascinating collection of true stories. 

22.00

SHIPWRECKS and SEAFARERS' SCANDALS. (T. Matthews) 2000. 250pp. True Tales from Colonial Queensland and the South Pacific with mysteries, long- forgotten treasures, shipwrecks, murder, torture, madness and brutality. A fascinating collection of true stories.      An ex library copy.     Pages repaired.      Special !!

10.00

STEAMERS IN THE SOUTH.   H/C + D/W (Ronald Parsons) 1st Edition, 1979. 128pp. A history of the great days of steam around Australia and New Zealand. Many pictures.

27.50

SUNKEN TREASURE. H/C (P. De Latil & J. Rivoire) 1962. 276pp. Ex lib.

SOLD

THE FLAG OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS.  H/C  (F.C. Bowen)   1939.  122pp plus Appendix.   History of the Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Ltd. 1858 - 1939.  Ex lib

25.00

THE GREAT LINERS.  H/C  (T.K. Fitchett)  1977.  80pp.      P & O Orient ships on the Australian Trade. Ex lib.

16.00

THE QUETTA: Queensland's Worst Disaster. S/C (John C.H. Foley) 1990. 162pp. This is the story of of the British East India Liner that was shipwrecked in Torres Strait in 1890.

19.50

THE SEARCH FOR SUNKEN TREASURE.   H/C   (R.F. Marx)   1993. 192pp . The stories behind some of the world famous wrecks. (New)

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THE SEAWATCHERS: The Story of Australia's Coast Radio Service.  H/C + D/W   (L. Durrant)  1986. 248pp. This book covers the history of Coast Radio Service and the related Island Radio Service and tells of the radio pioneers around the turn of the century and traces the development of radio communications in Australia to the 1980's.

15.00

THE SHIPWRECK OF THE NEW GUINEA GOLD EXPLORERS.   S/C  (P. Maiden)  2000. 173pp.  The wreck of the brig 'Maria' off Hinchinbrook Island in 1872. This is situated near Cardwell, Queensland. Ex lib.

SOLD

THE TALL SHIPS - Collector's Edition. S/C ( C & P Liberman) 1986. 63pp.

5.00

THE WRECK ON THE HALF MOON REEF. S/C (H. Edwards) 1975. 188pp.

3.50

THERE WAS A SHIP.  H/C + D/W  (Patsy Adam-Smith)  New Edition, 1983.  239pp.

20.00

TREASURE OF THE CONCEPCIÓN.    H/C + D/W  (W.M. Mathers & N. Shaw)  1993. 164pp. The Archaeological Recovery of a Spanish Galleon. Ex lib.

SOLD

TRUE AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES. H/C (J. Millar) 1978. 213pp.

SOLD

UNFINISHED VOYAGES.   H/C + D/W   (G & K-J Henderson)   1st Edition, 1988.  308pp.   Western Australian Shipwrecks 1851-1880.  Ex lib. Scarce. (Inside cover slightly damaged)

30.00

VETERAN SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND. H/C (G. Andrews) 1976. 136pp. Scarce!

24.00

VOYAGE TO DISASTER. H/C (H. Drake-Brockman) 1982 Classics Edition. 318pp. Ex lib copy.

7.50

WRECK OF THE SYDNEY COVE. H/C + D/W (M. Jeffreys) 1997. 257pp.

19.50

WRECKS & REPUTATIONS.  S/C  (D. Charlwood)   Reprint 1978. 190pp.   An account of the 'Schomberg' & the 'Loch Ard'  shipwrecked in Bass Strait.

8.50

WRECKS IN TASMANIAN WATERS.  H/C + D/W   (H. O'May)  1955 (?),  209pp plus Index and Maps.   Ex lib.

25.00

WRECKS ON THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST.  S/C (J. Loney)  1st Edition, 1993. 166 pp. + Index.   Ex lib. Near new. 

15.00

WRECKS ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST - VOL 1 1791 - 1900.   S/C  (J. Loney) 1st Edition, 1982. 87pp. This book also includes the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Torres Strait & the Gulf of Carpentaria. 

SOLD