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AUSTRALIA
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GIRL AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. H/C + D/W
(Edited by: Helen Vellacott)
New Edition, 1982. 145pp.
This new edition is basically a facsimile of the 1932 edition
with additional material. An English girl's reminiscences:
'Below Stairs' in Colonial Australia. |
32.00
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| CALEDONIA
AUSTRALIS: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia.
S/C (Don Watson) 1st
Edition, 1984. After
their military defeat in 1745, the Scottish Highlanders suffered
a worse humiliation. They were displaced from their ancestral
lands and became curiosities: objects
of romantic nostalgia, charity, scorn, anthropology - and
emigration. This is a tale of their dispossession. It also tells
the rout of another people, the
Kurnai of Gippsland in south-eastern Australia. Prominent
among those who did the routing were emigrant Highlanders like
the explorer Angus McMillan.
Don Watson writes about the
frontier on which those two
cultures met. It
is a story full of tragic ironies and myths which linger to this
day. First published in 1984 and recognised as a significant
revisionist work, Caledonia Australis
all the more intriguing and instructive now as debate continues
to rage over Aboriginal native title, practical reconciliation
and the way Australian history should
be written, taught and understood. |
20.00
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| GLIMPSES
OF AUSTRALIA - 2 Volumes
H/C + D/W (Gordon & Gotch)
Volume 1 : (Facsimile of 1897 Edition - published 1987)
388pp. Volume
2 : (Facsimile of
1897 Edition also
published in 1987) 388pp. These 2 volumes depict Scenes, Cities,
Industries, and Interesting phases of Australian Life, with
classic literary descriptions by E.D. Hoben. An
album of photographic Gems. |
60.00
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ORIGINS: From Penal Camp to Parliament.
S/C 1973.
52pp. This
is the souvenir booklet of paintings which accompanied "An
Exhibition Bearing Witness to the Australian Past
1788 - 1856" at the Mitchell and Dixson Galleries,
Sydney. |
12.00
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LIFE AND SCENES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Being an Artist's
Impressions of Countries and Peoples at the Antipodes.
H/C + D/W Chipped. (George French Angas) 1847 - Facsimile
Edition 1967. In two (2) Volumes, 635pp. Black & white
illustrations, [3] biographical comment, [13] indexes.
Originally published in two volumes
by Smith, Elder, and Co., London, 1847. This
is a first-hand account of the two countries in 1846 by a gifted
writer and artist is of great value to all readers. At the age
of 20 years George set out to travel the Pacific and to sketch
its inhabitants and natural fauna and flora. Good condition. |
45.00
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(South) & W (Western) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
H/C - Cover marked. (Anthony
Trollope) Circa 1880 !st Edition (?) - Blue cover with gold gilt
on pages. 312pp.This book is broken up into 2 chapters. The
first being South Australia and Western Australia and the second
chapter for New Zealand.
This is an account of the author's travels with much information
on various subjects at that time.
Pages are good condition. Special. |
120.00
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| THE NATIONAL HANDBOOK OF AUSTRALIA'S INDUSTRIES. H/C (Ed: A. Pratt) 1934. 667pp. The
purpose of this handbook was to facilitate the expansion of
trade between the Commonwealth of Australia and other members of
the British Empire by providing precise and comprehensive
information concerning the industries and products of
Australia
and the capacity of this country to cater for, and supply,
the needs of other Empire communities. It also expands on the
large companies operating at that time. Illustrated with photos.
Good second-hand condition. |
150.00
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OXFORD ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY. H/C +
D/W (J. Bassett) 1st Edition, 1993. 304pp. This book contains
entries on people, institutions, places, ideas, movements,
events, artefacts and documents generally considered to be of
significance in Australian history.
Brand
new (unread) ex library copy.
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25.00
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