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Clouded Vision by Hugh
Clift.
(ISBN
0 85905 320 2), 2003, Soft Cover, Wire spiral A4, 128pp, illustrated,
375grams.
The
life of Andrew Barr, pioneer inventor and Doodlakine farmer. New
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A Dead Mans Dream – Lasseter’s Reef Found by
Angie Testa and Bill Decarli.
(ISBN
0 85905 356 3), 2005, Soft Cover, 104pp, illustrated, 145grams.
Ever
since Harold Lasseter died in 1931 in his pursuit of his infamous
gold-bearing quartz reef, the location of this reef has remained a
tantalising mystery. New
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22.00
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Gold Seeker’s Odyssey by L R Menzies.
(ISBN 0 85905 290 7), 2004 reprint of 1937 edition with new material,
Soft Cover, 171pp, 235grams.
Leslie Menzies was one of the hopeful band of prospectors who
arrived in Western Australia
during the 1890s gold-rush. New
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28.00
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Look Over The Edge by
Jeanie Crago.
(ISBN 0 85905 294 X), 2002, Soft Cover, 218pp, illustrated, 290g.
Follow
the lives of five children in this detour off the well-worn path of life
into the outback of
Australia. New
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Varied And Versatile Life
by F. Wittenoom, edited by R.L. Lefroy.
(ISBN 0 85905 317 2), 2003
upgraded reprint, Soft
Cover, Wire spiral A4, 109pp
illustrated, 325grams.
The
first pastoral settlement of the Murchison. New
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28.00
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Voyage Of No Importance by
R. Dickson.
(ISBN
0 85905 298 2), 2003, Soft
Cover, 126pp illustrated,
180grams.
An
epic dinghy voyage on the wild
Kimberley
coast in 1920 interwoven with shipwrecks and murder, which cost the lives
of 5 white men. New
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22.00
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Welsh Australian Journey 1742 - 2004 by
Stuart
L.G. Morgan.
(ISBN 0 85905 357 1), 2004 New,
Soft Cover, A4, 540grams.
The
author, the son and grandson of Welsh mining engineers, migrated to
Western Australia
from the UK
in early 1949. Most of that year was spent at the blue asbestos town of
Wittenoom Gorge. New
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30.00
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Aboriginal
Perth
by Daisy Bates.
(ISBN 0 85905 135 8), 1992,
Soft Cover, 208pp, illustrated, 260grams.
A collection of her writings on the now-extinct Aborigines of the Perth
and South West areas of Western Australia, customs, beliefs, biographies
and more. New
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28.00
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Adventures
of a Trepang Fisher by
George H. Sunter.
(ISBN 0 85905 234 6), 1997
reprint of 1937 edition with new material, Soft Cover, 292pp, illustrated,
380grams.
A
Northern Territory
classic. Sunter’s life and adventures fishing for trepang in Arnhem
Land on the coast of northern
Australia
. New
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28.00
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Agnew
by Alex Palmer.
(ISBN 0 85905 267 2), 2000,
Soft Cover, 142pp, illustrated, 190grams.
The history of the goldfield’s town, its rise and fall and the life
of its people. New
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All
in My Stride
by Richard Harris.
(ISBN
0 85905 260 5), 1999, Soft Cover, 216pp, illustrated, 230grams.
The
biography of John Gilmour, 2/4th Machine Gunner, P.O.W. and champion
athlete. New
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22.00
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All
Men Back by Bill
Bee.
(ISBN 0 85905 254 0), 1998, Soft Cover, 156pp, illustrated,
230grams.
The
experiences of Bill Bee, as a sailor on HMAS
Perth, sunk by the Japanese, and then as a POW on the Burma Railway
and in Japanese coal mines. The appendix lists the crew of the HMAS
Perth and their fate. An insert map shows all Japanese POW
campsites. New
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Along
the Ashburton
by Rhonda McDonald.
(ISBN
0 85905 288 5), 2002, Soft Cover, illustrated, 385grams.
The
history of the people and stations of the Onslow and the Ashburton
River
districts. New
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30.00
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And
Some Found
Graves
by A.J.
Thompson.
(ISBN 0 85905 186 2), 2002 reprint of 1993 edition, Soft Cover, 95pp,
illustrated, 150grams.
The
1895-96 goldfields’ diary of
New Zealand
prospector John Aspinall who was tragically killed by lightning. His
lonely grave is at Hawks Nest, near
Laverton,
Western Australia
. New
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An
Island
Unto Itself by
Professor L.R. Marchant.
(ISBN
0 85905 120 X), 1988, Soft Cover & Limited
stock available in Hard Cover, 224pp, illustrated, 460grams.
The
biography and history of William Dampier; his times and exploration in Western Australia
in 1688 and 1699. New
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28.00
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30.00
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Anzac
Squadron, The by
Norman Ashworth.
(ISBN
0 85905 198 6), 1994, Soft Cover, 285pp, illustrated, 350grams.
The
history of the RAAF 461 Squadron - Sunderland Flying Boats formed in 1942
to attack U Boats. Details of the planes and men. New
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33.00
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Australia
Twice Traversed
by Ernest Giles.
(ISBN 0 85905 206 0), 1995 reprint of 1889 edition, 382pp,
illustrated, 670grams.
A
classic of Australian exploration in one volume, including maps. New
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Battling
for Gold
by John Marshall
(ISBN
0 85905 040 8), 1984 reprint of 1903 edition with new material. Soft
Cover, 206pp, illustrated, 240grams.
John
Marshall, adventurer, journalist, public figure and Digger’s leader on
the Coolgardie - Kalgoorlie goldfield wrote of early days on the fields in
what is the best collection of goldfields’ stories. New
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22.00
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Beyond
Boundary Fences
by G.J.C McDonald.
(ISBN
0 85905 207 9),1996, Soft Cover, 264pp, illustrated, 340grams.
The
early Murchison goldfield's characters, Aborigines, bushmen and outlaws. New
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28.00
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Bicycle
and the Bush,
The
by J. Fitzpatrick.
(ISBN
0 85905 250 8), 2002
reprint of 1980 edition, Soft
Cover, 256pp, illustrated, 530grams.
The
best book on bicycle history ever.
The effect of the bicycle on the Australian outback.
New
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50.00
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Black
and White and in Between by
Peter Gifford.
(ISBN
085905 301 6), 2002,
Soft Cover, illustrated, 330grams.
The
life of Arthur Dimer and a history of the southern Nullarbor. No. 20
in the Aboriginal Studies Series. New
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Body
and Soul - an Aboriginal View
by A.R. Piele.
(ISBN 0 85905 233 8), 1997, Hard Cover, 334pp, 700grams.
Aboriginal
concepts of medicine. Piele spent many years at Balgo Community in
the
Great Sandy Desert
and this is destined to become a classic work. New
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55.00
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Borneo
Surgeon - A Reluctant Hero.
The life of Dr James D. Taylor by
Peter Firkins.
(ISBN
0 85905 211 7), 1995, 161pp, illustrated, Soft Cover 250grams, Hard Cover
300grams.
Dr
Taylor, a civilian tortured and imprisoned by the Japanese in Borneo, ran
an underground organisation to help the POWs who later died in the Sandakan
death march. New
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Cover $28.00
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Born
to be a Drover - the life story of Jim Freeth 1913-1990
by Jim Freeth.
(ISBN 0 85905 346 6), 2004 reprint from 1991, Soft Cover, 72pages, A4,
illustrated, 210grams.
This
is probably the best documented biography of a Western Australian drover. New
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22.00
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Bowyangs
and Boomerangs by M.J.
O’Reilly.
(ISBN 0 85905 063 7), 1984 reprint of 1944 edition with new material,
Soft Cover, 167pp, 200grams.
Mulga
Mick’s account of life in Western Australia, Northern Territory, South
Australia and Tasmania and his mining of gold, wolfram, opals and
osmiridium. Swagging, Afghans, camels, mica mines and life from the
1890s in the Australian bush. New
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Bride
Ships, The by Rica
Erickson.
(ISBN
0 85905 162 5), 2005,
Soft Cover, A4, 71pp, 130grams.
United
Kingdom immigrants in the 1800s who became settlers in Western Australia. An
important social history and of great genealogical interest. New
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28.00
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Bulloo
Downs Drover by Peter
Hall.
(ISBN
0 85905 293 1), 2002, Soft Cover, 135grams.
Droving
and station life on Ilgararie and Bulloo Downs Stations, north of
Meekatharra.
New
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16.50
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Bullwinkel
by Norm Manners.
(ISBN
0 85905 265 6, 2000, Soft Cover, 248pp,
illustrated, 340grams.
The
first full biography of Sister Bullwinkel, sole survivor of a group of
Australian nurses murdered by the Japanese on Banka Island in 1941. Machine
gunned and starved, she survived to return to high office in Australian
nursing. New
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55.00
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Bush
Justice by Ron
Brown & Pat Studdy-Clift.
(ISBN
0 85905 146 3), 1990, Soft Cover, 256pp, illustrated, 340grams.
The
experiences of one of the last police officers in
Central Australia
to patrol by camel. Life in the bush, its people and their foibles. One
of the best books on
Central Australia. New
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28.00
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Bush
Kids and Bartoo
by Mildred Gordon.
(ISBN
0 85905 338 5), 2004, 54pp, A4, Soft Cover, 175grams.
Mildred
Gordon describes life on a remote Centralian Station in the 1920s and 30s
and includes her mother's writings of the local Aboriginal legends,
published for the first time. New
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Calvert’s
Golden West by Geoff
Blackburn.
(ISBN 0 85905 241 9), 1997, Soft Cover, 88pp, illustrated,
130grams.
The
story of the enigmatic Calvert’s and their role in Western Australian
history. Includes a full bibliography. New
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22.00
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Camels
and. the Outback
by H.M. Barker.
(ISBN
0 85905 182 X), 1995 reprint with new material, Soft Cover, 207pp,
illustrated, 260grams.
The
classic book on the camel in Australia. New
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28.00
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Camp
Fire
Sketches
by A.G. Hales.
(ISBN 0 85905 339 3), 2004 reprint, Soft Cover, 108pp, 160grams.
As
the wind gathers sparks from the camp-fire, so these stories have been
collected, here, there, and everywhere. New
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22.00
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Canoe
& Kayak Guide to W.A.
by Martin Chambers.
(ISBN
0 85905 266 4), 2000, Soft Cover, 104pp, illustrated, 22 photographs, 30
maps, 145grams.
A
canoe and kayak guide, including maps, covering the southern half of
Western Aust. Trips are categorised as open canoe, kayak or sea kayak.
Includes details of
trip lengths and grade difficulty. New
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22.00
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Captain
Bully Hayes: Blackbirder and Bigamist by Frank Clune.
(ISBN
0 85905 239 7), 1997 reprint of 1970 edition with new material, Soft Cover
190pp, illustrated, 260grams.
The buccaneer, blackbirder and rascal of the Pacific - one of the great
“characters” of the age. New
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25.00
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Cardonia
by B.W. Leake.
(ISBN
0 85905 329 6), 2004, reprint of 1960’s books, Soft Cover / A4, 99pp,
illustrated, 280grams.
This
collection of the writings of the well known farmer, historian,
naturalist, Bruce Leake. New
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28.00
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Castle
Dangerous by Gil
Hardwicke.
(ISBN
0 85905 322 9), 2003, Soft
Cover, 100pp illustrated,
150grams.
The
settlement and pioneers of the Margaret
River
area and an examination of their origins and political and social
backgrounds. New
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22.00
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