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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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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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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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22.00
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An
Island
Unto Itself by
Professor L.R. Marchant.
(ISBN
0 85905 120 X), 1988, 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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And
If Her Droughts Are Bitter
by G. Linke
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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
Betrayed
by G. Campbell & M. Uhlmann.
(1 875 778 02 0) 1995, Soft Cover,
214pp, 260grams.
A well-known Federal Politician details the
"destruction of Australia". New
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Australia
Twice Traversed
by Ernest Giles.
(ISBN 0 85905 206 0), 1995 reprint of 1889 edition, Soft
Cover. 382pp,
illustrated, 670grams.
A
classic of Australian exploration in one volume, including maps. New
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Back
to the Goldfields
by A.N. Bingley
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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.
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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, Hard 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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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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Broadaxe
Ballads
by W.A. Kernick.
(ISBN 0 85905 165 X) 1991, Soft Cover, 62pp, 120grams.
The verse of "Collie King" on the timber of the South-west of
Western Australia. New
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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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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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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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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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Caught
off Guard and Other Poems
by Janet Wells.
(ISBN
0 85905 096 3), 1986, Soft Cover, 53pp, 90grams.
From
the English countryside to a Kimberley
cattle station, these poems evoke Janet’s past and present life, and
have won prizes in the North. New
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Challenge
& the Chance, The
by S.K. Forrest.
(ISBN
0 85905 217 6), 1996, Hard Cover, 364 large pages, illustrated,
780grams.
The
colonisation and settlement of North West Australia 1861-1914. Forrest
focuses on black-white relationships, and the changing attitudes and
moralities of white Australians when they, too, became indigenous. Opens
a new chapter of Australian history. New
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Chasing
the Weight, 1886-1912
by F.W.P. Cammilleri.
(ISBN
0 85905 085 8), 1986, Soft Cover, 84pp, illustrated, 220grams.
From
the
Kimberley
in 1886 to the Pilbara, Ashburton, Murchison,
Kalgoorlie, Greenbushes and Donnybrook. “FWP” was a pioneer prospector and
the first man to dig and peg on the Golden Mile lodes. New
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Conquest
and Settlement by
Geoff Blackburn.
(ISBN
0 85905 254 0), 1999, Hard Cover, 342pp, illustrated, 730grams.
The
history of the 21st Regiment of Foot and its role in Western Australian
history. Contains accounts of the suppression of the native uprisings
of the 1830s and appendices on the men as soldiers and settlers, extensive
biographical details and genealogical charts. New
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Coolgardie
Gold by Albert
Gaston.
(ISBN
0 85905 041 6), 1984 reprint of 1937 edition with new material, Soft Cover
& Limited
Hard Cover, 228pp, illustrated, 340grams.
The
discovery of gold at Coolgardie filled thousands of young men with
eagerness to try their luck on the new field. New
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Cossack
Gold by W. Lambden
Owen.
(ISBN
0 85905 043 2), 1984 reprint of 1933 edition with new material, Hard
Cover, 154pp, illustrated, 330grams.
Vivid
reminiscences of the life in the North West of Australia from the 1880s to
the 1930s. Gold, pearling, Aborigines, diamonds, murder and madness
in the great but empty North. New
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Cyclopedia
of
Western Australia
by J. S. Battye.
(ISBN
0 85905 072 6), 1985 reprint of 1912-13 edition, Two
(2) Volumes, Hard Cover, 1824pp, quarto, 5.2kg.
The
classic reference on the history of early
Western Australia
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Concise descriptions on many facets of the State with biographical
data on over 950 pioneers and their families. New
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195.00
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Darkest
Western Australia
by H.G.B.
Mason.
(ISBN 0 85905 014 9), 1980 reprint of 1909 edition, Soft Cover, 74pp,
illust., 130g.
The
best bushman’s advice book written, with his solution to the “native
question”! New
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22.00
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Darwin
Dilemmas by
Ron Brown & Pat Clift.
(ISBN
0 85905 164 1), 1992, Soft Cover, 188pp, illustrated, 260grams.
Darwin
life just before and during World War II. An important eye witness
account. New
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Daughters
of Midas, The
by Norma King.
(ISBN 0 85905 124 2), 1988, Soft Cover, 188pp, illustrated,
400grams.
The
author combines her own rich personal knowledge and insight of
goldfields’ life with her thorough research to make an important
contribution to the history of the goldfields.
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Digging,
Squatting and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia
by Mrs Dominic D. Daly.
(ISBN
0 85905 068 8), 1984 reprint of 1887edition, Hard Cover, 368pp plus map,
690grams.
A
pioneering classic from first settlement to 1887. Vivid description
of life and events that shaped the destiny of the
Northern Territory. New
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40.00
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Dollypot
Edited
by P. Bridge.
(ISBN
0 85905 100 5), Soft Cover, 1987, 168pp,
illustrated,
350grams.
A
magnificent collection of prospectors' and miners stories. Humour,
sadness, thirst, booze, hard luck, life, people and poetry of
the goldfields - from the
Kimberley
in the North to Ravensthorpe in the south east of
Western Australia
. New
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22.00
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Droving
Days by H.M.
Barker.
(ISBN
0 85905 197 8), 1994 reprint of 1966 edition, Soft Cover, 124pp,
illustrated, 175grams.
A
history of droving, and stories of famous drovers.
New
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