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Eager For Labour by Val Fitch.
(ISBN 0 85905 314 8), 2003, Soft Cover, 190pp
illustrated, 260grams.
The indentured labour of the Swan River Colony
with the history of several of the families involved.
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Eagle’s
Nest, The ...
Larkinville, the Golden Eagle and the Great Depression by
P.J.
Bridge.
(ISBN 0 85905 274 5), 1999,
Soft Cover & Hard Cover, 320pp, illustrated, Hard Cover 700grams, Soft
Cover 450grams.
The last great traditional gold rush at the height
of the depression, with biographies, details of nuggets and a preview of
the coming depression. New
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35.00
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55.00
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E.P. 9
Story, The
by Mike
Sasin/J B
Norman.
(ISBN 085905 326 1), 2003, Soft
Cover/A4 wire bound, 54pp, illustrated,190grams.
An aero
engineer's life in the NW where his business was shattered by lies and
manipulation involving an illegal and unsound pilot, a millionaire
megalomaniac pastoralist and DCA investigations.
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Ernest
Giles - Explorer & Traveller 1835 - 1897 by Ray Ericksen.
(ISBN 0 85905 240 0), 1997
reprint of 1978 edition with new material, Soft Cover, 336pp, illustrated,
510grams.
The prize-winning
biography of
Australia
’s greatest explorer. New
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Essentials
of Sovereign Credit, The
by Laurence Molloy.
(ISBN 1 875 778 01 2), 1993, Soft
Cover, 168pp, illustrated, 225grams.
A study of credit creation history and the collapse of the
Australian and World economy. New
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Expeditions
in
Western Australia
1837-1839 (2 Volumes) by George
Grey.
(ISBN 0 85905 046 7), 1983
reprint of 1841 edition, Hard Cover, 916pp, illustrated, maps, 1.68kg.
This
classic of Western Australian exploration in two volumes details Grey’s
discoveries. Extensive details
of natural history, Aboriginal life, culture, language, and more.
Grey’s party suffered shipwreck, starvation and thirst in their
long travels from
Gantheaume
Bay
to Perth.
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90.00
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Explorations
in
Australia
1858 - 1862 by John
McDouall Stuart.
(ISBN 0 85905 062 9), 1984
reprint of 1865 edition, Hard Cover, 538pp, illustrated, 1.01kg.
Stuart was the first to reach
Australia
’s geographical centre and to traverse the continent.
Thirst, scurvy, starvation and hostile natives hampered his
expeditions. His route led to
the construction of the overland telegraph and the opening up of
Central Australia.
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Family
Farm—Success & Succession, The
by Judith Stanich.
(ISBN 0 85905 231 1), 1995, Soft
Cover, 113pp, illustrated, 160grams.
An essential handbook that deals with the
very sensitive subject of family business succession. The author believes
she has found a way for families to deal with and resolve this issue. New
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Fifty
Years Afloat
by Hugh
Cameron.
(ISBN 0 85905 213 3),
1996, Soft Cover, 198pp, illustrated, 240grams.
The memoirs of a
Western Australian ferryman and boat builder on the Swan
River
and Rottnest run. New
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Fighting
for Life
by
Judith Fitzhardinge.
(ISBN
0 85905 224 9), 1996, Soft Cover, 268pp, illustrated, 340grams.
John
Fitzhardinge was in
Greece
and Crete with the Artillery during World War II and was eventually taken
prisoner by the crew of an Italian submarine and incarcerated in
Italy
and
Germany. New
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Flight of
Diamonds
by Major W.
Tyler.
(ISBN 0 85905 105 6),
1987, Soft Cover & Hard Cover, 134pp, illustrated, Hard Cover
300grams, Soft Cover, 200grams.
The 1942 Japanese attack on Broome
had been kept hidden by the Curtin’s wartime government.
Tyler
gives the first full account of the raid and of the loss of $12 million in
diamonds, still unrecovered. Copious
illustrations of Japanese, Dutch,
United States
and Australian aircraft and personnel involved in the disaster. New
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Hard
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28.00
Hard
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Flip Side
War by Ean
McDonald.
(ISBN 0 85905 353 9), 2005, Soft Cover, A4 175pp, illustrated, 485grams.
Flip
Side War is an easily read series of anecdotes covering much of World War
Two in the Royal Australian Navy, being the experiences of a young man,
cum sailor, cum officer caught up in that part holocaust, part puzzle and
part circus.
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Gather
No Moss
by Billy Linklater.
(ISBN
0 85905 232 X), 1997 reprint of 1968 edition with new material, Soft
Cover, 175pp, illustrated, 240grams.
The
classic biography of Northern Territory
bushman Billy Miller Linklater, includes much detail of the early
characters. New
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Geology
and Mineral Deposits of the Leonora-Laverton Area, North Eastern Yilgarn
Block, Western Australia
by J. Hallberg.
(ISBN
0 85905 078 5), 1985, 218pp, illustrated, Hard Cover 420grams, Soft Cover
310grams.
(An
associated set of 16 large geological maps of the area sells at
approximately $104.00 elsewhere) New
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Soft
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25.00
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Ghosts
in Khaki
by Les Cody.
(ISBN
0 85905 235 4), 1997, Hard Cover, 388pp, illustrated, 880grams.
The
Unit History of the 2/4th Machine Gunners in
Western Australia,
Malaya,
Singapore,
Burma
Railway.
A classic of Australian military history. New
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Ghosts
of Bayley Street
: Collected Poems of J. Sorensen by Jack Sorensen.
(ISBN
0 85905 138 2), 1992, Soft Cover, 100pp, 150grams.
Jack Sorenson, shearer, boxer and poet was renowned for his meter and
rhyme. New
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Glorious
Uncertainty, The by
Sally L. Senior.
(ISBN
0 85905 282 2), 2000, Soft Cover, 152pp, illustrated, 215grams.
An
enchanting tale of the lives of three little girls who grew up on a sheep
station in the East Murchison district of Western Australia in the 1930s
and 1940s. New
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Gold
in the Gascoyne
by
Rhonda McDonald.
(ISBN
0 85905 270 2), 2000 reprint of 1985/1986 edition with new material, Soft
Cover, 140pp, illustrated, 200grams.
The
story of Mangaroon Station and its development by the McDonalds from 1923,
including the discovery of the magnificent Star of Mangaroon Goldmine.
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Gold
Getting Days
by John
Meiklejohn & Edited by P. J. Bridge.
(ISBN
0 85905 341 5), Soft Cover, 175pp, 235grams.
John
Meiklejohn was one of the best known prospectors of the Coolgardie and
later gold-rushes of the 1890s.
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Gold
Stealers, The by Brian
Purdue.
(ISBN
0 85905 271 0), 2001, Soft Cover, 280pp, 450grams.
The
murders of Police Officers Pitman and Walsh by the gold stealers, Coulter
and Treffene, in 1926.
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Gold to Grass
by A. Ashwin.
(ISBN
0 85905 284 2), 2002, Soft
Cover, 222pp, illustrated, 400grams.
Prospecting
in the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and
Western Australia through the 1870s, 80s and 90s. Destined to become
a bush classic. New
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Golden
Days
by Jules Raeside.
(ISBN
0 85905 204 4), 1996 reprint of 1929 edition, Soft Cover, 280pp,
illustrated, 360grams.
The
early goldfields and the men who shaped the politics of mining. New
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Golden
Quest, The: 'Roaring days of the West Australian Gold Rushes and Life in
the Pearling Industry'
by A.C.V. Bligh.
(ISBN
0 85905 042 4), 1984 reprint of 1958 edition with new material, Hard Cover
& Soft Cover, 235pp, illustrated, 510grams.
The
search for gold and the hazards of pearling.
A vivid picture of life in the early days of the unexplored North. New
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Golden
Rule, The by Bob
Sheppard.
(ISBN
085905 311 3), 2002, Soft Cover 282pp, illustrated 480grams.
Who
really discovered the Telfer Gold Mine? "The Golden Rule" tells
the real story.
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Golden
West and How it was Discovered, The by R. Greaves.
(ISBN
0 85905 009 2), 1981 reprint of 1903 edition, Soft Cover, 63pp,
illustrated, 110grams.
Greaves was the discoverer of the Yilgarn goldfield in 1887.
A detailed account of the discovery and its results for Greaves and
his partners. New
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Goldfields
Journal of William Diaper 1851-1853, The (Alias Cannibal Jack)
Edited by William W. Emilsen.
(ISBN
0 85905 262 1), 1999, Hard Cover, 140pp, illustrated, 390grams.
This
journal was discovered hidden behind a mirror in a theological college.
It was written in ink made of charcoal and urine on old and foxed
paper. This
book is one of the most fascinating personal accounts of the great gold
rush in
New South Wales
and Victoria. It will become an Australian classic. New
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Grandfather
was a Policeman
by
Mollie Bentley.
(ISBN
0 85905 143 9), 1993, Soft Cover, 180pp, illustrated, 250grams.
Traces
the early Western Australian police force from its inception to the 1890s
with an emphasis on the men who served in it.
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Ground
Crew
by Felix
Sainsbury.
(ISBN
0 85905 302 4), 2001, Soft Cover, 124pp, illustrated, 250grams.
The
war diaries of a RAAF ground crew member in
North Africa
during World War II. New
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Growing Up, The
by
Katherine Campbell.
(ISBN
0 85905 347 4), 2004, Soft Cover, 136pp, illustrated, 180grams.
The reminiscences of a girl growing up on the South West group
settlement in the period 1927-1937.
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Hedland,
Aud Lang Syne
by E.G
Clutterbuck & Betty Doohan.
(ISBN
0 85905 327 X), 2003 Reprint, Soft Cover, 50pp, illustrated, 170grams.
A
visual and written record of the
Moore
family, one of the early pioneering families of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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Heroes
Have Wings
by
Peter Firkins.
(ISBN
0 85905 179 X), 1993, Soft Cover, 226pp, illustrated, 300grams.
The
stories of RAAF aces in the great air battles of WWII, most told for the
first time.
The author is one of Australia
’s best-known military historians. New
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History
of the North West
of Australia
by J.S. Battye.
(ISBN
0 85905 057 2), 1985 reprint of 1915 edition, Hard Cover, 322pp,
illustrated, quarto, 1.05kg.
Contains
details of some 230 early North-West
settlers, their families and 100 stations.
It is the most valuable source of pre-1915 information on the
North West.
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Horses,
Horses, Horses
Edited by Flora Stuart Lee.
(ISBN
0 85905 125 0), 1989, Soft Cover, 79pp, illustrated, 130grams.
A
celebration of the part played by horses in the development of Australian
life in the days before tractors, cars and trucks.
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In
Australian Tropics
by
Alfred Searcy.
Foreword by Dr. C.C. McKnight.
(ISBN
0 85905 067 X), (1984 reprint of 1909 edition with new material, Hard
Cover, 478pp, 650grams.
Searcy
led an adventurous life as a customs officer in the
Northern Territory
in the 1880s.
Experiences of the North, buffalo and crocodile hunting, the
natives, Chinese, history of the early settlements, and more.
New
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In
the Hands of
Providence by W.J. Peasley.
(ISBN
0 86778 056 8), 1995,
Soft Cover, 232pp, illustrated, 340grams.
The
desert journeys of David Carnegie. New
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Into
the West
Edited
by Chris Holyday.
(ISBN
0 86778 363 6), 2005,
Soft Cover, A4, 158pp, illustrated, 440grams.
The
Western Australian gold-rushes of the 1890’s witnessed the first major
encounter between Australians West and East. Henry Lawson led the charge
of writers who came West. This book showcases those writers and some of
their works in what was a little known period of great literary activity
which would prove significant for both
Western Australia
and
Australia. New
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Journal
of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896 - 1897, The
by
L.A.
Wells.
(ISBN
0 85905 184 6), Facsimile 1993 reprint of 1902 edition, Soft Cover, 62pp,
quarto, illustrated, map, 250grams.
The
journal of the fateful expedition on which two men disappeared.
Details of Larry Wells’ unsuccessful search for the men who where
later found dead from thirst. New
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Journals
of Australian Exploration 1846-1861 by A.C. and F.T. Gregory.
(ISBN
0 85905 258 3), 2002 reprint of 1884 edition with 20% larger text, Soft
Cover, illustrated, 340grams.
Journals
of nine (9) expeditions from 1846 to 1861. New
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Maps
to Accompany - Journals of Australian Exploration 1846-1861
by A.C. and F.T. Gregory.
Maps not previously published and that have not previously been
available to readers. Please note that while these maps are not identical
with those listed in 2002 edition, they appear to be all those published
by Gregory's.
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