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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.   New

26.00

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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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.   New

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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. New

90.00

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.   New

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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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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. New

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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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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.   New  

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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.   New

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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.   New

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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.  New

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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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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.  New

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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.   New

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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.   New

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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.   New

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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.   New

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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.  New

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Kanowna’s Barrowman - James Balzano -The Early History of Kalgoorlie ’s Goldrushes     Edited by George Compton and Ron Manners.

(ISBN 0 85905 176 5), 1993, Soft Cover, 400pp, illustrated, 500grams.

The diary of Balzano’s wheelbarrow journey through the 1890s gold-rushes is a unique record, detailing the men and women he met, their successes and tragedies, his own life and experiences.  New  

Please note:  This book is now out of print ... only a few copies left ... hurry !

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Kimberley Scenes    Edited by C. Clement & P.J. Bridge .

(ISBN 0 85905 145 5), 1991, Hard Cover, 310pp, illustrated, 550grams.

Accounts of: A. Lucanus, P. Saunders, D. Swan, J. Collins, E. Hardman, A. Forbes, R. Wolfe, W.E. Routledge, A.G. Layman, F. Markusson, C.D. Price, P. Leahy, P.M. Durack and their times in the Kimberley.  A magnificent collection of reminiscences of the early days of Kimberley : the gold rush, droving and police work in the Northern Territory with 100 illustrations of the period.  New

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Knights of the Boomerang    by H. Basedow.

(ISBN 0 85905 247 8), 2004 reprint of 1935 edition, Soft Cover, 120pp, illustrated, 170grams.

Episodes from a life spent among the native tribes of Australia . Set mainly in the Northern Territory. New

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Law Provides, The  by E. Morrow.

(ISBN 0 85905 060 2), 1984 reprint of the 1937 edition with new material, Soft Cover & Limited Hard Cover, 328pp, illustrated, 450grams.

Morrow recounts his Police patrols through the North West Kimberley and the Murchison after World War I, chasing cattle spearers, killers and tracking lost men.  A view of the North recorded by few others.   New

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Leaves from a Prospectors Diary    by J.E. Tregurtha.

(ISBN 0 85905 212 5), 1996, Soft Cover, 225pp, illustrated, 295grams.

Reminiscences of prospecting in Western Australia from the 1890s to the 1930s.  With Billy Frost, Tregurtha opened up many areas. He recounts his desert expeditions and his time in the Klondyke and New Guinea.   New

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Legal Executions in Western Australia    by Brian Purdue.

(ISBN 1 875778 00 4), 1993, Soft Cover, 85pp, illustrated, 125grams.

Details of all executions and also those sentenced to death and reprieved.  New

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Liberty Call   by Ian Johnson. 

(ISBN 0 85905 289 3), 2003, Soft Cover, 364pp, heavily illustrated, 625grams.

The visits of the U.S. Navy to W.A., 1975 to 2002.   New

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List of Nuggets found in Victoria   by E.J. Dunn.

(ISBN 0 85905 013 0), 1979 reprint of 1912 edition with new material, Soft Cover, 69pp, illustrated, foolscap, 280grams.

A compilation of data on 1360 nuggets each weighing over 20 ounces.   New

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Londonderry - The Golden Hole   by A. Sprake.

(ISBN 0 85905 160 9), 1991, Hard Cover, 236pp, illustrated, 430grams.

The full story of the 1890s’ share fiasco that shattered London and Western Australia .   New

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Longest Fence in the World: The History of the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence   by F.H. Broomhall.

(ISBN 0 85905 147 1), 1991, Soft Cover, 198pp, illustrated, 270grams.

The Fence was built to stem the devastatingly destructive hordes of rabbits eating their way west across Australia. On completion it was maintained by eight boundary riders.  New

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Loreto    by J. Stephenson.

(ISBN 0 85905 115 3), 1988, Soft Cover, 108pp, illustrated, 200grams.

History of the Loreto School in Perth.  Well illustrated.  A must for Loreto “old girls”.   New

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Lucky Ross    by W.H. Ross.

(ISBN 0 85905 203 6), 1994, Soft Cover, 288pp, illustrated, 360grams.

John Ross served on the HMAS Sydney and HMAS Canberra.  This unique account will become a naval classic.  New

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