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Macedonians
in
Australia, The by
Peter Hill.
(ISBN 0 85905 142 0), 1989, Soft Cover, 150pp, illustrated, 220grams.
A study of a migrant group whose name rings through history.
A sympathetic, interesting and very readable account. New
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Magnificent
Miner - Claude De Bernales, The by
Hal Colebatch.
(ISBN 0 85905 200 1), 1996, Soft
Cover, 340pp, illustrated, 450grams.
De Bernales was controversial but in Western Australia
his mining activities helped keep the State afloat.
His origins, rise, fall and legacy.
New
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35.00
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Man from
Arltunga
by R.G. Kimber.
(ISBN
0 85905 225 7), 1996 reprint of 1986 edition with new material, Soft
Cover, 193pp, illustrated, 250grams.
The biography of Walter Smith (1893-1990), drover, prospector, dogger
and bushman, one of the identities of the Northern Territory
. New
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25.00
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Mates and
Gold by N.K. Sligo.
(ISBN 0 85905 195 1), 1995 reprint of 1980 edition with new material,
Soft Cover, 259pp, illustrated, 340grams.
The greatest of the
Western Australian 1890’s gold rush reminiscences and the most popular
among prospectors and those with an interest in how it was. New
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28.00
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McLennans Way
: Bush Ballads of Lex McLennan
Edited by Jean Green and James Fitzgerald.
(ISBN
0 85905 201 X), 1994, Soft Cover, 82pp, 125grams.
The poetry of
one of Australia
’s best balladists. New
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16.50
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Meekatharra
- End of the Earth
by P.R. Heydon.
(ISBN 0 85905 196 X), 1994, Hard Cover, 438pp, illustrated, 660grams.
The
history of Meekatharra, its people, mines, stations, bushmen, drovers,
prospectors, townspeople and more. New
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40.00
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Megisti
in the
Antipodes by John Yiannakis.
(ISBN 0
85905 218 4), 1996, Hard Cover, 276pp. illustrated, 470grams.
A
study of the Castellorizian Greeks in Western Australia. New
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40.00
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Military
Establishment and Penal Settlement at King
George
Sound, 1826-1831, The
by John Sweetman.
(ISBN 0 85905 022 X) 1989, Soft Cover, 24pp, 40grams.
A detailed
list of the personnel, military and convict, who first settled
Albany, W.A. New
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Minerals
of Western Australia - 3 Volumes by E.S. Simpson.
(ISBN 0 85905 053 X), 1984 reprint of 1948-52 editions with new
material, Hard Cover, illustrated, 2054pp, 3.5kg.
This magnificent Three
(3) volume work of over 2,000 pages is the basic reference work on
Western Australian minerals and many fortunes have been made by careful
study of its contents. Includes:
Locality – Mineral Index by:
P.J.
Bridge. New
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170.00
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Miracle
of Fairbridge
by Joan
Halls.
(ISBN 0 85905 264 8),
1999, Soft Cover, 160pp, illustrated, 210grams.
The story of Fairbridge
Farm
School
and biographies of some of its people.
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Misfortunes
of Phoebe, The by
Rica Erickson.
(ISBN 0 85905 238 9), 1997, Soft Cover, 180pp, illustrated, 220grams.
The
author's great-grandmother in the Victorian gold-rush and the story of her
descendants. New
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Moondyne
Joe — the Man & the Myth
by Ian Elliot.
(ISBN 0 85905 244 3), 1998 reprint of 1978 edition with new material,
Soft Cover, 148pp, illustrated, 205grams.
Joseph Bolitho
Johns—convict and escapee, bushranger, legend in Western Australia
and now a folk hero. New
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Moondyne Joe poster
The unique photo of Moondyne Joe in kangaroo
skin booka, as it appears on the cover of the book has been produced as a
poster, 59.5 x 84 cm.
These are priced at $6.50 + Postage.
(Postage is a problem as they must be rolled in a tube ....... Price On Application).
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More
Lonely
Graves by Yvonne and Kevin Coate.
(ISBN
0 85905 275 1), 2000, Hard Cover, 542pp, illustrated, 1.08kg.
New
lists with death details. Essential for all bush historians and
1940s. New
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66.00
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Mostly
Good Times
by Enga and
Bernard Smith.
(ISBN 0 85905 095
5), 1986, Soft Cover & Limited
Hard Cover, 140pp, illustrated, 335grams.
The life of Walter
and Emily Smith and their family who lived on Towrana Station in the
Gascoyne region of Western Australia. New
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Murder on
the Rabbit Proof Fence - The strange story of Snowy Rowles and Arthur
Upfield
by Terry Walker.
(ISBN 0 85905 189 7), 1993, Soft Cover 152pp, illustrated, 210grams.
Snowy
Rowles was hanged on circumstantial evidence for the murders on the lonely
Rabbit Proof Fence. New
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25.00
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My Fourth
Tour in Western Australia by A. F. Calvert.
(ISBN
0 85905 033 5), 1989 reprint of 1897 edition, Hard Cover, 400pp,
illustrated, quarto, 1.6kg.
One of the most magnificent books on
the Western Australian goldfields and the bush.
Hundreds of photographs and sketches of people and places.
New
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95.00
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My
Natives And I by Daisy Bates. Edited by
Peter
J.
Bridge
with an introduction by Bob Reece of Murdoch
University.
(ISBN
085905 313 X), 2004, Soft Cover, 292pp, illustrated, 216mm x 140 mm,
390grams.
There is in the life of Daisy Bates something of the spirit of
service that moved Florence Nightingale, and something of the spirit of
sacrifice that filled the heart of Father Damien. She would not put it so,
for she has loved her life and made a joy of her labour but it is right
that tribute should be paid. She went out to her Aborigines in the first
years of this century. New
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35.00
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Mystery
of the Mayanup Poltergeist, The
by Helen Hack.
(ISBN 0 85905 268 0), 2000, Soft
Cover, 92pp. illustrated, 240grams.
An examination of a series of
mysterious incidents (poltergeists, telekinesis) that occurred in the
South West of Western Australia and intrigued the nation. New
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Nannine
by the
Lake by P.R. Heydon.
(ISBN 0 85905 137 4), 1990, Soft Cover, 260pp, illustrated, 350grams.
The
first township on the Murchison Goldfields.
The finding of gold, controversy surrounding its discoverers and
the life of the people and characters of the town.
New
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28.00
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Nannup,
A Place
To Stop And Rest
by
Len Talbot.
(ISBN
0 85905 316 4) 2003, Soft Cover, Wire spiral A4, 201pp illustrated,
535grams.
The history of Nannup and its people. New
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40.00
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Neergabby
by Bill de Burgh.
(ISBN
0 85905 324 4) 2003 reprint,
Soft Cover, 227pp
illustrated, 330grams.
The
history of Gingin, the area surrounding and its people. Price: $25.00.
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No
Sign of the Time
by P.
and B. Rogers.
(ISBN 0 85905 172
2), 1992, Hard Cover, 200pp, illustrated, 375grams.
The history of
Menzies, told through stories and anecdotes from old papers with a
collection of photographs. New
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No
Winners: The British Seamen's Strike of 1925
by
Peter Gifford.
(ISBN 0 85905 355 5), 2005, Soft
Cover, A4, 71pp, 210grams.
This is a study of the world’s first
trans-national strike, by more than 10,000 British seamen in their home
ports, along with
South Africa
and
Australasia. New
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Northmost
Australia
(Two (2) Volumes plus
Set of Maps)
by Robert Logan Jack.
(ISBN
0 85905 222 2), 1998 Reprint of the 1921-1922 edition, Hard Cover, 900+pp,
illustrated, 2.150kg.
The classic history of Cape York Peninsula. New
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190.00
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North
Life by F. Cousins.
(ISBN
0 85905 166 8), 1992, Soft Cover, 234pp, illustrated, 300grams.
Anecdotes,
characters and life on the pastoral stations outback of Port Hedland in
the 1930s. New
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25.00
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Northern
Patrol
by R.A. Pilmer.
(ISBN 0 85905 220 6), 1998, Soft Cover, 180pp, illustrated, 250grams.
Experiences
of a mounted policeman in the Western Australian outback in the 1890s and
early 1900s. Accounts of
native murders, horse stealing, gold rushes, the outlaw Pidgeon,
Canning Stock Route, Wiluna, Kimberley, and more. New
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Nor’Westers
of the Pilbara Breed
by Jenny Hardie.
(ISBN 0 85905
087 4), 2001 reprint of 1988 edition, Soft Cover & Limited Hard Cover, 416pp, approx. 1kg.
An illustrated history of the North West of Western
Australia. A reprint of
a pioneering classic. New
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Hard
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70.00
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Odyssey
of a Digger, The by
F.D. Burdett.
(ISBN
0 85905 334 2), 2004 reprint of 1936 edition, Soft Cover, 170pp,
220grams.
Fred Burdett was one of the earliest diggers at the Kimberley
gold-rush of the 1880s. His reminiscences cover pastoral life in NSW and
the men and incidents of the early
Kimberley. New
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28.00
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Old
Coach Roads to Cue and Beyond, The
by Alex Palmer.
(ISBN 0 85905 183 8), 1993, Soft
Cover, 103pp, illustrated, 175grams.
The story of the tracks to the
Murchison Goldfields and the people who lived at the wayside coach
stations. New
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Old North Road, The
by
W. de Burgh.
(ISBN 0 85905 272
9), 2002 reprint of the 1986 edition, Soft Cover, 198pp. 375grams.
Originally the only land route between
Perth
and Geraldton. This
fascinating history covers drovers, bush postmen, mining, pioneers and
much more. New
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25.00
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One
Life’s Journey
by
Edward Holthouse.
(ISBN 0 85905 107 2), 1987, Hard Cover, 161pp, illustrated, 450grams.
Holthouse's
autobiography and the history of Muccan Station, in the Pilbara of Western
Australia. New
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On
Gold!
Edited by
P.J.
Bridge.
(ISBN
0 85905 116 1), 1993, Soft Cover, 128pp, illustrated, 175grams.
A
collection of prospectors’ and miners’ stories with magnificent
photographs of mining life now long past.
New
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Outback
Trail, The by
Gus Luck.
(ISBN 0 85905 080 5), 1988, Hard Cover and Soft Cover, 155pp,
illustrated, 315grams.
Gus
Luck was one of
Western Australia's most experienced bushmen when he passed on his bush skills to David
Carnegie, who later wrote the classic Spinifex
and Sand. Gus
writes of his life and experiences in the bush, camels, natives,
prospecting, people, and more, in a fascinating story of the 1880s to
1930s. New
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Packhorse
and Waterhole
by
Gordon Buchanan.
(ISBN 0 85905
237 0), 1984 reprint of 1933 edition with new material, Soft Cover, 130pp,
180grams.
The classic of Northern Territory
pastoral exploration. Bluey
Buchanan, old “Paraway”, was one of Australia’s greatest bushmen. His
life story is told by his son who went with him on his later expeditions.
New
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Pastoral Pioneers of Western Australia
1884 - 1889
by E.T. Hooley.
(ISBN 0 85905 331 8),
2004, Soft Cover, A4, 72pp, 210grams.
Hooley,
who writes under the name of ‘Bucolic’ described many pastoral
properties from the Kimberley
to the South-west. New
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Perched
on the Rails by Bruce Paterson.
(ISBN
0 85905 187 0), 1993, Soft Cover, 166pp, illustrated, 225grams.
An
essentially-Australian autobiography of a pastoralist and his station life
in three States. Set mainly in
the North West of Australia. A
great read in laconic style. New
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Pilbara
Bushman
by Graham J. Wilson.
(ISBN
0 85905 130 7), 2002 reprint of 1989 edition with new material, Soft
Cover, 95pp illustrated, 300grams.
An intriguing story of part-Aboriginal pastoralist Billy Dunn.
Working with Pilbara pioneers he was encouraged to learn and to achieve.
Ultimately he managed stock and stations of his own.
New
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Pilbarra
Gold - 100 Years On
by Alexander Holm.
(ISBN 0 85905 150 1), 1989, Hard Cover, 252pp, illustrated, 450grams.
The
detector gold rush of the 1970s and 1980s, and how a group of prospectors
made their fortune against pirates, Aboriginal land rights and official
bastardry in the area of old Pilbarra.
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Price of
a Pearl, The by Rod Dickson.
(ISBN
085905 297 4), 2002, Soft Cover, 204 pp, illustrated, 380grams.
In
twenty two (22) individual stories, mostly unpublished, I have attempted
to portray the hardships encountered by the thousands of men who were
engaged in the pearling industry during the early part of the 1900s in the
northwest of Western Australia.
New
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28.00
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