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Australian Aboriginal Culture Series No. 3. The author was the Chief Protector of Aborigines in Darwin and in 1912 he travelled to Kakadu via the coast, visiting Aboriginal camps and corroborees and witnessing ceremonial and day to day life. The book combines Spencer's diary notes, field notes and photographs supplemented with additional photographs and rock art images. 272 pages with… Read more about this item

When the author arrived in Alice Springs he meets Robert Buck and is intrigued by Buck's reference to an unknown tribe of Aborigines. With some reluctance Buck agreed to guide him to the tribal area through largely unexplored country - the Petermann Journey. 183 pages with 41 black and white illustrations. Book in good+ condition with top corner first page… Read more about this item

The recording of history was made much easier with the invention and development of the camera. This book draws on the skills of those early photograhers and brings together a collection of scenes from early Sydney and Melbourne, of the goldfields, and of aspects of life generally including working, recreational and family life. 204 pahes with numerous illustrations throughout. Book… Read more about this item

The vast central desert touches on all mainland states of Australia and comprise the major portion of South Australia, Western Australia and The Northern Territory. Although of enormous extent nowhere do the deserts become totally barren with sufficient rainfall from time to time to support surprisingly large populations of plants and animals if only for a brief time. 79 pages… Read more about this item

Stories from nine Aboriginal Fitzroy River Drovers. The men come from different tribes of the West Kimberley but they share a common background and speak for generations that have endured injustices. 288 pages with numerous illustrations (some in colour) throughout and a map. Book and dust jacket in very good condition.

Exactly what happened in Barrow Creek on 14 July 2001? Many questions remain unanswered and new facts have come to light. 432 pages with 16 pages of illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

The author draws on the world's largest boomerang collection housed at the South Australian Museum to describe the boomerang's traditional uses and its more recent flight into western culture - a comprehensive survey of a traditional artefact. 134 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with faint mark on back cover.

In the Summer of 1865 the Confederate States Ship Shenandoah siled into Pport Phillip Bay. When the sleek black raider left after three weeks on 19 February there are 42 Australians on board who have enlisted to fight for the South in the American Civil War. 371 pages with 8 pages of illustrations. Book in very good+ condition.

The story of the author's Grandfather, an Aboriginal from the Pilbara region of Australia. 196 pages with about 20 black and white illustrations and 2 maps. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

An outline of the labours and pleasures of the earliest pioneers who began to mould McLaren Vale into a pleasant dwelling place. 114 pages with 25 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with inscription inside front cover.

A guide to events in Australia's history and the acheivements of notable Australians from the beginning of European settlement to 1992. 478 pages. Book in very good condition.

The exraordinary life of an ordinary man who battled and won against impossible odds. 342 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name inside front cover and birthday inscription prior to title page. Dust jacket in good+ condition with small tear bottom spine and ?water "damage". This is a big… Read more about this item

The untold story of the dog's role in building Australia. its heritage and identity. 368 pages with 8 pages of photographs and some illusttrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition.

The author's travels mainly in the North of Australia from Perth to Darwin, to Alice Springs and Ayers Rock, to Port Augusta back to Perth. 294 pages with 28 black and white illustrations, 3 maps and endpaper map. Book in very good condition with small tear bottom front cover. No dust jacket.

In 1796 Calcutta-based Scottish merchants Campbell&Clark dispatched an Indian ship hurriedly renamed the Sydney Cove to the colony of New South Wales hoping to make their fortune as the cargo consisted of all manner of goods to entice the new colony;s inhabitants including 7,000 gallons of rum. When the ship went down cargo master William Clark and sixteen crew were… Read more about this item

In late 1803 convict William Buckley fled the embryonic settlement in the Port Philip Bay area to take his chances in the wilderness. He was found by the local Wadawurrung tribe who took him in and he lived with them for 32 years as a tribesman. In 1835 John Bateman, a bounty hunter from Van Diemen's Land. arrived in the… Read more about this item

The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history - James Porter and some other prisoners at Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania pulled off an audicious escape and sailed all the way to Chile - what happened next is stranger than fiction. 323 pages, Book in very good condition. I also have The Ghost & the Bounty Hunter $18 and Three Sheets to the… Read more about this item

The author at age 20 is sent to be the only teacher in a remote country town. He has eighteen pupils ranging from 5 to 15 years old, few lesson plans and scant teaching materials - a very daunting task. 284 pages. Book in very good+ condition.

Aboriginal peoples have lived in Kakadu for at least 50,000 years. An endless number of high rock shelters provided pleasant living conditions and an abundance of food and water resources gave plenty of leisure time. There are several distinct styles of art beginning with Mimi Art, then X-ray Art, Pre-estuarine Period, Estuarine Period, and "Contact" Period. 86 pages with 86… Read more about this item

Part of The Arts in Australia series. Aboriginal art expressed on different mediums, in different settings, and using different materials. 32 pages with 4 colour and 22 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners details on first page.