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The Kalkadoons: A Study of an Aboriginal Tribe on the Queensland Frontier
Robert E. M. Armstrong
Brisbane: William Brooks, No date.A resource book for teachers, students and readers of Australian history. “The Kalkadoon (Kalkatungu) are descendants of an Indigenous Australian tribe living in the Mount Isa region of Queensland. Their forefather tribe has been called the Elite of the Aboriginal warriors of Queensland. In 1884 they were massacred at Battle Mountain by settlers and police.” (from Kalkadoon PBC website) This book shows that the Kalkadoon did not submissively accept the takeover of their land.
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The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby
A. K. Thomson; Thomas Welsby
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press, 1967. -
Place of the Stinging Nettles
Phyllis Shatte
Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1970.A novel of Gympie, Queensland. This copy signed by the author.
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Building and Ornamental Stones of Australia
R. T. Baker
Sydney: Technological Museum, 1915.Technical Education Series, No. 20. Technological Museum, Sydney.
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The Lighthouse Keepers
Stuart Buchanan
Samford: Coral Coast Publications, 2000. -
My Fourth Tour in Western Australia
Albert F. Calvert
London: William Heinemann, 1897.The first edition of Calvert’s fourth tour of Western Australia. An early travelogue with hundreds of illustrations by Walker Hodgson, from photographs, and with a folding colour map showing the gold field regions. FERGUSON 7823.
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Queensland Law Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 1-4, 1930-31
L. Brown; W. Elson-Green; S. T. Halpin
Brisbane: Queensland Law Students’ Association, 1930-31.The first 4 numbers of the QLD Law Gazette being the entirety of volume 1, bound in 1 volume, with 3 page index at rear. Ownership stamp and signature of Rupert Beirne, Toowoomba, son of solicitor and first native-born Mayor of Toowomba, B. J. Beirne, and with a plate depicting Chief Justice Adrian Knox to the front pastedown
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The State of Religion and Education in New South Wales
William Westbrooke Burton
London: J. Cross and Simpkin and Marshall, 1840.This copy from the collection of Melbourne bibliophile Rollo Hammet, with his label, and the ownership signature of W. Champion Hackett. FERGUSON 2943.
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The Mapping of Terra Australis
Robert Clancy
Sydney: Universal Press, 1995.A guide to early printed maps of Australia, Antarctica and the South Pacific. A standard reference for collectors.
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Hashi o wataru to / Beyond the Bridge
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Qantas, 1976.Collection of photographs of Australia by leading Japanese photographer Kishin, published and distributed by Qantas in the 1970s. The first half devoted to beach shots.
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Engineering The Outback: A History of the Western Queensland Consulting Engineers, George Bourne & Associates
Peter Forrest; Sheila Forrest
Barcaldine: George Bourne and Associates, 2006. -
Harry Oakman’s Tropical and Subtropical Gardening
Harry Oakman
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1996.The Complete Guide to Gardening in Tropical and Subtropical Regions.
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Plants of Capricornia
Rhonda Melzer; Joel Plumb
Rockhampton: Capricorn Conservation Council, 2007.Detailed reference on the plants of the central Queensland coast region.
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Australian Native Plants: Propagation, Cultivation and Use in Landscaping
John W. Wrigley; Murray Fagg
Sydney: Reed New Holland, 1998.Fully Revised and Updated. Foreword by John B. E. Simmons.
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B Company 1st Regiment of Queensland Infantry (Moreton Regiment)
Peter D. Anderson
Brisbane: Peter D. Anderson, 1986.Cover title: Moreton Regiment, 1886, Infantry, First Regiment of Queensland. A brief history to the Defence of Queensland from 1859, leading up to the formation of the First Regiment of Queensland Infantry sometimes called the Moretons, 1885.
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PUNK ROCKhampton: Central Queensland Indie Music History, 1979-1999
Cameron Borg
Bendigo: Moonlight Publishing, 2000. -
Brisbane Bands, 1957-1994 (5 Volumes)
Zbig Nowara; Chris Spencer
Bendigo: Moonlight Publishing, 1996-1997.List of Brisbane Bands, in 5 volumes: 1957-1969, 1970-79, 1980-84, 1985-89, 1990-94.
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Outback Medicine: Some Vignettes of Pioneering Medicine
John Pearn
Brisbane: Department of Child Health, University of Queensland, 1994. -
The History of Women in the Queensland Police Department
Queensland Police Department
[Brisbane]: Queensland Police Department, 1982.A very short history of women in the Queensland Police.
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The Killing Times: The Coniston Massacre 1928
John Cribbin
Sydney: Fontana, 1984.