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The Bridge: From the Story Broadcast by Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. J. C. Bradfield
Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., No date.John Job Crew Bradfield (1867-1943) was the Australian engineer who helped to conceive of, and then supervise, the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was involved in constructing other major Australian infrastructure projects including Sydney’s Underground Railway and Brisbane’s Story Bridge. This 1930s booklet, illustrated with numerous sepia-tone photographic illustrations and one full page colour illustration, The Great Bridge by Moonlight, by John Charles Allcot (1888-1973, tells Bradfield’s story of the creating the Bridge from figment to reality.
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A Visitor’s Travel Index to Sydney and New South Wales
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBank of New South Wales
Sydney: Travel Department, Bank of New South Wales, 1938.1930s travel guide to New South Wales with the folding colour map tipped in front.
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Joe’s Book: Facts and Theories on the Bunya Mountains
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJoe Walker
[Dalby]: Joe Walker, 1978. -
Australian Bushcraft: A Guide to Survival and Camping
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRichard Graves
Sydney: Child & Associates, 1989. -
The Geology of South Australia (In Two Divisions)
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWalter Howchin
Adelaide: University of Adelaide, 1918.Division I: An introduction to geology, physiographical and structural, from the Australian standpoint. Division II. The geology of South Australia, with notes on the chief geological systems and occurrences in the other Australian states. By geologist and clergyman Walter Howchin (1845-1937).
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Life’s a Beer
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRennie Ellis
Melbourne: Ross Books, 1984.A continuation of Rennie Ellis’ ‘Life’s a…’ series. Australians enjoying beer, casually at the beach or in private settings, or wildly, at raucous parties in all of their 1980s glory.
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Fretwork Pediments in Queensland
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRichard Stringer
Brisbane: University Art Museum, University of Queensland, 1982.Catalogue for an exhibition of architectural photographs showing fretwork pediment designs adorning the front of Queensland homes by Richard Stringer. Short essay and biographies of notable fret-cutters by Dianne Byrne.
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Gregory’s Street Directory, Gold Coast
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGregory’s Publishing Company
Brisbane: Gregory’s Publishing Company, 1988.Collector’s First Edition.
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Sailing Directions for the Coast of New South Wales (Gabo Island to Tweed Heads)
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDepartment of Navigation, N. S. W
Sydney: William Applegate Gullick, 1920.Issued under the Authority of the Colonial Treasurer.
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The First Ten Years of the Modern Country Music Association (Later A.C.M.A.), 1964-1974
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDick Eckert
Yandina: Australasian Country Music Association Incorporated, 2001. -
Women of Parramatta
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJulia McConnochie
Sydney: Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Parramatta Trust, 1977.This copy includes seventeen signatures of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Parramatta Trust.
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New South Wales Forestry Handbook Part I: Forest Principles and Practice
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Dalrymple Hay
Sydney: William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, 1915. -
Beyond Gold: 150 Year of Memories, 1848-1998
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKen Treacy
Bright: The Catholic Parish of Bright and Mt. Beauty, No date.Incorporating a History of the Parish of Bright, Part 1 – The First Hundred Years, 1848-1948.
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Jenolan Caves (N.S.W.) Nature’s Masterpiece
AU$65.00 Read MoreAdd to cartN.S.W. Government Tourist Bureau
Sydney: The Gregory Publishing Co., No date.A Complete Description of the Geology, Discovery, Development, and Features of the Jenolan Limestone System. 1940s tourist booklet.
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The Mapoon People demand their land back!
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartInternational Development Action
Melbourne: International Development Action, 1975.Early aboriginal land rights poster published alongside the story of Mapoon, in northern Queensland, as told by the Mapoon People in 1974/5: their forceable removal to make way for COMALCO and other mining leases, the burning of their houses by the Queensland police, and the fight for land rights.
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I’ll Go No More A-roving
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Ladds
Brisbane: The Bunyip Press, 1945.Charles Ladds (1903-1971) was an Australian writer who ran away to sea at the age of fourteen, and at the ripe old age of twenty-two wrote this story of his adventures, fist published in 1934. It earned praise from the critics, including G. K. Chesterton. He later lived at Burleigh Heads.
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Encounter at Nagalarramba
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoslyn Poignant; Axel Poignant
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1996.A photographic and written account of Axel Poignant’s expedition to the Liverpool River in Arnhem Land in 1952.
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Fugitive Books: The U Committee’s Book Fair 1968-2012 & Women’s Voluntary Work at UNSW
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoderic Campbell
Sydney: University Archives, UNSW, 2014. -
The High Country
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartState Library of NSW
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, No date.Catalogue of an exhibition in the 1st floor Galleries of State Library of NSW.
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La Boite: The Story of an Australian Theatre Company
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChristine Comans
Brisbane: Playlab Press, 2009.