Australiana

The Cattle King: IDRIESS, Ion

This second edition (1936) is in very good nick and comes with the very rare dustjacket. Kidman’s life is one of the great Australian pioneering stories and Idriess relates it in his own inimitable style. This is a classic. $500

We also have a third edition copy (also 1936) without dustjacket but in very good condition for $150

The Australian Mandate In Relation To Our Duty To Native Races: BURTON, J. W.

Australian Student Christian Movement Corporation, Melbourne, 1921. Being the ‘dictation from brief quotes’ of an address by the Reverend John Wear Burton under the auspices of the League of Nations Union, Victorian Branch. Relates the responsibilites of Australia, post-WW1 and at the height of the White Australia Policy era, in particular relation to the indigenous population in Papua.

Burton’s son (who shared his name and died in June 2010) was described by Phillip Adams as ‘… probably the most controversial and visionary public servant of the 20th Century. Branded a pink eminence of the Labor Party by conservative critics, he was clearly one of the most important intellectuals and policy-makers associated with the Curtin Labor Government of the 1940s.’ One wonders how many of his views were inherited from his father. This little item is indeed scarce. $65

An Account Of The English Colony In New South Wales. With Remarks On The Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc, Of The Native Inhabitants Of That Country [two volumes]: COLLINS, David

Reed, Sydney, 1975.Facsimile production of volumes printed in 1798 and 1802. The original volumes are described as the first history of New South Wales as a colony. The highly-regarded plates give topographically accurate views of the 1790s Sydney landscape and those in the appendix are considered the earliest ethnographically accurate portrayal of Aboriginal inhabitants following settlement. $200

A Study Of The 1/2d. Kangaroo 1938-1956: Commonwealth Specialists’ Research Group

The Commonwealth Specialists’ and Philatelic Stationery Collectors Club of NSW, [Sydney], nd [1956]. Signed by all four authors. $55

[Jardine's Journal] Narrative Of The Overland Expedition Of The Messrs. Jardine, From Rockhampton To Cape York, Northern Queensland: [JARDINE, F.&A.]; BYERLEY, Frederick J. (editor):

Corkwood Press, Bundaberg, 1994. This publication is a facsimile reproduction of the contemporary records of the 1864/1865 expedition led by the Jardine brothers. The Queensland Government contracted the Jardine brothers to take cattle overland to the newly founded settlement of Somerset, just established by their father, at the tip of Cape York. This was the first successful European Australian overland trip to that point. $75

[Richardson's Journal] Private Journal Of The Surveyor Attached To The Messrs Frank & Alexander Jardine’s Overland Expedition To Cape York: RICHARDSON, A. J.

Corkwood Press, Bundaberg, 1997. This facsimile of the journal written by Archibald Richardson provides another viewpoint of the famous Jardine expedition . One of a limited run of 250. $65

H.M. Bark Endeavour: PARKIN, Ray

The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press), 1999. Two volumes (one text, one plans & charts) in slipcase. All in as-new condition.

From the external blurb:

“Captain James Cook’s?Endeavour is one of the most famous ships in maritime history, yet until recently few details of her were known to any but maritime historians.”

Parkin – himself a respected seaman who served in WWII and was aboard the HMAS Perth when it was sunk by the Japanese, resulting in him becoming a POW – spent 25 years researching and recording as much as could be found out about the Endeavour and its voyages. This publication marks the result of his labours.

The volume of text reveals every aspect of the ship and is accompanied by a complete set of 15 plans, charts and illustrations by the author – all in perfect condition. It also includes an in-depth exploration of?Endeavour‘s voyage up the east coast of New Holland (Australia) in 1770 which uses and recounts journal entries by those on board.

Multi-award winning and highly respected, this publication is truly wonderful. $225

In The Australian Bush And On The Coast Of The Coral Sea. Being The Experiences And Observations Of A Naturalist In Australia, New Guinea And The Moluccas: SEMON, Richard

Macmillan, London, 1899. Semon’s initial spur was the study of the recently-categorised ‘monotreme’, the echidna. Enlisting the tracking services of local aborigines to find samples of this mysterious creature, his studies became so much more. Hence, this volume is of considerable Aboriginal interest. $400

Australian Wildlife Research [Volumes 1-3, 4-5 & 7-10]: INGHAM, S.E. (editor)

Australian Wildlife Research, Melbourne, 1974-1983. A ground-breaking journal with articles both varied and comprehensive. This incomplete set is Ex-Department of Zoology Library, University of Adelaide, which is a nice tie-in.$400

The Literature Of Australian Birds. A History And Bibliography Of Australian Ornithology: WHITTELL, H.

Paterson Brokensha, Perth, 1954. A life’s work, Whittell emigrated from England at the turn of the 20^th century and settled in Western Australia. A member of various institutions and ornithological societies, it is a sad note that he died just months before this work was finally published. A truly comprehensive study of Australian birddom. $350

Field Guide To Eucalypts; South-eastern Australia: BROOKER, Ian; KLEINIG, David

Inkata Press, Melbourne 1983. The format of this great reference book is one species per page with a distribution map, description and colour photographs of key identification features. This volume covers species found in the area ‘from the tip of Spencer Gulf around to Brisbane, including Tasmania’ and is the first of three eucalypt field guides, the others focussing on areas in Western Australia and Northern Australia. $110

Across The Centre; John McDouall Stuart’s Expeditions (1860-62): STOKES, Edward

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1996. Scarce exploration history by respected author/photographer Edward Stokes who recreates McDouall Stuart’s three expeditions across the centre and on to the north coast of Australia. $195

The Complete Journals of Joseph Banks: BANKS, Joseph

Angus & Robertson, 1962. $300

The Endemic Flora of Tasmania

$250

In the 60s and 70s the Libraries Board of SA produced a number of facsimiles of outstanding quality and high repute. We have recently acquired the following: