Indigenous Australians

  • Bradshaw's ancient rock paintings of north-west Australia

    # 50605

    WALSH, Grahame L. (1944 - 2007)

    Bradshaw’s ancient rock paintings of north-west Australia

    Geneva : Edition Limitee for The Bradshaw Foundation, 1994. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. xviii; 284, 99 colour plates, maps. A fine copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Housed in the original publisher’s mailing carton, with the original prospectus, order form, and related clippings. Since their ‘discovery’ by pastoralist Joseph …

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  • Nature's investigator : the diary of Robert Brown in Australia, 1801-1805

    # 50563

    VALLANCE, T. G. et al.

    Nature’s investigator : the diary of Robert Brown in Australia, 1801-1805

    Compiled by T.G. Vallance, D.T. Moore & E.W. Groves. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study (Flora), [2001]. Octavo, laminated pictorial boards, maps to endpapers, previous owner’s name to front free endpaper, pp. xii; 666, illustrations, a fine copy. Scarce. The diary of Robert Brown, naturalist on the ‘Investigator’ voyage of Matthew Flinders, with much …

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  • The native tribes of South-East Australia

    # 50536

    HOWITT, A. W.

    The native tribes of South-East Australia

    London : Macmillan, 1904. Octavo, gilt-decorated cloth (rubbed, bottom corners bumped, spine ends softened with short split at head of spine); ex-library with stamp removed from spine, wetstamp and bookplate from the Royal Colonial Institute to front pastedown (no other markings), pp. xx, 819, maps and folding plates; light foxing to outermost leaves, a good …

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  • The northern tribes of Central Australia

    # 50534

    SPENCER, Baldwin and GILLEN, F. J. (Francis James)

    The northern tribes of Central Australia

    London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. Octavo, publisher’s gilt-decorated cloth over boards (some flecking and light marks), spine lettered in gilt; bookseller’s label removed from pastedown; pp xxxv, 784, [2 publisher’s advertisements], illustrated with black-and-white plates and diagrams, folding colour and black-and-white, folding colour plates; front hinge cracked, lightly foxed, extensively annotated in pencil.

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  • True light and shade : an aboriginal perspective of Joseph Lycett's art

    # 50498

    MAYNARD, John

    True light and shade : an aboriginal perspective of Joseph Lycett’s art

    Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 168, illustrated. Out of print, a fine copy. ‘True light and shade’ is filled with beautiful images by convict artist Joseph Lycett that powerfully capture in intimate detail Aboriginal life, a rare record of Aboriginal people within the vicinity of Newcastle and how they …

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  • Le picture su corteccia di Oenpelli [= An Exhibition of Oenpelli paintings on bark]

    # 50420

    ISAACS, Jennifer et al.

    Le picture su corteccia di Oenpelli [= An Exhibition of Oenpelli paintings on bark]

    [Sydney] : [Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council], circa 1978. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly rubbed, pp. 52, illustrated. Italian language edition.

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  • Fourteen ethnographic portraits from the miniature globe 'The world with its inhabitants'

    # 50213

    BAUER, Carl Johann Sigmund, (1780-1857)

    Fourteen ethnographic portraits from the miniature globe ‘The world with its inhabitants’

    [Nuremberg : Bauer, c. 1830]. Concertina paper strip of vignettes of the races of the world, each vignette 55 x 45 mm, coloured by hand, the illustrations cut into sections and laid on an early leaf, perhaps from a scrapbook, with captions in German, including inhabitants from Greenland, Canada, Turkey, Arabia, Persia, China, Kamchatka, Van …

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  • Aborigines and the 'Sport of Kings' : Aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing history

    # 50280

    MAYNARD, John

    Aborigines and the ‘Sport of Kings’ : Aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing history

    Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2013. Third edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. xii; 152, illustrated.

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  • Sketch of the history of Van Diemen's Land, (Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Eardley Wilmot's copy)

    # 50378

    BISCHOFF, James

    Sketch of the history of Van Diemen’s Land, (Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Eardley Wilmot’s copy)

    illustrated by a map of the island, and an account of the Van Diemen’s Land Company. London : John Richardson, 1832. Octavo, original cloth-backed papered boards (scuffed and edge-worn) with printed title label to spine; front free-endpaper with the ownership signature of Sir John Eardley Wilmot (1783-1847), Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land 1843-1846; frontispiece engraving …

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  • [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    # 32776

    [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    Collected in the 1970s by Geoffrey Bardon. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. Printed poster, 590 x 415 mm, introduction by Margaret Carnegie, essay by Geoffrey Bardon and catalogue verso. An important poster and catalogue for this landmark exhibition of Australian Aboriginal art. Fine copy. Note: this is the only catalogue for the exhibition, …

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  • Dark and white Australians

    # 50028

    STREHLOW, T. G. H.

    Dark and white Australians

    Adelaide : Aborigines Advancement League Inc. of South Australia, 1964. Second impression. Octavo, publisher’s stapled plain card with cream-coloured covers lettered in brown (lightly marked); pp. 34; internally clean and fresh, a good copy.

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  • The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    # 50092

    MCGREGOR, Ken

    The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2021. Quarto (310 x 253 mm), laminated pictorial boards in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 448, extensively illustrated. Text by Ken McGregor, designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. New copy. Printed and produced entirely in Australia. Destined to be regarded as the most authoritative, thoroughly …

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  • Terre Napoleon. Australia through French eyes 1800 - 1804

    # 50083

    HUNT, Susa and CARTER, Paul

    Terre Napoleon. Australia through French eyes 1800 – 1804

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales in association with Hordern House, 1999. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 150, extensively illustrated. Art from the Baudin voyage to Australia. ‘Includes many exquisite watercolours from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle Le Havre and explores the story behind the Baudin expedition which produced …

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  • John Mawurndjul

    # 50037

    GALLERY GABRIELLE PIZZI; KOHEN, Apolline; TAYLOR, Luke; ALTMAN, Jon

    John Mawurndjul

    Melbourne : Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, in association with Maningrida Arts & Culture, [2007]. Quarto (275 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, 39 pp., illustrated in colour; essay by Apolline Kohen, Arts Director at Maningrida Arts & Culture, and another by Jon Altman and Luke Taylor; an excellent copy. Scarce catalogue of an exhibition held at …

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  • They are meditating : bark paintings from the MCA's Arnott's Collection

    # 50023

    MUNDINE, Djon et al.

    They are meditating : bark paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection

    Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 272, illustrated.. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: 14 February – 3 August 2008. ‘They are Meditating: Bark paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection showcased over 200 rare and significant Aboriginal bark paintings from the late 1960s …

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  • Gunyah Goondie + Wurley. The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia

    # 49983

    MEMMOTT, Paul

    Gunyah Goondie + Wurley. The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia

    Melbourne : Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd, 2022. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. xxxiii, 404, illustrated. New copy. The updated edition of the definitive guide to Australian Indigenous architecture, richly illustrated with rare photographs. Here is the definitive guide to Australian Indigenous architecture, comprehensively updated to showcase the flourishing Indigenous design practices reshaping Australia’s architectural …

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