Indigenous Australians

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

    # 51596

    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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  • [SIGNED BY HERMANNSBURG MISSION STAFF] Galtjindinjamea-pepa : Aranda-Wolambarinjaka.

    # 51150

    STREHLOW, Carl (1871-1922)

    [SIGNED BY HERMANNSBURG MISSION STAFF] Galtjindinjamea-pepa : Aranda-Wolambarinjaka.

    / nana intalelamala C. Strehlow, Galtjindanindanala. [Stories from the Bible, hymns, prayers, and catechism, translated from German into Arrernte by C. Strehlow]. Tanunda [South Australia] : Printed at Auricht’s Printing Office, 1924. A significant association copy signed on the front free-endpaper by several prominent figures from the Lutheran Hermannsburg Mission: Hilda Wurst (Headmistress of the Mission …

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  • The chronicles of early Melbourne, 1835 to 1852. Historical, anecdotal and personal, by "Garryowen"

    # 51203

    "Garryowen" (FINN, Edmund, 1819-1898)

    The chronicles of early Melbourne, 1835 to 1852. Historical, anecdotal and personal, by “Garryowen”

    Centennial edition with portraits and illustrations. Melbourne : Fergusson and Mitchell, 1888. First edition. Two volumes, quarto, gilt-decorated roan (edges rubbed and scuffed as usual, but a solid set), all edges gilt, joints and hinges sound, pp. xiv; 1000, numerous lithographed illustrations, occasional marginal foxing, text block cracked at final leaf of first volume, overall …

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  • Indigenous histories

    # 51362

    PEDROSA, Adriano (editor)

    Indigenous histories

    São Paulo : Museu de Arte de São Paulo and New York : KMEC Books, 2023. Quarto , illustrated boards pp. 340, illustrated. Continuing the work of the acclaimed Afro-Atlantic Histories, this publication from the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) compiles the collective curatorship and research carried out by artists and scholars from …

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  • Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    # 51328

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)

    Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1960s]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope (edges rubbed), 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. There are six variations to this Souvenir Portfolio, each with …

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  • Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    # 51329

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)

    Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1980s]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope, 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. There are six variations to this Souvenir Portfolio, each with a different …

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  • Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    # 51327

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)

    Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1960s]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope (edges rubbed, birthday inscription verso), 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. There are six variations to this Souvenir …

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  • Puulway: Wick and Kugu totems : contemporary Australian sculpture from Aurukun

    # 51326

    SUTTON, Peter; BOSSE, Joanna

    Puulway: Wick and Kugu totems : contemporary Australian sculpture from Aurukun

    Melbourne : Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, 2007. Quarto (285 x 215 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers; 68 pp., illustrated in colour; essays by Peter Sutton and Joanna Bosse, artists’ biographies, an excellent copy. Catalogue for an exhibition of works by artists from the Aurukun community, on the northwest tip of Cape York, showcasing ‘one of the most …

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  • Manggalili art : paintings by the Aboriginal artists Narritjin and Banapana Maymuru.

    # 51321

    MORPHY, Howard

    Manggalili art : paintings by the Aboriginal artists Narritjin and Banapana Maymuru.

    Canberra : ANU, Faculty of Arts, 1978. Large octavo (243 x 170 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers (slightly foxed); [12] pp. b/w illustrations, map; scholarly text by Howard Morphy; a very good copy. The paintings illustrated were produced by Narritjin and Banapana Maynuru during their time as visiting Artists to the Faculty of Arts.

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  • The Tasmanian Aboriginal in Art

    # 51320

    JONES, Rhys

    The Tasmanian Aboriginal in Art

    Hobart : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1976. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated. Text by Rhys Jones. Catalogue of 115 works, including works by Arago, Bock, Becker, Dowling, Duterrau, Glover, Gould, Lesueur, Simkinson de Wesselow, Webber and photographs by Nixon, Winter, Woolley, and others.  

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  • Letters from Victorian pioneers

    # 51254

    BRIDE, Thomas Francis

    Letters from Victorian pioneers

    Being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines etc. Melbourne : the Trustees of the Public Library, 1898. Octavo, lettered cloth (light wear), pale foxing to endpapers, pp 325. folding map (with a tear). Interesting letters about the foundation of Port Phillip colony, including descriptions of the indigenous population, …

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  • Modern Aboriginal paintings

    # 51249

    BATTARBEE, Rex and Bernice

    Modern Aboriginal paintings

    Adelaide : Rigby, 1971. 1976 reprint. Quarto, illustrated boards, unpaginated, illustrated in colour; a very good copy. Includes work by Albert Namatjira; Enos, Oscar, Gabriel, Ewald, Keith, and Maurice Namatjira; Edwin, Otto and Reuben Pareroulta; Henoch and Herbert Raberaba; Benjamin Landara; and the Ebatarinja family.

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  • Aboriginal art galleries of western New South Wales.

    # 51212

    BLACK, Lindsay

    Aboriginal art galleries of western New South Wales.

    Part 3. Being a continuation of a series on the Aborigines of the Darling River Valley and of Central New South Wales. Burial Trees being Part 1. Cylcons. The Mystery Stones of the Darling River Valley being Part 2. Foreword by C. P. Mountford. [S.l. : s.n.], 1943. Octavo, lettered wrappers (lightly toned), pp. 76, …

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  • Brook Andrew : Eye to eye

    # 51166

    ANDREW, Brook (b. 1970)

    Brook Andrew : Eye to eye

    Clayton, Vic. : Monash University Museum of Art, 2007. Square octavo, pictorial stiff card covers, pp 86, illustrated; a fine copy. Superb catalogue for Wiradjuri artist Brook Andrew’s exhibition Eye to Eye, held at Monash University Museum of Art 4 April -23 June 2007 ; Penrith Regional Gallery &​ the Lewers Bequest 18 August – 14 …

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  • Photographs taken on Norley Station, including Aboriginal nanny "Lollypop" with white children. Channel Country, Southwest Queensland, 1917.

    # 50951

    [Photographer unknown].

    Photographs taken on Norley Station, including Aboriginal nanny “Lollypop” with white children. Channel Country, Southwest Queensland, 1917.

    Three gelatin silver print photographs, in uniform 110 x 66 mm format; two have annotations by the photographer on the verso, reading: ‘Lollypop, Baby & Mary / Norley 1917’, and ‘Maggie cleaning knives; Lollypop & children under kitchen verandah / Norley 1917’; the third is not captioned but shows a large group of Aborigines assembled …

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  • History of Australia

    # 51028

    RUSDEN, G. W.

    History of Australia

    Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade, 1897. Second edition. Three volumes, octavo, in fine presentation binding of gull polished calf, spines in compartments with raised bands, ruled, lettered nd tooled in gilt, contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt, armorial stamp for Scotch College, Melbourne to upper panels, edges slightly scuffed, marbled edges and endpapers, …

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