Indigenous Australians

  • George French Angas : South Australia illustrated.

    # 43478

    ANDREWS, Rebecca

    George French Angas : South Australia illustrated.

    Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, [2006]. Quarto, folded card, pp. [8], illustrated. Catalogue of a touring exhibition held Carrick Hill, Adelaide, 5 April-30 June, 2006 and 4 other South Australian venues.

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  • Australian reminiscences and papers of L. E. Threlkeld, missionary to the Aborigines, 1824-1859.

    # 47707

    GUNSON, Niel (ed.)

    Australian reminiscences and papers of L. E. Threlkeld, missionary to the Aborigines, 1824-1859.

    Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974. Series: Australian Aboriginal Studies no. 40. Ethnohistory series no. 2. Two volumes, large quarto (260 x 205 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers (light sunning to spines); endpaper maps;  pp. xii, 1-176; vi, 177-382; illustrated; an excellent set. Cover illustration after Robert Browne. Although published over fifty years ago, …

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  • Portrait of Wandjuk Marika. Yirrkala, October 1972.

    # 45542

    HILDER, Brett (1911-1981)

    Portrait of Wandjuk Marika. Yirrkala, October 1972.

    Watercolour on artist’s board, 34 x 25 cm; unsigned, but inscribed and dated by the artist ‘WANDJUK MARIKA / YIRRKALA / 19.10.72‘; in very good condition. This portrait of Yolngu leader and artist Wandjuk Djuakan Marika (1927-1987) was painted at Yirrkala Mission on the Gove Peninsula in October 1972, by Captain Brett Hilder of the …

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  • [KULIN LANGUAGES] God hath made of one blood all nations of men : Acts 17th Chap. 25th verse : in 103 languages : a memorial of the Victorian Exhibition 1866, consisting of a verse from holy writ in above one hundred languages.

    # 46291

    [INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALASIA]

    [KULIN LANGUAGES] God hath made of one blood all nations of men : Acts 17th Chap. 25th verse : in 103 languages : a memorial of the Victorian Exhibition 1866, consisting of a verse from holy writ in above one hundred languages.

    [Drop title]. [Melbourne : s.n., 1866]. Lithographic printing on linen-backed paper (apparently as issued), 325 x 375 mm (sheet); right-hand edge trimmed and roughened with some minor textual loss, upper left corner of sheet with small loss and a tiny tear, verso with traces of old glue at each corner (although the sheet appears to …

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  • Ngarrindjeri man in skin cloak, holding weapons. Point McLeay, South Australia, 1878.

    # 46899

    SWEET, Samuel White, Captain (1825-1886)

    Ngarrindjeri man in skin cloak, holding weapons. Point McLeay, South Australia, 1878.

    Albumen print photograph, 215 x 160 mm; inscribed in negative ‘Sweet Adelaide 457’; unmounted; verso with contemporary annotation in pencil ‘Native man’; a strong print with excellent clarity; edges slightly unevenly trimmed, otherwise in fine condition. The Point McLeay Mission (today known as Raukkan) was established by the Rev. George Taplin in 1859 as a …

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  • Journals of two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales, undertaken by order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18.

    # 42956

    OXLEY, John (1784-1828)

    Journals of two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales, undertaken by order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18.

    London : John Murray, 1820. Quarto (275 x 220 mm), contemporary gilt-ruled half calf over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with gilt decoration and lettering (expertly rebacked); original marbled endpapers; pp. xv; [i – errata], 408; with two folding engraved charts of the interior of New South Wales, two folding tables, folding etched plate …

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  • The history of New South Wales; with an account of Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania, New Zealand, Port Phillip [Victoria], Moreton Bay, and other Australian Settlements.

    # 47412

    FLANAGAN, Roderick (1828 - 1862)

    The history of New South Wales; with an account of Van Diemen’s Land [Tasmania, New Zealand, Port Phillip [Victoria], Moreton Bay, and other Australian Settlements.

    Comprising a complete view of the progress and prospects of gold mining in Australia. London : Sampson Low, 1862. Two volumes, octavo, blind embossed red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (rebacked, preserving original spines, repairs to head and foot of spines and along the hinges and joints), contemporary owner’s name to title page, …

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  • Portraits from a land without people : a pictorial anthology of indigenous Australia 1847-2008

    # 47461

    OGDEN, John

    Portraits from a land without people : a pictorial anthology of indigenous Australia 1847-2008

    John Ogden ; Foreword by Pat Dodson ; Introduction by Larissa Behrendt ; edited by Din Heagney. Sydney [N.S.W] : Cyclops Press, 2008. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 216, illustrated. A pictorial anthology of Indigenous Australia from 1847-2008. Published to coincide with the first anniversary of the apology to the stolen generation, this title is …

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  • Murray / Murundi

    # 47647

    ELY, Bonita

    Murray / Murundi

    With contributions from Jack & Annie Koolmatrie, Leigh Hobba and Dulcie Ely. Adelaide : Experimental Art Foundation, [1981]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [90], illustrated, a couple of pages detached from the burst binding. Artist’s book on the Aboriginal history of the Murray (Murundi) River. Reference : CATALANO, Gary. The bandaged image : a study of Australian …

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  • The fabrication of Aboriginal history. Volume One : Van Diemen's Land 1803-1847 (Presentation copy from the author)

    # 47204

    WINDSCHUTTLE, Keith (1942-2025)

    The fabrication of Aboriginal history. Volume One : Van Diemen’s Land 1803-1847 (Presentation copy from the author)

    Sydney, NSW, Macleay Press, 2002. First edition. Octavo, boards in dust jacket (a little wear to the top edges), pp. 472, illustrations; title page inscribed and signed by the author ‘To Paul, warmest wishes. Keith Windschuttle. Christmas 2002’; top edge of text block with a couple of small stains, otherwise an excellent copy. A controversial …

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  • Tjanpi desert weavers (softcover edition)

    # 47463

    WATSON, Penny

    Tjanpi desert weavers (softcover edition)

    Compiled by Penny Watson for Tjanpi Desert Weavers ; Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, [2012]. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 367, extensively illustrated. A fine copy, mint condition. Tjanpi Desert Weavers is an employment enterprise within the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council. The latter was formed as a response …

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  • The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    # 47372

    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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  • Ngurra Kuju Walyja - One Country, One People : Stories from the Canning Stock Route

    # 47499

    WEBSTER, Mags (editor)

    Ngurra Kuju Walyja – One Country, One People : Stories from the Canning Stock Route

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2011. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 400, illustrated, a new copy. A collaborative enterprise between FORM, the National Museum of Australia, and nine Aboriginal arts and cultural centres, leading to a major publication and exhibition. An extraordinary volume, documenting the relationships between art, people and country from an indigenous and …

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  • Old masters : Australia's great bark artists

    # 47428

    CARUNA, Wally et alia

    Old masters : Australia’s great bark artists

    Canberra : National Museum of Australia, 2013. First edition. Folio, gatefold wrappers, pp. 240, illustrated. ‘Old Masters: Australia’s Great Bark Artists is a celebration of Aboriginal bark paintings drawn exclusively from the National Museum of Australia’s collection. This rich collection of Aboriginal bark paintings is the largest in the world, with many pieces dating back …

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  • The heart of everything : the art and artists of Mornington & Bentinck Islands (presentation copy)

    # 47421

    EVANS, Nicholas; MARTIN-CHEW, Louise; MEMMOTT, Paul

    The heart of everything : the art and artists of Mornington & Bentinck Islands (presentation copy)

    Fitzroy, Vic. : McCulloch and McCulloch Australian Art Books (in association with Woomera Aboriginal Corporation. Mornington Island Arts & Craft), [2008].Quarto (275 x 210 mm), pictorial boards, 100 pp., colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography, map; a fine copy with a signed presentation inscription from noted collector and philanthropist Pat Corrigan to art historian, author and …

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  • Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c. :

    # 47371

    CLARK, John Heaviside (c.1770-1863); [LEWIN, John William, 1770-1819, artist, attributed]

    Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c. :

    from drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c. Containing one hundred plates. With a supplement of New South Wales. London : Published and sold by Edward Orme, 1814. Large quarto, contemporary blind-tooled straight grained morocco, ornamental gilt edging, spine lettered in gilt with gilt tooling, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, front pastedown with ex …

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