Indigenous Australians

  • Namatjira : Wanderer between two worlds

    # 45919

    BATTY, Joyce

    Namatjira : Wanderer between two worlds

    Melbourne : Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. Octavo, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 158, illustrated. Some pale foxing and edge wear to the dustjacket, a very good copy.

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  • The problem of the Australian Aboriginal

    # 45647

    GRIBBLE, E.R.B. (Ernest Richard Bulmer), Reverend, 1868-1957

    The problem of the Australian Aboriginal

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  • Bradshaw art of the Kimberley

    # 45756

    WALSH, Grahame L.

    Bradshaw art of the Kimberley

    Toowong : Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications, 2000. Oblong quarto, faux crocodile skin with pictorial inlay, illustrated endpapers, pp. [vi]; x; [4], 464, extensively illustrated; a fine copy housed in the publisher’s original mailing carton. Since their ‘discovery’ by pastoralist Joseph Bradshaw in 1891, the Bradshaw rock paintings of the Kimberley, or Gwion Gwion, have been …

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  • Aboriginal artists dictionary of biographies : Western Desert, Central Desert and Kimberley region

    # 45824

    KRECZMANSKI, Janusz B. and BIRNBERG, Margo

    Aboriginal artists dictionary of biographies : Western Desert, Central Desert and Kimberley region

    Marleston, S. Aust. : J.B. Publishing, 2004. Octavo, laminated boards in dustjacket (a little miscreased, laminate lifting slightly), pp. 446, illustrated. Foreword by Patrick Dodson.

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  • Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa

    # 45827

    DAALDER, Truus

    Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa

    Adelaide : Ethnic Art Press ; South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan, 2009. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 420, illustrated in colour. As new copy, still sealed in shrinkwrap and in publisher’s carton. “A sumptuously produced book with an elaborate, informative text and 704 beautiful photographs of adornment from many parts of the world, ranging …

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  • Dennis Nona : Malu sara

    # 45586

    NONA, Dennis

    Dennis Nona : Malu sara

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer Pty Ltd, 2011. Exhibition catalogue. Square quarto (210 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers, 50 pp., colour illustrations; an excellent copy.

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  • Brook Andrew : Hope & peace

    # 45598

    ANDREW, Brook

    Brook Andrew : Hope & peace

    Melbourne : Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, 2005. Small square quarto (210 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers, 35 pp., illustrated in colour, catalogue essay by Marcia Langton; an excellent copy. Catalogue for an exhibition of work by Brook Andrew at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, 5 July – 7 August 2005. ‘Includes artist’s statement and works from the exhibition; …

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  • Michael Cook : Majority rule

    # 45580

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Majority rule

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2014. Square quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [16], illustrated. Essay by Louise Martin-Chew. An excellent copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent …

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  • Michael Cook : Through my eyes

    # 45583

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Through my eyes

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2010. Square quarto, folded card, pp. [4], illustrated; an excellent copy. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent desire to learn about his Aboriginal ancestry and identity. As …

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  • Michael Cook : Uninhabited

    # 45582

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Uninhabited

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2011. Square quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [36], illustrated. An excellent copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent desire to learn …

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  • beDevil : a sixth draft script by Tracey Moffatt

    # 45616

    MOFFATT, Tracey (b. 1960)

    beDevil : a sixth draft script by Tracey Moffatt

    Willoughby, NSW : Anthony Buckley Productions, [1992]. Film script. Foolscap folio, original metal brad; iv, 83 leaves, printed recto only; dog-eared corners, last leaf heavily creased, otherwise clean and complete. beDevil is a 1993 horror film by Australian photographer and filmmaker Tracey Moffatt. It was the first feature film written and directed by an Australian …

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  • Tracts relative to the Aborigines / published by direction of the Meeting for Sufferings from 1838 to 1842

    # 45110

    SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. LONDON YEARLY MEETING.

    Tracts relative to the Aborigines / published by direction of the Meeting for Sufferings from 1838 to 1842

    London : Edward Marsh, 84 Houndsditch, 1843. Series: Tracts relative to the Aborigines, nos. 1-8. Octavo (210 x 135 mm), original blind-blocked green cloth with gilt-lettered spine (upper board with stain at fore-edge penetrating to pastedown and front endpaper), front free-endpaper with two early North American Society of Friends Meeting inscriptions; pp. i-xii; 1-60 (Information …

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  • [ABORIGINAL ART EXHIBITION POSTER] Sztuka aborygenów australijskich

    # 45518

    PAGOWSKI, Andrzej (designer); ASIA AND PACIFIC MUSEUM, WARSAW.

    [ABORIGINAL ART EXHIBITION POSTER] Sztuka aborygenów australijskich

    Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku w Warszawie / The Asia and Pacific Museum, Warsaw. Galeria Azjatycka ul. Freta 5. Mai 1990r. Warszawa : Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku, 1990. Exhibition poster, 660 x 930 mm, unmounted; light handling marks, a fine example. Text in Polish. The exhibition’s title translates to “Australian Aboriginal Art”. It appears to have …

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  • Traveller sleeping in a mia mia. Central or northern Victoria, circa 1862.

    # 44930

    JONES, John H. (1817?-1872)

    Traveller sleeping in a mia mia. Central or northern Victoria, circa 1862.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 73 mm (arched-top format), on original card mount 83 x 175 mm; recto of mount inscribed in ink: ‘Traveller sleeping in a mia mia’; verso with pencilled name of the original owner ‘McMillan’; both prints are in very good condition, as is the mount. This stereoscopic photograph …

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  • Panorama of the old world and the new.

    # 44895

    PINNOCK, William

    Panorama of the old world and the new.

    Comprising a view of the present state of the nations of the world, their manners, customs, and peculiarities, and their political, moral, social, and industrial condition. Interspersed with historical sketches and anecdotes by William Pinnock. Enlarged, revised, and embellished with several hundred engravings, from designs of Croome, Devereux, and other distinguished artists. Boston : L. …

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  • Ginger Riley

    # 45336

    RYAN, Judith

    Ginger Riley

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1997. Quarto, pictorial laminated card covers, pp 104, illustrated in colour throughout; a fine copy. Superb catalogue produced to accompany the landmark exhibition of the extraordinary work of Arnhem Land artist Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, held at the NGV, July 17-22, 1997.  

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