Tourism

# 32294

MILLER, Royal R.

The Upper Murray : a centenary survey (presentation copy)

With special reference to the Corryong District. Melbourne : Spectator Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1934. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (slightly sun faded to spine), presentation inscription to endpaper ‘The Centenary Committee – with the compliments of the author’, pp. 124, photographic plates, a very good copy. Scarce.

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# 32144

John Fairfax & Sons

Sydney from the air. Second series.

Sydney : John Fairfax & Sons, [1937]. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, photographically illustrated. Fascinating view book of interwar Sydney from the air.

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# 31908

A portfolio of photographs of the city of Brisbane and suburbs

Numerous illustrations of the public buildings, principal thoroughfares, and notable places of interest. Panoramic views from various positions, also an interesting collection of pictures showing the city as it appeared in 1860. Brisbane : Gordon and Gotch, circa 1902. Oblong quarto, gilt-lettered cards with photographic inlay, folding panoramic frontispiece, pp. 64, photographic illustrations. [Cover title …

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# 22673

[GILL, S.T.]

Twenty-eight engraved vignettes of Melbourne from The Melbourne Rose.

[London : Joseph, Myers & Co., 1862] (printed in Hamburg by C. Adler’s Printing Establishment). Twenty-eight steel engraved vignettes cut from the original ephemeron, which was an illustrated diecut folding card in the shape of a rose, pasted on to an old album sheet. A significant and very rare Melbourne publication of the gold rush …

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# 31132

BRADFIELD, J. J. C. (John Job Crew) (1867-1943) (attributed); PHILLIPS, Harry (publisher)

Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway

Willoughby, N.S.W. : H. Phillips, [1930]. Large oblong octavo (160 x 250 mm), pictorial red wrappers printed in black, stapled; [32] pp, with b/w photographic illustrations and line drawings throughout; a very good copy. Internal references and illustrations indicate this pamphlet was probably published in 1930. One of the illustrations is an artist’s impression of …

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# 31146

SHEPPARTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Visitors’ guide to Shepparton Victoria – Australia

[Shepparton, Vic.] : Shepparton Chamber of Commerce, 1939. Oblong octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 68, illustrated. A fine copy, scarce.

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# 30310

CAIRE, Nicholas John (1837-1918)

Hanging Rock, Mount Macedon, Victoria, circa 1876.

Albumen print photograph, 183 x 131 mm, mounted on a leaf of thick card removed from a 19th-century album, inscribed in ink on the mount ‘”Hanging Rock”, Mount Macedon, Vic.’; some insignificant spotting confined to the edges of the image, otherwise a strong print with excellent tonal range, in very good condition. A very early …

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# 28496

[NETTLETON, Charles, 1826-1902]

Photographic Views of Victoria

Photograph album, quarto (270 x 220 mm), original full black morocco over heavy boards, upper board with gilt-tooled ornament and title, silk endpapers, the front free-endpaper with a contemporary inscription in ink: ‘A Souvenir of Victoria. To Mrs. Rose from A. & S. M. Melbourne, 4th January 1882’; containing [36] albumen print photographs individually mounted …

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# 30100

ABERDEEN AND COMMONWEALTH LINE

[BOOKMARK] Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line … one class to England.

[Melbourne?] : Dalgety & Coy. Limited and Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, [between 1928 and 1933]. Bookmark, 132 x 57 mm, offset printed on thin card, recto with colour illustration of one the company’s “Bay” liners, verso with information about the service to London via Suez, inviting prospective travellers to contact the Dalgety & Co. or Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line …

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# 29662

PHILLIPS, H. (Harry), 1873-1944

[SYDNEY HARBOUR] The Beautiful Illawarra, South Coast, N.S.W.

[Cover title]. Willoughby, N.S.W. : H. Phillips, [circa 1930]. ‘Photographed and published by H. Phillips, Willoughby, N.S.W., for C. Moore, Bulli Pass Refreshment Kiosk (right at the Lookout), where Picnic Parties and Tourists are amply catered for’. Small oblong quarto, pictorial wrappers, containing double-sided concertina foldout with 6 b/w half-tone photographic views of the Bulli …

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# 28945

Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey.

Gippsland Lakes and Buchan Caves, Victoria

Melbourne Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, [1912]. “Published by the authority of the Hon. Minister of Lands. For issue to tourists”. Single sheet, 500 x 635 mm, folding to 250 x 125 mm; one side with map printed in colour, scale 1:253 440; reverse with tourist information about local landmarks and destinations accompanied by vignette photographic illustrations; …

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# 29162

Adelaide at a glance

[S.l. : s.n., circa 1900]. Octavo, gilt-lettered red wrappers (marked), leporello style concertina folding photographic images of Adelaide and South Australia, including North Terrace, a test match at Adelaide Oval, Glenelg Beach, a panorama of the city and a view of Port Lincoln aborigines.

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# 29058

Anon.

The cyclopedia of Fiji (illustrated).

Published under the patronage of His Excellence the Governor of Fiji, the Administrative and Legislature of the Colony and the Wardens and Town Councils of Suva and Levuka. A complete historical and commercial review of Fiji. An epitome of progress. A compendium of statistics and data concerning the group never yet compiled or brought together …

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# 28581

MOIR, J. K. (John Kinmont) (1893-1958)

Australia’s first electric tram. (First edition)

Melbourne : [The Author], 1940. Small octavo (185 x 125 mm), original printed blue wrappers (light central vertical fold line), staple bound, 28 pp, illustrated with b/w plates; very clean, a good copy. The story of the Box Hill – Doncaster tram line, which opened on 15 October 1889. Written by J. K. Moir, founding …

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# 26783

JOHN POWER STUDIOS

Wonder map of Melbourne

Melbourne : Wonder Maps of Australia, 1934. Printed map, 720 x 950 mm, folded as issued to 140 x 265 mm, pictorial wrappers (edges worn), light foxing. The central panel reads : ‘Centenary Year. Has a population exceeding 1,000,000 and covers an area approximately 10 miles square. The city itself is noted for its ordered …

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# 27968

KERRY, Charles (1857-1928)

Interior of the Helena Cave; entrance to the Arch Cave; entrance to the Imperial Cave. Jenolan Caves complex, New South Wales, early 1890s.

Three albumen print photographs, 150 x 200 mm, unmounted; all blind stamped bottom left ‘Kerry & Co. Photo 308 George Street Sydney’, and all with captions, studio name and Kerry’s sequence numbers 717, 735 and 782 in manuscript in the negative; one of the versos has a fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Jenolan Caves, Western Line’; some …

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