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# 46596

SAVAGE, Lois

Three months in Sumatra, Malaya, Hong Kong and the Philippines. A most interesting and enticing winter tour specially arranged and personally conducted by Miss Lois Savage, Ph.C.

Surrey Hills, Vic. : Lois Savage, 1939. Octavo, stapled, [16] pp, illustrated with numerous small photographs; light scattered foxing and a few small marks, a very good copy. The itinerary includes a stay at Raffles Hotel, Singapore. Two copies recorded in Australian collections (NLA; Deakin).

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# 46598

SAVAGE, Lois

Tours in Lotus Land : Japan for your holiday.

Specially arranged and personally conducted by Miss Lois Savage, Ph.C. Surrey Hills, Vic. : Lois Savage, [1938?]. Folding brochure, narrow large octavo, [6] pp, illustrated, map, a very good copy. A single example recorded in Australian collections (NLA).

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# 46207

McINTYRE, William (1805-1870); HOWE, Robert Charles (1820-1875), publisher

[SYDNEY] The prevalent forms and causes of Sabbath desecration.

Sydney : R. Howe, “Gazette” office, Lower George-street, [1841]. At head of title: Lecture III. Duodecimo, original plain blue wrappers, hand-sewn, 24 pp; a fine copy. Ferguson, 3244. The third in the series Lectures on the Sabbath, which was also published, along with lectures by John Dunmore Lang, M.T. Adam, James Fullerton, and John Tait, in …

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# 46713

ROBB, E. M.

Early Toorak and district

Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens Limited, 1934. Oblong quarto (190 x 250 mm), lettered cloth (boards lightly stained and flecked); pp. 137, illustrated throughout with b/w photographic plates, gift inscription to front free endpaper, blind stamps to half-title and title pages, light foxing to preliminaries, a good copy. Scarce photographically-illustrated history of Toorak and the …

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# 46169

DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS

Aboriginal News : vol. 1 no. 7, June 1974.

Canberra : Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 1974. Foolscap folio (295 x 210 mm), stapled illustrated wrappers; 23 pp, with b/w photographic illustrations; an excellent copy. This issue contains articles on a wide range of topics, of which one of the most interesting is Gary Foley’s report on his recent tour of China. Foley was ‘profoundly …

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# 46285

TROTSKY, Leon (1879-1940), et al.

Leon Trotsky : a group of ephemeral publications, 1930s-40s.

I. Trotsky, Leon. Stalinism and Bolshevism : concerning the historical and theoretical roots of the Fourth International. New York : Pioneer Publishers, 1937. Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled, 29, [1] pp; a fine copy. II. Trotsky, Leon. In defense of the Soviet Union : a compilation 1927-1937. New York : Pioneer Publishers, 1937. Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled, …

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# 46303

SYDNEY FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE LTD.

[FEMINISM] Angel In The House : a film by Jane Jackson : extracts from Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse & Professions For Women.

[Drop title]. Darlinghurst, NSW : Sydney Filmmakers Co-Operative Ltd., [1978]. Foolscap folio sheet, printed on both sides, illustrated; very lightly creased. ‘Angel in the house is suitable for women’s studies and film study courses, women and community groups as well as being an ideal theatrical short.’ (Text at foot of detailed synopsis verso) No copies …

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# 46299

SYDNEY FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE LTD.

[SEXUALITY] Sugar n’Snails

[Drop title]. Darlinghurst, NSW : Sydney Filmmakers Co-Operative Ltd., [1976]. Broadsheet, 205 x 330 mm, folding to 205 x 110 mm, printed on both sides, illustrated; very good condition. Information pamphlet for an educational film made at the Film & Television School, Sydney, directed by Marsha Bennett and produced by Daniela Torch and Tom Zubrycki. …

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# 46556

VWLN (Melbourne)

[MELBOURNE; FEMINISM] Victorian Women’s Liberation Newsletter. A new collective.

Melbourne : Women’s Liberation Newsletter, [1989]. Handbill, A4 size, printed recto only; original folds and light corner creasing, otherwise good condition. The MWLN (aka VWLN) ran its first edition in February 1972, and was published monthly. This flyer appeals for subscriptions for 1990, which saw a new incarnation of the newsletter: ‘Womens liberation newsletter is a …

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# 46549

COALITION AGAINST WOMEN'S IMPRISONMENT

[MELBOURNE] “Wring out Fairlea” : another afternoon of entertainment & action to encircle Fairlea Women’s Prison by linking arms. Sunday 25th March

[Melbourne] : Coalition Against Women’s Imprisonment, [1988]. A4 sheet, printed on both sides; verso with list of the Coalition’s demands to the State and Federal Governments re. Fairlea Women’s Prison; entertainment for attendees at the protest included music from Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach; original folds and light marks. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia …

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# 46304

SYDNEY FILMMAKERS CO-OP

Sexuality

Sydney : Sydney Filmmakers Co-Op & Feminist Film Workers with assistance from Family Planning Association of NSW, January 1980. Large folding sheet, 440 x 560 mm, printed on both sides and folding to 220 x 140 mm; b/w illustrations; short tear at one corner, otherwise very good. Sydney Filmmakers Co-Op brochure advertising educational films for …

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# 46301

SYDNEY FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE LTD.

[SEXUALITY] Daughter Rite : a narrative fiction film about women in families by Michelle Citron.

[Drop title]. Darlinghurst, NSW : Sydney Filmmakers Co-Operative Ltd., [1979]. Foolscap folio sheet, printed recto only, illustrated; lower corner bent, otherwise very good. “‘Daughter Rite depicts the ways in which mothers and daughters attempt to eat each other up – a kind of inadvertent cannibalism of time, space and bodies by the culturally undernourished.’ Virginia …

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# 46551

LESBIAN FESTIVAL '92

[MELBOURNE] Lesbian Festival ’92 Melbourne October 8 – November 3.

Carlton North, Vic. : Lesbian Festival ’92, 1992. Octavo (210 x 145 mm), pictorial self-wrappers, [4] pp. illustrated; original fold, annotated in pencil by Virginia Fraser, otherwise very good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.

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# 46555

3CR

[MELBOURNE] International Women’s Day. 8 March [1990]. 3CR 855 kHz.

[Melbourne] : 3CR Community Radio, [1990]. Handbill, A4 size, printed recto only; 24-hour programme schedule for IWD; light corner creasing, otherwise good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.

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# 46557

LESBIANS UNLIMITED (Melbourne)

[MELBOURNE] Lesbians Unlimited Fun Group Xmas calendar.

Fitzroy, Vic. : Lesbians Unlimited Publicity Group, [1990?]. Handbill, A4 size, printed recto only; toning and light creasing, otherwise good condition. ‘Lesbians Unlimited was established at the end of 1989 to provide a legally constituted and incorporated body for the organisation of the Melbourne Lesbian Festival in 1990. It continued meeting after the Festival to …

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# 46573

VICTORIAN WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA

Victorian Women’s Orchestra. Inaugural Concert … Friday, March 9th, 1990, 8.00pm … at Toorak Uniting Church …

Program will include: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Greig: Norwegian Dances, Copland: Appalachian Spring, Ravel: Bolero. Parkdale, Vic. : VWO, 1990. A5 flyer, printed recto only; fine. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.

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