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    # 15021

    LINGWOOD SMITH, William Thomas, 1860-1933

    An important archive of photographs of Aboriginal subjects by police photographer W.T. Lingwood Smith, South Australia and Central Australia, circa 1900.

    William Thomas Lingwood Smith was a Detective Photographer in the South Australian Police Force from 1888 until his retirement in 1922. As early as 1894 he also pioneered fingerprinting in Australia, becoming an expert in the Criminal Investigation Branch of the South Australian Police Department. The quality of his little-known, non-commercial photographic portraits of indigenous people …

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  • # 15627 MARSH, S[tephen] H[ale] (1805 1888) [SHEET MUSIC] Dr. Leichhardt’s March, for the piano, composed on the successful termination of his Expedition, after having traversed a distance of nearly 3000 miles through a portion of Australia, hitherto untrodden by civilized man, by his friend, S. H. March.

    # 15627

    MARSH, S[tephen] H[ale] (1805 1888)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Dr. Leichhardt’s March, for the piano, composed on the successful termination of his Expedition, after having traversed a distance of nearly 3000 miles through a portion of Australia, hitherto untrodden by civilized man, by his friend, S. H. March. 

    London : T. Boosey & Co., [circa 1846]. Folio, lithographed title page [verso blank] with a scene of the expedition drawn by W. Boosey, slip cancel “for the piano” replacing “for the harp” (as in other copies); pp [1 blank], 2-5, [1 blank]; four leaves in total; occasional foxing, paper spine; a very good copy of this …

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  • # 15695 Photographer unknown. Gold digger and Aborigine, Port Darwin, September 1875

    # 15695

    Photographer unknown.

    Gold digger and Aborigine, Port Darwin, September 1875

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 67 mm, no photographer’s imprint; verso with a contemporary inscription in ink: ‘Costume of the diggers in P.D. All the gentlemen dress just like they do in Melbourne. Mr. Solomon’, and dated in pencil in the same hand ‘September 19th 1875’; the albumen print has lost some contrast …

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  • # 15479 DAILY MAIL NEWSPAPER (Staff photographer) Aborigines watching the arrival of Amy Johnson’s aeroplane at Darwin, May 24 1930.

    # 15479

    DAILY MAIL NEWSPAPER (Staff photographer)

    Aborigines watching the arrival of Amy Johnson’s aeroplane at Darwin, May 24 1930.

    Press photograph, printing out paper, glossy print, 215 x 165 mm, verso with a Daily Mail (U.K.) journalist’s typed description of the photograph pasted down, accompanied by what are evidently contemporary annotations made by an unidentified American newspaper’s editorial staff, including the word ‘Negroes’, and the newspaper’s date stamp of ‘Jun 21 1930’; the print has a light …

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  • # 15621 Robinson’s Northern Territory tourist map.

    # 15621

    Robinson’s Northern Territory tourist map.

    With town maps of Darwin and Alice Springs. Sydney : H.E.C. Robinson Pty Ltd., c. 1960. Folding map printed in colour, paper wrappers. Scarce.

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  • # 15704 Jilamara Arts and Crafts Living Tiwi: Tiwi Awuta Yimpanguwi. Contemporary Tiwi paintings from Milikapiti, Melville Island

    # 15704

    Jilamara Arts and Crafts

    Living Tiwi: Tiwi Awuta Yimpanguwi. Contemporary Tiwi paintings from Milikapiti, Melville Island

    Melville Island, Northern Territory : Jilamara Arts and Crafts, 2004. Square octavo, pictorial wrappers (stickers on lower wrapper), pp 40. Text in English and German.

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  • # 15329 WINGHAM, J. A pictorial souvenir budget of the North Australian Aboriginals

    # 15329

    WINGHAM, J.

    A pictorial souvenir budget of the North Australian Aboriginals

    Darwin : J. Wingham, [c.1929]. Oblong octavo, publisher’s pictorial wrappers (front with a small stain and mild corner crease) with original wool ties, Foreword on inside front wrapper, [24] pp of photographic plates with printed captions; a near fine copy. The first eight plates in this self-published photographic essay on the indigenous culture and customs of Arnhem Land …

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  • # 15036 Photographer unknown. Aboriginal men dressed for ceremony, Central Australia, 1900-1910 $250.00

    # 15036

    Photographer unknown.

    Aboriginal men dressed for ceremony, Central Australia, 1900-1910

    Gelatin silver photograph, 88 x 142 mm, manuscript caption in the negative ‘Group of natives at Alice Springs’, verso with contemporary inscription in ink ‘Wild blacks in paints ready for Corroboree, Central Aust.’; mild vertical creases at left and right edges, otherwise very good.

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  • Photographs of the Everard and Musgrave Ranges Expedition, South Australia, June-September 1914 WHITE, Samuel Albert (1870-1954) # 15012

    # 15012

    WHITE, Samuel Albert (1870-1954)

    Photographs of the Everard and Musgrave Ranges Expedition, South Australia, June-September 1914

    A highly important record of early European contact with the Yankunytjatjara people. Eight gelatin silver print photographs, each 100 x 127 mm, unmounted; versos with the photographer's pencilled captions and sequence numbers; all of the prints are in fine condition. Although principally an ornithologist, by the early 1900s Adelaide-born Samuel White 'had earned a reputation …

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  • Oh Australia! STANTON, Don E. # 14882

    # 14882

    STANTON, Don E.

    Oh Australia!

    Bermagui Sth., N.S.W. : Maranatha Revival Crusade, [1979]. Series: Monthly Message, no. 26. Octavo, pictorial wrappers (lower wrapper with stain), stapled, 112 pp, illustrated; a couple of annotations in biro, otherwise a very good copy. “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people” (title page). Christian religious pamphlet written by an …

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  • Report of the Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Working Party of South Australia, June 1978. COCKS, C.H. # 14883

    # 14883

    COCKS, C.H.

    Report of the Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Working Party of South Australia, June 1978.

    Adelaide : Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Working Party of South Australia, 1978. Folio, pcloth backed printed wrappers, 130 pp, [4] leaves of maps; a very good copy. 

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  • [ABORIGINES] From the barrel of a gun : questions to aid interpretation MARKUS, Andrew # 14905

    # 14905

    MARKUS, Andrew

    [ABORIGINES] From the barrel of a gun : questions to aid interpretation

    [Melbourne : The author, 1974?]. Quarto, 5 pp, stapled, roneo printed; mild horizontal crease, but a good copy. Questions prepared by the author, Andrew Markus, to aid interpretation of his book From the barrel of a gun : the oppression of the Aborigines, 1860-1900 (West Melbourne, Vic. : Victorian Historical Association, 1974), which focuses on conflict between …

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  • Manuscript letter relating to 1930s Central Australian explorer Michael Terry BARNARD, Charlotte; [TERRY, Michael, 1899-1981] # 14909

    # 14909

    BARNARD, Charlotte; [TERRY, Michael, 1899-1981]

    Manuscript letter relating to 1930s Central Australian explorer Michael Terry

    Manuscript letter of Charlotte Barnard, widow of outback explorer and writer Michael Terry, addressed to Mrs. Hall, sister of Terry's fellow explorer during the early 1930s, the bushman Ben Nicker, informing her of Michael Terry's recent death; headed Mosman, NSW, December 28 1981; single sheet, small quarto, written on both sides; some silverfising at one …

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  • Aborigines and land rights PITTOCK, A. Barrie # 14910

    # 14910

    PITTOCK, A. Barrie

    Aborigines and land rights

    Melbourne : Aboriginal Affairs Dept. of the Australian Union of Students, National Tribal Council, Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, 1971. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (lightly marked and creased), 28 pp, illustrated. 

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  • Stone implements of the Australian Aborigine. Guide to the classified collection KENYON, Alfred Stephen # 14911

    # 14911

    KENYON, Alfred Stephen

    Stone implements of the Australian Aborigine. Guide to the classified collection

    in the Australian Room, National Museum, Public Library Buildings, Melbourne, arranged for the Australian meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Melbourne : Arnale and Jackson Press, 1914. Octavo, printed green wrappers, staple bound, 16 pp; a good copy. The collection is comprised mainly of artefacts from southeastern Australia, but also includes stone …

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  • [ABORIGINES] Presidential address to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. SPENCER, Baldwin, Sir (1860-1929) # 14912

    # 14912

    SPENCER, Baldwin, Sir (1860-1929)

    [ABORIGINES] Presidential address to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

    Cover: Hobart-Melbourne Meeting, January, 1921 … Reprinted from Report of the Fifteenth Meeting of the A.A.A.S., held in Melbourne, 10th January, 1921. Melbourne : Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, 1921. Octavo, printed grey wrappers, pp 37, [2]; maps and tables; a very good copy. Transcript of Sir Baldwin Spencer’s lecture on the cultural anthropology of …

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  • New states for Australia : The Australian Institute of Polictical Science ; PARKER, R.S. (Robert Stewart) et al. # 14904

    # 14904

    PARKER, R.S. (Robert Stewart) et al.

    New states for Australia : The Australian Institute of Polictical Science ;

    Spring Forum ; 1955 ; Proceedings. Sydney : Australian Institute of Polictical Science, 1955. Quarto, original card covers, roneo printed, 90 pp, 1 folding table, 3 folding maps; a very good copy. Contains four papers delivered at the Armidale forum by R.S. Parker (New states for Australia : why new states?), J. MacDonald Holmes (The proposed …

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  • The Alice : centre of the outback # 14870

    # 14870

    The Alice : centre of the outback

    [Cover title]. Alice Springs, N.T. : Northern Territory Administration, 1972. Large octavo, publisher's pictorial wrappers (lower wrapper with street map), staple bound, 20 pp, b/w photographic illustrations; a very good copy. A guide for prospective residents, including sections on Aborigines; flora and faunahousing; employment; education; churches; community activities, etc.  

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  • Your guide to Darwin. # 14876

    # 14876

    Your guide to Darwin.

    [Darwin] Palmerston Printers, [1978]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (sunned; light vertical crease); 36 pp, illustrations, maps. Two copies are recorded in Australian collections (National Library of Australia; Northern Territory Library)

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  • Alice Springs urban development study AUSTRALIA. CITIES COMMISSION; AGIUS, McNALLY, HOLMWOOD # 14907

    # 14907

    AUSTRALIA. CITIES COMMISSION; AGIUS, McNALLY, HOLMWOOD

    Alice Springs urban development study

    Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Agius, McNally, Holmwood, 1975. Large quarto, pictorial stiff wrappers, 64 pp, colour illustrations and maps; a very good copy.  A condensed version of the detailed report by Hanson &​ Todd.

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  • Aerial view of the Meat Works, Myilly Point and Point Emery, Darwin, circa 1925 Photographer unknown. # 14805

    # 14805

    Photographer unknown.

    Aerial view of the Meat Works, Myilly Point and Point Emery, Darwin, circa 1925

    Black and white photograph on printing out paper, 85 x 135 mm, handwritten caption in the negative 'The Meat Works, Myilly Point & Point Emery, Darwin'; fine condition.

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  • Crocodile hunt, Daly River, Northern Territory, circa 1925 Photographer unknown. # 14803

    # 14803

    Photographer unknown.

    Crocodile hunt, Daly River, Northern Territory, circa 1925

    Black and white photograph on printing out paper, 85 x 135 mm, handwritten caption in the negative 'A Fine Pair, Daly River'; fine condition.

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  • Meridian ant hills, Northern Territory, circa 1925 BUSCALL, Jack # 14802

    # 14802

    BUSCALL, Jack

    Meridian ant hills, Northern Territory, circa 1925

    Black and white photograph on glossy printing out paper, 90 x 140 mm, handwritten caption in negative 'Meridian ant hills'; verso wet stamped 'Jack Buscall, Darwin, N.A. [i.e. Northern Australia]'; in fine condition.  Photographs taken by Jack Buscall are held in the collections of the National Library of Australia and the Northern Territory Library.

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  • Aboriginal Art Series ISAACS, Jennifer; PRIMROSE, Ian # 14838

    # 14838

    ISAACS, Jennifer; PRIMROSE, Ian

    Aboriginal Art Series

    [North Sydney] : Aboriginal Arts & Crafts Pty. Ltd., with assistance from the Aboriginal Arts Board and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, [c.1975-79]. Complete set of 10 pamphlets, nos. 1 – 10, each a single sheet folding to 220 x 105 mm, each with 8 pp, illustrations in colour and black and white, and a …

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  • Eastern Arnhem Land Aboriginals today MORPHY, Howard; JONES, Rhys # 14862

    # 14862

    MORPHY, Howard; JONES, Rhys

    Eastern Arnhem Land Aboriginals today

    Sydney : Aboriginal Arts &​ Crafts, 1978. Kit comprising the following: 2 sound cassettes, 84 colour transparency slides, map (690 x 360 mm); lacks the 48 page booklet, otherwise complete and in good condition. The only complete examples of this important educational kit recorded in Australian collections are held by AIATSIS and the National Museum of …

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  • The Northern Territory of South Australia : its development : proposals of the government, JENKINS, John Greeley (1851-1923) # 14755

    # 14755

    JENKINS, John Greeley (1851-1923)

    The Northern Territory of South Australia : its development : proposals of the government,

    as announced by the Premier and Minister controlling the Northern Territory. Adelaide : J. L. Bonython & Co., 1904. Tall octavo pamphlet, original printed orange wrappers, staple bound, 11 pp, a fine copy.

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  • A group of Aborigines in ceremonial decoration, Central Australia, circa 1900 Photographer unknown. # 14735

    # 14735

    Photographer unknown.

    A group of Aborigines in ceremonial decoration, Central Australia, circa 1900

    Gelatin silver print, 153 x 104 mm; unmounted; a little wear at top left corner and some very faint creasing, otherwise fine. Two men and a woman pose for the camera, with their dog and a traditional shelter immediately behind them. A white canvas tent belonging to an interloper – most likely the anonymous photographer …

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  • The new counties, hundreds, & district atlas of South Australia and Northern Territory, 1876. CARROLL, H. S. # 14690

    # 14690

    CARROLL, H. S.

    The new counties, hundreds, & district atlas of South Australia and Northern Territory, 1876.

    Together with map of South Australia indicating roads, distances, relative position of counties &c., &c. Showing — All Boroughs, Post-towns, Villages, Hamlets, Road Boards, Roads, Railways, Rivers, Lakes, Creeks, Mountains, Stations, the Area of County and Station, (the Names, Occupiers, Grazing capabilities and Area of each), the Population of each Town in the Colony, Height …

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  • The shape of the dreaming : the cultural significance of Victoria River rock art LEWIS, Darrell; ROSE, Deborah Bird # 14266

    # 14266

    LEWIS, Darrell; ROSE, Deborah Bird

    The shape of the dreaming : the cultural significance of Victoria River rock art

    Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1988. Series: AIATSIS report series 1030-6544. Quarto, pictorial stiff wrappers (mild corner creasing), 79 pp, illustrated; includes bibliography. 

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  • Tiwi pottery Bathurst Island : an exhibition of Tiwi pottery from Bathurst Island # 14267

    # 14267

    Tiwi pottery Bathurst Island : an exhibition of Tiwi pottery from Bathurst Island

    Sydney : Aboriginal Arts Board, 1980. Small oblong quarto, pictorial laminated card covers, [20] pp, profusely illustrated; a fine copy.  Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Potters' Gallery, Darlinghurst, in March 1980.

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  • Great suffragette demonstration in London. The Australian section ROSE STEREOGRAPH CO. # 14528

    # 14528

    ROSE STEREOGRAPH CO.

    Great suffragette demonstration in London. The Australian section

    forming up on the Thames Embankment. Melbourne ; Sydney ; Wellington ; London : The Rose Stereograph Co., [1911]. Stereoscopic gelatin silver print photograph (mount 95 x 175 mm), from the series Great suffragette demonstration in London, serial no. 11,954, printed title beneath the images; recto of mount imprinted The Rose Stereographs Melbourne ; Sydney …

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  • Geographie, ofte beginselen der Land-Beschryvinge, zoo als die in haer eygen aerd, in verdeeling GOESIN, Petrus de # 14628

    # 14628

    GOESIN, Petrus de

    Geographie, ofte beginselen der Land-Beschryvinge, zoo als die in haer eygen aerd, in verdeeling

    van Landen en Gewesten met Wateren en Zee-en sig bevinden, en door Bergen, Rivieren en Stroomen onderscheiden zyn; als mede den principaelsten Koophandel die in elke Landen verrigt worden. Tot Gend [Ghent] : Petrus de Goesin, [1762]. Duodecimo, contemporary calf (heavily rubbed and scuffed), spine with raised bands, compartments with stamped floral design in gilt …

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  • The Little Black Princess GUNN, Æneas (pseud.) [GUNN, Jeannie, 1870-1961] # 14463

    # 14463

    GUNN, Æneas (pseud.) [GUNN, Jeannie, 1870-1961]

    The Little Black Princess

    Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens., [c.1934]. Octavo, green cloth boards, 107 pp, lacking dustjacket and title page. A later edition, telling the story of a young indigenous girl at a Northern Territory homestead with photographic plates throughout. An important presentation copy, inscribed by the author: “I inscribe this book for the Hermannsburg Mission Appeal Fund …

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  • Harry Foster : a trophy of grace from the Northern Territory of Australia LONG, W. Arnold # 14355

    # 14355

    LONG, W. Arnold

    Harry Foster : a trophy of grace from the Northern Territory of Australia

    / The story of a blind Australian Aboriginal who was a Missionary to his own people. Sydney : Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia, [1940]. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, pp 57, photographic illustrations, map; title page with short tear at top corner, else a very good copy.

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  • Clay sculptures of Australian Aboriginal folk-lore by William Ricketts WALLER, Olga D. A. # 14375

    # 14375

    WALLER, Olga D. A.

    Clay sculptures of Australian Aboriginal folk-lore by William Ricketts

    (Based on folk-lore gathered by Sir Baldwin Spencer and Davd Unaipon). Foreword and catalogue with synopsis of legends. [Melbourne] : [s.n.], [circa 1938]. Quarto, printed wrappers, staple bound, 7 leaves, roneo printed; contains an essay titled “William Ricketts' interpretation of Australia Aboriginal folk-lore” by Olga D. A. Waller, which clearly relates to an exhibition of Rickett's …

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  • The Narrinyeri. An Account of the Tribes of South Australian Aborigines TAPLIN, Reverend George # 14508

    # 13871

    SPENCER, Baldwin; GILLEN, F.J.

    The Northern Tribes of Central Australia

    London : Macmillan and Co., 1904. First edition. Octavo, gilt decorated cloth boards (rubbed and marked), endpaper with bookplate, inscription, and pencil notes 784 pp. An important anthropological and ethnographical publication surveying the Indigenous Australian tribes of what is now the Northern Territory, with a wealth of observations on the culture, art, and traditions of …

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  • Manuscript map of Australia, dated 1835 Gourié, E. # 14233

    # 14233

    Gourié, E.

    Manuscript map of Australia, dated 1835

    Ink and wash on paper, 350 x 455 mm (sheet); laid down on modern backing sheet; some loss along the early vertical fold line (mainly at the extremities) and in bottom left corner of sheet. A relatively early manuscript map showing Australia and Van Diemen's Land, as well as New Guinea and parts of the …

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  • [TELEGRAPH; QUEENSLAND] Map of south-eastern Asia and Northern Australia THE GRAPHIC. # 14280

    # 14280

    THE GRAPHIC.

    [TELEGRAPH; QUEENSLAND] Map of south-eastern Asia and Northern Australia

    : showing the districts in Annam and Tonquin which France proposes to annex and to place under a Protectorate, the portion of New Guinea proposed to be acquired by Queensland, and the districts affected by the volcanic eruptions in Java. London : Letts Son &​ Co. Ltd., 1883 [issued as a supplement to The Graphic, …

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  • Aboriginal stone pictures in Eastern Arnhem Land Macknight, C.C.; GRAY, W.J. # 14268

    # 14268

    Macknight, C.C.; GRAY, W.J.

    Aboriginal stone pictures in Eastern Arnhem Land

    Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1970. Small quarto, pictorial laminated card covers, pp xi, 44, illustrated; a near fine copy. 

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  • By flood and field SEARCY, Alfred # 13924

    # 13924

    SEARCY, Alfred

    By flood and field

    Adventures ashore and afloat in North Australia. London : G. Bell & Sons, 1912. Octavo, lettered cloth in dustjacket issued by Cole's Book Arcade, Melbourne and Adelaide (a few chips but overall very good), pp. 327, illustrations, folding map. Scarce in the dustjacket. 

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  • Desert Mob 20th Anniversary Print Folio WATSON, Judy Napangardi et al # 13688

    # 13688

    WATSON, Judy Napangardi et al

    Desert Mob 20th Anniversary Print Folio

    Darwin : Basil Hall Editions, 2010. Folding clamshell box with a unique piece of Tjanpi Desert weaving set into the lid, housing 40 original woodblocks by Aboriginal artists from 38 art centres across Australia. Limited to 10 copies, accompanied by certificates of authenticity from each art centre. In 2010 a commemorative folio of original artworks …

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  • [IMMIGRATION] Australia : its resources and production AUSTRALIA. DEPARTMENT OF MARKETS AND MIGRATION. # 13297

    # 13297

    AUSTRALIA. DEPARTMENT OF MARKETS AND MIGRATION.

    [IMMIGRATION] Australia : its resources and production

    /​ issued on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia under the authority of the Minister for Markets and Migration. Melbourne : Dept. of Markets and Migration, 1926. Small quarto, original pictorial wrappers, 96 pp, black and white photographic illustrations, statistical tables; a fine copy. Copies of this edition are recorded in five …

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  • The Alice : centre of the outback # 13265

    # 13265

    The Alice : centre of the outback

    [Cover title]. Alice Springs, N.T. : Northern Territory Administration, 1972. Large octavo, publisher's pictorial wrappers (lower wrapper with street map), staple bound, 20 pp, b/w photographic illustrations; a very good copy. A guide for prospective residents, including sections on Aborigines; flora and faunahousing; employment; education; churches; community activities, etc.

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  • The air scout : a story of national defence STRANG, Herbert # 12188

    # 12188

    STRANG, Herbert

    The air scout : a story of national defence

    /​ by Herbert Strang ; illustrated in colour by W.R.S. Stott. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. First edition. Large octavo, original pictorial cloth boards lettered in gilt, front pastedown with school prize certificate dated 1916, pp x, 431, illustrated with [10] full-page colour plates, maps, a fine copy.  A work of fiction for juvenile …

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  • The Overlanders : a romance in film making ; echoing the heartbeat of Australia’s greatness. BRITISH EMPIRE FILMS PTY. LTD. # 12389

    # 12389

    BRITISH EMPIRE FILMS PTY. LTD.

    The Overlanders : a romance in film making ; echoing the heartbeat of Australia’s greatness.

    [Sydney : British Empire Films, Ltd.?, 1946?]. Small quarto, original pictorial stiff wrappers (lightly creased), [16] pp, photographic illustrations throughout, including stills from the film, shooting on location in the Roper River region and portraits of the cast, led by Chips Rafferty and Daphne Campbell; internally clean and sound.

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  • [ABORIGINES] The natives races of the Indian archipelago. Papuans. EARL, George Windsor # 12090

    # 12090

    EARL, George Windsor

    [ABORIGINES] The natives races of the Indian archipelago. Papuans.

    London : Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853. Octavo, original blind-stamped brick-red cloth boards (sunned and marked), spine lettered in gilt (softened at head and tail), hinges a little weak, [vi, advertisements], xiv, [iv, first and last pages blank], [folding chart of 'Specimens of Papuan and North Australian dialects'], 239, [1, advertisement] pp, illustrated with 2 small wood engravings …

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  • Gillen’s diary : the camp jottings of F. J. Gillen on the Spencer and Gillen Expedition GILLEN, F.J. (Francis James), 1855-1912 # 12023

    # 12023

    GILLEN, F.J. (Francis James), 1855-1912

    Gillen’s diary : the camp jottings of F. J. Gillen on the Spencer and Gillen Expedition

    across Australia, 1901-1902. Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968. First edition. Large octavo, original stiff wrappers (edges a little sunned), vi, 367 pp, illustrated with [73] pages of plates, a fine copy. Scarce. 

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  • [MISSIONS] Nelen Yubu : no. 30, Autumn 1987. # 11974

    # 11974

    [MISSIONS] Nelen Yubu : no. 30, Autumn 1987.

    Santa Teresa, N.T. : Nelen Yubu Missiological Unit, 1987. Octavo, pictorial stiff wrappers (lightly marked), 32 pp, a good copy. 

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  • The inland saga : a sketch of the Australian Inland Mission through 60 years McANDREW, Harry # 11923

    # 11923

    McANDREW, Harry

    The inland saga : a sketch of the Australian Inland Mission through 60 years

    [Sydney : Australian Inland Mission, 1972]. Octavo, pictorial stiff wrappers, 16 pp, illustrated map, a good copy.

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  • Darwin is a way of life # 11888

    # 11888

    Darwin is a way of life

    Canberra : Govt. Printer, 1964. Revised edition. Quarto, pictorial wrappers (upper wrapper creased at top corner), pp 31, [2], black and white photographic illustrations, map, contents clean and sound.  A survey of life in Darwin and the Northern Territory aimed at encouraging immigrants. On the same double page are sections on shooting; Aborigines; bush fires, …

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