Northern Territory

  • Legend & Dreaming. Legends of the Dream-time of the Australian Aborigines as related to Roland Robinson by men of Djauan, Rimberunga, Mungarai-ngalarkan and Yungman tribes of Arnhem Land;

    # 48969

    ROBINSON, Roland

    Legend & Dreaming. Legends of the Dream-time of the Australian Aborigines as related to Roland Robinson by men of Djauan, Rimberunga, Mungarai-ngalarkan and Yungman tribes of Arnhem Land;

    illustrated from paintings of the legendary figures made by the narrators in earth colours and charcoal. Sydney : Edwards & Shaw, 1952. First edition. Small oblong quarto (190 x 250 mm), publisher’s gilt–lettered cloth-covered boards (foxed), in the pictorial dust jacket (chipped at edges and corners, inner panels foxed); pp. 45, folding frontispiece plate, plus 2 …

    $50.00 AUD Read more
  • Tiwi Pima Art : Bathurst and Melville Islands.

    # 48981

    ANDERSON, Stephen and Raphael APUATIMI (compilers)

    Tiwi Pima Art : Bathurst and Melville Islands.

    [Cover title]. Bathurst Island, NT : Tiwi Pima Art, 1987. Octavo (210 x 150 mm), original stapled pictorial wrappers, pp. [1], 20; with numerous line-drawn illustrations, map; an excellent copy.

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  • Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands. Third series.

    # 33117

    Edge-Partington, James (1854-1930)

    Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands. Third series.

    [Portfolio cover title]. Also titled: An album of the weapons, tools, ornaments, articles of dress &c. of the natives of the Pacific islands. Drawn and described from examples in public & private collections in Australasia by James Edge-Partington. Third series. [London] : Issued for private circulation by James Edge-Partington & Charles Heape, 1898. “Lithographed by Palmer, …

    $5,000.00 AUD Read more
  • [ARNHEM LAND] The Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia Systematic Giving League. Systematic Giving Box.

    # 46209

    METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA

    [ARNHEM LAND] The Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia Systematic Giving League. Systematic Giving Box.

    [Sydney] : The Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia, circa 1920. Tin collection box with hinged lid, 130 x 80 x 20 mm, lettering on the lid; some oxidisation, overall in very good condition. Wesleyan Methodism is generally considered to have formally been established in Australia in 1815 with the arrival of clergyman Samuel Leigh, although …

    $375.00 AUD Read more
  • Songs of Central Australia

    # 48358

    STREHLOW, T.G.H.

    Songs of Central Australia

    Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1971. Quarto, pictorial dustjacket over cloth (price clipped), liv, 775 pp, colour illustrations, map in pocket inside back cover. A fine copy, with some mild foxing to the endpapers and light edge wear. One of only 500 copies printed. An extremely important study of the poetic and musical culture of …

    $8,500.00 AUD Read more
  • Women's changing ceremonies in Northern Australia.

    # 48618

    BERNDT, Catherine H.

    Women’s changing ceremonies in Northern Australia.

    Paris : Hermann, 1950. Series: L’Homme, Cahier d’Ethnologies, de Géographie et de Linguistique 1. Actualités scientifiques et industrielles ; 1108.  Large octavo (255 x 170 mm), publisher’s printed wrappers; pp. 8 (preface in French, by Claude Lévi-Strauss), 9-85, [1 blank], [1 contents]; with numerous line-drawn illustrations, map, diagrams; an excellent copy. The region in which …

    $115.00 AUD Read more
  • Impulse to paint. The artists of Iylenty, Utopia

    # 48681

    REISBURG, Eugene Barilo von

    Impulse to paint. The artists of Iylenty, Utopia

    Melbourne : Laurane Diggins Fine Art, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 18, illustrated.

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  • Quest under capricorn

    # 48630

    ATTENBOROUGH, David

    Quest under capricorn

    London : Lutterworth Press, 1963 (second impression 1964) Octavo, boards in dustjacket, light edge wear, pp. 162, illustrated, a very good copy. Set in the Northern Territory.

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  • Icons of the desert : early Aboriginal paintings from Papunya

    # 48616

    BENJAMIN, Roger et al.

    Icons of the desert : early Aboriginal paintings from Papunya

    Ithaca, N.Y. : Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art : Distributed by Cornell University, [2009]. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 176, illustrated. As new copy.   Collectors’ foreword / John and / Barbara Wilkerson Acknowledgments / Andrew C. Weislogel Preface / Hetti Perkins The men’s painting room at Papunya : photographs / by Michael Jensen The …

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  • Gwion Gwion : Secret and sacred pathways of the Ngarinyin Aboriginal people of Australia.

    # 48603

    DORING, Jeff

    Gwion Gwion : Secret and sacred pathways of the Ngarinyin Aboriginal people of Australia.

    Koln, Germany : Konemann, 2000. Quarto, orange cloth boards with pictorial dustjacket, pp 336, profusely illustrated in colour; a new copy. Monograph exploring the cave and rock paintings of Northern Australia, thought to be some of the oldest figurative artwork in existence. Text in English, German, and French.

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  • Hermannsburg potters : lyate nwerne urrkngele mpareme = (now we are working with clay)

    # 48600

    WEST, Margaret K. et al.

    Hermannsburg potters : lyate nwerne urrkngele mpareme = (now we are working with clay)

    Darwin, N.T. : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 36, illustrated. Catalogue for exhibition; essays cover history of pottery at Hermannsburg; development of the Hermannsburg potters; works in exhibition include pots and ceramic tiles; biographies of artists.

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  • Aboriginal Art Exhibition : paintings by members of the Aranda tribe, Central Australia. Arranged by Mr. Gordon F. Simpson.

    # 48456

    SIMPSON, Gordon F.

    Aboriginal Art Exhibition : paintings by members of the Aranda tribe, Central Australia. Arranged by Mr. Gordon F. Simpson.

    Mezzanine Floor, A.N.Z. Bank, Queen’s Walk, Melbourne. October 28th to November 2nd … Proceeds in aid of the Aboriginal Girls’ Hostel. Coburg, Vic. : Challenge Press, 64 Sydney Road, [1956?]. Octavo bifolium (220 x 142 mm), folding to form [4] pp; front with original owner’s name in pen; centre pages with Catalogue of Paintings, listing …

    $750.00 AUD Read more
  • Malcolm Jagamarra : reclaiming the Dreaming

    # 48432

    HOLLOW, Maryanne and Nina BOVE

    Malcolm Jagamarra : reclaiming the Dreaming

    Melbourne : Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, 1997. Oblong quarto (210 x 295 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers, pp. 10, with colour illustrations; introduction by Maryanne Hollow, biography of the artist; a very good copy. Catalogue produced to accompany an exhibition of works by Malcolm Jagamarra held in Feb-March 1998. Jagamarra is the son of Minnie Napanangka, …

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  • Out of the Mould : an exhibition of first works in bronze and aluminium from Maningrida

    # 48474

    SALMON, Fiona

    Out of the Mould : an exhibition of first works in bronze and aluminium from Maningrida

    Melbourne : Maningrida Arts & Culture, Gabrielle Pizzi, 2001. Folding card, 210 x 210 mm, [6] panels, colour illustrations, artists’ bios and essay by Fiona Salmon; a fine copy.

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  • Groote Eylandt song words (Anindilyakwa & English)

    # 48458

    SOKES, Judith and Alice MOYLE

    Groote Eylandt song words (Anindilyakwa & English)

    / translated by Judith Stokes & Aboriginal advisors from recordings by Alice Moyle. Groote Eylandt, N.T. : Angurugu Press, 1981. Octavo (213 x 163 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers; pp. 38, maps; parallel text in Anindilyakwa and English; a very good copy.

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  • Kiripapurajuwi = skills of our hands. Good craftsmen and Tiwi art.

    # 49090

    BARNES, Kathy

    Kiripapurajuwi = skills of our hands. Good craftsmen and Tiwi art.

    Darwin : Kathy Barnes, 1999. Large quarto (295 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers; pp. 152; illustrated throughout in b/w and colour; an excellent copy of a superb reference work.

    $70.00 AUD Read more