Queensland

  • Two men in staged combat. Brisbane, late 1860s.

    # 32412

    WATSON, John (attributed)

    Two men in staged combat. Brisbane, late 1860s.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 82 x 58 mm, mounted on section of a nineteenth-century album page; the print is in fine condition, and the mount is free from foxing. Although Thomas Bevan, Daniel Marquis and Samuel Duesbury were also taking studio photographs of indigenous subjects in Brisbane during the 1860s and early …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] My creed.

    # 32644

    WALTERS, Howard Arnold (words); STERNE, Laurie Annette (music); QUEENSLAND COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

    [SHEET MUSIC] My creed.

    / The words by Howard Arnold Walters. The music by Laurie Annette Sterne. Dedicated to Ruth B. Fairfax, State President of the Queensland Country Women’s Association, May 1931. At head of title: “I would be Friend to All – The Foe – The Friendless”. Brisbane : The Read Press Pty. Ltd., Ann St., Valley [for …

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  • Studio portrait of a man holding a felt hat. Brisbane, circa 1865.

    # 32293

    WATSON, John

    Studio portrait of a man holding a felt hat. Brisbane, circa 1865.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount), verso with imprint of ‘J. Watson, Photographic Artist. Queen Street, Brisbane’; both the albumen print and mount are in very good condition. A full-length portrait of a man – quite possibly a farmer – standing a little awkwardly and holding his soft felt …

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  • Road gang at work, Southern or Central Queensland, circa 1885.

    # 32057

    Photographer unknown.

    Road gang at work, Southern or Central Queensland, circa 1885.

    Albumen print photograph, 190 x 235 mm, laid down on its original album leaf (now split); fully contemporary caption in ink beneath image ‘Road Gang’; a very strong print with excellent clarity and tonal range; offsetting around edges, otherwise in fine condition. This photograph came with a group of Queensland views originally sourced from the …

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  • Aboriginal men assembled for a public display. Brisbane, circa 1901.

    # 31905

    Photographer unknown.

    Aboriginal men assembled for a public display. Brisbane, circa 1901.

    Albumen print photograph, 140 x 200 mm, laid down on its original card mount; no photographer’s imprint; a very strong print with excellent tonal range and clarity, in fine condition. This possibly unique photograph shows a group of over twenty men dressed and painted for ceremony. Assembled in a single line that stretches across an …

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  • A portfolio of photographs of the city of Brisbane and suburbs

    # 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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  • The Drover's Cook and other verses. (With an inscribed dedication by the poet)

    # 30288

    QUILTY, Thomas John "Tom" (1887-1979)

    The Drover’s Cook and other verses. (With an inscribed dedication by the poet)

    / by Tom Quilty. Published to benefit the Australian Inland Mission and Royal Flying Doctor Service. Sydney : Printed and published for the author by Bridge Printery Pty. Ltd., 1963. Third impression, with additions. Small octavo (190 mm), original gilt lettered and decorated red cloth over grey papered boards lettered in gilt (scattered stains), inscribed …

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  • The bird man of Brisbane : Silvester Diggles and his ornithology of Australia

    # 30620

    PIGOTT, Louis J.

    The bird man of Brisbane : Silvester Diggles and his ornithology of Australia

    Brisbane. : Boolarong Press, 2010. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. xii; 214, illustrated. ‘When Silvester Diggles arrived in 1855 there was little artistic or scientific talent in the small frontier town of Brisbane. By the time of his death in 1880, his paramount legacy was a large book on Australian birds, profusely illustrated with hand-coloured lithographs. …

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  • Billy Billy Mary and two other Aboriginal men photographed at Cloncurry, northwest Queensland, 1913.

    # 29046

    Photographer unknown.

    Billy Billy Mary and two other Aboriginal men photographed at Cloncurry, northwest Queensland, 1913.

    Gelatin silver print, 40 x 60 mm, laid down on a section cut from an old travel album page, with the photographer’s racist inscription beneath the image in white ink, dated at Cloncurry, 1913; the photograph is in good condition, with enough clarity to enable us to read the name ‘Billy Billy Mary’ on the …

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  • [NEW GUINEA] A primer of Police Motu

    # 29702

    CHATTERTON, Percy

    [NEW GUINEA] A primer of Police Motu

    / by Percy Chatterton, L.C.P. of the London Missionary Society. Cairns, Qld. : The Cairns Post Pty. Ltd. (By Authority of the Department of Education, Port Morseby,),1950. Small octavo (175 mm), original stiff cloth wrappers, stapled; 31 pp; errata slip pasted to inside upper wrapper; contents clean, a very good copy. ‘Hiri Motu, also known as Police …

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  • [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Wie ich Missionar wurde und meinen Weg nach Australien und Deutsch-Neuguinea fand.

    # 29217

    FLIERL, Johann (1858-1947)

    [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Wie ich Missionar wurde und meinen Weg nach Australien und Deutsch-Neuguinea fand.

    [=How I became a missionary and found my way to Australia and New Guinea]. Neuendettelsau : Verlag des Missionshauses, 1910. Second edition. Series: Neuendettelsau Verlag des Missionshauses Nr. 13. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), original pictorial pink wrappers (a little darkened), stapled; pp 32, with a photographic frontispiece portrait of Flierl; text in German, in …

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  • Photographic portrait of champion Danish West Indian-Australian heavyweight boxer Peter Jackson - "The Black Prince" - in a fighting stance. New York, circa 1890.

    # 28309

    NEWSBOY (publisher)

    Photographic portrait of champion Danish West Indian-Australian heavyweight boxer Peter Jackson – “The Black Prince” – in a fighting stance. New York, circa 1890.

    New York, USA : Newsboy, [circa 1890]. Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 167 x 109 mm (mount); mount with the publisher’s imprint and ’73. Peter Jackson’; the image has lost some contrast, and the mount has a water stain at left edge (not affecting the albumen print) and a chipped corner. A rare studio …

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  • Vignette portrait of a young man wearing a bow-tie. Brisbane, circa 1865.

    # 26691

    WATSON, John

    Vignette portrait of a young man wearing a bow-tie. Brisbane, circa 1865.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount), verso with imprint of ‘J. Watson, Photographic Artist. Queen Street, Brisbane’; both the albumen print and mount are in superb condition. From DAAO: ‘John Watson, professional photographer, operated a photographic studio during the second half of 1855 in Edward Street, Brisbane, as a …

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  • The Orient Steam Navigation Company, Limited. Prospectus.

    # 26003

    ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

    The Orient Steam Navigation Company, Limited. Prospectus.

    London : The Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., 13 Fenchurch Avenue, E.C., [1880]. Folio (420 x 265 mm) bifolium, 3 pp, folding to 265 x 105 mm with printed title to outer side; original share application form still loosely enclosed; outer side a little dusty, but a near fine example. ‘The Orient Steam Navigation Company …

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  • Rockhampton and district. Central Queensland.

    # 25651

    Queensland Government Tourist Bureau

    Rockhampton and district. Central Queensland.

    Brisbane : Dan Whyte, Government Printer, [c.1950]. Octavo, single sheet folded, illustrations, map. Scarce.

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  • [MICROSCOPE SLIDE] Precious Opal. Australia.

    # 23900

    Maker unknown.

    [MICROSCOPE SLIDE] Precious Opal. Australia.

    [United Kingdom : s.n., circa 1900]. Glass microscope slide, 75 x 25 mm, the mount with original label printed ‘Mineral’ and with contemporary manuscript caption in ink ‘Precious Opal. Australia’; in fine condition. An attractive microscope slide containing thousands of opal fragments, most likely from New South Wales, Queensland or South Australia.  

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