South Australia

  • [RIVER MURRAY] Clearing the land; workers in citrus fruit orchard. Renmark district, South Australia, late 1890s.

    # 50409

    ROSSELL, Henry Norman

    [RIVER MURRAY] Clearing the land; workers in citrus fruit orchard. Renmark district, South Australia, late 1890s.

    Group of 4 (four) printing-out-paper print photographs, in small format, each 75 x 100 mm; versos all wet-stamped in violet ‘H. Norman Rossell, Photographer, Renmark’; all of the prints are in very good condition (unmounted). Trove locates no photographs by Rossell in Australian institutional collections. From Rossell’s obituary in The Chronicle (Adelaide), 12 November 1897: …

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  • David Driden

    # 50692

    RYMILL, Arthur

    David Driden

    Adelaide : the artist, 1972. Oblong quarto, gilt-lettered cloth, illustrated dustjacket (lightly foxed), pp. [28]; foreword by Russell Drysdale, 34 colour and monochrome plates.

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  • The aborigines of Central Australia

    # 50649

    WILLSHIRE, W. H.

    The aborigines of Central Australia

    With vocabularies of the dialects spoken by the natives of Lake Amadeus and of the western territory of Central Australia. Adelaide : C. R. Bristow, Government Printer, 1891. Octavo, fine modern binding of half crushed morocco over marbles papered boards, pp. 51; [blank]. small chips to title leaf, with auction label of ‘Hackett’ sale, a …

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  • The northern tribes of Central Australia

    # 50534

    SPENCER, Baldwin and GILLEN, F. J. (Francis James)

    The northern tribes of Central Australia

    London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. Octavo, publisher’s gilt-decorated cloth over boards (some flecking and light marks), spine lettered in gilt; bookseller’s label removed from pastedown; pp xxxv, 784, [2 publisher’s advertisements], illustrated with black-and-white plates and diagrams, folding colour and black-and-white, folding colour plates; front hinge cracked, lightly foxed, extensively annotated in pencil.

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  • Souvenir of Mount Gambier South Australia

    # 50148

    KANNENBERG, B. (publisher)

    Souvenir of Mount Gambier South Australia

    [Cover title : Mount Gambier Illustrated]. Mount Gambier : B. Kannenberg, circa 19Oblong quarto, lettered wrappers, string bound, pp. [14], black and white illustrations. The cover indicated ‘Colour supplement of Blue Lake’, which is not present in this copy.

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  • Manuscript letters from a South Australian colonist to his two brothers in London. Adelaide, 17 April 1854.

    # 49939

    GLADSTONES, G. E.

    Manuscript letters from a South Australian colonist to his two brothers in London. Adelaide, 17 April 1854.

    I. Entire letter, [4] pp., octavo bifolium, manuscript in ink on watermarked wove paper; headed ‘Adelaide, South Australia, April 17th 1854’, addressed to ‘My dear Bob’, and signed ‘your affectionately attached Bro., G. E. Gladstones’; the letter is written in a very legible hand, and is complete and in fine condition; it is accompanied by …

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  • Mount Gambier Hospital, south-eastern South Australia, c.1870.

    # 49770

    [NIXON, J. H. or GINNINGS, J. T., attributed]

    Mount Gambier Hospital, south-eastern South Australia, c.1870.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 63 x 103 mm; verso with a fully contemporary inscription in ink: ‘Mount gambier Hospitle‘; the print has lost some contrast but is otherwise in good condition, as is the mount. This carte was sourced with others taken by travelling photographer J. T. Ginnings. However, the State Library of …

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  • An unrecorded method of manufacturing wooden implements by simple stone tools. (Inscribed by Mountford)

    # 49827

    MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

    An unrecorded method of manufacturing wooden implements by simple stone tools. (Inscribed by Mountford)

    Adelaide : Royal Society of South Australia, 1941. ‘From “Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,” vol. 65, (2), 1941’. Large octavo (240 x 185 mm), original printed wrappers (foxed, old vertical fold), the front inscribed by the author in fountain pen ‘With compliments from C. P. Mountford’; pp. 312-[317], with a full-page photographic …

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  • Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean [together with] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas

    # 49394

    BECHER, A. B.

    Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean [together with] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas

    Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean, containing a brief account of the winds, weather, and currents prevailing therein. With charts. London : J. D. Potter, 1859. Second edition. [Together with] : Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas, with an account of the winds, weather, and currents found therein throughout the year. London : …

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  • Voyage de D'entrecasteaux, envoyé à la recherche de La Pérouse

    # 48532

    D'ENTRECASTEAUX, Antoine Bruni [Bruny] (1737-1793)

    Voyage de D’entrecasteaux, envoyé à la recherche de La Pérouse

    … /​ rédigé par M. de Rossel. Paris : De L’Imprimerie impériale, 1808. Two volumes, thick quarto, both text volumes finely bound in uniform full morocco, ruled in gilt, expertly rebacked, spines in compartments with ornamental gilt tooling and lettering, all edges gilt, first volume with half-title, title leaf, pp. lvi, 704 pp with 32 folding …

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  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Her Majesty's Colonies.

    # 49242

    TRENDELL, A. J. R.

    Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Her Majesty’s Colonies.

    A series of original papers issued under the authority of the Royal Commission. London : William Clowes and Sons, 1886. Octavo, presentation binding of full crushed morocco over bevelled boards, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt rule and lettering (edges a little rubbed), all edges gilt, gilt-lettered morocco presentation label to front pastedown to …

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  • Grammar of the Pitjantjatjara dialect, Central Australia.

    # 48972

    TRUDINGER, Ronald M.

    Grammar of the Pitjantjatjara dialect, Central Australia.

    Sydney : Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited, 1943. “Reprinted from Oceania, March 1943, Vol. XIII, no. 3″. Small quarto (245 x 187 mm), original printed wrappers (sunned); pp. 205-223; a good copy.

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  • Observations on Aborigines of the Flinders Ranges and recordings of rock carvings and paintings.

    # 48977

    HALE, Herbert M. and Norman B. TINDALE

    Observations on Aborigines of the Flinders Ranges and recordings of rock carvings and paintings.

    Adelaide : The Hassell Press, 1925. “From Records of the South Australian Museum, vol. III, no. 1, June 30th, 1925”. Large octavo (245 x 175 mm), original printed wrappers; pp. 45-60, with numerous in-text line-drawn illustrations and a map, plus 4 b/w photographic plates without pagination; an excellent copy.

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  • Map of South Australia - as divided into counties and hundreds, showing post towns, telegraph stations, main roads & railways.

    # 26065

    NIVEN, F. W.

    Map of South Australia – as divided into counties and hundreds, showing post towns, telegraph stations, main roads & railways.

    Compiled from official documents in the Office of the Surveyor General. Ballarat : F. W. Niven, [circa 1876]. Lithographed map, printed in colour, linen backed, folded into a cloth case (worn) with printed title label, 750 x 520 mm, occasional light foxing. Scarce separately issued map of South Australia. While a couple of examples are …

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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, …

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  • The foundation stone of the Robe Mechanics' Institute, south-eastern South Australia, laid on 24 September 1868.

    # 48840

    [Photographer unknown].

    The foundation stone of the Robe Mechanics’ Institute, south-eastern South Australia, laid on 24 September 1868.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm; no photographer’s imprint (but possibly attributable to the travelling Mt. Gambier-based photographer Ginnings); the print has lost some contrast, nevertheless all of the text in the inscription can be easily read (see below); verso blank. From a carte de visite album belonging to William …

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