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The Fatal Shore
by Robert Hughes
An extraordinary vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip ZieglerIn 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia-An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning, scholarly, brilliantly...
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Aunts up the Cross
by Robin Dalton
William Heinemann Australia. Very Good. 21.8 x 14.4 x 1.8 centimetres (0. Hardcover. 1997. 172 pages. <br>My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed b y a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was travelling very slo wly in the right direction and could hardly have been missed by a nyone except Aunt Juliet, who must have been travelling fairly fa st in the wrong direction. Growing up in the 1930s in a grand old ... .
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CA$9.05
The Other Anzacs: The Extraordinary Story of Our World War I Nurses
by Rees, Peter
Allen & Unwin, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$58.18
Wharfies A Celebration of 100 Years on the Fremantle Waterfront 1889-1989
by Griffiths, Bryn
Perth, Western Australia: Platypus Publications. 1989. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition, stiff card covers, in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine is very slightly sunned & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscribed by author to previous owner. Also signed by Tas Bull who wrote the blurb on front flap and is author of "Life on the Waterfront" and other books. Illustrated with Black and White [sepia] Photographs. 96 pages. Robust,...
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The Australian legend
by Russel Ward
Australia: oxford. Good. Hardcover. 1978. 336 pages. .
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A Bastard of a Place
by Peter Brune
Crows Nest, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, 2004. large size paperback. Used. '. . . Brune's book is a timely reminder that despite the warmest alliances, nations sometimes have to stand up and save themselves.' - The Weekend Australian Financial Review'. . . A Bastard of a Place undeniably ranks as the best book ever written about the Aussie battles in Papua . . . Very highly recommended, and certainly one of the best books of the year.' - Bill Stone, Stone + Stone Second World War Books websiteIn 1942 and...
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A joker like me
by Robin Booth
Paraparaumu: Tidal Time Press. Very Good. Paperback. 1985. 95 pages. Signed by author<br> .
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The Death of Holden. The End of an Australian Dream
by Kurmelovs, Royce
Sydney: Hachette Australia. 2016. Very Good+ condition. Nice copy. 317 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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CA$13.56
From Beirut To Jerusalem
by FRIEDMAN, THOMAS L
New York: Doubleday, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. This edition updated, with a new chapter. A most intelligent and comprehensive account of the present and future of the Middle East. This is a controversial and important book. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his New York Times dispatches from Beirut and Jerusalem in the 1980s. Very clean and unmarked card cover, no edgewear. Internals are very clean and unmarked....
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Still Small Voices: The Untold Human Stories Behind the Violence on the West Bank and Gaza
by Wallach, John and Wallach, Janet
San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Foreword by Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Near Fine Condition, with Archival Protective Cover. The stories of twelve men and women who live with the daily violence of the West Bank and Gaza where they must necessarily risk their lives every day. Book is clean, unmarked, solid,...
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Beachport - a southern port (Signed)
by McCourt, Rosemary; Donalson, Elaine [Text] & Rogers, Debby[Sketches]
Mount Gambier: South East Book Promotions. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to inside of front cover. Signed by both authors and artist. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 36 pages. Celebration of South East Series Volume 12. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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CA$22.60
Beyond The Range
by Bruce, James Stuart
New York: Vantage Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. 157 pages. Brown cloth w/gilt titles, very clean and unmarked, with light wear to corners and spine end edges. Tight and solid sewn binding. Interior is very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket not price-clipped. A brilliant mixture of history, adventure and personal impressions about the people and customs of Papua...
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In Tasmania
by Shakespeare, Nicholas
The Harvill Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, bottom corners of boards gently bumped at tips o/w a very good tightly bound and clean copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket, maps to endpapers, b&w illustrations, 374pp.
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A Short History of Australia
by Manning Clark
Mentor, 1980. Paperback. Acceptable. 1980. First Printing, Second Edition. 301 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to front hinge. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed.
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Sailing to South Australia 1859, 1864 & 1867 Four Months at Sea The Farndell Family Diaries
by Scroop, Garry
Adelaide: Published by Author. 2020. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Mint - a NEW copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 191 pages. The diaries of Edward Farndell, Samuel Farndell and John Shaw and Martha Farndell. All of whom made voyages from Liverpool to Port Adelaide. Garry Scroop has faithfully transcribed them accompanied by lots of relevant illustrations. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.
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Bibliography of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator
by M. K. Beddie, Sydney. Public Library of New South Wales. Mitchell Library
The Library of New South Wales. Very Good. 25 cm. Hardcover. 1970. Second edition. 894 pages. <br>Second edition, revised and extended. Contains hun dreds of annotated entries. An excellent resource for sources of information on this great navigator. Spine spotted; inside hinge cracked. xvi, 894 pages. cloth.. 8vo.. .
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Murray's Guide to the Gold Diggings : The Australian Gold Diggings, Where They are and How to Get at Them with Letters from Settlers And Diggers Telling How to Work Them
by George Mackaness
Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Australian Historical Monographs, 1956 56 page booklet. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed, as are the inside covers. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good.
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The crimes of the first fleet convicts
by John Cobley
Australia: Angus & Robertson. Good. Paperback. 1989. 324 pages. stiff card covers .
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The Legend of Caboonbah
by Vickerman, Winsome
Queensland: Boolarong Press. Very Good. 1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. 0646332341 . 66p, illustrated, stapled booklet, local history of Caboonbah and Cressbrook in the Brisbane River region of Queensland. 100gms weight; 8vo .
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Mutiny Naval insurrection in Australia & New Zealand
by Frame, Tom & Baker, Kevin
Australia: Allen & Unwin. Good. Paperback. 2000. 283 pages. tidy ex library .
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Dutch Discoveries of Australia: Shipwrecks, Treasures and Early Voyages off the West Coast
by Sigmond, J.P. & Zuiderbann, L.H
Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1979. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 176 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st English Language Edition. Hardback.
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CA$22.60
Brass amongst the Copper. A History of Firefighting in Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta
by Bailey, H.K
Adelaide: Gillingham & Co. 1972. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to inside of front cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 36 pages. . 1st Edition (Presumed). Softcover.
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Smack Express: How Organised Crime Got Hooked On Drugs
by Clive Small; Tom Gilling
Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2009 262 pages. The page edges are somewhat tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good.
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CA$27.12
Gallipoli
by Les Carlyon
Australia: Macmillan. Good. Hardcover. 2001. 600 pages. nice clean copy .
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CA$17.28
Oceana: The Tempestuous Voyage of J.A.Froude, 1884-1885
by Blainey, Geoffrey (Editor)
Methuen Haynes. 1985. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. xix, 211 pages. Travellers' Tales of Early Australia and New Zealand, edited and abridged by Geoffrey Blainey and including a Foreword on Froude and his life with notes that illuminate his travels. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Abridged Edition....
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