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Australian Aboriginal History

124295
ABORIGINES.: Report from the Select Committee on Aborigines (British Settlements) with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index. (Imperial Blue Book, 1836 nr VII, 538) Two Parts.
Facsimile Reprint; Med. 4to; Part I. pp. [iv], vi, 841; Part II. pp. [iv], 212; bound in original maroon cloth, titles lettered in gilt on spines, very good copies.
Cape Town; C. Struik (Pty.) Ltd.; 1966. Click here to Order

AUD$125

123918
ARMSTRONG, ROBERT E. M.: The Kalkadoons. A Study of an Aboriginal Tribe on the Queensland Frontier.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 208 (viii); frontispiece, profusely illustrated, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, signed by the author on half title page, very good copy.
Brisbane; Williams Brooks & Co. Pty. Ltd.; n.d. (1979). Click here to Order

AUD$300

124012
ATTWOOD, BAIN; FOSTER, S. G.: Frontier Conflict The Australian Experience.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xiv, 218; text with numerous illustrations many in colour, several maps, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; National Museum of Australia; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$45

124065
AUSTIN, PETER; Editor.: Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 15. Australian Aboriginal Lexicography. (Pacific Linguistics Series A - Occasional Papers No. 66).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 173, (19); several and tables, notes, references, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; The Australian National University; 1983. Click here to Order

AUD$95

123932
BARWICK, DIANE; MACE, MICHAEL; STANNAGE, TOM.: Handbook For Aboriginal And Islander History.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xvi, 187; bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper with cloth spine, fine copy.
Canberra; Aboriginal History; 1979. Click here to Order

AUD$50

124112
BATTY, JOYCE D.: Namatjira. Wanderer Between Two Worlds.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 158; 26 plates, 1 map, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Melbourne; Hodder and Stroughton; 1963. Click here to Order

AUD$35

124120
BLAKE, BARRY J.: Australian Aboriginal Languages.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [vi], 137; text with several tables, 1 full page map, word lists, references, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson Publishers; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124021
BOHEMIA, JACK; MCGREGOR, BILL.: Nyibayarri Kimberley Tracker.
First Edition; Super Royal 8vo; pp. xvi, 294; text illustrated with numerous photographs some in colour, several maps, references, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, institution stamp and adhesion marks on rear endpaper, wrapper a little worn, otherwise a good copy.
Canberra, ACT; Aboriginal Studies Press; 1995. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124096
BONWICK, JAMES.: The Last Of The Tasmanians; Or, The Black War of Van Diemen's Land.
Facsimile Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 400; colour frontispiece, 2 other f/p. colour [plates, 15 b/w. f/p. plates, a folding map of Tasmania, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, two newspaper clippings tipped in on front endpaper together with a number of associated newspaper clippings loosely inserted, name on front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.
Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1969. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124057
BOTTOMS, TIMOTHY.: Djabugay Country: An Aboriginal History of Tropical North Queensland.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xxii, 138; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, name stamp on front endpaper otherwise a very good copy.
St Leonards, NSW; Allen & Unwin; 1999. Click here to Order

AUD$60

124063
BRANDENSTEIN, C. G. VON; CAPELL, A; HALE, K.: Papers in Australian Linguistics no. 2. (Pacific Linguistics Series A - Occasional Papers No. 11).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. iv, 73, (3); 7 full page maps, several tables, notes, references, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers with green cloth spine, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; The Australian National University; 1967. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124285
BROCK, PEGGY.: Outback Ghettos. Aborigines, Institutionalisation And Survival.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 180; 4 maps, numerous b/w illustrations, select bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.
Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; 1993. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124134
CAMPBELL, ALASTAIR; Compiler; VANDERWAL, RON; Editor.: Victorian Aborigines John Bulmer's Recollections 1855-1908. Occasional Papers Anthropology and History, Museum of Victoria. Number 1 (1994).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xv, 98; 8 pages of b/w photographic plates, 2 maps, notes, aboriginal words in Bulmer's Manuscripts, bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Melbourne; Museum of Victoria; 1994. Click here to Order

AUD$50

123977
CAMPBELL, ALASTAIR H.: John Batman and the Aborigines.
Super Royal 8vo; pp. viii, 270; b/w maps and plates, abbreviations, conversion table, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, spine faded, minor browning to page margins, name on front endpaper, good copy.
Malmsbury; Kibble Books; n.d. Click here to Order

AUD$50

123954
CAMPBELL, JUDY.: Invisible Invaders: Smallpox and other Diseases in Aboriginal Australia 1780 -1880.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xiv, 266; 16 pages of b/w. photographic plates, 6 text maps, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Carlton South, Vic.; Melbourne University Press; 2002. Click here to Order

AUD$60

124011
CILENTO, RAPHAEL; LACK, CLEM.: "Wild White Men" In Queensland. A Monograph.
Cr. 8vo; pp. 34; several b/w illustrations, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, rubbing to wrapper, otherwise a very good copy.
Brisbane; W. R. Smith & Paterson/ The Royal Historical Society of Queensland; n.d.
Reprinted as a monograph from a paper read before the Royal Historical Society of Queensland on 19th March 1959. Click here to Order

AUD$35

124016
COLE, KEITH.: The Aborigines of Arnhem Land.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 298; endpaper map, 24 pages of illustrations, 3 tables, chapter bibliography, general bibliography, index; dustjacket, a fine copy.
Adelaide; Rigby; 1979. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124190
CONNOR, MICHAEL.: The Invention of Terra Nullius: Historical and Legal Fictions on the Foundation of Australia.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [vi], 362, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Sydney; Macleay Press; 2005.
This book is not just a trenchant critique of recent historiography. It overturns the received interpretation of Australian history and puts a new perspective on this country's beginnings. Click here to Order

AUD$140

123962
COOK, KEVIN; GOODALL, HEATHER.: Making Change Happen: Black and White Activists talk to Kevin Cook about Aboriginal, Union and Liberation Politics.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. viii, 439; text with numerous photographic illustrations many in colour, bibliography, further reading, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Canberra; Australian National University; 2013. Click here to Order

AUD$60

124023
COOMBS, H. C; MCCANN, H; ROSS, H; WILLIAMS, N.M; Editors.: Land Of Promises: Aborigines and Development in the East Kimberley.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xvi, 165; text illustrated with 4 maps, 1 figure, 19 b/w. photographic plates, references, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Canberra, ACT; Aboriginal Studies Press; 1989. Click here to Order

AUD$40

124013
COTTON, B. C; Editor.: Aboriginal Man In South And Central Australia. Part I. (all published) Authors selected by the Board or anthropological research, University of Adelaide.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 221; profusely illustrated, acknowledgments, glossary of terms, references; original stiff green wrapper with green cloth spine; minor browning to page edges; a good copy.
Adelaide; W. L. Hawes, Government Printer; 1966. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124094
DOWNING, JIM.: Ngurra Walytja; Country of My Spirit.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xx, 181; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and maps, bibliography, population figures, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Darwin; Australian National University North Australia Research Unit; 1988. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124002
EDWARDS, R.: The Need for Preservation of Aboriginal Cave Art.
Reprint; Cr. 4to; pp. 9-19; 4 b/w. photographic plates, 2 maps, errata slip tipped-in on front endpaper, bound in original stiff stapled printed wrapper, fine copy.
Adelaide, South Australia; 1967.
Reprinted, with original page numbers from proceedings of the Royal geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian branch Vol. 67, (1966). Click here to Order

AUD$26

123973
EDWARDS, ROBERT.: The Kaurna People of the Adelaide plains.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 16 (counting wrappers); 15 b/w. illustrations, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Adelaide; South Australian Museum; n.d. (1972). Click here to Order

AUD$35

123975
EGLOFF, BRIAN; PETERSON, NICOLAS; WESSON, SUE.: Biamanga and Gulaga Aboriginal Cultural Association with Biamanga and Gulaga National Parks.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. vi, 114; illustrated title page, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several tables and maps, bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; Cultural Heritage Research Centre/University of Canberra; 2005. Click here to Order

AUD$60

123999
FELS, MARIE HANSEN.: Good Men and True. The Aboriginal Police of the Port Phillip District 1837-1853.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 308; 16 pages of plates (17 illusts. of which 2 are double-page and 12 are full page), 4 appendices, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 1988. Click here to Order

AUD$465

123953
FENNELL, M; GREY, A.: Nucoorilma.
First Limited Edition; Oblong Demy 4to; pp. [xii], 323; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, references, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, illustration laid down on upper board, inscribed and dated by the author on the title page, very good copy.
Sydney; Van leer Foundation project, Department of Adult Education, University of Sydney; 1974.
Limited numbered edition this copy being number 469. Click here to Order

AUD$300

124054
FLAGG, SIMON; GURCIULLO, SEBASTIAN.: Footprints: The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 132; 16 pages of coloured photographic illustrations, text with numerous b/w. illustrations, list key people in record, bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
North Melbourne; National Archives of Australia/Public Record Office Victoria; 2008.
The Lives of Lucy and Percy Pepper, from Gippsland, Victoria, were affected by laws and government policies that defined who was 'Aboriginal' and who was not. This book reveals their struggle to keep their extended family together, fight for Australia in World War I, make good on a soldier settlement block, and survive ill health and poverty. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124045
FOSTER, ROBERT; MONAGHAN, PAUL; MUHLHAUSLER, PETER.: Early Forms of Aboriginal English in South Australia, 1840s - 1920s.
First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. xxxii, 102; illustrated with four maps, references, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Canberra; Pacific Linguistics- Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$125

124125
FRASER, JOHN.: The Aborigines Of New South Wales.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. (iv), 102; colour fold-out map frontispiece, 2 b/w illustrations, 1 fold-out diagram; appendix, index, bound in contemporay black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, small closed tear on folding map, cloth worn on top and bottom of spine, good copy.
Sydney; Charles Potter, Government Printer; 1892.
Ferguson 9741. Scarce. Click here to Order

AUD$500

124206
GAMMAGE, BILL.: The Biggest Estate on Earth. How Aborigines Made Australia.
First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. xxiii, 434; 59 colour illustrations within text; appendix 1, appendix 2, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 2011.
`With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, `The Biggest Estate on Earth' rewrites the history of this continent, with huge implications for us today, Once Aboriginal people were no longer able to tend their country, it became overgrown and vulnerable to the hugely damaging bushfires we now experience. And what we think of as virgin bush in a national park is nothing of the kind.' Click here to Order

AUD$75

123992
GELSER, KEN; JACOBS, JANE M.: Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xviii, 163; 2 full page maps, notes bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Carlton South, Vic.; Melbourne University Press; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$80

123970
GERRITSEN, RUPERT.: The Traditional Settlement Pattern in South West Victoria Reconsidered; (Bound with) Nhanda Villages of the Victoria District, Western Australia.
First Editions; Demy 4to; pp. [viii] 67; [iv], 31; 9 photographic plates most in colour, several text maps, illustrations and figures, notes, bibliography, references, bound in modern black cloth retaining the original illustrated wrappers, short title lettered in gilt on spine, inscribed and signed by the author on the first half title page, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; Rupert Gerritsen/Australian national University; n.d. (2000). Click here to Order

AUD$300

124064
GLASGOW, D. and K; KIRTON, JEAN F; OATES, W. J; SUMMER, S.A. and E. G.: Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 1. (Pacific Linguistics Series A - Occasional Papers No. 10).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. v, 59, (3); several tables and line drawings, notes, references, bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers with green cloth spine, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; The Australian National University; 1967. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124271
GODDARD, CLIFF.: Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary.
Second Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xii, 264; 1 full page map, numerous line drawings in text, bound in original slick illustrated boards, library cancelled stamp on front endpaper and rear of title page, minor tape marks on endpapers, number on spine, working copy.
Alice Springs; Institute for Aboriginal Development; 1992. Click here to Order

AUD$50

124007
GRAY, GEOFFREY.: A Cautious Silence: The Politics of Australian Anthropology.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. x, 293; notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, a very good copy.
Canberra, ACT; Aboriginal Studies Press; 2007. Click here to Order

AUD$45

123961
HAMMOND, J. E.: Winjan's People. The Story of the South-West Australian Aborigines.
Facsimile Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 84; portrait frontispiece, 8 f/p illustrations, 1 f/p map illustration, 1 illustration within text, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Victoria Park, WA; Hesperian Press; 1980.
The author spent most of his life in the company of Aborigines and in great detail explains details in their lives from cooking to war. Very interesting account of native fight near Geraldton, in 1878. Excellent illustrations. including 1855 of South West men taken to a prison on Rottnest Island. Click here to Order

AUD$50

124062
HARRIS, JOY KINSLOW; WURM, S. A; LAYCOCK, D. C.: Papers in Australian Linguistics no. 4. (Pacific Linguistics Series A - Occasional Papers No. 17).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. viii, 97, (5); 3 full page maps, several tables, notes, references, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers with green cloth spine, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; The Australian National University; 1969. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124113
HARRIS, STEWART.: This Our Land.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. x, 118; bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, a very good copy.
Canberra; Australian National University Press; 1972. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124055
HASLUCK, PAUL.: Black Australians. A Survey of Native Policy in Western Australia, 1829-1897.
Second Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 229; frontispiece map, bound in original light brown cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket, name on front endpaper, a very good copy.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 1970. Click here to Order

AUD$110

124198
HIATT, L. R; Editor.: Australian Aboriginal Mythology. Essays in honour of W E H Stanner.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. viii, 213; portrait frontispiece, 1 fold-out table, maps, notes, references, appendix, index, bound in original stiff illustrated boards, name on front endpaper, good copy.
Canberra; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; 1975. Click here to Order

AUD$50

124036
HOORN, JEANETTE; Commentary by.: The Lycett Album. Drawings of Aborigines and Australian scenery with commentary by Jeanette Hoorn.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. vii, 74 (last 42 pages have coloured plates printed on one side only); numerous b/w plates, 20 colour plates, references, original cloth, dustjacket, a very good copy.
Canberra, ACT; National Library of Australia; 1990. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124116
HOWITT, RITCHIE; DOUGLAS, JOHN.: Aborigines & Mining Companies in Northern Australia.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 110; text with numerous b/w. illustrations maps and tables, references, footnotes, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Chippendale; Alternative Publishing Cooperative; 1983. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124259
ISOBEL.: Nanbaree.
Second Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 168; numerous colour illustrations throughout, author's note, extracts from journals, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Perth, WA; The Author; 1995.
In 1788, Nanbaree watched the First Fleet sail into Sydney Harbour. Within a year, this six year old Aboriginal boy would be adopted by Surgeon White and become a key figure in the life of the early colony. Nanbarre acted as interpreter for Governor Phillip and his own countrymen. Click here to Order

AUD$26

123974
JACKSON-NAKANO, ANN.: The Kamberri. A History from the Records Of Aboriginal Families of the Canberra-Queanbeyan district and surrounds 1820-1927, and historical overview 1928-2001. Weereewaa History Series Volume 1. Aboriginal History Monograph 8.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 200; 29 plates some colour and some b/w illustrations, 18 maps; sources, bound in original illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Canberra; Ann Jackson-Nakano/ Aboriginal History Inc., 2001.
Inc Illustrations include 1825 map by Surveyor Dixon. Information includes Monaro district and the Murrumbidgee, Lhotsky, Broadribb, maps date from 1820's and much more. Click here to Order

AUD$80

124060
JONES, F. LANCASTER.: A Demographic Survey of the Aboriginal Population of the Northern Territory, with Special Reference to Bathurst Island Mission. (Occasional Papers in Aboriginal Studies Number One).
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. x, 120; text with numerous tables and figures, 1 full page map, bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers with brown cloth spine, very good copy.
Canberra; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; 1963. Click here to Order

AUD$50

123905
KAUFFMAN, PAUL.: Wik, Mining and Aborigines.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xxiv, 208; text with 11 maps, 7 figures, numerous tables and graphs, references, notes, index, postscript tipped-in on front endpaper, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124279
KERIN, RANI.: Doctor Do-Good: Charles Duguid and Aboriginal Advancement, 1930s -1970s.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 203; 8 pages of b/w. photographic plates, 1 full page map, notes, references, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, inscribed, and signed by author on half title page, fine copy.
North Melbourne; Australian Scholarly Publishing; 2011. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124097
KING-BOYES, M.: Patterns of Aboriginal Culture; Then and Now.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [x], 175; illustrated frontispiece, text illustrated with several b/w. illustrations, line drawings and figures, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, good copy.
Sydney; McGraw-Hill Book Company; 1977. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124184
KNOPWOOD, ROBERT.: Robert Knopwood: Port Phillip Diary 9 October 1803-31 January 1804. CURREY, JOHN; Edited and Introduced by.
Revised Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 110, (7); frontispiece, 12 b/w illustrations and maps, notes, bibliography, index, original stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.
Malvern, Vic.; Banks Society Publications/ The Colony Press; 2010.
The settlement was commanded by Lieutenant Governor David Collins, who arrived on the warship H.M.S Calcutta in October 1803 with some 300 male convicts, a party of Royal Marines, civil official and settlers. Knopwood's diary of the period from Collin's landing until his departure for Van Diemen's Land in January 1804, is one of the few surviving accounts of settlement. It records attempts by the settlers to find fresh water, the exploration of the bay; the escape of convicts, the mutinous mood of the marines' armed clashes between the colonists and the local Aborigines, and many details of daily life in the camp. Click here to Order

AUD$50

123950
LAWRENCE, ROGER.: Aboriginal Habitat and Economy. (Occasional Paper 6).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. viii, 290; text with several maps and tables, bibliography, bound in original stiff printed wrappers, very good copy.
Canberra, ACT; The Australian National University; July 1969. Click here to Order

AUD$70

124044
MCKENNA, MARK.: Looking for Blackfella's Point. An Australian History of Place.
Cr. 4to; pp. xvii, 269; numerous b/w illustrations, b/w maps, notes, select bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Sydney; University of New South Wales Press; 2004. Click here to Order

AUD$40

124108
McKENZIE, MAISIE.: The Road To Mowanjum.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. (viii), 294; portrait frontispiece, 14 pages of plates (30 illustrations), 2 maps, acknowledgments, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1969. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124119
MCLEAN, IAN.: White Aborigines: Identity Politics in Australian Art.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. x, 204; 9 b/w. illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Cambridge University Press; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124191
MANNE, ROBERT; Editor.: Whitewash On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. (viii), 385; 2 colour photographic plates, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Melbourne; Black Inc.; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$35

124297
MASSOLA, ALDO.: Journey To Aboriginal Victoria.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. (xii), 196, (vi); 32 pages of plates, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Adelaide; Rigby Limited; 1969.
Aldo Massola has discovered some of the sites which were once of supreme importance to the Aboriginal of Victoria, and traced the stories of what happened to those who were once in or near them. Click here to Order

AUD$140

124020
MAYNARD, L; EDWARDS, R.: Wall Markings. (Reprinted from Archaeology Of The Gallus Site, Koonalda Cave, Australian Aboriginal Studies No. 26.).
Reprint; Cr. 4to; pp. 61-80; 16 b/w. photographic illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography, bound in original stiff stapled printed wrappers with blue cloth spine, very good copy.
Canberra, ACT; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; n.d. (1971). Click here to Order

AUD$30

124022
MEGAW, J. V. S.: Archaeology Art and Aborigines: A Survey of Historical sources and Later Australian Prehistory. (Reprinted from J.R.A. H. S. Vol. 53, Pt 4).
Med. 8vo; pp. 28; text with12 b/w. photographic plates, references, bound in original stiff stapled printed wrappers, previous owner's initials on front wrapper otherwise a very good copy.
Sydney; JRAHS; n.d. (1967). Click here to Order

AUD$40

124281
MITCHELL, JESSIE.: In Good Faith?: Governing Indigenous Australia Through God, Charity and Empire, 1825-1855.
Cr. 4to; pp. xi, 223; 1 map, 3 illustrations, bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Canberra; ANU Press; 2011. Click here to Order

AUD$60

124278
MOUNTFORD, CHARLES P.: Winbaraku And Myth Of Jarapiri.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xx, last blank, 116; coloured frontispiece, 1 colour folding plate, 5 pages of colour plates, 58 pages of b/w. plates, summary, bibliography, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Adelaide; Rigby Limited; 1968. Click here to Order

AUD$200

124115
NEUENFELDT, KARL; Editor.: The Didjeridu; From Arnhem Land to Internet.
First Edition; Super Royal 8vo; pp. viii, 184; 8 pages of coloured plates, numerous b/w. text illustrations and music scores, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Sydney; John Libbey & Company Pty. Ltd.; 1997.
The first comprehensive study of the Australian Aboriginal instrument, the didjeridu, from a range of musical, cultural and sociological viewpoints. Click here to Order

AUD$40

124047
NUGENT, MARIA.: Captain Cook was Here.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 164; endpaper maps, illustrated frontispiece, 24 pages of coloured plates, sources, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Cambridge University Press; 2009. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124099
O'GRADY, G. N; TRYON, D. T.: Studies in Comparative Pama-Nyungan. (Pacific Linguistics Series C - No. 111).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xxii, 279; several text tables, 3 maps, combined bibliography, index to language names encountered in the volume, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Canberra, ACT; The Australian National University; 1990. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124219
PAGE, GEOFF.: The Great Forgetting. Poems by Geoff Page. Illustrations by Pooaraar.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 160; 45 full page b/w. illustrations, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Canberra; Aboriginal Studies Press/National Museum of Australia; 1996. Click here to Order

AUD$50

124121
PEREZ, EUGENE.: Kalumburu War Diary.
First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. 264; numerous b/w photographs some full-page, b/w maps, bound in original illustrated stiff wrappers, very good copy.
Western Australia; Artlook Books; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$50

123985
PETRIE, TOM.: Tom Petrie's Reminiscences Of Early Queensland. (Dating from 1837) Recorded by his Daughter Constance Campbell Petrie.
Reprint; Demy 8vo; pp. [xviii], 319; map endpapers, portrait frontispiece, list of places, names, plants, and trees, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Brisbane; Lloyd O'Neil; 1975. Click here to Order

AUD$45

124004
PLOMLEY, N J B.: The Tasmanian Aborigines. A short account of them and some aspects of their life.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 72; numerous sketch illustrations, 2 sketch maps, selected reading list, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, wrapper a little marked, very good copy.
Published by the author in association with the Adult Education Division, Tasmania, Launceston, 1977. Click here to Order

AUD$26

123956
PYE, JOHN.: The Daly River Story. A River Unconquered.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 76; 43 illustrations, 1 map illustration, 2 pages of coloured photographic illustrations, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, wrapper a little marked and worn, good copy.
Darwin; Daly River Mission; 1978. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124025
REID, GORDON.: A Picnic with the Natives. Aboriginal-European Relations in the Northern Territory to 1910.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 220; 19 b/w plates, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 1990. Click here to Order

AUD$40

124061
ROBERST, JAN.: Massacres To Mining the Colonisation of Aboriginal Australia.
First Australian Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. [x], 198; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and line drawings, several maps, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Blackburn, Vic.; Dove Communications; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$35

124005
ROBERTSON, W.: Coo-ee Talks. A Collection of Lecturettes upon early Experiences among the Aborigines of Australia delivered from a Wireless Broadcasting Station.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xiv, 198; portrait frontispiece, 21 b/w illustrations, map, glossary, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, flecking to page edges, light foxing and browning to endpapers, spine with small chip on top corner, front and flap of dustjacket tipped in on rear endpaper, good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson Limited; 1928.
Much on Aborigine myths, religion, art including b/w plates of boomerangs, aboriginal dress, Baiamee, legend of the birds, art and ceremonies. Click here to Order

AUD$175

123933
ROSE, DEBORAH BIRD.: Dingo Makes Us Human. Life and land in an Aboriginal Australian culture.
First Paperback Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. [xii], 250; illustrated with 30 b/w. photographs, 24 figures, 6 maps, references, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; 2000. Click here to Order

AUD$26

123930
ROUGHSEY, DICK.: Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 168; endpaper maps, illustrated title page, 16 pages of coloured photographic plates, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, glossary, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Sydney; A. H. & A. W. Reed Pty. Ltd.; 1971. Click here to Order

AUD$60

124192
RYAN, LYNDALL.: Tasmanian Aborigines. A history since 1803.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xxix, 418; b/w photographs and maps; notes, bibliography, index; stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.
Crows Nest; Allen & Unwin; 2012. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124056
SAUNDERS, KAY; EVANS, RAYMOND; Editors.: Gender Relations In Australia: Domination and Negotiation.
Reprint; Cr. 4to; pp. xxiv, 464; text with numerous b/w. illustrations and line drawings, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Sydney; Harcourt Brace; 1996. Click here to Order

AUD$45

124203
SMITH, KEITH VINCENT.: King Bungaree: A Sydney Aborigine meets the great South Pacific Explorers, 1799-1830.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 192; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, 8 pages of coloured illustrations, text illustrated with numerous b/w, photographs, drawings and maps, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Sydney; Kangaroo Press; 1992. Click here to Order

AUD$100

124175
STANNER, W.E.H.: The Dreaming & Other Essays.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [vi], 291; index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Melbourne; Black Inc. Agenda; 2009. Click here to Order

AUD$40

123906
TAYLOR, REBE.: Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [x], 385, (5); text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, 2 pages of maps, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, signed by author on title page, fine copy.
Kent Town, SA; Wakefield Press; 2022. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124195
THOMAS, MARTIN.: The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews. In search of an Australian anthropologist.
Roy. 8vo; pp. (x), 462; illustrated endpapers, portrait frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, 11 colour plates, notes, list of illustrations, bibliography, acknowledgements, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Crows Nest; Allen & Unwin; 2012. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124124
TIECHELMANN, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB.: Aborigines of South Australia. Illustrative and Explanatory Notes of the Manners, Customs, Habits and Superstitions of the Natives of South Australia.
Facsimile Edition, demy 8vo; pp. 16; original blue cloth, title in gilt on front board, bookplate, tape marks on endpapers otherwise a very good copy.
Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1965. Click here to Order

AUD$55

124068
ULURU - KATA TJUTA BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.: Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park Plan of Management.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xxx, 202; text with several maps and illustrations, bibliography, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Uluru; Parks Australia; 2000. Click here to Order

AUD$26

123907
WATSON, PAMELA LUKIN.: Frontier Lands and Pioneer Legends: How Pastoralists Gained Karuwali Land.
First Edition; Med 8vo; pp. xii, 136; b/w illustrations; 6 b/w text maps, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, a very good copy.
Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$30