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Northern Territory Local History

128529
[CHAPMAN, C. H.] 'THE WANDERER'.

Aboriginal Stories and legends of the Northern Territory by the Wanderer [cover title].
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 32, plus 33 plates; the illustrated photographic plates mostly printed in green, bound in original illustrated stiff stapled wrappers, pages browned, good copy.
Alice Springs; Centralian Advocate; n.d. (c-1947). Click here to Order
AUD$50

128636
DAVIDSON, ALLAN A.

Journal of Explorations in Central Australia by The Central Australian Exploration Syndicate, Limited, Under the Leadership of Allan A, Davidson 1898 to 1900 - South Australian Parliamentary Paper No. 27, 1905.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxxix, 230; portrait frontispiece, text with 3 illustrations, 1 folding location map at rear of book, together with five maps in separately bound map case, both book and map case bound in matching pictorial brown cloth, titles lettered in black on spines stamped decoration on upper boards, fine copies.
Adelaide; Friends of the State Library of South Australia; 2005.
Edition limited to 300 copies. The only other edition of this work was in the South Australian Parliamentary Paper No. 25, 1905. The plates in this limited edition are new and the large folding map in the original is present in this edition as 5 maps. Also new to this edition is the lengthy introduction by Valmai Hankel. Click here to Order
AUD$320

128622
FORREST, ALEX.

North-West Exploration. Journal Of Expedition From DeGrey To Port Darwin. This is a Limited Edition of 400 copies, the first Seventy Five of which are Bound in Half Leather. Copy No. 34.
Facsimile Edition; Foolscap Folio; pp. 43 plus 8 pages of colour plates at rear; includes large fold out map showing the route from Nickol Bay to S. A. Telegraph which was followed by the Expedition Despatched by the Western Australian Government in 1879. Under the Command of Alex Forrest F. R. G. S; bound in half leather, title lettered in gilt on spine, and leather title label on front board, a fine copy.
Bundaberg; Corkwood Press; 1996.
Limited Edition of 75 copies. This being copy number 34. Click here to Order
AUD$135

128675
HATFIELD, WILLIAM.

Black Waterlily.
First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. [iv], 280, (4) advertisements; bound in original green cloth, title lettered in black on spine and upper board, previous owner's name on front endpaper, good copy.
Sydney; Angus and Robertson Limited; 1935.
Story set in the Northern Territory of a native girl called Black Waterlily. The novel thoughtfully portrays the complexities of Aboriginal and European interactions through the lens of its central characters. Click here to Order
AUD$90

128692
NICHOLLS, YVONNE.

Not Slaves, Not Citizens. Condition of the Australian Aborigines in the Northern Territory.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 36; original stiff stapled printed wrapper, wrapper coming away from staples, pages browned, good copy.
Melbourne; The Australian Council for Civil Liberties; 1952. Click here to Order
AUD$35