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South Australia Local History

124263
ALTMANN, MAX. E.

The Family History Of Johann Joseph Altmann 1844 - 1967.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. (94 unpaginated); text with numerous b/w. photographic illustrations, family trees, statistics, no of direct descendants per generation, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Adelaide; Lutheran Publishing House; 1967. Click here to Order
AUD$60

124204
BEST, MICHAEL, R; Editor.

A Lost Glitter Letters between South Australia and the Western Australian Goldfields 1895-1897.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; 258; 28 pages of illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original illustrated stiff wrapper, fine copy.
Adelaide; Wakefield Press; 1986. Click here to Order
AUD$30

124144
BISHOP, GEOFFREY C.

Australian Winemaking. The Roseworthy Influence.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 344; frontispiece, 10 colour illustrations, numerous b/w. illustrations, references, sources of photographs, 7 appendices, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, dustjacket, a fine copy.
Hawthorndene, SA; Investigator Press Pty. Limited; 1980. Click here to Order
AUD$30

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

124003
CLELAND, E. DAVENPORT.

The White Kangaroo: A tale of Colonial Life - Founded on Fact.
Second Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp [viii],177, [vi]; illustrated frontispiece, text with 7 pages of b/w. illustrations, 6 pages of advertisements, bound in original red decorated cloth, school prize label tipped in on front endpaper, some light foxing of first and last few pages, a bright tight very good copy.
London; Gardner, Darton & Co.; 1898.
Muir. 1614. Juvenile adventure story. Set in South Australia was serializes in Sunday Reading for the Young in 29 instalments in 1889. Click here to Order
AUD$300

124298
COCKBURN, RODNEY; Compiler.

Pastoral Pioneers Of South Australia. Volumes I & II. Reprinted from "The Adelaide Stock and Station Journal".
Facsimile Edition; Demy 4to; Vol. I; pp. 56 (index), 207; numerous b/w illustrations, index; Vol. II. pp. 263; index; both volumes bound in original maroon cloth boards, title lettered in gilt on spines and front boards, very good set.
Adelaide; Lynton Publications; 1970.
This is the first edition to have the 56 page index. Click here to Order
AUD$400

124098
CUMPSTON, J. S.

Kangaroo Island, 1800 - 1836.
Second Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. (x), 218; map endpapers; 27 pages plates; 2 full page illustrations; 2 full page maps; index, bound in original illustrated cloth, dustjacket, signed by the author on title page, fine copy.
Canberra; Roebuck Book; 1974. Click here to Order
AUD$30

124209
DICKESON, HELEN R.

Clare Presbyterian Church 1856-1988 A History.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 120; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and maps, endnotes, list of ministers, list elders, communion roll, list of baptisms, list of marriages, list of burials, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Clare, SA; Clare Regional History Group Inc.; 1993. Click here to Order
AUD$35

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

124109
GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Under The Southern Cross - Glimpses Of Australia.
First Edition; Oblong F'cap 4to; pp. (160) unpaginated; frontispiece coloured map, 26 full page b/w. photographs on each of the six states, bound in original illustrated papered boards with cloth spine, boards worn, binding a little weak, good copy.
Melbourne; Department of External Affairs; 1908.
Most likely issued in August 1908 for the visit of the American Great White Fleet. Click here to Order
AUD$75

124073
LEBRUN, JEAN.

Wishart Family History.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 16; text illustrated with 12 b/w. photographs, one large folding family tree, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrappers, some small marginal notes on first page otherwise a very good copy.
Port Lincoin, SA; J. LeBrun; 1983. Click here to Order
AUD$50

123978
REED, T. T. (Formerly Archbishop of Adelaide).

Anglican Clergymen in South Australia in The Nineteenth Century.
First Edition; Med. 4to; pp. [x], 129; chronological notes, sources of information, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers with blue cloth spine, fine copy.
Gumeracha, SA; Gould books; 1986. Click here to Order
AUD$100

124027
RUEDIGER, WYNNIS J.

The Holtze Saga.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 106; endpaper maps, 2 pages of coloured plates, text with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, several family trees, bound in original slick illustrated boards, fine copy.
Holtze family history in Australia. Click here to Order
AUD$60

124163
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Royal South Australian Almanack For 1839. Containing A Daily Calendar, A Gardener And Farmer's Directory, A List Of Government Offices, The Addresses Of The Principal Merchants And Inhabitants, And All Useful Information Regarding The Province Of South Australia.
Facsimile Reprint; Cr. 8vo; pp. 66; list of ships arrived in colony in 1838, general directory, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, good copy.
Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1969. Click here to Order
AUD$40

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