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Western Australia , Local History

127003
AINSLIE, TRISH; GARWOOD, ROGER.

Broome "Saltwater Cowboys" The People & The Place.
First Edition; Square 8vo; pp. 72; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Fremantle, WA; Nomad Books; 2002. Click here to Order
AUD$35

126880
GERRITSEN, RUPERT.

And Their Ghosts May Be Heard.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 335; text illustrated with numerous maps, several b/w. illustrations, location of the maroonings, endnotes, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
South Fremantle, WA; Fremantle Arts Centre Press; 1994.
At least seventy-five and possibly over two hundred shipwrecked Dutch sailors and passengers were marooned on the west coast of Australia during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Their fate is shrouded in mystery, until recently, it was assumed that most perished a short time after landing, leaving only scattered traces of their brief presence. Click here to Order
AUD$50

126792
HOWARD, REG.

A Bugger To Go.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. vi, 109; text illustrated with 26 b/w. photographs, bound in original illustrated boards, fine copy.
Northbridge, WA; Access Press; 1996. Click here to Order
AUD$75

126800
NICHOLSON, JOHN.

Kimberley Warrior: The Story of Jandamarra.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 96; endpaper advertisements, 4 page of photographs some in colour, text with numerous b/w. line drawings, several maps, key events, key people, further reading, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
St. Leonards, NSW; A Little Ark Book/Allen & Unwin; 1997. Click here to Order
AUD$45

126831
STIRLING, SIR JAMES.

Journals of Several Expeditions made in Western Australia, during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, and 1832; Under The Sanction of the Governor, Sir james Stirling, containing the Latest Authentic Information Relative to that Country, Accompanied by a Map.
Facsimile Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. xxii, 264, (2); several tables, large folding map in pocket at rear on book, advertisements, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, fine copy.
Nedlands, WA; University of Western Australia Press on behalf of The Royal Western Australian Historical Society; 1980. Click here to Order
AUD$50

127004
STORR, G. M; JOHNSTONE, R. E.

Field Guide To The Birds of Western Australia. Illustrated by Martin Thompson.
Reprint; Med. 8vo; pp. 214; 2 pages of maps, 40 coloured plates illustrating 475 birds, numerous b/w. text illustrations, glossary, index of English names, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Perth; Western Australian Museum; 2003. Click here to Order
AUD$30

127124
THOMSON, DONALD F.

Bindibu Country.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 172; frontispiece map, 8 pages of colour plates (17 illustrations), 16 pages of b/w. plates (36 illustrations), 2 full-paged maps, appendices, notes, references, glossary of Aboriginal words, index, bound in original orange cloth, title lettered in white on spine and front board, dustjacket, very good copy.
Melbourne; Nelson; 1975.
Donald Thompson's expeditions and study of the Bindibu people, the last of the Aborigines living a traditional life in the desert. Their life austere their material culture simple; they wear no clothes, sleep naked in the intense cold of the desert night, and rear some of the fattest babies in the world. Thompson studied their social organisation, accompanied them on food-gathering expeditions, recorded their songs, photographed and observed their activities. With William Hosmer he collected an enormous number of zoological and botanical specimens. Click here to Order
AUD$60