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60121

ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA: National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australian Museum, Queensland Art Gallery. 1981-1982.
Sydney, Australian Gallery Directors Council, 1981. 192pp. 8vo. Paperback. A very good copy. Illustrated.Click here to order
$120

67205

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART: Bark paintings Carved figures Sacred and secular objects An exhibition arranged by the State Art Galleries of Australia 1960-1961.
Sydney, Printed by Edwards & Shaw, 35pp. 8vo. Pamphlet. Photographs. CatalogueClick here to order
$80

105099
BARRETT, Charles & R H Croll

ART OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL:
Melbourne, The Bread & Cheese Club, 1943. 94pp. 8vo. Original boards. A very good copy. Illustrated. Foreword by A P ElkinClick here to order
$150

103717
BATTARBEE, Rex

MODERN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1951. 55pp. 4to. Original cloth with dustwrapper. Slight foxing to end papers and pre-lims. Dust wrapper is frayed around top.Otherwise good copy.. 21 full-colour plates. A study of the Hermannsburg School of Native Painting as expressed by the men of the Aranda Tribe of Central AustraliaClick here to order
$120

58871
BATTY, Joyce D

NAMATJIRA: Wanderer Between Two Worlds.
Melbourne, Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. 158pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Dust jacket slightly stained at the rear and name of previous owner on the front endpaper otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated. Biography of Australian Aboriginal artistClick here to order
$100

58702
BERNDT, Ronald M. & Catherine H. Berndt

ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN ART: A Visual Perspective.
Sydney, Methuen, 1982. 176pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustjacket. A very good copy. Numerous photos of aboriginal paintings and artefacts. Aboriginal art seen in its mythical and ritual contextsClick here to order
$75

57243
BONNEMAINS, Jacqueline, Elliott Forsyth & Bernard Smith

BAUDIN IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands 1800-1804.
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1988. 347pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. The top of the spine has been bumped and this bump runs all through the book. Numerous colour & black and white plates.Click here to order
$150

90148
BUTLER (ed), Roger

ISLANDS IN THE SUN:
Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, 2001. 115pp. 4to. Paperback. Illus. Exhibition catalogue for the first major exploration of printmaking practice in AustralasiaClick here to order
$75

47039
CARUANA, Wally

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART: A Souvenir Book of Aboriginal Art in the Australian National Gallery.
Canberra, Australian National Gallery, 1987. 56pp. 4to. Paperback. Colour & Black & white Illus.Click here to order
$40

67000
DUTTON, Geoffrey

WHITE ON BLACK: The Australian Aborigine Portrayed in Art.
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1974. 168pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page. Social history of the Australian Aboriginal through the eyes of white artistsClick here to order
$150

101643
HICKS , Allen

EVER FLOWING :
Surrey Hills, Victoria , Casuarina Press , 1979. 86pp. 4to . Original cloth with dustwrapper . Some marks to endpages, otherwise excellent . Edition limited to 350 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 158Click here to order
$50

103015
HUTCHERSON , Gillian

DJALKIRI WANGA. THE LAND IS MY FOUNDATION : 50 Years of Aboriginal Art from Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land.
The University of Western Australia, 1995. 52pp. 4to . Paperback . Excellent . Illustrated .Click here to order
$75

49323
KAVANAGH, Maggie (Editor & Compiler)

MINYMA TJUTA TJUNGURINGKULA KUNPURINGANYI: Women Growing Strong Together.
Alice Springs, Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Women's Council 1980-1990, 1990. 64pp. Foolscap. Paperback. A very good copy . Illustrated. Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the women's council. Some of the text is in the Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra languagesClick here to order
$60

103912
MEYERS, Anthony JP

OCEANIC ART:
Cologne, Konemann, 1995. 640pp. Folio format 27x32cm. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Profusely illustrated in colour . Chapter of Torres StraitClick here to order
$100

102090
MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

ABORGINAL PAINTINGS FROM AUSTRALIA:
Milan, Fontana Unesco Art Books, 1964. 24 , 28 pages of illustrationspp. 12mo. Paperback. Excellent condition. Fold-out and full page colour illustrations. A beautiful bindingClick here to order
$35

105132
MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

ABORGINAL PAINTINGS FROM AUSTRALIA:
The New American Library of World Literature, Inc, 1964. 24 , 28 pages of illustrationspp. 12mo. Paperback. Fold-out and full page colour illustrations.Click here to order
$35

46740
MOUNTFORD, Charles P

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PORTRAITS:
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1967. 88pp. 4to. Original cloth, no dustwrapper. Illustrated. Photographs of Australian AboriginesClick here to order
$80

99333
NAPALJARRI, Peggy Rockman & Lee Cataldi (Collected & Translated by)

YIMIKIRLI. WARLPIRI DREAMINGS AND HISTORIES:
London, HarperCollins, 1994. 193pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Colour and Black & White illustrations. Living mythology of the Warlpiri people of Central Australia as illustrated by fifteen storiues from the elders. Inludes much art contentClick here to order
$50

94432

AN OLYMPIC ART FESTIVAL: The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 367 Collins Street, Melbourne - November - 1956 - December.
Melbourne, The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1956. 8pp. 21.5 x 27.5cm. Original wrappers. Some wear to wrappers otherwise a good copy. Not illustrated. Catalogue of collection of works by Australian artists assembled by The Commonwealth Bank of Australia as a contribution towards the cultural entertainment of visitors to Melbourne during the 1956 Olympic Games. The collection includes paintings by the Aranda Water Colourists and sculpture by William Ricketts.Click here to order
$30

102715
PROCTOR, Gary (Compiler)

MINYMALU KANYIRRANTJA : A Western Desert Women's Aesthetic. Women's form and Aesthetics from the Western Desert. Decorated and Undecorated bowls from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands .
Ngaanyatjarra Council , 1990. 40pp. Foolscap. Paperback. Illustrated. Compiled for an exhibition titled MINYMALU KANYIRRANTJA Click here to order
$60

68474
ROUGHSEY, Dick

MOON AND RAINBOW: The Autobiography of an Aboriginal.
Sydney, Reed, 1971. 168pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy . Illustrated. Autobiography of Aboriginal artist from Mornington IslandClick here to order
$80

103012

THE VISUAL ART OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES :
Perth, Adult Aboriginal Education, No Date. 40pp. 20 x 27 cms. Paperback. Illustrated. School textClick here to order
$50

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