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65208
ALDOUS, Allan

THE TENDRILLS IN AUSTRALIA:
London, Chatto and Windus, 1959. 152pp. 8vo. Or.cloth with d/w. A good copy. Children's fiction about a family on a Northern Territory cattle stationClick here to order
$35

50470
SPENCER, Baldwin & F.J. Gillen

THE NATIVE TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA:
London, Macmillan, 1938. 671pp. 8vo. Original cloth, spine very lightly discoloured. Illustrated. Reprint of 1899 editionClick here to order
$600

96956
SPENCER, Baldwin & F.J. Gillen

THE NATIVE TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA:
London, Macmillan, 1938 2nd edition. 671pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a very good copy. Illustrated. Reprint of 1899 edition Rare in dustwrapperClick here to order
$750

67791
MOUNTFORD, Charles P

AYERS ROCK: Its People, Their Beliefs and Their Art.
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1965. 208pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated. Aborigines of the centreClick here to order
$200

35421
WARBURTON, Colonel Peter E

JOURNEY ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA: With an Introduction and Additions by Charles H Eden, Esq. Author of "My Wife and I in Queensland". Edited by H W Bates, Esq. Assistant Secretary of the Roya; Geographic Society. With Illustrations and a Map.
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 1st edition. xii, 308, and 24 pages of book advertisementspp. 8vo 15 x 22 cm. Rebound 1/2 leather & cloth. A serviceable binding. Marbled endpapers and edges. Rear of endpapers foxed and then some scattered foxing, else a very good copy. 9 plates & one folding map laid down on linen. Journal of the 1st crossing of the continent from the centre to the west via the Great Sandy DesertClick here to order
$1000

43861
LOCKWOOD, Douglas

FAIR DINKUM:
London, Cassell, 1960. 239pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A great copy in stunning dustwrapper. Illustrated. Stories of Northern Territory characters by Darwin journalistClick here to order
$30

51374
LOCKWOOD, Douglas

THE LIZARD EATERS:
Sydney, Cassell, 1964. 171pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. An excellent copy in bright dustwrapper. Illustrations. The story of the discovery of the Pintubi Aboriginal people in the Northern TerritoryClick here to order
$45

59808
CLUNE, Frank

THE RED HEART: Sagas of Centralia.
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1944. 86pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A very good copy. decorations. Stories of Mick Considine, Leichhardt and LasseterClick here to order
$30

49284
CLUNE, Frank

OVERLAND TELEGRAPH: The Story of a Great Australian Achievement and the Link Between Adelaide and Port Darwin.
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1955. 238pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. The dustwrapper has some small chips and tears otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated. Account of the building of the overland telegraph in the years 1870-1872Click here to order
$30

59939
BASEDOW, Herbert

KNIGHTS OF THE BOOMERANG: Episodes from a Life Spent Among the Native Tribes of Australia.
Sydney, The Endeavour Press, 1935 1st edition. 239pp. 8vo. Original cloth, no dustwrapper, a very good copy. Illustrated.Click here to order
$175

72189
FINLAYSON, J C

LIFE AND JOURNEYINGS IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA:
Melbourne, Printed by Arbuckle Waddell, 1925. 76pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A very good copy. Illustrated. The author, a nurse, spent from 1914 to 1916 as the nurse at the Oodnadatta Hospital. Although short, the book gives a fascinating account of the hardships and pleasures of life among both black and white peoples of the outbackClick here to order
$200

60512
GOODALE, Jane C

TIWI WIVES: A Study of the Women of Melville Island, North Australia.
Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1971. 368pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Very good copy.Click here to order
$80

48022
WALKER, Joe

NO SUNLIGHT SINGING:
London, Hutchinson, 1960. 224pp. 8vo. Hardback in dustwrapper by Arthur Boyd. A little wear around edges of dustwrapper, otherwise nice . Fiction set in the Northern TerritoryClick here to order
$30

103056
CAMPBELL, Liam

DARBY: One Hundred Years of Life in a Changing Culture.
Sydney, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2006. 226pp. 22x25cm. Hardcover in dustwrapper, colour decorated endpapers. Like new. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Includes portraits of Aboriginal people and images of outback landscapes and artworks of Aboriginal People. A biography of Darby Jampijinpa and a record of the Warlpiri people of Central Australia. Comes with a cd recording of DarbyClick here to order
$75

46902
O'REILLY, M J O

BOWYANGS AND BOOMERANGS: Reminiscences of 40 Years' Prospecting in Australia and Tasmania.
Hobart, Oldham, Beddome, 1944. 164pp. 8vo. Or. wrappers. A good copy. Fronts. Mostly Western Australian and Northern Territory content. Inscribed and signed by the authorClick here to order
$50

60863
COSTELLO, Michael

LIFE OF JOHN COSTELLO: Being the Adventures of a Pioneer Pastoralist and Explorer in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Sydney, Dymocks Book Arcade, 1930. 268pp. 8vo. Original cloth . Endpages lightly foxed, spine faded, else a very good copy . 8 black and white plates .Click here to order
$200

109363
GUNN, Mrs Aeneas

WE OF THE NEVER-NEVER:
London, Hutchison & Co, 1960. 256pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A great copy in stunning dustwrapper. Classic fictional autobiography of a newly married women who accompanies her husband to a cattle station in the Northern Territory, several hundred miles from the nearest townClick here to order
$40

66880
ELLISON, Norman

FLYING MATILDA: Early Days of Australian Aviation.
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1957. 348pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Very good copy. Illustrated. Signed by the author. The birth of Qantas, the Flying Doctor Service, aviation in Northern Territory & Kingsford-SmithClick here to order
$100

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

103627
BERNDT, R M & C H

MAN, LAND & MYTH IN NORTH AUSTRALIA: The Gunwinggu People.
Sydney, Ure Smith , 1970 First Edition . 262pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. An excellent copy . Black and white plates . Study based on a tribe in Western Arnhem LandClick here to order
$175

36176
PLOWMAN, R.B

THE MAN FROM OODNADATTA:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1940 6th edition. 320pp. 8vo. Original cloth in very good dustwrapper. Story of a padre who set out from Oodnadatta on a 2500 mile, 5 month journey with 5 camels to visit the 400 white inhabitants of his parishClick here to order
$40

47686
WEBB, Rev. T T

SPEARS TO SPADES:
Sydney, The Department of Overseas Missions, 1938. 80pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Small piece cut from the title page, otherwise a very good copy. Illus. Brief introduction to the problems of the Aborigines as a minority race, with special reference to Arnhem Land. Written by chairman of the Methodist Mission to the Aboriginals of North AustraliaClick here to order
$80

44383
WHITE, Rt. Rev. Gilbert

ANSWER! AUSTRALIA: Being the Book prepared for the Committee of the Combined Campaign for Missions for Presentation to the Church on St. Andrews Day, 1927.
Sydney, 1927. 98pp. 8vo. Or. wrappers. A good copy. Illus. Author was the 1st Anglican Bishop of Northern Australia. Account of the Church's work with the Aborigines of Australia, the natives of New Guinea & the Pacific and AfricaClick here to order
$75

104257
KENEALLY, Thomas

OUTBACK:
London, Hodder and Stroughton, 1983. 256pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated. Written and photographic sketch of the Australian outback. Signed by Tom Keneally 1984. Also included tipped in letter from John KenealllyClick here to order
$50

59672
O'LEARY, Timothy

NORTH AND ALOFT: A personal memoir of service and adventure with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in far northern Australia.
Brisbane, Amphion Press, 1988. 180pp. 8vo. Or. boards. A goo copy. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps.Click here to order
$30

108317
HARDMAN, William

THE JOURNALS OF JOHN MCDOUALL STUART DURING THE YEARS 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, & 1862: When He Fixed the Centre of the Continent and Successfully Crossed it from Sea to Sea. Edited from Mr. Stuart's Manuscript.
London, Saunders, Otley, 1864 1st edition. 511pp. 8vo. Contemporary half leather and marbled boards with some wear. A sticker has been removed from the bottom panel of the spine and this has gouged out some leather. The frontspiece is heavily foxed although this foxing has not affected the photograph. The plates all have foxing around the edges but not on the image and the pages either side of the plates are also foxed. The large map which is sometimes found in a pocket at the rear is bound in with the other map at the front. The frontispiece is an original photograph. There are 12 plates by George French Angus as well as two maps, one of which is a very large coloured map of Stuart's discoveries. The 12 engravings by George French Angus. Ferguson16381. Wantrup P 233 "This edition of his six expedition journals was edited and considerably improved ... by William Hardman.... It is a scarce book in either edition (there was a second edition published the following year)...A copy should be in every collection"Click here to order
$1200

43966
SOWDEN, William J

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AS IT IS: A Narrative of the South Australian Parlimentary Part's Trip, and Full Descriptions of The Northern Territory; Its Settlements and Industries.
Adelaide, W K Thomas, 1882. 192pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a few marks and the bottom of the spine frayed. Still a good copy . Ferguson 16038Click here to order
$350

96183
HERBERT, Xavier

POOR FELLOW MY COUNTRY:
Sydney, Collins, 1982 reprint. 1463pp. 8vo. Original cloth in Ray Crooke dustwrapper. A very good copy. Signed and inscribed by the author to Helen Horwitz. Novel by the author of Capricornia set in the Northern Territory during the late 30's and early 40'sClick here to order
$175
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