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42511
CAMBRIDGE, Ada

A HUMBLE ENTERPRISE:
London, Ward, Lock & Co, No date reprint c 1900. 248pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a very good copy. Illustrated by St. Clair Simons. FictionClick here to order
$120

74117
CAMBRIDGE, Ada

A HUMBLE ENTERPRISE:
New York, A L Burt Company, No date reprint c 1900. 268pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a good copy. Australian fictionClick here to order
$150

108470
LEMON, Andrew

A GREAT AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL: Wesley College Examined.
Wahroonga, The Helicon Press, 2004. 623pp. Quarto. Hardcover in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A history of Wesley College MelbourneClick here to order
$50

55735
CALLINAN, Bernard

SIR JOHN MONASH:
Melbourne, 1981. 29pp. 8vo. Paperback. Paper originally delivered at Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne to the Newman College Students' Club on 17 June 1980Click here to order
$30

61528
PROUT, Denton & Fred Feely

50 YEARS HARD: The Story of Pentridge Gaol From 1850 to 1900.
Adelaide, Rigby, 1967. 266pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Illus. History of 1st 50 years of Melbourne's gaolClick here to order
$30

89578
ROBERTSON, E Graeme & Joan Robertson

PARKVILLE:
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1975. 184pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Photographs. Architectural survey of inner Melbourne suburbClick here to order
$80

39386
LANGLEY, Eve

THE PEA PICKERS:
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1943 reprint. 420pp. 8vo. Original cloth in Adrian Feint dustwrapper which is fragile but good and has piece missing. A good copy. FictionClick here to order
$30

53657
PERRY, Harry C

A SON OF AUSTRALIA: Memories of W.E.Parry-Okeden I.S.O. 1840-1926.
Brisbane, Watson Ferguson, 1928. 342pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper which has been attacked by sticky tape. The book has a touch of pale foxing to the title page but is otherwise in very good condition. Twenty full page black and white photographic illustrations. Biography of Queensland Commissioner of Police from 1895-1905. Migrated to Australia in the 1830s and worked in Gippsland, Victoria as a policeman and then was involved in the Police contingent at the Eureka Stockade before moving to Queensland. The book contains material concerning Queensland bushrangers, Aborigines, railways, goldfields. It is an interesting read and full of nineteenth century social historyClick here to order
$450

36557
WHITE, Henry A

TALES OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS IN AUSTRALIA: Based Principally Upon Reminiscences of Over Thirty Years' Official Experience in the Penal Department of Victoria.
London, Ward & Downey, 1894. 296pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a trifle frayed at the top and bottom of the spine. Author worked for the Victorian Penal Department for 30 years. F18465Click here to order
$250

34361
BONWICK, J

NOTES OF A GOLD DIGGER: And Gold Digger's Guide.
Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1942. 47pp. 17 x 25 cms. Original quarter leather and cloth. Very good copy. Reprint of 2 phamplets published in the 1850s. Author's experiences on the Victorian Goldfields. Limited to 250 copiesClick here to order
$140

42593
DEVANEY, James

WASHDIRT: A Novel of Old Bendigo.
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1946. 229pp. 8vo. Original cloth with wrapper. Small piece missing from top of wrapper, else clean. Historical romance set on a Victorian goldfield during the 1850sClick here to order
$30

58740
POWLING, J.W

PORT FAIRY: The First Fifty Years 1837-1887. A Social History.
Melbourne, Heinemann, 1980. 319pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated. History of town on the west coast of VictoriaClick here to order
$30

62168
MANGAN, Kathleen

DAISY CHAINS, WAR, THEN JAZZ:
Melbourne, Hutchinson, 1984. 203pp. 8vo. Originall cloth in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Illustrated. Memoirs of growing up in Melbourne during the early years of this century. Author is the daughter of Frederick McCubbinClick here to order
$30

104124
SYME, Martin Adlington

SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES VICTORIAN PORTS VOLUME 1 1798 - 1945:
Canberra, Roebuck Society, 1984. 293pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Very good copy. A couple of illustrations.Click here to order
$50

108426
SHEARS, Richard

SWAMP: Who Murdered Margaret Clement?.
Sydney, New Holland, 2008. 191pp. 8vo size. Hardcover. An excellent copy. Illustrated. The disappearance and murder of an old woman in the Gippsland area of VictoriaClick here to order
$75

30099
GILL, S T

THE VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS 1852-3. AN ORIGINAL ALBUM: Edited and Introduced by Michael Cannon.
Melbourne, John Currey O'Neil, 1982. 100pp. 4to. Hardback in d/w. Colour plates.Click here to order
$50

56068
BRIDE, Thomas Francis

LETTERS FROM VICTORIAN PIONEERS: A Series of Papers on the Early Occupation of the Colony, The Aborigines, Etc.
Melbourne, Currey O'Neil, 1983. 455pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Illustrated. Facsimile of book 1st published 1898Click here to order
$50

102117
CRADDOCK & CAVANOUGH, Trevor & Maurice

125 YEARS: The Story of the State Savings Bank of Victoria 1842-1966.
Melbourne, Southdown Press, 1967. 60pp. Quarto. Paperback in dustwrapper and original card slipcase. A very good copy. Black and white photographs.Click here to order
$50

109972
OLDTIME

THE CONVICT HULK 'SUCCESS': The Story of Her Life, and the Lives of Those Who Filled Her Cells : A Relic of the Past, Interesting Reminiscences.
Melbourne, Spectator Publishing Co., 18[91?] First edition. Octavo size. Fragile paperback binding. Worn and grubby covers, piece missing from title page affecting the publishing details. This publication is as per Ferguson 10277 & 13592.. Black and white illustrations. Murder of Captian Price at WilliamstownClick here to order
$200

67283

THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY ANNUAL:
Melbourne Literary Club, 1920 & 1921. per issue 38pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Two issues of an annual publication comprising a selection from the Club's monthly magazine, "Birth". Includes poetry by Mary Gilmore, Louis Lavater, Furnley Maurice, Hugh McRae, Bernard O'Dowd, Vance & Nettie Palmer & others. These are the only two issuesClick here to order
$120

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