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As a Matter of Fact: Answering the Myths and Misconceptions About Indigneous Australians

By: ATSIC

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Woden, ACT, Australia, Office of Public Affairs: 1998

Seller ID: ABO45

ISBN: 0642320225

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint with corrections, 292gms, 71 pages. Book is in good conditition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Cover shows some light soiling, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Voyage of the Investigator, The

By: Austin, K. A.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Adelaide, Australia, Rigby Limited: 1964

Seller ID: 000585

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover with green boards and pictorial dustjacket, first edition, 612gms, 223 pages. This book tells of the explorations and adventures of Matthew Flinders (the Great Denominator), his imprisonment by the French, his disappointments, his triumph, and his death. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear and mild page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with only mild shelf wear and has been covered with a removeable plastic slip. There is a small pencil mark on the inside front page, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Australia's National Trusts Historic Homesteads

By: Australian Council of National Trusts

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Canberra, Australia, Australian Council of National Trusts: 1982

Seller ID: AUST182

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with dark blue boards and pictorial dustjacket, first combined edition (this volume combines the earlier Volume One & Two into a single volume), 2.9kgs, 588 pages, includes over 590 black and white illustrations and 61 colour plates. This book documents the Australian homestead chronologically from 1794, through the early and mid-1800s to the wealthy graziers' homes of the late 19th century. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards are in good condition with light shelf wear. Dust jacket is in fair to good condition w...
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Great Aussie Pub Crawl, The

By: Baglin, Douglass; Austin, Yvonne

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd: 1990

Seller ID: AUST97

ISBN: 0867770376

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hard cover, first edition, 860g, 127pgs, photographs on endpapers. Presents a smorgasbord of Australian pubs, including the old, the new, the quaint, the grand, the ugly, the beautiful, the bizarre, and the commonplace. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, dust jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Discovering Historic Australia

By: Baglin, Douglass; Mullins, Barbara

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Brookvale, Australia, Book Company, The: 1991

Seller ID: HISAUS172

ISBN: 0725402113

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Laminated hardcover with pictorial boards, no dust jacket, Reprint, 700gms, 145 pages, maroon coloured endpapers. Through the medium of over 200 full colour photographs from Douglass Baglin and the perceptive and carefully researched text of Barbara Mullins, this book takes the reader on a journey of discovery through historic Australia, a varied and diverse pilgrimage which covers the huge continent and bears testimony to man's endeavours. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Historic Australia: The Seekers, the Settlers and the Builders

By: Baglin, Douglass; Mullins, Barbara

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Lansdowne Press: 1983

Seller ID: HISAUS270

ISBN: 0701817313

Binding: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Laminated pictorial boards replicated on the dust jacket, Fourth Impression, 700gms, 144 pages, pale blue coloured endpapers. Historic Australia: The Seekers, the Settlers and the Builders is a plea for their preservation. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Dust Jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list t...
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Discovering Historic Australia

By: Baglin, Douglass; Mullins, Barbara

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Brookvale, Australia, Book Company, The: 1991

Seller ID: HISAUS422

ISBN: 0725402113

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Australia Comes of Age: Rebellion, Independence, War and the Worker

By: Barber, George (ed)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Kensington, Australia, Bay Books Pty Ltd:

Seller ID: HISAUS200

ISBN: 0858359146

Binding: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover with light blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 950gms 280 pages, blank endpapers. Australia Comes of Age is a history of Australia, looking at her fierce independence, from colonisation to the end of World War 2 and the ambitious migration program that brought thousands of people in from overseas to create a new home in Australia. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money wit...
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Australian Aviators (Southern Cross Series)

By: Barnaby, Jane

Price: $10.00

Publisher: North Melbourne, Australia, Cassell Australia Limited: 1973

Seller ID: TRAAIR5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Laminated pictorial boards, no dust jacket, First Edition, 500gms, 108 pages, red coloured endpapers. Australian Aviators forms part of the Southern Cross Collection, this title includes a number of stories detailing the history and biographies of Australian Aviators. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear. Boards are in good condition with minor shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more, than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With...
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Australian Sport Through Time: 2004 Edition

By: Barnard, Loretta; Etherington, Kate; and Olds, Margaret

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Milsons Point, Australia, Random House Australia Pty Ltd: 2004

Seller ID: SPO19

ISBN: 0759310033

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover with laminated pictorial boards, not issued with dust jacket, sixth edition, 2.4kg, 541pgs. This is the sixth edition of this wonderful book that marks Australia's history through sport from the 1870s through to 2003. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear. Boards are also in very good condition with only light shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs over 2.4kg and will incur additional postage.
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History of Australia, A

By: Barnard, Marjorie

Price: $42.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Angus & Robertson Publishers: 1980

Seller ID: HISAUS488

ISBN: 0207133476

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover with red leatherette boards and gold stamping, limited special edition (numbered 69), 892gms, 710 pages, red endpapers, half-title page has bookplate with limited edition details and signature of author, alonog with date and time of signing. Book is in very good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards are in good condition with only very light shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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History of Australia, A

By: Barnard, Marjorie

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Angus & Robertson Ltd: 1964

Seller ID: HISAUS53

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover with brown boards, dust jacket missing, reprint, 1060gms, 710 pages, decorated endpapers. Contents includes: discover; beginnings; Macquarie; the Pastoral age; colonization; gold; land; the nineties; the dark people; Federation; war; depression; and much more. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear. Book is ex-library and displays the associated stampings and markings, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs over 1kg and may incur additional pos...
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History in Our Streets

By: Barney, Norm

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Newcastle, Australia, Newcastle Newspapers PTY Ltd: 1996

Seller ID: HISAUS153

ISBN: 0646303384

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Large softcover, first edition, 525gms, 119 pages. The first History in Our Streets column appeared in The Newcastle Herald on December 5, 1992 and has been published weekly since that date. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear otherwise no other pre-loved marks.
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Times Past in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter

By: Barney, Norm

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Newcastle, Australia, Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd: 1997

Seller ID: HISAUS903

ISBN: 0958742502

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, first edition, 540g, 103pgs. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Back of cover shows some mild soiling and there is a small pen mark from a previous owner on the inside front page, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Too Long in the Bush

By: Beadell, Len

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Adelaide, SA, Australia, Rigby Limited: 1976

Seller ID: HISAUS900

ISBN: 0851792235

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 186g, 202pgs. This is the story of how Len Beadell made the first road ever to cross Central Australia from east to west. On the way he laid out Giles Met. Station and built the aerodrome there, then went on to skirt the dreaded Gibson Desert. Book is signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads "To Joan & Bill, Best wishes from the author, Len Beadell, Mar 77". Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Blast the Bush

By: Beadell, Len

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Adelaide, SA, Australia, Rigby Limited: 1976

Seller ID: HISAUS901

ISBN: 0851794157

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 210g, 212pgs. An entertaining and characteristic account of the search for and preparation of a site for the explosion of the first atomic bomb in Australia. Book is signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads "To Joan & Bill, Best wishes from the author, Len Beadell, Mar 77". Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Bush Bashers

By: Beadell, Len

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Adelaide, SA, Australia, Rigby Limited: 1982

Seller ID: HISAUS902

ISBN: 0727015745

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, first limp edition, 366g, 163pgs, illustrated map endpapers. This book continues the story of Len Beadell and his Gunbarrel Road Construction Party who made a network of 4,000 miles of the loneliest roads in the world. Book is signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads "To Joan & Bill, Best wishes from the author, Len Beadell, Sep 82". Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Here in Australia

By: Beatty, Bill

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, England, Cassell & Company: 1959

Seller ID: HISAUS665

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with grey boards and pictorial dust jacket, first Australian edition, 199pp, weighs 416gms, blank endpapers. Here in Australia, with its astonishing array of little-known and absorbing information, really captures the spirit, humour, warmth, the very feel of this country. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a mark on the inside front endpaper where a sticker has been removed. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear. Dust jacket is in good condition with only mild shelf wear and...
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Here in Australia

By: Beatty, Bill

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, England, Cassell & Company: 1959

Seller ID: HISAUS672

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with grey boards and pictorial dust jacket, first Australian edition, 199pp, weighs 416gms, blank endpapers. Here in Australia, with its astonishing array of little-known and absorbing information, really captures the spirit, humour, warmth, the very feel of this country. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear. Dust jacket is in good condition with only mild shelf wear and some discolouration, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Torres Strait Islanders: Custom and Colonialism

By: Beckett, Jeremy

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press: 1989

Seller ID: HISAUS352

ISBN: 052133361X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover with dark blue boards, no dust jacket, reprint edition, 251pp, weighs 462gms. Book is in good condition with general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Book is ex-library and shows the associated stampings and markings. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear and have been covered in protective plastic, dust jacket missing, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30...
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Category: Australian History