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Fiona Hall: Wrong Way Time

Fiona Hall: Wrong Way Time

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodFew Australian artists command the kind of international reverence afforded to Fiona Hall, whose restless, politically charged...
Australian National Gallery: An Introduction

Australian National Gallery: An Introduction

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhen the Australian National Gallery opened its doors in Canberra in 1982, it represented not merely the inauguration of a building, but the crystallisation...
Sidney Nolan-Australia

Sidney Nolan-Australia

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew artists have captured the soul of a continent with the raw, mythic intensity of Sir Sidney Nolan, and Sidney Nolan-Australia stands as a definitive...
Ainslie Roberts And The Dreamtime

Ainslie Roberts And The Dreamtime

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew artists have captured the spiritual heartbeat of Australia's First Nations people with the breathtaking reverence of Ainslie Roberts, and this volume stands as...
Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: dj - small tear repaired with tape. Few outlaws in the annals of history have captured the imagination of a...
Australians In The Air

Australians In The Air

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the daring pioneers who first coaxed fragile biplanes into the vast Australian skies to the decorated wartime aviators who shaped the course of...
The National Trust In Tasmania

The National Trust In Tasmania

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodTasmania, Australia's island state, holds some of the Southern Hemisphere's most remarkable colonial-era architecture and heritage landscapes — and The National Trust in Tasmania...
The Mountains Of Paradise: The Wilderness Of Southwest Tasmania

The Mountains Of Paradise: The Wilderness Of Southwest Tasmania

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew places on Earth remain as untouched and awe-inspiring as the remote southwest corner of Tasmania, and The Mountains of Paradise: The Wilderness of...
Prolific In God's Gifts: A Social History Of Knox And The Dandenongs (SIGNED)

Prolific In God's Gifts: A Social History Of Knox And The Dandenongs (SIGNED)

$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: flat signed by Jones and Bolte. Nestled in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne lies a landscape...
A School On A Hill: Strathcona 1924-1989

A School On A Hill: Strathcona 1924-1989

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodPerched on a hill in the heart of Melbourne, Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School stands as a testament to over six decades of educational...
The Long Last Summer: Australia's Upper Class Before The Great War

The Long Last Summer: Australia's Upper Class Before The Great War

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBefore the guns of August shattered the old world forever, Australia's privileged elite lived in a gilded age of opulence, leisure, and breathtaking social...
Quest For The Kauri

Quest For The Kauri

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerRising from the ancient forests of New Zealand like silent giants of a forgotten age, the kauri trees have stood for centuries...
Colonial Crafts Of Victoria: Early Settlement To 1921

Colonial Crafts Of Victoria: Early Settlement To 1921

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded spineA rare window into Australia's material past, Colonial Crafts of Victoria: Early Settlement to 1921 presents...
Under The Hook: Melbourne Waterside Workers Remember Working Lives And Class War: 1900-1980 (SIGNED)

Under The Hook: Melbourne Waterside Workers Remember Working Lives And Class War: 1900-1980 (SIGNED)

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the bustling, gritty world of Melbourne's waterfront, generations of waterside workers endured...
Images Of Power: Aboriginal Art Of The Kimberley

Images Of Power: Aboriginal Art Of The Kimberley

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew regions on Earth hold as much artistic and cultural power as the Kimberley,...
A Century Of Australian Women Artists: 1840S–1940S

A Century Of Australian Women Artists: 1840S–1940S

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; minor stain on the book blockAt a time when the Australian art world was largely...
Call Of The Avant-Garde: Constructivism & Australian Art

Call Of The Avant-Garde: Constructivism & Australian Art

$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAt the crossroads of global modernism and the distinctly Australian artistic imagination, Call of the Avant-Garde: Constructivism & Australian...
Colonial Painters 1788-1880

Colonial Painters 1788-1880

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the frontier of a vast and untamed continent, a generation of visionary artists picked up...
Darwinites: Portrait Of A City

Darwinites: Portrait Of A City

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$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDarwin, Australia's most remote and resilient capital city, has always attracted a unique breed of individual — and...
Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview Of Australian Conservation

Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview Of Australian Conservation

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of culture, nature, and national identity stands Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview of Australian Conservation — a sweeping visual and intellectual...
Historic Houses Of Australia

Historic Houses Of Australia

$30.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAustralia's built heritage tells a story of ambition, resilience, and artistry — and Historic Houses of Australia presents that story through a magnificent...
Keepers Of The Secrets: Aboriginal Art From Arnhemland In The Collection Of The Art Gallery Of Western Australia

Keepers Of The Secrets: Aboriginal Art From Arnhemland In The Collection Of The Art Gallery Of Western Australia

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the sacred landscapes of Arnhem Land emerges a profound visual testament to one of the world's oldest living cultures — Keepers...
The Golden Years Of Ginger Meggs: 1921 To 1952

The Golden Years Of Ginger Meggs: 1921 To 1952

by Bancks
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew characters have captured the larrikin spirit of Australian childhood quite like Ginger Meggs — the gap-toothed, red-haired street kid...
Modern Australian Painting, 1975/1980

Modern Australian Painting, 1975/1980

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt a pivotal moment in the development of a distinctly Australian visual identity, Modern Australian Painting, 1975/1980 presents a sweeping survey of the nation's...
Australian Painters: Colonial 1788-1880; Impressionists 1881-1930; Modern 1931-1970

Australian Painters: Colonial 1788-1880; Impressionists 1881-1930; Modern 1931-1970

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the raw brushstrokes of colonial settlement to the bold experimentation of the mid-twentieth century, Australian Painters: Colonial 1788–1880; Impressionists 1881–1930; Modern...
Jolly Dogs Are We: The History Of Yachting In Victoria 1838-1894

Jolly Dogs Are We: The History Of Yachting In Victoria 1838-1894

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the bustling colonial harbours of Port Phillip Bay to the sun-drenched regattas of the Victorian goldfields era, Jolly Dogs Are We: The History...
Golden Years: 1851-1951

Golden Years: 1851-1951

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerA century after the discovery of gold transformed a fledgling colony into a prosperous nation,...
The World Of The Sentimental Bloke

The World Of The Sentimental Bloke

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedCondition remarks: worn spineFew figures loom as large in the Australian literary imagination as Bill, the rough-hewn...
Victorian Splendour: Australian Interior Decoration 1837-1901

Victorian Splendour: Australian Interior Decoration 1837-1901

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodStep inside the opulent world of colonial Australia, where drawing rooms draped in velvet and parlours adorned with gilded flourishes tell the story of...
A Nation For A Continent: The History Of Australia 1901-1975

A Nation For A Continent: The History Of Australia 1901-1975

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the birth of Federation to the dramatic political upheavals of the Whitlam era, A Nation for a...
Aboriginal Place Names

Aboriginal Place Names

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before European settlers drew their maps and named their towns, Australia's vast and ancient landscape...
Changi: The Funny Side

Changi: The Funny Side

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the barbed wire of one of history's most notorious prisoner-of-war camps, an unlikely spirit of...
The Last Light Horseman

The Last Light Horseman

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the twilight of a remarkable life, Trooper Joe Clark stood as the last surviving member of...
The Enemy

The Enemy

$80.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; markings on the first page, some stains on the book blockA rare and fascinating window...
Beyond Adversity: 'U' Company, 15Th Battalion 1941–1942

Beyond Adversity: 'U' Company, 15Th Battalion 1941–1942

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn the crucible of the Second World War's Pacific theatre, Beyond Adversity stands as a powerful testament to the courage...
The Albert Coates Story: The Will That Found The Way

The Albert Coates Story: The Will That Found The Way

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew lives encapsulate the full measure of human endurance and triumph quite like that of Sir Albert Coates — surgeon,...
To Benghazi

To Benghazi

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: small sticker on the djThe desert sands of North Africa became one of the most fiercely...
Clinical Problems Of War

Clinical Problems Of War

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: small sticker on the dj. Clinical Problems of War stands as a landmark work...
The Sea Journals Of Annie & Amy Henning

The Sea Journals Of Annie & Amy Henning

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt a time when women's voices were rarely preserved in the historical record, Annie and Amy Henning took pen to...
Bombs Over Burma

Bombs Over Burma

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn the blood-soaked jungles and shattered cities of wartime Southeast Asia,...
Desperate Praise: The Australians In Vietnam

Desperate Praise: The Australians In Vietnam

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the jungles of Phuoc Tuy to the streets of Saigon, Desperate Praise: The Australians in...
St Bede's College And Its Mccristal Origins: 1896-1982 (SIGNED)

St Bede's College And Its Mccristal Origins: 1896-1982 (SIGNED)

$70.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionBehind every great institution lies a founding vision, and St Bede's College and its McCristal Origins: 1896-1982 uncovers the...
The Unusual Life Of Tristan Smith (SIGNED)

The Unusual Life Of Tristan Smith (SIGNED)

$90.00 AUD
Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedBorn into a world that refuses to accept him, Tristan Smith — a physically deformed child raised in the shadow...
The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith (SIGNED)

The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith (SIGNED)

$150.00 AUD
Edition: First US EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. At the violent crossroads of two worlds — colonial white Australia and the ancient culture of...
John Monash: A Biography

John Monash: A Biography

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in Australian history command the same reverence and complexity as General Sir John Monash, the brilliant military commander whose genius reshaped the...
Gallipoli

Gallipoli

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: FEP missingTwo young Australian men, united by the thrill of speed and a burning sense of adventure, find their fates forever entwined in one...
Big-Noting: The Heroic Theme In Australian War Writing

Big-Noting: The Heroic Theme In Australian War Writing

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: FEP missingMarkings: Previous owner,Remainder markCondition remarks: damaged front pastedown From the trenches of Gallipoli to the jungles of the Pacific, Australian war writing has...
Deeds Not Words

Deeds Not Words

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedPublished in Melbourne in 1971, Deeds Not Words by Wilson P. Evans stands as a significant contribution to Australian historical...