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Being Black: Aboriginal cultures in 'settled' Australia
It is a common belief that Aboriginal people of predominantly mixed descent, living in Australian cities, country towns and Aboriginal communities, have lost their culture. Often lacking the more obvious...
The History of North American Theater: The United States, Canada and
Completing a three-volume set on "The History of World Theater", this text examines theatre in Canada and Mexico, as well as the USA. Some 300 illustrations aid the depiction of...
Prehistory To Politics: John Mulvaney, The Humanities and the Public
Explores the role of the public intellectual by examining the life and work of John Mulvaney, one of Australia's foremost prehistorians. Who are public intellectuals? Why do they matter? What...
Aboriginal Frontiers And Boundaries In Australia
$30.00 AUD
In four detailed case studies, two political geographers explore the nature of Aboriginal boundaries and their contemporary implications. Before the coming of Europeans, Aboriginal communities lived within territories defined by...
The Censorship of English Drama 1824-1901
English stage censorship goes back to Tudor times, but only in the eighteenth century were the powers of the censor seriously organised. Further legislation in 1843 required theatre managers throughout...
Education of the Senses: The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud
Education of the Senses draws on a vast array of primary sources to reexamine nineteenth-century sexual behavior, overturning a number of stereotypes, especially about women and sexuality.
Dr Barnardo
$15.00 AUD
Author: Norman WymerBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans., 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the remarkable story of how he saved...
Private And Public Memory: A History Of The City Of Malvern
$20.00 AUD
Author: Lynne StrahanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hargreen Publishing Company in conjunction with the City of Malvern, Melbourne, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical work chronicles the intricate development...
Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview Of Australian Conservation
$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert IngpenBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive look at the efforts to preserve Australia's rich natural and...
The Death Of Woman Wang
$20.00 AUD
Author: Jonathan D. SpenceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Viking Press, 1978Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThe historical narrative The Death Of Woman Wang presents a vivid reconstruction...
Sacred Bond: The Legacy Of Baby M (SIGNED)
$140.00 AUD
Author: Phyllis CheslerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2015Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedSacred Bond: The Legacy Of Baby M presents a compelling analysis...
Class Politics: New South Wales, Victoria And The Early Commonwealth, 1890-1910
$40.00 AUD
Author: John RickardBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University Press, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Original bookstore sticker in FEP, minor sun-fading to spine.This scholarly work chronicles the...
Poverty's Prison: The Poor In New South Wales 1880-1918
$40.00 AUD
Author: Anne O'BrienBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1988Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPoverty's Prison: The Poor In New South Wales 1880-1918 chronicles the challenging realities faced by the...
The Connection
$40.00 AUD
Author: Jack GelberBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber., 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some minor tears and sun-fading to...
Kakadu Man
$20.00 AUD
Author: Bill NeidjieBinding: HardbackPublished: Allan Fox & Associates., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some rubbing and minor chipping to DJ. Kakadu Man...
Big River Days: A History Of The Big River Valley And The Golden Times Of The Long Gone Townships Of Enoch's Point And Darlingford (SIGNED)
$20.00 AUD
Author: John PilkingtonBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Keith Pilkington., 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Some bumps from shelf-wear.Big River Days by A. R. Popen chronicles the formative...
Ivan Durrant: Barrier Draw
$20.00 AUD
Author: Ivan DurrantBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria., 2020Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chip to front of cover.This compelling volume chronicles the impactful career and...
A History Of Australia II: New South Wales And Van Diemen's Land 1822-1838
$30.00 AUD
Author: C.M.H. ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1975Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA scholarly work of historical non-fiction, A History Of Australia II: New...
The Rise Of The West: A History Of The Human Community
$90.00 AUD
Author: William McneillBinding: HardbackPublished: Gryphon Editions, Inc., 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe monumental The Rise Of The West presents a sweeping...
Cultural Nationalism In Colonial Korea, 1920-1925
$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael Edson RobinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Washington Press., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCultural Nationalism In Colonial Korea, 1920-1925 presents a meticulous historical analysis of the intellectual...
Men In Black
$50.00 AUD
Author: Mark R. LevinBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2015Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMark R. Levin's Men in Black: How the...
Queer Things About Japan
$50.00 AUD
Author: Douglas SladenBinding: HardbackPublished: Anthony Treherne & Co, Ltd., 1904Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor writing and...
Go! Melbourne: Melbourne In The Sixties
$20.00 AUD
Author: Seamus O'Hanlon And Tanja LuckinsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Circa/ Melbourne Publishing Group., 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageGo! Melbourne: Melbourne In The Sixties...
A History Of Anthropological Thought
$20.00 AUD
Author: E.E.Evans-PritchardBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA foundational text in the social sciences, A History Of Anthropological...
In Our Time: Socialism And The Rise Of Labor 1885-1905
$15.00 AUD
Author: Verity BurgmannBinding: PaperbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor peels to cover.In In Our Time: Socialism And The Rise Of...
The Socialist Objective: Labor & Socialism
$15.00 AUD
Author: Bruce O'MeagherBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hale & Iremonger., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe scholarly work The Socialist Objective: Labor & Socialism presents...
The Torres Strait Collections Of A.C. Haddon
$500.00 AUD
Author: David R. MooreBinding: HardbackPublished: British Museum Publications, London, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edges, slight bumps to edges...
Nellie Melba Singer Meggs And Friends: Essays In Australian Cultural History
$15.00 AUD
Author: Susan Dermody, John Docker, Drusilla ModjeskaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kibble Books., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling collection, Nellie Melba...
Theatres Of The Left: 1880-1935: Workers' Theatre Movements In Britain And America
$15.00 AUD
Author: Raphael Samuel, Ewan Maccoll And Stuart CosgroveBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTheatres Of...
Encountering Aborigines: Anthropology And The Australian Aboriginal A Case Study
$15.00 AUD
Author: Kenelm BurridgeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pergamon., 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work,...
Writing From The Fringe: A Study Of Modern Aboriginal Literature
$15.00 AUD
Author: Mudrooroo NaroginBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hyland House, Melbourne, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work Writing From The Fringe presents...
Mission To Arnhem Land
$20.00 AUD
Author: Maisie MckenzieBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work chronicles a significant journey into the heart of Australia's...
So Now You See It---: A Year In The Heritage Of Bendigo
$25.00 AUD
Author: Mike Butcher & Wayne GregsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bendigo Advertiser - The National Trust, Bendigo, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account,...
Laxton: The Last English Open Field Village
$25.00 AUD
Author: J. D. ChambersBinding: PaperbackPublished: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account meticulously chronicles the unique agricultural...
Running Streams: Paths Of Fifty Years
$35.00 AUD
Author: Richard FlynnBinding: HardbackPublished: Saint Ignatius College, Athelstone, SA, Australia, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRunning Streams: Paths Of Fifty Years presents a profound retrospective, chronicling a half-century of...
Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview Of Australian Conservation
$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert IngpenBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive look at the efforts to preserve Australia's rich natural and cultural legacy. Australia's...
A Tea Merchant's Vision And Beyond: A History Of The Burwood Boys' Home
$15.00 AUD
Author: Ken MastertonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Ken Masterton., 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA compelling historical account, A Tea Merchant's Vision And Beyond chronicles...
A Day Before Yesterday: Good Old Sydney Town; Intimate Records Of A Changing City From The Turn Of The Century
$15.00 AUD
Author: Abe DavisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Abe Davis., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account, A Day Before Yesterday: Good Old Sydney Town,...
Not So Eminent Victorians
$30.00 AUD
Author: R.J.W Selleck And Martin SullivanBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical analysis re-examines the often-romanticized Victorian age, presenting a candid look...
Against All Odds: A History Of Mentone Grammar School 1920-1988 (SIGNED)
$40.00 AUD
Author: James RundleBinding: HardbackPublished: Mentone, Mentone Grammar School, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedThis compelling historical account chronicles the foundational years and enduring legacy of a prominent educational institution....
Traditional Aboriginal Society: A Reader (SIGNED)
$40.00 AUD
Author: W. H. EdwardsBinding: PaperbackPublished: MacMillan Melbourne, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic collection presents a comprehensive overview of the intricate social...
Just City And The Mirrors: Meanjin Quarterly And The Intellectual Front 1940-1965
$20.00 AUD
Author: Lynne StrahanBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine and rip to DJ. Minor denting to spine...
Lark Rise
$25.00 AUD
Author: Flora ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis evocative memoir chronicles the vanishing world of a late Victorian-era Oxfordshire hamlet, painting a vivid portrait...
A Place Like Home: Growing Up In The School Of Industry 1915-1922
$20.00 AUD
Author: Laura ToddBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA Place Like Home: Growing Up In The School...
The First Lying-In Hospital..... In The Australasian Colonies: Development Of The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne: Additions To Our History
$40.00 AUD
Author: John NattrassBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Royal Women's Hospital, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the foundational years of the...
The Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne: A Century Of Service
$40.00 AUD
Author: C.E. SayersBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne, 1956Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne: A Century Of Service presents a comprehensive historical account of a pivotal institution....
My Wife, My Daughter And Poor Mary Ann
$25.00 AUD
Author: Beverley KingstonBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson., Melbourne/London, 1975Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the lives of women in a specific era, focusing on the intricate...