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Gold Tailings Forgotten Histories Of Family And Community On The Central Victorian Goldfields
by Charles And Mayne, Alan Fahey
The Vegetation Of the Chatham-Islands Sketched By Ferdinand Mueller
by Baron Sir Ferdinance Jacob Heinrich Von Mueller Von Mueller
Victoria Books & Ephemera
Social Housing : Braybrook's Story
by Cunningham, Trevor D
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2024. MINT - a NEW copy. x, 262 pages. As Victoria embarks on an ambitious social housing program to address a severe housing shortage, this book exposes important lessons for the future. The context is the post-World War 2 housing shortage, when the Housing Commission developed the unique Melbourne suburb of Braybrook. Infrastructure was lacking and housing was often substandard. Although neglected by governments, residents created a positive community,...
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£23.28
!['The Grey Veil' [over Melbourne]. A vintage gelatin silver photograph (visible image size 261 × 363 mm) on the original mount](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/019/770/1085770019.0.b.jpg)
'The Grey Veil' [over Melbourne]. A vintage gelatin silver photograph (visible image size 261 × 363 mm) on the original mount
by KAUFFMANN, John
1910. Circa 1910. Signed and titled in pencil on the original mount (now concealed by the mat). Reproduced in BEER, Leslie: 'The Art of John Kauffmann' (1919), plate 2; NEWTON, Gael: 'John Kauffmann, Art Photographer' (NGA, 1996), page 9. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. (The catalogue for our major retrospective exhibition of the works of John Kauffmann (1864-1942), the pioneering Australian...
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£3,439.15
Melbourne City & Surrounds A photographic tour by old postcards. (Signed copy)
by Blum, Ron (written and compiled by)
Oaklands Park, South Australia: Published by Author. [2020]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 48 pages. Images of postcards produced by the Rose Stereograph Company of Victoria between 1913 and 1967. Ron Blum is an expert and has included two essays ' The Wonderful Postcard' and 'The Printing Machines". . New. 1st Edition....
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£13.23
Victoria Mining Districts, Mining Divisions & the Gold Fields
by [Mining; Victoria] Brough Smyth, R
Melbourne: Victoria, Department of Mines, 1866. Map of Victoria showing cities, towns, goldfields and mining regions, originally published with a Victorian Government report, but nicely laid onto linen, presumably for use in the field. Engraved by William Slight under the direction of R. Brough Smyth, published 24th October 1866. OCLC: 222374514. Not in Tooley. Rolling map laid on linen, original hand color in outline, 54 x 85 cm. A very little foxing on the right edge, bit dusty but very good overall.
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£809.50
Illustrated Handbook of Victoria, Australia. Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London 1886
by Thomson, James, ed
Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1886. Paperback. Very good internally, good + wrappers. Presentation copy to Mr. Bradley with the compliments of the Royal Commission of Victoria on the ffep. Extensively illustrated with b&w plates & maps, some folding, with the exception of the "Interior of St. Paul's", which was never bound in. Plates include: MCG, the grandstand; Melbourne New Prince's Bridge; Melbourne University; Carleton Brewery, St. Hubert's Vineyard; J. G. Francis Vineyard in...
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£303.56
A Trip to Portland the Watering Place of the West
by [Victoria] Portland Borough Council
Melbourne: Arnall & Jackson, 1880. Very good + condition. The pamphlet, "Presented by the Portland Borough Council" describes the virtues of Portland, Victoria as a tourist destination, described as the "first settlement formed in this now rich and populous colony". Instructions on "How To Get There, Amusements, Drives and Walks, Capes Grant and Nelson..." 1pp ads for the steamship "Dawn" sailing from Melbourne every Thursday at 4pm. Green wrapper slightly faded around margins, otherwise in very good +...
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£222.61
![Campfires at the Cross. An Account of the Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission 1839-1851 at Birregurra, near Colac, Victoria [with a biography of Francis Tuckfield]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/356/406/1516406356.0.b.jpg)
Campfires at the Cross. An Account of the Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission 1839-1851 at Birregurra, near Colac, Victoria [with a biography of Francis Tuckfield]
by Le Griffon, Heather
Melbourne: Arcadia. 2006. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Inscribed by author to previous owner. 321 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£37.04
Bandicoot Ballads, Numbers 1 - 8 (hand colored illustrations) and Numbers 9 - 16
by Manifold, John
Lower Fern Tree Gully, Vic: Rams Skull Press, 1953. Limited edition. Paperback. Very good overall. Two limited edition loose leaf folders of ballad broadsheets of Australian folk songs, with lino-cut illustrations by Ronald George Edwards. The first 8 titles have hand colored illustrations, in a folder marked Special Edition, no. 43 of 100, and signed and dated by the artist. The 8 titles are: 1. The Wild Colonial Boy. 2. The Banks of the Condamine. 3. The Death of Ned Kelly. 4. Van Dieman's Land. 5....
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£222.61
Frontier Magistrate. The Enigmatic Foster Fyans
by Cary, John
Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2023. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 283 pages. Foster Fyans, an impecunious Irish junior officer about to participate in Britain's wars with Napoleon, would not have dreamt that one day he would reside in Moreton Bay commandant's quarters on the Brisbane River, the future site of the city of Brisbane. Later, as Victoria's second magistrate, Fyans...
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£26.43
To the Diggings! A Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gold in Australia. 1851-2001.
by Hocking, Geoff
Port Melbourne: Lothian Books. 2000. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs/plates. 256 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£18.52
Bairnsdale, East Gippsland - six photographs by C. Mason
by [Victoria; Photography]
Bairnsdale, Victoria: C. Mason, 1893. Very good overall. A handsome set of cabinet cards of the Bairnsdale area. The photographer is "C. Mason & Co., Photographers, Bairnsdale", so printed at the bottom of the cards. The State Library of Victoria holds one cabinet card "Portrait photograph of a young woman" [BIB ID 1804685] with the same card style, listing it as an albumen silver, undated but listing the photographers active dates as ca. 1893-97. The images are approximately 5 1/4 x 8 1/4", mounted...
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£404.75
Gold For The Finding : A pictorial history of Gippsland's Jordan Goldfield
by Tomlin, Owen F.; Bosa, Marysusan; and Chamberlain, Peter
Melbourne: Hill of Content. 1979. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. 158 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£16.93
Contract to employ Captain Fassenden Chase to sail the General Butler to Melbourne
by [Victoria; Shipping]
London: Houlder Brothers & Co., 1865. Fine. A standard form entitled "Charter-Party" with manuscript additions and exclusions dated November 30, 1865 between Houlder Brothers & Co. Line of Clipper Packets and Captain Fassenden Chase to sail the freighter vessel General Butler to Port Phillip, Australia from London. Specifies in handwriting "Ship not to come under Passenger Act." and '... the use and hire of the said Vessel, in respect of the said Voyage, is hereby agreed to be at the sum of Three...
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£222.61
Manuscript lumber market reports from Stuart, Couche & Co. of Melbourne, Australia to Androscoggin Water Power Co, Lisbon Falls, ME dated Sept. 1875 through Dec. 1876
by [Melbourne, Victoria]
Melbourne: Stuart, Couche & Co., 1876. Ephemera. Fine. Eight manuscript letters, five printed Timber and Building Material Reports and envelopes from an agent in Melbourne, Australia to Edward Plummer in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Plummer (1830-1900) was a prominent businessman. He helped to build Rumford Falls Railroad, a pulp mill of Lisbon Falls Fiber Co. and was a Representative to the Legislature in 1870; he promoted and directed Androscoggin RR built in 1861, organized Androscoggin Water Power Co. and...
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£364.28
Golden Summers. Heidelberg and Beyond
by CLARK, Jane and Bridget WHITELAW
Melbourne: International Cultural Corporation of Australia, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne, International Cultural Corporation of Australia, 1985. Quarto, 202 pages with numerous illustrations (many in colour) and 2 maps. Full leather a little unevenly sunned and rubbed; first and last leaves lightly offset; a very good copy. Deluxe binding. Offered together with a fine copy of the trade edition in colour pictorial card covers.
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£58.20
Philip's New Map of the Gold Fields of New South Wales and Part of Victoria comprising all the Recent Discoveries of Revd. W. B. Clarke, Mr. Hargraves, Mr. Hunter and others in the Auriferous Districts 1853
by Philip, George
Liverpool: George Philip & Son, 1853. Maps. Good condition. Lithographed linen backed map of southeastern Australia and its gold fields. Philip seems to have issued this map with this title in 1852 and 1853. There are 3 copies recorded on Trove. However, there are variations which include the absence or presence of the following points- "Engraved by J. Gellatly, Edinr."; "Gold Districts Coloured... Yellow / Australian Agricultural Cos. Land... Red" below the title; a decorative border which encompasses...
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£607.12
Once Were Walkers. The Stories of the Many Champion Racewalkers Who Made Victoria Their Home
by Erickson, Tim
Victorian Race Walking Club. 2005. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 196 pages. A look at the many Victorians who have been champions in this sport. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£10.58
Good as Gold Jams - Lemon conserve, label
by H.W. Davidson & Co's
Melbourne, ca.. Very good condition. A colorful lemon conserve jam label from the H.W. Davidson company with factories in Melbourne and Kalgoorlie. 10 3/4 x 4 3/4", yellow background with white blossoms, pink circular 'good as gold' trademark, and one man handing fresh canned preserves to another, some faint cracks at edges starting.
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£40.48
A New Bendigo. The Story of the Gold & Silver Mines of St. Arnaud
by BIRRELL, Ralph W
Strathfieldsaye: The Author, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Strathfieldsaye, The Author, 2008. Octavo, [ii], iii, 257 pages plus 16 pages of plates (mainly from photographs) and a loosely-inserted colour map. Pictorial card covers; a fine copy.
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£21.16
Pastoral Pioneers of Port Phillip
by Billis, R.V. & Kenyon, A.S
Melbourne: Stockland Press. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Endpaper maps. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 318 pages. . 2nd Edition. Hardback.
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£105.82
The Royal Insurance Company Limited - Victoria Branch, Melbourne - policy dated 1914 for household furniture and personal property at 686 Malvern Road, Armadale
by [Victoria; Insurance]
Melbourne: Royal Insurance Company, 1913. Very good. Policy for One Hundred Pounds made out to Mrs. Anne Lily Wright with the following description: "On Household Furniture and Personal Property of every description if not separately specified herein with the exception of property described in Condition No. 7 printed on back hereof (no one Picture, Print, Drawing or article of jewellery to be valued at more than 5 pounds in the event of loss or damage by fire) contained in the Building of wood with...
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£36.43
Goldfields and the Gothic A Hidden Heritage & Folklore
by Waldron, David [Edited & Compiled by]
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2016. MINT - a NEW copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 194 pages. An anthology by local historians of the long buried legends, histories and folklore of the Victorian goldfields and their legacy today . New. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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£21.14
Trials In Power Cain, Kirner and Victoria 1982-1992
by Considine, Mark and Costar, Brian (edited by)
Victoria: Melbourne University Press. 1992. Very Good condition. Spine lightly sun-faded. . Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 292 pages. A series of essays. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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£9.52
Shipwrecks
by Mackenzie, Margaret E
Melbourne: The National Press, Pty. Ltd. 1964. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Double page map. 135 pages. The historical account of 18 Shipwrecks along the Victorian coast from Cape Otway to Port Fairy 1836-1914. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 3rd Edition. Hardback.
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£8.47
A Walk Through Black Hill Reserve. Flora and Fauna of Central Victoria
by Proctor, Lois [Editor]
Ballarat, Vic: The Friends of Black Hill. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs & Drawings. 60 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£10.58
