Genealogy & Local History
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School Histories (17)
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A Tale of Two Teams: In Bonalbo League, 1964-1972
$30.00 Add to cartMargaret Marshall
[Brisbane]: Margaret Marshall, 2008. -
Kyogle: Ninety Five Years of Commerce, 1902 to 1997: A History of the Kyogle Commercial Precinct
$80.00 Add to cartMonty Hasthorpe
Kyogle: Kyogle & District Historical Society, 2007. -
If The Walls Could Speak: A Social History of the Mechanics Institutes of Victoria
$80.00 Add to cartPam Baragwanath
Melbourne: Mechanics Institute Inc., 2000. -
The Brisbane River Story: Meanders through Time
$50.00 Add to cartHelen Gregory
Brisbane: Australian Marine Conservation Society, 1996. -
Echoes of Stories of Stephens: A History of Annerley and the Surrounding Suburbs
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Third Printing.
29.5cm x 21cm. 180 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Conference proceedings.
Previous owner’s inscription. Near Fine Condition. -
Brisbane: 150 Stories, 1859-2009
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Second Printing.
29cm x 23cm. x, 342 pages, colour photographs and illustrations. Pictorial matte papered boards, pictorial jacket.
A history of Brisbane incorporating and expanding upon the 1997 publication, Brisbane: 100 Stories.
Minor shelf wear. Very minor foxing and soiling. Previous owner’s inscription. Very Good Condition. -
Brisbane: Then And Now
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First Edition.
25cm x 29cm. 144 pages, colour photographs. Pictorial matte papered boards, pictorial jacket.
Minor bump to spine crown. Near Fine Condition. -
The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby
$150.00 Add to cartA. K. Thomson; Thomas Welsby
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press, 1967. -
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A Centenary History of the New South Wales Police Force, 1862-1962 [Centenary Brochure]
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First Edition.
26.5cm x 20cm. 128 pages, illustrations, some colour. Original wrappers.
Recased. Small price sticker rub to wrappers upper panel. Very minor soiling and foxing. Very Good Condition. -
Lost Mines: Historic Mining Sites in the Monaro – Southern Tablelands Districts of New South Wales
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First Edition.
25cm x 17cm. [vi], iii, 197 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Discolouration to wrappers. Creasing to spine. Previous owner’s name. Good Condition. -
Street Seen: A History of Oxford Street
$30.00 Add to cartClive Faro; Garry Wotherspoon
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000. -
Out There: A Potted History of a Revolution Called Nimbin
$120.00 Add to cartGoffin Marion; Quentin Merlaud
Nimbin: Out There Publishing, 2024.
39 Spoken Stories Told by Locals: An Antidote to Conventional Thinking. -
Finding Your Family Photographs: Major Photographic Collections of Aboriginal People in Western Australia
$40.00 Add to cartThe Centre for Indigenous History and the Arts
Perth: The Centre for Indigenous History and the Arts, The University of Western Australia, 1999. -
Early Shipping in Moreton Bay, 1846 – 1863 (2 Volumes)
$50.00 Add to cartWinifred Davenport; Betty Mottram
Brisbane: Winifred Davenport and Betty Mottram, 1998-2002.
Volume 1: June 1846 – December 1859. Volume 2: January 1860 – December 1863 (Second Edition). A history of the ships that came and went from Moreton Bay taken from The Moreton Bay Courier and includes all named passengers and many other interesting details. -
Denmark: River, Town, Shire and Community, Western Australia
$40.00 Add to cartBev McGuinness
[Denmark]: Cinnamon Coloureds, 2011. -
Lithgow State Coal Mine: A Pictorial History
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 122 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Stories of the mine and some of its workers.
Minor insect damage to top edge. Minor soiling. Crease to lower wrappers. Good Condition. -
Groom’s Darling Downs Book Almanac and Local Business Directory for 1907
$400.00 Add to cartW. H. Groom & Sons
Toowoomba: W. H. Groom & Sons, 1907.
Rare Queensland almanac and directory produced annually between 1877 and 1910 covering the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland including Toowoomba, Pittsworth, Allora, Warwick, Millmerran, Leyburn, Stanthorpe, Oakey, Jondaryan, Dalby, Roma, Clifton, Crow’s Nest, Meringandan, Goombungee, Goondiwindi, Turallin, and Drayton. -
Terra Australis: An English Teenage Migrant’s Experiences in Australia, 1926-1929
$30.00 Add to cartP. Prideaux
Mackay: Nindaroo Publishing Australia, 2022.
A snapshot of daily life on outback properties in New South Wales and Queensland, 1925-29 told through a young man’s letters to his mother. -
Westminster School: Past and Present
$1,200.00 Add to cartFrederic H. Forshall
London: Wyman & Sons, 1884.
A history of the Westminster School in London, though also a recording of its past customs and a lengthy biographical recording of headmasters and numerous distinguished students, and personal reminiscences. Frederic H. Forshall was a Queen’s Scholar at Westminster and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, but left after a year, moving to Sydney. He was part of the first cohort at The University of Sydney in 1852, and while still a student was appointed the University Librarian. In 1853 he was the first prizewinner for Greek verse composition which are printed here (pp. 358-360). Plates illustrating various interiors, Westminster beating Eton at rowing in 1845, and others. -
Beyond Gold: 150 Year of Memories, 1848-1998
$80.00 Add to cartKen Treacy
Bright: The Catholic Parish of Bright and Mt. Beauty, No date.
Incorporating a History of the Parish of Bright, Part 1 – The First Hundred Years, 1848-1948. -
Moreton Bay People: The Complete Collection
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First Edition.
23cm x 16cm. 264, [11] pages, [26] pages of black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Foxing to edges. Extensive notation to wrappers verso, some manuscript captioning to photographs. Good Condition. -
Prime Sources of California and Nevada Local History: 151 Rare and Important City, County and State Directories, 1850 – 1906
$80.00 Add to cartRichard Quebedeaux
Spokane: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1992. -
The Brisbane River: An Illustrated History
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First Edition.
24cm x 18cm. 63 pages, illustrations, some colour. Orange cloth, white lettering, illustrated jacket.
A history of the Brisbane river, from pre-colonial times to the early 1980s.
Ex-Ferny Grove High School, stamps. Adhesive clear coat protective wraps with old price sticker and texta note to jacket. Moderate general wear. Good Condition (ex-library). -
Dobell House
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author
29.5cm x 21cm. 107 pages, illustrations, some colour. Illustrated wrappers.
Inscribed by Betty Hodges-Linton to wrappers verso.
Minor shelf wear. Very Good Condition. -
The First Hundred Years: The Parish of St. Joseph, Bulli: The Story of its History and Development
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author
21cm x 14.5cm. 127 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
A History of St. Joseph’s Catholic Parish, Bulli, 1886-1986 (Cover Title) Inscribed by D’Arcy Leslie on wrappers verso. Along with St. Joseph’s Parish, Bulli, Centenary Programme (15 pages, 1986), with associated ephemera and handwritten letter laid in.
Very minor foxing to edges. Near Fine Condition. -
Stories of Old Government House (4 Volumes)
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 23, 20, 20, 20 pages, 4 volumes, black and white illustrations, plans. Side-stapled.
Full list of titles: Volume 1: The Governors, 1788-1821; Volume 2: The Governors, 1821-1855; Volumes. 3 and 4: In and about the House: People, Places and Things.
Minor tanning and wear to covers. Minor soiling to covers of volume 1. Very Good Condition. -
The Making of Women: The History of Mac Robertson Girls’ High School
$10.00 Add to cartPauline F. Parker
Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2006. -
One Of These Days… Springview Remembered
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First Edition.
21cm x 15cm. [x], 151 pages, black and white illustrations, map. Pictorial wrappers.
Moderate handling wear, some creasing to wrappers. Foxing to edges. Good Condition. -
The Sugar Industry on the Richmond River
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First Edition.
21cm x 14cm. [12] pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Richmond River Historical Society Pamphlet No. 3 sponsered by the CSR Limited Broadwater Mill.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Small rub to wrappers rear panel near spine tail corner. Very Good Condition. -
Ipswich Grammar School, 1863-1913
$150.00 Add to cartB. G. Lawrence
Maitland: T. Dimmock, 1914.