Search Results: AUSTRALIAN HISTORY from Bookhome Sydney

Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 1997. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings & photos, pages faintly toned, spine ends little rubbed, minor edgewear jacket. 295 pp. This readable and informative book was commissioned by the National Australia Day Council to look at this crucial time in Australia's history. The authors have examined letters, diaries, speeches, newspapers and journals. There are almost 100 original drawings and photos.

Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, covers little creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 231 pp. Lucy Frost describes a boatload of Scottish women convicts and their children who arrived in Hobart in 1838. They were initially housed in the Female Factory, nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington. They were sent to work as unpaid servants in the houses of settlers. Many women survived the convict system and found a good place in the community once they were freed. Others continued to be plagued by errors and disasters until death.

Sydney, Chatswood: Self Published: Valmai Phillips, 1987. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, black vinyl binding strips front & rear spine edges (spine open,) black & white photos, family trees, covers little marked, bottom corner tip rear cover bent, light foxing covers, spine & edges, minor edgewear. 136 pp. This story has been put together over a number of years. The first part deals with the Watsons and the Smalls, the second with the Rogers family. The author has also attempted to illustrate the life and events of the Sydney of those times. In 1837, the Reverend John Watson, a Presbyterian minister of a small parish outside Fintone in County Tyrone and the small parish outside of Ulster, Northern Ireland came to Australia with his large family of ten children. He became plain 'Mr' and a farmer. This book will interest anyone wanting to learn some early history about the imigrants who came to Australia and lived through hardship to become part of the early history.… Read More

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2014. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, crease front cover, covers little rubbed & scratched, minor edgewear corners. 363 pp. Using diaries and letters, the author goes into hospital camps and the wards, and the tent surgeries on the edge of some of the most horrific battlefronts of human history (Middle East and Europe during WW1). This is a story of extraordinary courage and humanity shown by a group of women whose contribution to the Anzac legend has hardly been recognised in Australian history. This inspiring book will make sure that they are not forgotten. (This book was originally published in 2008 as "The Other Anzacs".).

Sydney: Management Development Publishers / Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988. 1st ed.. Paperback wide octavo, good condition, black & white photos, map, light foxing edges, toned spots inside covers & last page, covers toned, light foxing front cover near spine, minor edgewear. 168 pp. This book by Grace Warner is one of a set of eight locality booklets about Willoughby Municipality (Sydney north shore) compiled by voluntary effort to commemorate Australia’s Bicentenary. The book is published for The Bicentennial Community Committee. The book includes information about local residents who have influenced the development of Artarmon suburb within the Municipality.

Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 1998. 1st ed.. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, minor edgewear corner tips. 195 pp. Robert Coupe surveys the history of bushranging in Australia, from the initial, brutal days of European settlement and our first convict - bushranger Black Caesar in 1789, through to the capture and death of legendary folk hero Ned Kelly and his gang in 1880. First edition.

Sydney: Ure Smith, 1977. Reprint ed.. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, decorative cloth cover, good plus condition (in good plus jacket), many black & white drawings, spine faded jacket as common, edges little foxed, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamps (including title page & edges). Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 264 pp. Reproduction of part of a catalogue produced by Lassetter's in 1911, the largest Sydney department store at the time (F. Lassetter & Co.), showing a fascinating selection of Edwardian goods for sale. Lasseters was famous for its 1000-page catalogues distributed widely throughout Australia, which today provides a valuable guide to Edwardian Australia.

Canberra: Peace Research Centre, Australian National University Press, 1986. Paperback thin trade, very good plus condition, black & white photos (mostly full-page), cartoon, light foxing top edge, minor edgewear. 78 pp. The first general history of the Australian peace movement. The main story begins in 1885 when the decision of the colonial government of New South Wales to send troops to the Sudan generated opposition. This historical chronicle tries to trace and explain the periodic waxing and waning of the peace movement.

Sydney: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press), 2005. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, owner's written name flyleaf (crossed out with pencil). 197 pp. This edited book presents an up-to-date account of issues and debates in Australian history. Written for students and readers who may not be familiar with Australian history, this short volume offers a compelling introduction to the current state of knowledge and issues of concern to Australian historians today. Topics covered include Aboriginal history, national identity, immigration, urbanisation, relationship to Asia.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. 373 pp. To celebrate 100 years of the Australian nation, Phillip Knightley chronicles the history of Australia from its use as a settlement for English prisoners to the present. Part history, part travelogue, part memoir - this book tells the inspiring story of how a one-time British colony with only two sorts of citizens, convicts and goalers, turned itself into a proud, prosperous and confident country. He includes discussion of relations between Aborigines and European settlers, and the growing division between Australia and England. (First edition, Australian printing.).

Sydney: Allen & Unwin / A Susan Haynes Book, 1991. 1st ed.. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, frontispiece, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket. 219 pp. Leonard Bickel explores the early life of pioneer Elizabeth Macarthur in a pretty Devon vicarage, the hardships she endured aboard the sailing ship Neptune enroute to Sydney. Then her arrival in Australia in 1790, and her role in running Elizabeth Farm and her husband John's other pastoral properties during his time in England in 1801, and again after his involvement in the Rum Rebellion between 1809 and 1817. The centre of her life was her husband and her children, but she became an astute businesswoman. This story of her long and remarkable life is based on a wealth of letters, documents and accounts. He pays tribute to her hard work, fortitude and integrity, and provides the reader with an insight on many aspects of Australian colonial life.

Melbourne, Noble Park: Five Mile Press, 2002. Hardback oblong octavo, dustjacket, pictorial cover, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos, few cartoons, minor edgewear jacket. 111 pp. This fascinating book by Geoff Hocking looks at the history of Australia's flag, and at other banners - including the Eureka Flag, the Boxing Kangaroo and the Aboriginal Flag. There are full-colour reproductions, cartoons and light-hearted photos in this very special story.

Tokyo / Melbourne & Sydney: Charles E. Tuttle / Paul Flesch & Company, 1967. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), red cloth boards (gilt lettering), black & white frontispiece drawing, jacket spine lightly faded (minor edgewear, edge tears top spine). 257 pp. The anonymous author ('A Clergyman, thirteen years resident in the interior of New South Wales’) was Rev. John Morison of New South Wales, who spent 13 years traveling in the interior. He describes and comments on conditions in Australia: the bush, pioneering, squatting, droughts and floods, convicts, sheep raising, gold mining, squatters, droughts, matrimony, the depravations of the Aborigines and the atrocious retaliation by settlers. Publication in London had an impact because there were two reprints. This book will interest anyone interested in early Australian history as it presents a glimpse of two countries. (Facsimile edition, Tuttle, 1967, no ISBN in book.… Read More

Sydney, Dural: Rosenberg Publishing, 2003. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, frontispiece, minimal edgewear. 400 pp. This book covers the history of the Australian continent from the arrival of the first humans about 100,000 years or so BCE, up to the present.

Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press, 2014. 1st ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, frontispiece, spine little creased, edges faintly toned, minor edgewear. 432 pp. The story of Australia in the 20th century, from federation in 2001 to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The author writes with empathy, humour and insight to bring the decades to life. The book provides history that is readable and appealing.

Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH), 1978. Facsimile ed.. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, navy blue cloth cover (embossed edges, gilt spine lettering), black & white frontispiece, minor scuffing front endpapers. 48 pp. Title ends: "and Safe Arrival on the Coast of New Holland, with Particular Descriptions of Jackson's Bay & Lord Howe Island". An anonymous account, by an officer, of the First Fleet's departure from Plymouth (April 1787) to his embarkation on The Prince of Wales for his return voyage to England (14 July 1788). The first available firsthand description of events at Botany Bay, Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. Originally published in two versions, Aberdeen & London, 1789. Both title pages and one preface are reproduced here in facsimile, but the text of the London edition has been re-set (retaining original spelling, etc.) because it was too poor to reproduce in facsimile. (No 12 in the Library of Australian History… Read More

Sydney: Vintage / Random House, 2004. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, maps, spine little creased, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. 335 pp. Michelle Grattan, a journalist, re-traces the footsteps of C. E. W. Bean, who in 1909 wrote a series of articles on the wool industry in western New South Wales (NSW), which became an Australian classic book. She revisits the Wool Track, including Gunnedah, Bourke and Broken Hill, and paints a vivid picture of the people in outback Australia today.

Perth / Perth, Victoria Park: Mobil Oil Australia / Hesperian Press, 1988. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, few black & white sketches, black & white text-photos, some pages lightly toned, spine minimally faded as common, autograph (author's written name title page). 154 pp. (This copy; Hardback edition, Mobile Oil / Hesparian Press.) This fascinating book by A. N. Bingley attempts to live some of the early pioneering history of the Western Australian Eastern Goldfields through the memories of his father, other old Eastern goldfielders, and his own research.

Melbourne / Sydney: Miegunyah Press / Melbourne University Press / State Library of New South Wales, 1994. Hardback large heavy octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos, minor foxing edges, some foxing reverse side jacket (minor edgewear). Heavy (1.5 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 539 pp. This book is the journal of Baron Charles von Hugel, who was an Austrian diplomat, army officer and courtier. He was celebrated across Europe, during the mid-19th century for his amazing gardens and his cultivation of exotic plants, including 'New Holland plants'. During several years of travelling the world, he spent most of 1834 in the young Australian colonies of Swan River, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Norfolk Island and New South Wales, looking at the flora and collecting the seeds for his gardens. Translated into English for the first time and edited by Dymphna Clark from a 2000-page… Read More

Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH), 1978. Facsimile ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, embossed brown cloth cover (gilt spine lettering, embossed borders), adverts throughout, minor edgewear. 145 pp. Facsimile edition. Title continues: 'Containing Alphabetical Directory for Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo, Blayney, Wellington & Molong, also Classified Trade and Professional Directory for Bathurst, Orange, and Dubbo.' One of only three directories published prior to 1901 for the Bathurst region in central New South Wales. (No 111 of a limited facsimile edition of 600 copies. Brown cloth variant. Originally published, 1886.)