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A. J. Marshall: The Black Musketeers - The Work and Adventure of a Scientist on a South Sea Island at War and in Peace.
Book Number: 651
Great Britain 1937 Excellent copy with no d/w. Illustrated with b&w photo's.
Keywords: New Hebrides, Jungle, natives, warrior, village, tidal wave, pidgin, savage, primative,
Price: $50.00 |
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SIMPSON, Colin.: ADAM IN OCHRE. Inside Aboriginal Australia.
Book Number: 1981
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1951. First Edition; e/p illusts., 24 b/w photos, 5 col. photos, text line drawings, map; cloth, d/w shelf worn, unclipped; very good condition. The first book to report upon the fascinating searches and discoveries of Arnhem Land
Keywords: Expedition organised by the National Geographic Society of America and the Commonwealth Government of Australia, including Kakadu and Melville Island.
Price: $35.00 |
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BRODSKY, Isadore.: Bennelong Profile. Dreamtime Reveries of a Native of Sydney Cove.
Book Number: 2595
University Co-Operative Bookshop, 1973. Embossed dec. cover with gilt in protective dj. B/W plates. Signed by the author & numbered 150. Examines the life of Bennelong, an Aboriginal, & the founding of the British colony at Port Jackson in Sydney Cove in 1788. Rough cut pages
Keywords: 18th eighteenth century history historical australia colony aborigine aboriginal bennelong new south wales colonial sydney
Price: $30.00 |
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McCARTHY, Frederick D: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL DECORATIVE ART
Book Number: 2989
Trustees of the Australian Museum. Sydney. 1966 7th ed. 4to. Or.illust.wrappers. 60pp. Col. & b/w illusts.
Keywords: tribal art, clan art, weapons, sculpture, ritual,
Price: $20.00 |
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Isaacs, Jennifer (compiled and edited by):: Australian Dreaming. 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History.
Book Number: 3706
Lansdowne Press 1980 Hard cover/dust wrapper large folio. 304pp 197 colour plates mostly full and double page. Aboriginal history of the Australian continent and its people, as told by Aboriginal story tellers. Uses myths and legends and includes a list of native story tellers, tribes and clans.
Keywords: aborigines australian history
Price: $35.00 |
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Hives, Frank - Gascoigne Lumley: Ju-Ju and Justice in Nigeria
Book Number: 3826
London: Bodley Head, (1930). 1st ed. photos, map, index, xi, 254p. plus (6)p. adverts. Red cloth. Faded dj. 22cm. Minor foxing.18 illustrations, po name and stamp on a couple of pages, includes a list on fep of other reading.
Keywords: nigeria, africa, laws, religion, Ju-Ju, cannibals, priestesses,
Price: $50.00 |
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Bustard, R: KAY'S TURTLES
Book Number: 3985
Lond. Collins 1973 ill.w/col.photo. 128p + plts. 8vo bds. Good copy in d/w with tear at spine.
Keywords: Torris Strait Islanders, Australian, worship, food supply,
Price: $25.00 |
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Sheppard, Trish.: Children of Blindness.
Book Number: 4834
Sydney: Weldon Publishing, 1991 paperback in good condition.
Keywords: part aboriginal people in fringe societies, australia's hidden side.
Price: $12.00 |
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Dingo, Sally: Dingo: The story of our mob.
Book Number: 5823
Sydney, Random House, 1997 (1st ed) Hb dj, fine, bw photos. 304 pp. Story a white woman who marries into the turbulent Aboriginal family of the actor and TV star. Provides a rare insight into Aboriginal culture - yamatji tribe, wadjarrie language, songs.
Keywords: yamatji tribe, wadjarrie language, songs.
Price: $30.00 |
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Stewart, David (Editor): Burnum Burnum's Aboriginal Australia. A Traveller's Guide.
Book Number: 6067
Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1988. 1st Edition Large 4to. hardcover. 328pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good, minor wear bottom of spine, small owner's name verso plrelim. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Burnum Burnum's Aboriginal Australia. Traveller's Guide.
Price: $85.00 |
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