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HANDBOOK 2004 : Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)

By: N/A

Price: $30.40

Publisher: Parkville, VIC, Australia, ATSE (Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering): 2004

Seller ID: 009040

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

xiv, + 286pp., b/white thumbnail photographic images throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Gloss card wrapper minimally edgeworn and scuffed only. " . . . a ready reference, for use by the Fellows of the Academy, on all essential aspects of ATSE operations through calendar year 2004." Book weight approx. 700g. Size: 8vo (large)
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A SALUTE TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA

By: N/A

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Perth, W.A., Australia, Western Australian Newspapers Ltd. (in Association with The Weldon-Hardie Group): 1986

Seller ID: 010236

ISBN: 090969933X

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

280pp., small section of sepia historic photographic illustrations, plus stunning colour photographic illustrations throughout, including fold-outs. Book clean, square. Faux-leather spine firm. Gilt title to front panel of undamaged blue boards. Leaves clean. Illustrated, French-fold dustjacket mildly sunned on spine and a thin, short strip of upper front panel, minimally scuffed. "In this book a group of the world's leading photographers have together captured the spirit that is Western Australia, from the cosmopolitan lifestyle of Perth to the isolation of remote outback settlements. The...
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SPIRIT OF PLACE : Writing and Art by Children of the Murray-Darling Basin

By: N/A

Price: $20.90

Publisher: ACT and NSW, Australia, Murray-Darling Basin Commission and Primary English Teaching Association: 2003

Seller ID: 010290

ISBN: 1875622551

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

128pp., colour and b/white art illustrations throughout, one b/white map. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean, tiny corner crease to small section at rear of book. Art-illustrated card wrapper has a corresponding tiny corner crease to rear panel. " . . . the eleventh collection of children's writing and art published as part of 'Special Forever : An environmental communication project, a partnership between the Murray-Darling Basin Commission and Primary English Teaching Association. The words and pictures in this collection describe what it is like to be growing up with, and within the u...
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FOR OUR PEOPLE, FOR OUR FUTURE : The 1st Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Trekker Unit Walks the Kokoda Track, in the Footsteps of Heroes, as Part of the Jobs Australia Foundation Indigenous Youth Leadership Program, 1st - 9th August, 2010

By: N/A

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Carlton South, VIC, Australia, Jobs Australia Foundation: 2010

Seller ID: 011248

ISBN: 0975718762

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

77pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, Spine firm. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket near fine. Foreword by David Thompson, AM, CEO Jobs Australia. From the jacket flap: "On August 1, 2010, 21 members of the first 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Trekker Unit' set out to walk the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea as part of the 'Jobs Australia Indigenous Youth Leadership Program'. This book is an historic record of their journey. The journey continues . . . " Book weight approx. 540g. Size: 8vo [Ob...
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HARD YAKKA : Working Lives in Old Australia

By: N/A

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Noble Park, Victoria, Australia, The Five Mile Press: 2000

Seller ID: 011581

ISBN: 1865033952

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

94pp., recto page sepia toned illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Previous owner's gift inscription to top corner of ffep., else leaves clean. Gloss Illustrated boards very good. A stand-alone title in The Centenary Collection. From the rear panel: "The luxuries of labour-saving devices, and the resulting leisure, were not for these people. They worked for long hours at their jobs, and then worked again at home. The telling photographs of these working lives speak of a growing nation, of a pioneering past. The aches and pains and fatigue of work do not come through, but rathe...
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FLORA OF AUSTRALIA. Volume 1: Introduction.

By: (Contributers)

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Canberra, A.C.T., Australia, Australian Government Publishing Service: 1981

Seller ID: 013726

ISBN: 0642066523

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

x, + 200pp. Illustrated throughout: colour plates, b/white halftone plates, line-drawings and tables. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Lightly bumped and edgeworn colour-illustrated papered boards covered in permanent clear adhesive film (slight bubbling). Printed endpapers. Textblock unmarked. This title is the first stand-alone volume in the extensive 'Flora of Australia' series. Contents include: Prelims., Contributors (Vol. 1). Floral Emblems (Australia and States). Map. Introduction. Background to Flora of Australia. Australian-Flora Origin and Evolution. Introduction to The System of C...
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THE BRONZE SWAGMAN BOOK OF BUSH VERSE (1997) Twenty-Sixth Edition

By: (Contributors)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Winton, Queensland, Australia, Winton Tourist Promotion Association: 1997

Seller ID: 013729

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

100pp. Intext b/white sketch-illustrations throughout. Side-stapled format softcover. Staples tight. Book clean and square. Illustrated limp wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn. Textblock unmarked. 'The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse' is an annual Australian bush poetry competition conducted in Winton, Queensland. The winning verse for 1997 was 'The Cooper Coming Down' by noted award-winning author/poet, South Australian Bob Magor. Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. Winners Bio., Index. The Entries (in order of prizes). Book weight approx. 160g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this i...
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MELBOURNE VOICES

By: (Various)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Chadstone, VIC, Australia, Holmesglen Writers' Press: 2000

Seller ID: 006213

ISBN: 0958649537

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

188pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner crease, minimal edgewear. Martin Flanagan, Kevin Sheedy, Tammy van Wisse, Steve Bracks, Michael Leuing, and others, share their personal insights and stories on life in one of the world's great cities-Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Numerous contents over four 'sections': People, Entertainment, Places and Sport. Book weight approx. 450g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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AUSTRALIAN BUSH BALLADS and Other Verse

By: (Various)

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Australia, Axiom Publishing: 1998

Seller ID: 007884

ISBN: 1864760095

Binding: Softcover with Fold-in Flaps

Condition: Very Good +

96pp., colour art illustrations throughout by Della Hodgett. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Jan Gallehawk), flapped card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "Australian Bush Ballads and Poems from the pens of some of Australia's best-loved colonial writers including: Mary Fullerton ('E'), Adam Lindsay Gordon, Henry Lawson, 'Breaker' Morant, A.B.Patterson and many others . . . " Poems open with 'Australia' (Dowell O'Reilly), and close with 'Bowyang's Bridge' (C.J.Dennis). Book weight approx. 230g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 5...
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HEARTBEAT OF THE COUNTRY : Celebrating 70 Years of Miranda

By: Alexander, June

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Crown Content: 2001

Seller ID: 011331

ISBN: 1863503730

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

180pp., (mostly) b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper softly corner creased on lower front panel. From the rear panel: "The Weekly Times' Miranda column has encouraged, provoked and inspired country women since 1931. 'Heartbeat of The Country' captures their hopes and fears during 70 years of enormous social change." Book weight approx. 710g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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AUSTRALIA'S RESOURCES and Their Utilisation - Part 2

By: Andrews, Dr. John

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, The Department of Tutorial Classes, University of Sydney: 1957

Seller ID: 013795

Binding: Softcover Booklet, Staplebound

Condition: Very Good

73pp. Illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates, line-drawings, maps and tables. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format. Staples tight and slightly rusted. Illustrated paper wrapper minimally edgeworn and soiled. A date stamp on title page, else minor bump on texblock foredge. "In this volume, Part 2 of 'Australia's Resources and Their Utilisation', Dr. John Andrews examines the country's secondary and tertiary industries, with preliminary sections on Australia's manpower and population trends, and discusses his conclusions for our likely development in the future." (post 1957).This...
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SEEING: A Photographic Voyage of Discovery and Delight

By: Andrews, Gordon

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Seaforth, NSW, Australia, Craftsman House: 1987

Seller ID: 013524

ISBN: 0947131019

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

101pp., plus (v.), pattern-print endpapers. Stunning colour photography throughout - familiar objects of stone and steel, painted surfaces, rendered walls and metal shavings, all captured through the lens of leading Australian photographer and graphic designer, Gordon Andrews (1914-2001). Book clean. Bright gilt title over firm, square backstrip. Blind-stamp title on slightly bumped and marked front board, plus several marks on rear board. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated, French-fold dustjacket lightly edgeworn, and colour-faded on spine. The unique talent of Australian experimental photograph...
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QUEST FOR GOLD

By: Andrews, Malcolm

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, ABC Books: 2000

Seller ID: 009738

ISBN: 0733309038

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

298pp., 4 x 4 page, and 1 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has small, soft corner crease to front panel. " . . . When the IOC chief announced Sydney had won the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games, thousands of Australian sportsmen and women were thrilled by the opportunity to perform in front of a home crowd . . . This is the story of some of the Olympic hopefuls as they prepared for the ultimate challenge. A few were household names, others were hoping to become so . . . " Contents include...
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MAJOR WINE GRAPE VARIETIES OF AUSTRALIA

By: Antcliff, A.J.

Price: $39.90

Publisher: Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation: 1981

Seller ID: 013779

ISBN: 0643025170

Binding: Softcover Booklet, Staplebound

Condition: Very Good

62pp. Verso page, studio-generated, colour-plate photography (E.A. Lawton) throughout. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound format booklet. Staples tight, and minimally rusted. Colour-illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and soiled. Textblock unmarked. This booklet deals with wine grapes grown in Australia, and includes several varieties not grown in South Australia (at time of publication). Each variety colour plate features three images, thus: Grape, Growing tip detail, and Mature leaf, with relevant text on adjacent recto page. Contents include: Prelims. Introduction. Grape Varieties. Index. Boo...
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THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN PLACES

By: Appleton, Richard and Barbara (Compiled and Written by)

Price: $23.75

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Cambridge University Press: 1992

Seller ID: 009785

ISBN: 0521395062

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

xii, + 356pp., map-printed endpapers, 26 b/white maps to rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. " . . . a comprehensive national gazetteer which lists all Australia's cities and the country's thousands of suburbs, towns and Local Government Areas. The Dictionary also includes Australia's External Territories, significant geographical features, places of historical interest, national parks and other heritage areas. There are more than 4,700 entries . . . " Book weight approx...
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MEMORIES OF 2773: Hedley School Centenary (Signed by both authors)

By: Avery, Joyce, and Atkin, Beryl (Compilers)

Price: $36.10

Publisher: Hedley, Victoria, Australia, Hedley Primary School 2773 Centenary Committee (Printed by South Gippsland Publishing, Foster, Victoria): 1986

Seller ID: 013352

Binding: Softcover Staplebound

Condition: Very Good

88pp., illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates (various sources), facsimiles, plus a centre-spread, line-drawn township map. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format. Staples clean and tight. Book clean and square. Sketch-art illustrated (Merril Lees) card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Signed by both compilers on title page, else textblock unmarked. This book, published in 1986, celebrates the small Gippsland, Victoria town of Hedley, school 2773 centenary festivity . . . Contents include: Prelims., School History, Committee Minutes 1911-1967, Contributing Memories, Mother's Club, Head T...
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA : Horizons Beyond

By: Baker, Tony; Lloyd, Megan; Gibb, David

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press: 1998

Seller ID: 011359

ISBN: 1862544220

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

223pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. (Many leading South Australian photographers have contributed to this book). Book clean, square. Spine firm, lightly bumped at head. Black boards very good. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket has two small closed tears. minor edge-creasing to head of spine. Foreword by Peter Goldsworthy. From the jacket flap: "This book is a bold photographic portrait of a community moving into the twenty-first century. Evocative images celebrate the state's variety, from its natural wonders to its modern industrie...
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KAKADU : A Heritage for the Future

By: Balderstone, Simon (Text by) Meier, Leo (Photography by)

Price: $30.40

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Lansdowne Publishing: 1995

Seller ID: 011155

ISBN: 1863024727

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

256pp., stunning colour photographic images throughout by Leo Meier. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly indented. From the back panel: "A place of stunning contrasts, Kakadu extends from the mangrove-fringed tidal plains through the floodplains and lowland hills to the sandstone cliffs of the Arnhem land escarpment . . . captures the exceptional beauty of this place, where the land changes character according to seasonal patterns, where an ancient cultural heritage is displayed in artworks of international significance, where unique animals, b...
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'50 YEARS ON.' The Golden Jubilee Story of Victoria's Real Estate Institute

By: Bartrop, Edgar

Price: $13.30

Publisher: East Melbourne, The Real Estate Institute of Victoria [Inc.]:

Seller ID: 012454

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

No publication date [c. 1986]. viii, + 192pp. B/white halftone plate illustrations throughout, several unpaginated, mostly intext and of a candid nature. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Sketch-art illustrated [no ack.] card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. With interesting references to its pre-history prior to incorporation on 15 July, 1936, the 'Golden Jubilee' of the Real Estate and Stock Institute of Victoria is told in 45 chapters, plus Prelims., Intro., and Appendices. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed wei...
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AS WE WAVE YOU GOODBYE: Australian Women and War

By: Bassett, Jan (Edited by)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oxford University Press: 1998

Seller ID: 013589

ISBN: 0195540867

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

xviii, + 246pp., b/white halftone plate illustrations. Book clean and square. Spine firm, nominally bumped. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. Jan Bassett, a leading Australian anthologist, has collated more than eighty extracts drawn from fiction, non-fiction and poetry written by Australian women on the subject of women in wartime. With the cream of Australian women writers contributing to this anthology, contents include: Prelims., List of Illustrations, Introduction, Acks., Ab...
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Category: Australiana