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Crossing The Dead Heart
Crossing the Dead Heart is a classic narrative of modern exploration - and follows the first crossing of the Simpson desert by the author in 1939. From Charlotte Waters Madigan travelled by camel, camping at Andado Bore before heading east through the centre of the desert to Birdsville, then south by Goyder's Lagoon to the eastern shores of Lake ......
ISBN-13: 9781923024069 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
C.T. Madigan
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AUD $29.95
Stock: 31 in stock
Local release date: 10/08/2023
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Categories: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]

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Darwin - Origin of a City
A history of the settlement of Palmerston (Darwin) and the Northern Territory and the following decade 1870-1879.
ISBN-13: 9780648142140 (Paperback)
Publisher: DEREK PUGH
Imprint: DEREK PUGH
Derek Pugh
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AUD $34.95
Stock: 13 in stock
Local release date: 15/08/2019
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]

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Darwin 1869
The Second Northern Territory Expedition
Darwin, the unique and vibrant city in Australia's tropical north, was almost stillborn. The Northern Territory had its beginnings under the governance of South Australia. Land was sold to investors, unseen and unsurveyed and in an unknown location. The sales raised the funds needed to found the new colony of Palmerston, the future capital of the ......
ISBN-13: 9780648142126 (Paperback)
Publisher: DEREK PUGH
Imprint: DEREK PUGH
Derek Pugh
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 7 in stock
Local release date: 31/07/2018
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Categories: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]Historical geography [HBTP]Geographical discovery & exploration [RGR]Australasia, Oceania & other land areas [1M]

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Darwin: Growth of a City. The 1880s.
A history of Darwin's second decade, the 1880s. It was a boom decade of railways construction, gold rush, sugar plantations, pastoralism, massacres, murders and mayhem.
ISBN-13: 9780648142188 (Paperback)
Publisher: DEREK PUGH
Imprint: DEREK PUGH
Derek Pugh
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AUD $34.95
Stock: 23 in stock
Local release date: 18/05/2021
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]

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Darwin: Survival of a City, The 1890s
A history of Palmerston (Darwin) through the last decade of the 1890s. While the major industries had all hit the doldrums, the resiliant population struggled on. This is the story of extraordinary people in an extraodinary time.
ISBN-13: 9780645737400 (Paperback)
Publisher: DEREK PUGH
Imprint: DEREK PUGH
Derek Pugh
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AUD $39.99
Stock: 19 in stock
Local release date: 16/05/2023
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Categories: Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]

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Drums of Mer (Revised Edition)
An authentic picture of life among the headunting warriors of the Torres Strait islands, now in its 24th edition.
ISBN-13: 9781922384041 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
Ion Idriess
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AUD $34.95
Stock: 13 in stock
Local release date: 05/03/2020
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]Oral history [HBTD]

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Edgar Marceau's Photographic Legacy
The Barrington Tops and Allyn Valley in the 1920s
Large format book with 100 photographs showing changing life in small communities around the Barrington Tops in northern New South Wales. These photographs were taken by Edgar Marceau, whose grandfather Joseph was exiled to Australia from Quebec in 1840. Marceau was a talented photographer who documented the Allyn Valley communities in the 1920s ......
ISBN-13: 9781923024083 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
Allan Hancock
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AUD $34.95
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 12/07/2023
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Categories: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]

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Escape Cliffs
The First Northern Territory Expedition 1864-66
This is a true story of greed, exploration, murder, wasted efforts, life and death struggles, insubordination, incredible seamanship, and extraordinary bushmanship, amid government bungling and Aboriginal resistance, during South Australia's first attempt at colonising their Northern Territory in 1864.
ISBN-13: 9780648142102 (Paperback)
Publisher: DEREK PUGH
Imprint: DEREK PUGH
Derek Pugh
Price:
AUD $29.99
Stock: 3 in stock
Local release date: 31/03/2018
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Categories: Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]Geographical discovery & exploration [RGR]Australasia, Oceania & other land areas [1M]

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Exploring Hidden Sydney
The Secret Histories behind over 700 Sites and Buildings
In this highly illustrated guide local Sydney historian Trevor McAlister takes us on a series of tours throughout the metropolitan area. On each one he highlights a wealth of buildings and sites, giving us insights into the history of Australia’s first and largest city.
ISBN-13: 9781922800022 (Paperback)
Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
Trevor McAlister
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AUD $34.99
Stock: 943 in stock
Local release date: 13/09/2022
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Categories: Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]Travel & holiday guides [WTH]