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A Walk-About in Australia by Philippa Bridges; Tom Thompson ((various roles), Designed by)
24.95 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Originally published in 1925, this edition begins from Chapter 10, removing the travel through Papua.
Back in the Stone Age: The Natives of Central Australia by Charles Chewings; Tom Thompson (Designed by, Editor, (various roles))
29.95 AUD
Category: Indigenous Non-Fiction
A very detailed and intimate description of the life, personal and tribal, of the Central Australian Aboriginals; their characteristics, beliefs and superstitions; their tools and weapons; together with a discussion of the results of their contacts with the whites, their present condition and their prob ...Show more
Crossing the Dead Heart by Cecil Madigan; Tom Thompson ((various roles), Editor, Designed by)
29.95 AUD
Category: Travel
A true story of one of the epic adventures of desert exploration. In 1939 Dr. Cecil Madigan led his party of nine men and nineteen camels into the trackless and waterless Simpson Desert on an exciting mission never before attempted. This is a great Australian story of enterprise, scientific investigatio ...Show more
Ion Idriess - The Last Interview by Tim Bowden (As told to); Tom Thompson (Created by, (various roles), As told by, Editor, Designed by)
24.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Ion "Jack" Idriess (1889 - 1979) is recognised as one of Australia's great storytellers, having published over 50 books including the Outback tales of Lasseter's Last Ride, Flynn of the Inland, and The Cattle King alongside major histories of Broken Hill, Broome and Cooktown.This book is his last interv ...Show more
Knocking About by Gus Pierce; Tom Thompson (Introduction by, (various roles), Editor, Designed by)
24.95 AUD
Category: Travel
American-born Gus Pierce arrived in Australia in 1860 and promptly deserted, swimming ashore at Port Phillip. He worked as a photographer for Batchelders and painted scenery for the Lyceum theatre before hunting for snakes with Joe Shires - the inventor of a snake-bite cure. He compiled a strip map of t ...Show more
Lasseter's Diary - Transcribed with Mud-Maps by Harold Lasseter; Tom Thompson ((various roles), Editor)
19.95 AUD
Category: General
Harold Bell Lasseter had always claimed he had found an immense reef of gold hundreds of miles west of Alice Springs. In 1930, with Australia in the grip of Depression, a privately funded expedition led by Fred Blakeley, accompanied Lasseter in an attempt to relocate the reef. Blakeley left Lasseter at ...Show more
Right Way Down by Various Authors
17.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Featuring entertaining poems with themes of animals and nature, this is a great introduction to the wonder of poetry for middle readers, and is complete with stunning illustrations on every page. Stand on your head with Sally Murphy, explode some dynamite with Cristy Burne or shoot some hoops with Cher ...Show more
Tales of Villa Diodati: The Origins of Iconic Science Fiction and Gothic Horror by VARIOUS
34.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
In 1816, also known as The Year without a Summer, a group of pioneering writers gathered at Villa Diodati in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, and wrote some of the most iconic Gothic horror stories in English literature. The Tales of Villa Diodati is the result of a legendary ghost story contest between friend ...Show more
The Book of Canberra by Trevor Dickinson ((various roles), Artist, Editor, Illustrator)
49.95 AUD
Category: Travel
A super deluxe book of over 300 Canberra drawings by Trevor Dickinson collected together for the first time. Representing sketchbooks, commissions, screen prints, bus shelters and recent work, all accompanied by Mister Dickinson’s comments and thoughts about Canberra and the work the city has inspired o ...Show more
The Wild North by Ion Idriess; Tom Thompson ((various roles), Editor, Designed by)
29.95 AUD
Category: History
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