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A History of The Treasury [Sydney]
Sydney Hotel Inter-Continental Circa 1985 1st Edition Hardback
Oblong Small Quarto Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Olive cloth covers with gilt design and titles. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and B/w drawings. A transparent overlay shows the uses of the Hotel at various stages of its history. 36 pages Includes plan and overlay. A history of this famous and historic Sydney hotel. ID220075
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The Ports of New South Wales Australia
Sydney Maritime Services Board NSW 1959 Softcover
Oblong size, Overall Good Condition, colour & b/w photos, 3 folding maps of the Ports of Sydney, Newcastle and Kembla in rear pocket. Front pocket includes information about the Maritime Services Board. Some scuffing to covers and light shelfwear. 32pages. ID180
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15.00 AUD
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Atkinson, Alan Camden
Melbourne Melbourne Oxford University Press 1988 0195549511 / 9780195549515 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Previous owner's name/details to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Scarce. 298 pages Farm and village life in early New South Wales written "from below" focusing on men and women who worked and lived on Camden Park. ID235099
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75.00 AUD
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Baglin, Douglass and Austin, Yvonne Historic Sandstone Sydney
Adelaide Rigby 1980 0727013424 / 9780727013422 Reprint Hardcover
Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 191pages A superb record of the characteristic Sydney stone in all its forms - whether sculpted into fantastic shapes by wind and water or adapted by skill and ingenuity to human needs. ID152386
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Barney, Norm Times Past in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter
Newcastle Newcastle Newspapers 1997 0958742502 / 9780958742504 1st Edition Softcover
Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 103 pages The book evolved from a series of historical features published by the Newcastle Herald in the late 1980's & early 1990's. The book reflects on every aspect of the history of Newcastle and the Hunter Region. ID266770
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Bland, William [Memoir by George Mackaness] Account of the Duel between William Bland and Robert Case and the circumstances the led thereto, drawn up for posterity by Dr. William Bland with a Report of the Trial, Rex v. Bland, Randall and Fulton, before the Recorder of Bombay
Dubbo, NSW Review Publications 1979 Reprint Softcover
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. Black & white illustrations. Dr. William Bland was a transported convict, medical practitioner and surgeon, politician, farmer and inventor in colonial New South Wales, Australia. Before that Bland was a surgeon 5th grade aboard HM sloop Hesper where at Bombay, India he was involved in a wardroom argument with Robert Case the purser. In the duel, which took place Bland killed Case. Dr Mackaness published a brief memoir of Dr Bland in 1942. 40 pages This monograph was originally published privately by Dr. George Mackaness in a limited edition of 100 copies. This is Volume XXXII in the new series of Australian Historical Monographs - it was Volume V in the original series. ID271115
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Brodsky, Isadore Sydney's Nurse Crusaders A Century of Trained Nursing in Sydney
Sydney Old Sydney Free Press 1968 1st Edition Hardcover
Quarto Size. Near Very Good - is VG but for small water stain to top edge. DJ is chipped with minor loss -now protected. Prev owners signature to front pastedown. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 133pages When Lucy Osburn and five Nightingale sisters came ashore at Sydney a century ago they could not have imagined their future influence on Nursing in Australia. ID175322
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Buckland, Jill Mort's Cottage 1838-1988
Sydney Kangaroo Press 1988 0864172214 / 9780864172211 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Colour and black & white illustrations. 160 pages Impressions of Sydney people and their times 1838-1988 told through the history of Mort's Cottage, Double Bay. ID195773
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Caley, George; Edited by J.E.B. Currey Reflections on the Colony of New South Wales
Sydney Angus & Robertson 1966 1st Edition Hardcover
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket spine ends and corners. 239pages. George Caley, explorer and Natural History collector for Sir Joseph Banks, lived for 10 years at Parramatta [1800-1810] and during this time he sent detailed and lengthy letters to Banks, ranging from descriptions of new specimens and his explorations to reports of colonial life under Governor King. Currey has edited these into a very readable account of life in the struggling colony. ID200669
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Claydon, Robyn Abbotsleigh: A Walk Through Time
NSW Ambassabor Press 1984 0959038108 / 9780959038101 1st Edition Hardback
Oblong Quarto Size. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Dustjacket spine a little faded. Black & white illustrations by Austin Platt. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 72 pages A sketchbook and brief history of this famous Sydney girls' school. ID199119
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Cox, Philip; Stacey, Wesley Building Norfolk Island
Melbourne Thomas Nelson Australia 1971 0170019543 / 9780170019545 1st Edition Hardback
Quarto Size [approx 21.5cm x 29cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and drawings. Contemporary photographs by Wesley Stacey. 96 pages The development of the three different setlements of Norfolk Island is traced in the text with paintings, drawings and both early and modern photographs ID271185
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