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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:783
Sale Title:Australian HistoryLots with images:781
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:441
Date:11-Dec-2017
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David Leach (England) Two Lowerdown Pottery fruit bowls, with accompanying associated postcard, impressed mark, 22 cm and 30 cm diameter
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New Zealand pottery group including works by Deb Poulson and Doris Dutch, the tallest 24 cm
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Christa Maria Herrmann (Cornwall, England) Raku pot, unmarked, 15 cm high, 15 cm across
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Bernard Leach (England) St Ives pottery bowl and two plates, impressed mark, bowl 9 cm diameter, plates 23 cm diameter
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Aviation: Royal Victorian Aero Club dinner menus (4) for 1964, 1965, 1966 & 1968, with a range of 50 signatures including Reg Ansett, Henry Bolte, Don Anderson & Giles Chippindall.
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Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920, 1st Prime Minister of Australia), fine pen signature on piece of 'Commonwealth of Australia, Prime Minister' notepaper.
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Andrew Fisher (1862-1928, Australia's 5th Prime Minister, 3 times from 1908 to 1915), signature on piece affixed to a 1972 Australian Prime Ministers Fdc with one of the stamps depicting him.
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Sir Joseph Cook (1860-1947, 6th Prime Minister of Australia), fine pen signature on large piece cut from a legal document.
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King George V Dedicates His Book to Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, The King's Jubilee Speeches Together With The Primate's Address In St. Paul's on Jubilee Day, May 6, 1935 and Congratulatory Address: By The Prime Minister, By Both Houses of Parliament, By The Brazilian Ambassador on Behalf of the Corps Diplomatique, and By Empire Representatives.' (Published by The Morning Post, London, 1935), Number 66 of 100 copies in this edition. In half leather binding, the spine with five raised bands, with silver…
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King George VI Writes to Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, May 13th 1937 autographed letter sheet on Buckingham Palace letterhead, in which the newly crowned King George VI expresses his gratitude to Lyons '..for all your invaluable help in making vital arrangements for my coronation.' The letter concludes with 'I hope you will accept this little case as a token of my appreciation. Yours very sincerely, George R.I. The letter is accompanied by the hand-written envelope in which it was delivered, together with…
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Dame Enid Lyons (1897-1981), Australian politician and the first woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet. Prior to these achievements, she was best known as the wife of the Premier of Tasmania and later Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Lyons. She fought for women's equity and equality. She also found time to have 12 children. Dec.1938 signed manuscript letter from The Lodge, Canberra to a correspondent (Mr D. Jeffery), a…
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Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915): 1896 use of NSW 1½d Letter Card headed 'Stanwell Park/Clifton' & signed 'Law Hargrave, Hargrave was a world-renowned researcher into the principles of flight. He was also an early explorer of British New Guinea, and had other scientific interests including astronomy. His country home was 'Hillcrest House' at Stanwell Park. He was commemorated on a 1965 5d stamp & on the initial $20 banknote. Hargrave's letter is to early stamp dealer William Petterd, but in respect of a book…
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Harold Holt (Australia's 17th Prime Minister), signed 2-page letter dated 16th Sept.1965 on 'Commonwealth of Australia, Treasurer' letterhead to Gough Whitlam. (Harold Holt's term as Prime Minister was brought to an early and dramatic end in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria, and was presumed drowned).
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Harold Holt (Australia's 17th Prime Minister), signed 2-page letter dated 16th Sept.1965 on 'Commonwealth of Australia, Treasurer' letterhead to Mp E.M.Fox re improvements made by sporting bodies on land leased from the Crown.
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Harold Holt (Australia's 17th Prime Minister), signed 2-page letter dated 16th Sep.1965 on 'Commonwealth of Australia, Treasurer' letterhead to Senator R.D.Sherrington, on behalf of the Victorian Country Racing Council, re improvements made by sporting bodies on land leasd from the Crown.
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(Women's Suffrage) Matters, Muriel (1877-1969), Autographed letter sheet (3-pages, folded) from Matters at her Regent's Park London home, to a Mrs Berkeley (dated March 10th) circa 1910, in which she explains that as she has 'promised practically all of (her) time to the N(ational) U(nion) of Women's Suffrage Society..' she has little time available for her own work at that time, however 'If I gave you a few weeks notice before-hand would it be possible to arrange a meeting then? My fee is one guinea.…
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Dame Nellie Melba: Two fine signatures on single paged letters addressed to Mrs Mackenzie, circa 1929, Both pages with damage to upper and lower margins otherwise in good condition
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Menzies, Robert (1894-1978) original pen autograph as Prime Minister on Feb.1950 Commonwealth of Australia letter of introduction for Miss Sylvia Harwood-Smith 'who is proceeding on a visit to The United Kingdom.' With large paper seal and signed by the bearer.
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The Last Flight of the Southern Cross: 18 July 1935 (Aamc.515) Mascot Airport to Richmond flown envelope, signed by the pilot, Charles Kingsford Smith and the others on-board for this historic farewell flight: Mary Kingsford Smith, John Stannage, Beau Sheil, P.G.Taylor, John Ulm & C.G. Scrimgeour. The attached vignette illustrates the route by which the 'Southern Cross' circumnavigated the globe. By 1935 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was in deep financial trouble. The dramatic failure of the Jubilee Air Mail…
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Postcards: Interesting collection of cards including Australian real photographs, New Zealand, Fry's Cocoa, Golliwogg, ships, Aboriginal, Great War tanks, French, English, Continental and others, inspection will reward, (350+ cards)
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Postcards: Group of 16 Australian Aboriginal postcards including real photographs, Royal series, Kerry and Rose series (16 cards)
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Postcards: Collection of 78 postcards predominantly of Australian real photo scenes
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Postcards: 'Mission Scholars Norfolk Island' with Norfolk Island cancellation on New South Wales 1d stamp, together with 'Nouvelles Hebdrides. - Groupe indigenes sur l'est de Mele' with New Hebrides cancellation on New South Wales 1d stamp, rare
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Cigarette & Trade Cards: An old time album containing cards by various makers and of various themes including cricket, Australian Rules football, fim stars, personalities, etc. (approx.140). Mixed condition.
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Exploration Group of engravings and plates from various 18th and 19th century publications including Cook's Voyage, Hawii, Canada, Easter Island, Pitcairn Island, China, Japan and South America, inspection will reward (250+ items)
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First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle, June 23-25, 1789: This edition features a small and intriguing article about 'the dispute between the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the new settlement at Botany Bay.' (Governor Phillip, Lieutenant-Governor Ross, Major Bruce and the Adjutant General, David Collins are arguing about who is in charge!). Details are also provided of the corps that was being raised 'for the defence of the colony' listing a total of 316 men. This information, together with…
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Botany Bay: the London Chronicle, September 8-10, 1789: Includes extracts from a Letter from Portsmouth: '..Nine convicts from the hulks at Langston harbour, and 16 from the hulk lying off Weevil..were this day embarked on board his Majesty's ship Guardian, bound to Port Jackson, Botany Bay. The Guardian will sail...loaded with beds, clothing, and every other necessary which Commander Phillips did not take out. The 25 convicts now embarked are..chiefly house carpenters and blacksmiths.' Sir Joseph Banks…
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Botany Bay: the London Chronicle, September 10-12, 1789: includes a short piece about a curious item 'imported from Botany Bay..a leaf of very uncommon properties, the most extraordinary is, that when dried, even without being pulverised, it goes off on application of a match, with an explosion somewhat in the manner of gunpowder, the air is afterwards agreeably perfumed...
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Botany Bay & A Female Transport: the London Chronicle, October 20-22, 1789: A small article but a big story, this edition carries an 'Extract of a Letter on board the Lady Juliana, Aitken, for Botany Bay, dated Santa Cruz, Sept.1' in which the correspondent notes 'I have the pleasure of informing you of our safe arrival in this place...We are all in good health, the women have behaved much better than was expected... The British government chartered the Lady Juliana to transport female convicts. Her master…
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Botany Bay: the London Chronicle, October 31 - November 3, 1789: This edition includes a small entry regarding a group of three felons who had previously 'rejected his Majesty's (offer of) clemency on condition of being transported to Botany Bay' but who had since 'thought (it) proper to accept.
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D'Arcy Wentworth: the London Chronicle, November 19-21 & 28-December 1: The lengthy saga of Wentworth's legal battle is covered in both these editions. There are also interesting articles from the Jamaica Royal Gazette '..There has not been any busines done here these three days past, owing to the great Revolution in France, which has reached this place (St.Pierre, Martinique) in all its force..', from Warsaw '..The Polish regiments are said to have complained to the Commission of War that they do not…
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Convicts & Governor Philip: the London Chronicle, December 22-24 & 24-26, 1789: the first edition carries a report regarding the launch of the new ship Discovery, to be commanded by Captain Roberts, another, reporting on the delivery of 100 more convicts from Newgate prison, 'to be taken to the hulks, in order to wait their sentence of transportation.' The second edition carries a lengthy review of the newly published 'The Voyage of Governor Philip to Botany Bay, with an Account of the Establishment of the…
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The Tragic Impact of Small Pox On the Aborigines: the London Chronicle, February 22-24, 1791: An edition carrying good and bad news, the first being a report on the exemplary behavoiur of two convicts, Richard Pugh and Elizabeth Morgan, who '..are stationed at Norfolk Island..Pugh has discovered great ingenuity in covering houses with shingles, and turns out to be a valuable member of the colony.' The very bad news is introduced by the following statement: 'The native inhabitants of the country have caught…
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Favourable News From Botany Bay: the London Chronicle, May 26-28, 1791: 'Letters have been received in town from Botany Bay, which contain the most favourable accounts of that colony. The arrival of the Scarborough, Surprise, Justinian, Lady Juliana and Neptune transports, in the months of July and August (1790), entirely relieved the colony from the distress it laboured under when Lieutenant King left it...
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Lieutenant McCLUER Visits the Pelew Islands (Palau): the London Chronicle, September 1-3, 3-6 and 13-15, 1791: These editions carry extensive coverage of this visit. In August 1790, when he was 31 years old, McCluer was sent to the Pelew (Palau) Islands in the Panther, accompanied by the Endeavour, commanded by Lieutenant William Drummond, to inform the King of the death in London of his son Lee Boo, who had been brought to England by Captain Henry Wilson, whose vessel the Antelope had been wrecked on the…
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A Letter From A Convict to His Wife: the London Chronicle, October 15-18, 1791: A convicted highway robber sent to Botany Bay 'for the term of his natural life' writes from Port Jackson '..If you can send me any thing without distressing yourself, soap and shoes will be the most useful articles, and knives...
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(La Peyrouse) Imaginary Voyage, Decouvertes dans la Mer du Sud. Nouvelles de M. de la Peyrouse, Jusqu'en 1794. Traces de son passage trouvees en diverses isles et terres de l'Ocean Pacifique, grande isle peuplee d'emigres français. (Paris, Chez Everat, circa 1795) pp397, ii errata. Contemporary quarter calf over papered boards, spine with gilt decoration. Ferguson, 225, Forbes, 285, Sabin, 38958 (variant issue with the word 'isle' on the title page spelt with a lower case 'i'.), An apocryphal work inspired…
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James Semple, Botany Bay & New Zealand: the London Chronicle, January 28-31, April 8-11, July 27-29 & August 5-8, 1797: The first edition reports that 'Major Semple' being sent to the hulks at Portsmouth prior to transportation. In 1784, Semple was arrested for obtaining goods by false pretences, and in 1786 was sentenced to 7 years' transportation. Released on condition of quitting England, he went to Paris, where he represented himself as serving on General Berruyer's staff, and witnessing the execution…
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Barrington, George, Voyage a Botany-Bay, avec un desfription du pays, des moeurs, des soutumes et de la religion des natifs. Par le celebre George Barrington. Traduit de l'Anglais, sur la troisieme Edition. (Paris, Chez Desenne, 1798). 192pp, octavo, quarter calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering, ex-libris on front pastedown. The first French edition of Barrington's work, based on the third Englsih edition. Ferguson, 259.
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The Morning Herald, London: 1805, A group of complete editions of this large-format newspaper, each of which carries news or information from Botany Bay, which 'may give some idea of the state of society in this extraordinary colony..' The Feb.28 edition provides snippets and advertisements transcribed from 'The Sydney Gazettes' recently received in London, the April 16 edition reports on the possible new Governor of New South Wales as well as the immenent departure of various families of British settlers…
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(New Zealand) Savage, John, Some account of New Zealand, particularly the Bay of Islands, and surrounding country, With a description of the religion and government, language, arts, manufactures, manners, and customs of the natives, &c &c. (1st ed. London: Printed for J Murray and A Constable & Co. by W Wilson, 1807). 8vo. viii, 110p. Frontispiece, two black and white plates, errata, directions to the binder. Rebound. Gold-tooled half leather/marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Root, London. The…
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D'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Bruni (Bruny) (1737 - 1793), Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoye a la recherche de La Perouse. redige par M. de Rossel, Ancien Capitaine de Vaisseau, (Paris, De L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1808) First Edition. Two volumes, thick quarto, both volumes uncut in original blue-green marbled boards with original printed labels (rebacked, with the backstrips mounted), first volume lvi, 704 pp with 32 folding charts and diagrams, second volume viii, 692 pp with a folding plate, half title in each…
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(Anderson, G.W.) Captain Cook, Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World for making Discoveries towards the North and South Poles, with an appendix. (Manchester, Russell and Allen, 1811) Octavo, contemporary calf, rebacked, pp. viii, 566, (i - directions to the binder), portrait frontispiece, 5 copperplate engravings. According to Beddie, a later edition of the abridgement by Anderson first published in 1799.
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Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814), A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner. With an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island. (London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. and W. Nicol,…
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Masonic Welcome to Captain Benjamin Gale Humfrey of the 46th Regiment of Foot (South Devonshire), 1817, A formal welcome, 'under the Canopy of Heaven' in manuscript on vellum with original wax seal, initiating Humfrey into 'the Royal Arch Chapter Mount Horeb No.227 under the registry of Ireland in due form assembled in Sydney in New South Walesn where reign Silence, Union and peace this 24th Day of February..A.D.1817. The 46th Regiment of Foot served in the very young Colony between 1814 and 1818, most of…
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(New Zealand) Cruise, Richard A. Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand. (London, Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1st edition 1823), half calf and original boards, hand-coloured aquatint fronispiece of Tetoro, chief of New Zealand, pp.iv, 321, (1) plus errata slip. William Smith's armorial bookplate on front pastedown.
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Cunningham, Peter, Surgeon R.N.: 'Two Years in New South Wales, comprising Sketches of the Actual State of Society in that Colony, of its Peculiar Advantages to Emigrants, of its Topography, Natural History..' (London, 1828, 3rd edition) in 2 volumes with large folding map. Ferguson 1182.
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(Van Diemens Land) 1831 - 1852 group of original documents, mainly from the Court of Requests for the District of Richmond, all providing details of commercial disputes in which the court has been asked to intervene. The names of the protagonists are all included as are the facts which have lead to each case. Fascinating reading. (9 items, several multi-page).
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(Van Diemens Land) A group of sworn statements from disputes dealt with by a magistrate: March 1831, a testimonial by Thomas Daley declaring how someone came up to him and shook his fists at him and called him a 'damned Irish rascal..', January 1837 a testimonial by Josia Pitcher from January 1837 declaring he was the only person not drunk at Carolin's Pubic House, and a testimonial by Isaac Proctor from April 1837 declaring how Ann Hicks stole money from him while they were drinking in various Inns. (3…
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(Early Education in the Colony), First Report of the Council of the Australian College' (Sydney, Horatio Wills, 1832) 8pp stitched into contemporary blue paper covers. Lists the members of the Council, the Masters appointed and progress regarding the formation of a library and the erection of buildings. The Australian College for boys was established in November 1831. It was one of the earliest collegiate schools in the colony to offer a comprehensive curriculum in post-elementary school subjects. The…
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Earle, Augustus, A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand,in 1827, together with A Journal of a Residence in Tristan D'Acunha, An Island situated between South America and the Cape of Good Hope. (Longman, Rees, Orme, etc., London, 1832) 371pp, frontis & 6 plates.(2 folding). Original grey papered boards, rebacked using part of the original green cloth and new title labels.
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The Regimental Account Book of John Kelly, 1832 to 1847, vellum wrap-around cover over 32 printed pages which have been partially filled-out by hand. Kelly, a 4 foot, 10 inch tall musician from Kent, enlisted in the 51st Regiment of Foot in 1832 while it was stationed at Corfu in the Ionian Islands. He was 13 years and 6 months old. He later travelled to Van Diemens Land, arriving in July 1838. He married Matilda Ann at Hobart Town in June 1843 where their child Sarah was born in March 1845. Kelly, his…
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Manley, Admiral Isaac (1755 - 1837), A set of books from the library of Admiral Manley, the last suviving crew member on Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage. Paris and the Parisians, in 1835' by Francis Trollope (London, Richard Bentley, 1836) Two volumes, publisher's cloth with defective spines. Manley's armorial bookplate to front pastedown of volume 1 each volume signed on the title page 'Admiral Manley'. Manley had joined Cook aboard the Endeavour on 17 June 1768, aged thirteen. He served as servent to…
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(New Zealand) Marshall, William Barrett, A Personal Narrative of Two Visits to New Zealand, in His Majesty's Ship Alligator, A.D. 1834. (James Nisbet 1836 London). pp xvi, 351. Frontis. Half-calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. The HMS Alligator rescued the Guard family and other maori prisoners from the wreck of the Harriet at Waimate Pa, Taranaki, in 1834.
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Polack, Joel Samuel, New Zealand, being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures during a residence in that country between the years 1831 and 1837. (Richard Bentley, London 1838) - 2 Vols, pp.xii,403, vi,441. Complete with plates and folding map. Old half calf worn and split. Raised bands and gilt titles on spines, some wear. Joel Samuel Polack was among the very first Jewish settlers to arrive in New Zealand in 1831 (Cooper and Levy set up shop in 1829, and Joseph Barrow Montefiore arrived from Sydney in…
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Howitt, William, Colonization and Christianity: A Popular History of the Treatment of the Natives by the Europeans in all their Colonies. (Longman, Orme, et al., London, 1838, 1st edition) 508pp + 32pp of adverts. Original (faded) cloth binding, blind stamped and with gilt title and ornamentation on spine.
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(New Zealand), Polack, Joseph Samuel, Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders, with Notes Corroborative of their Habits, Usages, etc. And Remarks to Intending Emigrants. (London: James Madden && Co. Hatchard & Son, 1840). Two volumes. Small octavo, original green cloth gilt spines retained in an early rebinding, large folding map. Polack returned to England in 1837, where his expertise led to his testifying before the House of Lords regarding the colonization of New Zealand, where he advocated for…
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Jameson, R.J. New Zealand, South Australia and New South Wales: A Record of recent travels in these colonies, with Especial Reference to Emigration. (1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1842). xii, 372 p., (4) leaves of plates (2 folded): ill., maps. Original decorated brown cloth (faded).
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Terry, Charles, New Zealand, Its Advantages and Prospects, as a British Colony, with a Full Account of the Land Claims, Sales of Crown Lands, Aborigines Etc. (London, T && W Boone, 1842, 1st edition), xii, 366pp, 5 lithographic plates, large folding map with faults (but rarely present). Half calf rebound. Ex library copy.
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(Van Diemen's Land) Oct.1844 & Jan.1853 vellum documents summarising 2 cases brought to the court, the first signed by Thomas Horne (Judge, Mp & Solicitor-General), the latter signed by Valentine Fleming (Judge, Chief Justice, Mp & Solicitor-General). Both cases involve larceny ('two shirts of the value of two shillings, one pair of stockings of the value of one shilling & sixpence & one waist-coat of the value of one shilling') the sentence in the latter case being 'hard labor in chains for two years',…
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Angas, George French, Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand. Being an artist's impression of countries & people at the Antipodes. With numerous Illustrations. (London: Smith Elder, 1847). 2 volumes, original red cloth bindings with gilt titles and decorations to spines. Includes much aboriginal content, including 2 lithographs of aboriginal carvings in appendix, Vol. II.
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(New Zealand) Power Sir William James Tyrone, Sketches in New Zealand, with Pen and Pencil. (Longman, Brown, et al, 1849 London.) pp.xlviii, 290. Complete with 2 woodcuts and 8 tinted lithographs as required. Bound in blue calf with gilt borders. Raised bands, gilt titles and ornamentation to spine. Gilt page edges. Foxing to some of the lithographs. A lively account of the author's experiences and duties in the Hutt Valley and Wanganui areas whilst serving as an officer in the British Army in 1846-7.
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(New Zealand) Shortland, Edward, The southern districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with passing notices of the customs of the aborigines. (1st ed. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1851). 8vo. xiv, 315, 32p. Frontispiece folding map, plate, illustrations, six maps, four genealogical tables, errata, publishers' catalogue. Green cloth. New endpapers. Signature of Gilbert Mair on contents page. Edward Shortland, whose brother Willoughby was Colonial Secretary, as Protector of the Aborigines visited…
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Banking: The Bank of Australasia passbook for John Satchwell of Geelong, 1852 - 1860. Vellum-covered with brass clasp, pages with marbled edges. Customer's name inscribed to front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout. 15.7 x 10 cm. John Satchwell's son, John William Satchwell (1853-1936) became Mayor of Geelong. Earlier, while still a police inspector, he also took part in the search for the Kelly Gang.
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Shipping in Australian Waters, May 19th 1852 'Return of the Arrival at the Port of Hobart Town..' of the Brig 'Helen' (109 tons, Captain E.J.Ledwell), which had sailed from Port Phillip on May 4th carrying the Franklin family of 3 in the cabin, 9 male passengers in steerage (all named on the document), and a cargo of Cattle, Salt and Hides. Two weeks to make the crossing!
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Caroline Chisholm (1808 - 1877), An autographed 3-page letter from Caroline Chisholm, dated April 29, 1852 on folded Family Colonization Loan Society, London printed letterhead but written while she was in Liverpool. She is writing to a correspondent who wishes to meet her but as she explains ' my movements depend so much upon circumstances that I do not at present know where I am going to when I leave here. It is fixed that I am to go to Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Nottingham and Dublin - there are many…
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Notice to the Public - War Emergency Mails for Australia, December 1854 notice, 51 x 29 cm, on VR watermarked paper, issued by the British Postmaster General, London, advising of the planned sailing on January 5th of the sailing vessel 'Lightning' 'for the conveyance of the Mails..round the Cape of Good Hope...(with) Letters and Newspapers for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Van Diemen's Land. The notice explains that several of the steam vessels used by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam…
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Banking: The Bank of Victoria, circa 1850s-90s, attractive group of unused printed cheque forms issued at Ballaarat, Coleraine, Echuca, Geelong, Melbourne, Portland & Raglan. (14 different).
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Banking: The Bank of Australasia, circa 1850s-1910s, attractive group of unused printed cheque forms issued at Adelaide, Ballaarat, Brisbane, Hobart Town, Kooringa, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Portland & Terang. (14 different).
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David Roberts (1796-1864) 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe. From Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, R.A. With Historical Descriptions by The Rev.d George Croly, L.L.D.', (London: Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 1855-57), 6 volumes bound in 3, preserving most of the original bindings. Tall octavos, leather binding over green cloth. Gilt spine. Gold medallion on front covers, Deus Vult. All edges gilt. 250 tinted lithographed plates.…
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(New Zealand) Taylor, Rev. Richard, Te Ika A Maui, New Zealand And Its Inhabitants, (Wertheim and Macintosh, London 1855) Green blindstamped pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 490 pp. plus 6 pp. publishers ads at rear, brown endpapers. Includes the large fold-out map of New Zealand at front, frontis illustration (with tissue guard) of the Town of Wanganui shows some foxing. The 8 colour plates at rear, with tissue guards, are clean. The rear plates are listed in the index as coloured, but in most…
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Mundy, Godfrey Charles, Our Antipodes: or, residence and rambles in The Australasian Colonies. With a glimpse of the goldfields. (Richard Bentley, London, 1855). 3rd (first one vol.) edition. pp. viii, 638, with 8 tinted litho plates, 8vo, rebound (as a school prize) in full leather retaining the original spine with raised in compartments, stamped in gilt and red title label.
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New Zealand: A shelf of books including 'New Zealand: Its Present Condition..' by Fitton (1856), 'The Wonderland of the Antipodes' by Tinne (1873), The Defenders of New Zealand' by Gudgeon (1887), Bretts Handy Guide to New Zealand (1890 Exhibition edition), plus 6 others. All hard cover. Mixed condition.
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Hursthouse, Charles, New Zealand, or Zealandia, The Britain of the South. (2 Volumes), (Edward Stanford, London, 1857) Vol 1 pp xv, 328, Vol 2 pp vii, 329-664, 7 plates (coloured) and 2 maps. Original blindstamped blue cloth boards with gilt globe.
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(South Australia) Babbage & Warburton. Northern Exploration..Reports, &c., of Exploration into the Interior, by Messrs. Babbage, Warburton, Geharty, and Parry (and) Northern Exploration..Further Correspondence respecting the Exploration Party under the Command of Mr. Babbage. A collection of parliamentary reports, folio, folding maps some hand coloured, some staining on several pages but overall in good condition in contemporary half calf. (Adelaide, Government Printer, 1858), This large collection of…
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(New Zealand) Butler, Samuel, A First Year in Canterbury Settlement, (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London 1863) 162 pages plus a folded coloured map of New Zealand as a frontispiece and 32 pages from the publisher's list, bound in the original purple cloth decorated in blind with gilt spine lettering.
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(Immigration, Gold Rush & Farming Near New Norfolk) June 2nd 1863 to December 31st 1864 notebook diary written by Edward Frederick Trollope, one of the children of Reverend William Arthur Trollope (1798-1863) who had emigrated to Van Diemens Land with his children in 1849 (aboard the 'John Munn'). Reverend Trollope's journal (an account of the voyage) was purchased by the National Library. Edward has the insight to provide 'a short sketch of my life up to the present time.' The 'present time' finds him…
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Banking: New South Wales banks, circa 1860s-1900s, attractive group of unused printed cheque forms issued at Geelong, Melbourne, Sydney & Temora. All different. (12 items).
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Howitt, William, the History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, from the Earliest Date to the Present Day, (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green., London 1865) - 2 volumes, Vol 1: pp xvi, 418, 6 (adverts), 2 folding maps of Australia and Van Diemen's Land, Vol 2 pp.xviii, 461, 1 folding map of New Zealand. Half-calf over marbled boards, gilt titlelabels and raised bands on worn spine.
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von Hochstetter, Dr Ferdinand, New Zealand Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History with Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson. (Stuttgart, J.G.Cotta, 1867, 1st English language edition), 515pp. ills.(black and white w.6x colour plates and col.frontis.+ 2 folding maps), green embossed cloth w.gilt stamped roundel to top board (which is loose).
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(Manuscript) Lochhead, J. McKenzie, Book with an account of the voige from Sydney N.S.W. to London England in Bord of the ship Bruckley Castle. Lochhead's densley written shipboard diary of the voyage aboard the Brucklay Castle,August - November 1868, with an entry for each day. Although poorly spelled, the diary is linguistically significant as the phonetic orthography more or less reflects the semi-literate Lochhead's Scottish accent and the entries are written as Lochhead would have spoken them to an…
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Railway Hotel, Swan Street, Richmond, Victoria: manuscript accounts book, 1870-72, in the hand of the proprietor, H.A.Dickmann. Octavo, contemporary vellum boards (upper board detached, boards rubbed and lacking backstrip), upper board inscribed 'Railway Hotel Swan Street Richmond Victoria Australia from 21 Novmbr 1870 to 12 April 1872 by H.A. Dickmann. Proprietor Book No.5. Marbled endpapers and edges, 173 double pages. A fascinating primary source for the study of Melbourne's hotel trade in the early…
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Banking: The National Bank of Australasia, circa 1870s-80s, attractive group of unused printed cheque forms issued at Geelong, Koroit, Learmonth, Melbourne, Port Augusta, Richmond & Sandhurst. (11 different).
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Banking & Brewing: Bank of Tasmania passbook for Richard Thompson, 1872 - 1876. Vellum-covered with customer's name and address 'Charles Street' inscribed to front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout. 16.3 x 10.2 cm. Bookbinder's label 'A. Thomson, Charles Street' pasted to front inside endpaper. Richard Thompson may have been the publican of the Freemason's Hotel, at New Norfolk, a frequently encountered name in the passbook being 'Glenwright'. J.T.Glenwright was to form a…
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Notice to Sheepowners and Others. (1872), Letterpress, handbill, 30.4 x 18.3 cm. Sheepowners and others are hereby informed that it has been determined by the Government rigorously to enforce the provisions of the Scab Act, and the Regulations thereunder, more especially those which relate to Clean and Quarantine Districts, as well as to the travelling of sheep generally. William M.K. Vale, Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Department of Trade and Customs. Melbourne. 10th January 1872. By Authority: John…
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Baden-Powell, George S. New Homes for the Old Country. A personal experience of the political and domestic life, the industries, and the natural history of Australia and New Zealand. (Richard Bentley, London, 1872, 1st edition). 512pp. Thick octavo, plates and illustrations, original red cloth, all edges gilt and with gilt kangaroo in vignette on front cover.
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Child Servants in Van Diemen's Land, Printed 'Form of Indentiture' documents from the Queen's Asylum, Tasmania, dated 1875, 1878 and 1879, providing details of the apprenticeships arranged for George Crump (aged 12 years & 10 months), Albert Bolch (13 years & 3 months) & William Sutcliffe (14 years). (3 complete documents), The Queen's Orphan Asylum opened as the King's Orphan Asylum in New Town in 1833. It was the first purpose built institution for orphaned, destitute and neglected children in Van…
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Centennial Portfolio 1876, A Souvenir Of The International Exhibition At Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1876) published by Thomas Hunter, ex libris book plate John Chapman Collection
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Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition illuminated presentation document, To Angus Markay Esq. Queensland Commissioner To The Centennial Exhibition Phileadelphia' dated 27th February 1877 and signed by Sir William Cairns Govenor, 45 x 29 cm
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Barraud C.D. (Illust. by) and W.T.L. Travers. (Ed. by). New Zealand: Graphic and Descriptive, (London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, 1877). Elephant folio. Original half roan over gilt-titled cloth boards. Complete with calligraphic title-page printed in blue/black ink plus coloured mounted oval title-vignette, 24 beautifully coloured captioned chromo-lithograph plates, 19 tinted lithographs, a full-page map and 31 woodcut text-illustrations. Apart from some slight foxing as usual, an excellent…
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Universal Exhibition, Paris 1878, Small oblong album with original blind blocked red cloth boards, gilt lettering and ornamentation (Nilsson, Paris, 1878), containing 18 albumen print photographs, each 66 x 101 mm, mounted on think album leaves with gilt edges and printed captions. The images are all in fine condition but are detached from the boards. Among the views of the 1878 Exhibition is a rare in situ image of the Australian Hut, a replica of a settler's log hut made expressly for the Colony of…
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Academy Of Music' Ballarat silk programme, together with a scentific presentation theatre programme under the patronage of C.J. La Trobe, 19th century
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The Kelly Gang in 'the Australian Town and Country Journal' July to November 1880, The extensive coverage of everything to do with the pursuit, the gang, the fight, the deaths, the trials and the hanging, featured on the following pages of the T&C, July 3rd 1880: pages 6 to 9 (with a small section on page 10), July 10th 1880: pages 54 to 58, July 24th 1880: page 151, August 7th 1880: page 252, August 14th 1880: pages 296 to 298, November 6th 1880: page 891, November 13th 1880: page 926, November 27th 1880:…
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Crawford, James Coutts, Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia, (London, Trubner, 1880, 1st edition), Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt motif to spine and tekoteko to front board, brown-coated endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + folding colour map + 468pp, illus. Crawford, an ex-naval officer and amateur geologist arrived in Port Nicholson from Sydney in 1839. He acquired land on Miramar Peninsula and was prominent in local affairs. In 1862 he undertook a geological…
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Annie Sullivan, Aged 9, Orphan School Apprentice, June 1861 memo from the Secretary of The Queen's Orphan Asylum at New Town, Hobart, to Doctor T.C. Smart asking him about Annie Sullivan 'an Orphan School Apprentice, the Guardians would be glad if Dr. Smart will kindly furnish them with a certificate as to the state of her health, and if..her disease (is) of such a nature as to render her unfit to complete her apprenticeship. The Annie Sullivan discussed in the letter may be the orphan, Anna Sullivan,…
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The Picturesque Atlas Of Australasia' (published 1886), vol. II and III, together with, History Of Queensland' (Bris, 1911), 2 vols. condition poor but most plates and maps are good
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Centennial International Exhibition Melbourne, 1888 Certificate of Award, Honorable Mention to Mr Carl Nelson for painting titled 'South Africans', 43 x 52 cm
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A Tasmanian Will & Letters of Administration for William Boyer (1889), with the large Seal of the High Court of Australia still attached. William Boyer arrived in Tasmania in 1868. He established his estate 6km from New Norfolk on the banks of the Derwent River, from which a town developed, named Boyer. In 1938 the paper manufacturers, Australian Newsprint Mills, opened on the Boyer estate. Boyer had worked in land settlement and development, with a letter in the Royal Society of Tasmania collection…
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Meston, Archibald (1851-1924), Queensland Railway & Tourists' Guide, compiled under instructions from the Queensland Railway Commissioners. (Brisbane, Gordon & Gotch (1890)). 176p, illustrated with 22 leaves of plates, folding colour map of Queensland Land Agents' Districts dated 1888 loose at rear. Ferguson, 12534.
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Bracken, Thomas, Musings In Maoriland With An Historical Sketch By Sir Robert Stout And Preface By Sir George Grey Illustrated By English And New Zealand Artists, (Arthur T. Keirle, Dunedin, 1890) Red Decorative Cloth, leather spine and corners, gilt titles, gilt page edges, decorative endpapers, black and white illustrations. With mss dedication from the publisher to H.A.Stanley, Esq.
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