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Macedonians in Australia, The by Peter Hill [ISBN 0 85905 142 0], (1989 New), Soft Cover, 150pp, illustrated, 220grams, $22.00 A study of a migrant group whose name rings through history. A sympathetic, interesting and very readable account.
Magnificent Miner - Claude De Bernales, The by Hal Colebatch [ISBN 0 85905 200 1], (1996 New), Soft Cover, 340pp, illustrated, 450grams, $35.00 De Bernales was controversial but in Western Australia his mining activities helped keep the State afloat. His origins, rise, fall and legacy.
Man from Arltunga by R.G. Kimber [ISBN 0 85905 225 7], (1996 reprint of 1986 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 193pp, illustrated, 250grams, $25.00 The biography of Walter Smith (1893-1990), drover, prospector, dogger and bushman, one of the identities of the Northern Territory.
Mates and Gold by N.K. Sligo [ISBN 0 85905 195 1], (1995 reprint of 1980 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 259pp, illustrated, 340grams, $28.00 The greatest of the Western Australian 1890’s gold rush reminiscences and the most popular among prospectors and those with an interest in how it was.
McLennans Way: Bush Ballads of Lex McLennan edited by Jean Green and James Fitzgerald [ISBN 0 85905 201 X], (1994 New), Soft Cover, 82pp, 125grams, $16.50 The poetry of one of Australia’s best balladists.
Meekatharra - End of the Earth by P.R. Heydon [ISBN 0 85905 196 X], (1994 New), Hard Cover, 438pp, illustrated, 660grams, $40.00 The history of Meekatharra, its people, mines, stations, bushmen, drovers, prospectors, townspeople and more.
Megisti in the Antipodes by John Yiannakis [ISBN 0 85905 218 4], (1996 New), Hard Cover, 276pp. illustrated, 470grams, $40.00 A study of the Castellorizian Greeks in Western Australia.
Memoirs of a Spanish Missionary Monk by Seraphim Sanz de Galdeano OSB MBE OAM CSM [ISBN 0 85905 386 5], (2006 New), Soft Cover, 260pp, illust, 350g, $35 Seraphim Sanz de Galdeano was born in Spain in 1913, the eighth of ten children. At eleven years of age he heard Dom Anselm Catalan of New Norcia, Western Australia speak of the need for missionaries to work with the Australian Aborigines in far flung areas of Australia. From that time, young Seraphim decided to dedicate his life to this mission.
Messina News by Heather Campbell [ISBN 0 85905 318 0], (2003 New), Soft Cover,168pp illustrated, 235grams Purchase from the author on e-mail. hgmessina@bigpond.com The voyage of the Messina from Fremantle to Townsville though primarily an account of a sea voyage through the isolated north, it is also a human story of triumph over adversity, determination, love and loss.
Metamorphosis of a Race - Kuíni and Kulári Tribes of Kalúmburu Mission by Seraphim Sanz de Galdeano OSB MBE OAM CSM and Dolores Djinmora [ISBN O 85905 376 8],(2006 New), Soft Cover, 152pp, illustrated, 260grams, $28.00 Engrossing ...... a living history. The fascinating observations and life of Father Seraphim Sanz, a Benedictine monk, who served his God at Kalumburu, an isolated Aboriginal Mission in Australia's Far North West. and the impressions of an amazing Aboriginal elder, Dolores Djinmora who worked along side Father Sanz in his Christian endeavours. (Diana Temby, Executive Director, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission)
Millendon Memoirs, The George Fletcher Moore’s Western Australian Diaries and Letters, 1830-1841. Edited with an Introduction by JMR Cameron. [0 85905 388 1], (2006 New), Hard Cover, 536pp, illustrated, 1020g, $80.00* This is probably the most important colonial work to be published in WA. There are no other diary or letter sequences of such content from such a central figure in the early colony.
Military Establishment and Penal Settlement at King George Sound, 1826-1831, The by John Sweetman [ISBN 0 85905 022 X], (1989 New), Soft Cover, 24pp, 40grams, $5.50 A detailed list of the personnel, military and convict, who first settled Albany.
Mineral and Locality Index to the Publications of the W.A. Government Chemical Laboratories 1922-1970, by P.J. Bridge (1971-72 New), Soft Cover, 122pp, 600grams, $50.00* (Direct from Publisher only)
Minerals of Western Australia by E.S. Simpson [ISBN 0 85905 053 X], (1984 reprint of 1948-52 editions with new material), Hard Cover, illustrated, 2054pp, 3.5kg, $170.00* This magnificent three-volume work of over 2,000 pages is the basic reference work on Western Australian minerals and many fortunes have been made by careful study of its contents. Includes Locality – Mineral Index by P.J. Bridge.
Miracle of Fairbridge by Joan Halls [ISBN 0 85905 264 8], (1999 New), Soft Cover, 160pp, illustrated, 210grams, $22.00 The story of Fairbridge Farm School and biographies of some of its people.
Misfortunes of Phoebe, The by Rica Erickson [ISBN 0 85905 238 9], (1997 New), Soft Cover, 180pp, illustrated, 220grams, $22.00 The author's great grandmother in the Victorian gold rush and the story of her descendants.
Moondyne Joe — the man & the myth by Ian Elliot [ISBN 0 85905 244 3], (1998 reprint of 1978 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 148pp, illustrated, 205grams, $16.50 Joseph Bolitho Johns—convict and escapee, bushranger, legend in Western Australia and now a folk hero Moondyne Joe poster The unique photo of Moondyne Joe in kangaroo skin booka, as it appears on the cover of the book, has been produced as a poster, 59.5 x 84 cm. These have a RRP of $6.50. Postage is a problem as they must be rolled in a tube. POA.
More Lonely Graves by Yvonne and Kevin Coate [ISBN 0 85905 275 1], (2000 New), Hard Cover, 542pp, illustrated, 1080grams, $66.00* New lists with death details. Essential for all bush historians. and 1940s.
Mostly Good Times by Enga and Bernard Smith [ISBN 0 85905 095 5], (1986 New), Soft Cover, 140pp, illustrated, 335grams, $22.00 The life of Walter and Emily Smith and their family who lived on Towrana Station in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Mount Minnie Mystery, The & A Midnight Melee . Edited by Peter J Bridge with Gail Dreezens. The Mount Minnie Mystery. In late 1925 Moorish horse dealer, Alexander Hughes, and his aboriginal assistant, Sailor, disappeared from Mount Minnie Station near Onslow in the North West of Western Australia. A Midnight Melee. In 1920 a well-known Nor’ Wester, Charles Athelstone Park, was arrested for the murder of Big Bob, an aboriginal drover. The investigation covered territory from the Kimberley to the Upper Gascoyne. [ISBN 978 0 85905 425 6], (2008 New), Soft Cover, 36 pages, A4, 125 grams, $22.00*
Murder on the Rabbit Proof Fence - The strange story of Snowy Rowles and Arthur Upfield by Terry Walker [ISBN 0 85905 189 7], (1993 New), Soft Cover 152pp, illustrated, 210grams, $25.00 Snowy Rowles was hanged on circumstantial evidence for the murders on the lonely Rabbit Proof Fence.
My Fourth Tour in W.A. by A. F. Calvert [ISBN 0 85905 033 5], (1989 reprint of 1897 edition), Hard Cover, 400pp, illustrated, quarto, 1.6kg, $95.00* One of the most magnificent books on the Western Australian goldfields and the bush. Hundreds of photographs and sketches of people and places.
My Natives And I by Daisy Bates Edited by Peter J. Bridge with an introduction by Bob Reece of Murdoch University [ISBN 085905 313 X], (2004 New), Soft Cover, 292pp, illustrated, 216mm x 140 mm, 390grams, $35.00 There is in the life of Daisy Bates something of the spirit of service that moved Florence Nightingale, and something of the spirit of sacrifice that filled the heart of Father Damien. She would not put it so, for she has loved her life and made a joy of her labour but it is right that tribute should be paid. She went out to her Aborigines in the first years of this century.
My Various Endeavours A true life story by Walter NP Scott [ISBN 0 85905 332 6], (2003 New), Soft Cover, Perfect Bound A4, 440grams, $35.00* An autobiography of Walter Scott, born in Bridgetown in 1916. It is a recollection of his journey through life and covers farming in Bridgetown and Bremer Bay, running a station south of Broome, pearling in Broome, and various mining ventures in the Pilbara of Western Australia and in North Queensland. He also investigated other projects in Papua, New Guinea and Fiji. Orders to direct to author email: prose@dodo.com.au
Mystery of the Mayanup Poltergeist, The by Helen Hack [ISBN 0 85905 268 0], (2000 New), Soft Cover, 92pp illustrated, $16.50 An examination of a series of mysterious incidents (poltergeists, telekinesis) that occurred in the South West of Western Australia and intrigued the nation.
Nannine by the Lake by P.R. Heydon [ISBN 0 85905 137 4], (1990 New), Soft Cover, 260pp, illustrated, 350grams, $28.00 The first township on the Murchison Goldfields. The finding of gold, controversy surrounding its discoverers and the life of the people and characters of the town.
Nannup, A Place To Stop And Rest by Len Talbot [ISBN 0 85905 316 4](2003 New), Soft Cover, Wire spiral A4, 201pp illustrated, 535grams, $40.00* The history of Nannup and its people.
Neergabby by Bill de Burgh [ISBN 0 85905 324 4 (2003 Reprint), Soft Cover, 227pp illustrated, 330grams, $25.00 The history of Gingin, the area surrounding and its people. Available from Gingin Shire.
No Sign of the Time by P. and B. Rogers [ISBN 0 85905 172 2], (1992 New), Hard Cover, 200pp, illustrated, 375grams,$28.00 The history of Menzies, told through stories and anecdotes from old papers with a collection of photographs. Available from Menzies Shire, 6436
No Winners: The British Seamen's Strike of 1925 by Peter Gifford [ISBN 0 85905 355 5], (2005 New), Soft Cover, A4, 71pp, 210grams, $22.00 This is a study of the world’s first transnational strike, by more than 10,000 British seamen in their home ports, along with South Africa and Australasia.
Northmost Australia by R. Logan Jack [ISBN 0 85905 222 2], (1998 Reprint of 1921-22 edition), Hard Cover, 900+pp, illustrated, Two Volumes plus Set of Maps, 2150grams, $190.00* The classic history of Cape York Peninsula.
North Life by F. Cousins OUT OF PRINT [ISBN 0 85905 166 8], (1992 New), Soft Cover, 234pp, illustrated, 300grams, $25.00 Anecdotes, characters and life on the pastoral stations outback of Port Hedland in the 1930s.
Northern Patrol by R.A. Pilmer [ISBN 0 85905 220 6], (1998 New), Soft Cover, 180pp, illustrated, 250grams, $22.00 Experiences of a mounted policeman in the Western Australian outback in the 1890s and early 1900s. Accounts of native murders, horse stealing, gold rushes, the outlaw Pidgeon, Canning Stock Route, Wiluna, Kimberley, and more
Nor’Westers of the Pilbara Breed by Jenny Hardie [ISBN 0 85905 087 4], (2001 reprint of 1988 edition), Soft Cover, 416pp, ~1kg, $55.00* An illustrated history of the North West of Western Australia. A reprint of a pioneering classic.
Nurses with Altitude with Foreword by Tim Fischer Now released [ISBN 978-0-85905-441-6], Soft cover, section sewn, 264 pages, 355 grams, $35.00. A collection of stories by the nurses and their colleagues at the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia. Compiled by Gaye Richardson in conjunction with the Flight Nurse Reunion Committee. Probably the best book on the RFDS, written by the staff from their own experiences.