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Saddle in the Kitchen by Enga Smith [ISBN 0 85905 191 9], (1993 reprint of 1979 edition), Soft Cover, 87pp, illustrated, 150grams, $22.00 The popular story of the author's childhood in country Western Australia..
Sailor and Commando by A.E. (Ted) Jones [ISBN 0 85905 253 2], (1998 New), Soft Cover, 128pp, illustrated, 245grams, $22.00 A R.A.N. Special Service Commando’s WWII experiences in training and on service in the East Indies and Borneo.
Sailors in Slouch Hats edited by W.W. Rice [ISBN 0 85905 299 0], (2001 New), Soft Cover, 168pp, illustrated, 230grams, $22.00 Wartime reminiscences of the men of 42 Australian Landing Craft Company, RAE.
Scarlet Stain,The - Harlots, Harridans and Hellholes of Old Kalgoorlie Edited by Sheryl Milentis and Peter J Bridge [ISBN 085905 350 4], (2004 New), Soft Cover, 188 pages, illustrated, grams $28.00 By the late 1890s the Kalgoorlie brothels had become a byword for degradation and the most flagrant in the English-speaking world. The Sun newspaper campaigned against the outrageous displays by the prostitutes, the activities of their bludgers and the vested interests of the landlords and sly grog traders. This book details that campaign and shows a vastly different old Kalgoorlie to that usually depicted.
Senator Bertie Johnston by J.C. Rice. [ISBN 0 85905 384 9], (2006 New), Hard Cover, dj, 685pp, illustrated, 1.4kg, $55.00*. Bertie Johnston was in the WA Parliament for 30 years, for both the Labor and Country parties. This biography covers his public and private life
Shark Bay Days by G.W. Fry [ISBN 0 85905 127 7], (1995 reprint of 1988 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 80pp, illustrated, 125grams, $12.00 Shark Bay from the pearling days to the present. Jack Fry’s life as a pearler and fisherman in an area now the centre of tourism. Tales of men and boats
Shearer’s War, The by Stuart Svensen. [ISBN 0 85805 434 9], (1989, 2008), 325pp, illustrated, 550 grams, $45.00. Second only to the rebellion of Eureka Stockade, the great Queensland shearer’s strike of 1891 was suppressed with the threat of troops with artillery and machine guns. The leaders were marched in chains for hundreds of miles and gaoled in loaded courts. This was the birth of the ALP. Many of the leaders became Members of Parliament. This is the first time the real story has been told of the machinations of the pastoralists, politicians, banksters, and like parasites in their antagonism against Australian workers.
She’s No Milkmaid by Rica Erickson & Rona Haywood [ISBN 0 85905 152 8], (1991 New), Soft Cover, 96pp, illustrated, 178grams, $10.00 The biography of Dame Raigh Roe, President of the Country Womans Association, and the story of her fight for the rural women of Australia and the World..
Signaller at the Front by Arthur G. Howell, MM. Edited by John Coe [ISBN 0 85905 305 9], (2001 New), A4, 82 pages, 250grams, $22.00 The war diary of Gunner Howell, 1^st Australian Field Artillery Brigade and his impressions of the Great War 1915-1918.
Small Scale Underground Mining by Frank Bojesen [ISBN 0 85905 292 3], (2003 New), Soft Cover, Wire spiral A4, 480+grams, $40.00* Bojesen describes step by step how to develop and run a small underground mine cheaply, safely and profitably.
Spanish Settlers of Yoongarilup by Alejandro Torrent [ISBN 0 646 16939 4], (1993 New), Soft Cover, 74pp, illustrated, 105grams, $10.00 A little-known migrant group near Busselton in the south west of Western Australia who arrived between 1906 and 1909.
Spinifex and Sand by David W. Carnegie [ISBN 0 85905 139 0], (1989 reprint of 1898 edition), Soft Cover, 275pp, illustrated, 500grams, $28.00 A first hand account of the Coolgardie gold rush, the suffering of the prospectors, great gold discoveries, his own long march with typhoid fever, desert tribes, the constant search for water, the death of one of his men, and the vastness of the surrounding desert. All are woven together in one of the most readable accounts of exploration in Australia. Spinifex and Sand Maps (1989 reprint of 1898 edition), 280grams $22.00 Set of four large maps illustrating Carnegie’s journey. (Folded or rolled – POSTAGE extra on rolled)
Steadfast Endeavour by Graham Wilson [ISBN 0 85905 208 7], (1995 New), Hard and Soft Cover, 216pp, illustrated, HC 320grams, SC 220grams, HC $25.00, SC $22.00 A chronicle of church interaction with Pilbara Aboriginal society, 1945-1995.
Steam in the Forests by MRH Southcombe [ISBN 0 85905 387 3], (2006 reprint of 1986 edition), soft cover, 144pp, illustrated, 210 grams, $22.00. The South West timber industry relied upon steam engines of many types.
Suicides and Settlers - Their place in 19th Century West Australian social history by Claire McIntyre [ISBN 978-0-85905-446-1], (2008 New), 223pp, Soft Cover, illustrated, 295 grams, $28.00 This book is a social history of 19th Century Western Australia told through the 315 suicides recorded here from the towns of the Swan settlement, Fremantle, Perth and Guildford. They also reach from the Kimberley to Esperance and the distant deserts.
Sunrise – the Fred and Elsie Colson story by Alb Colson. [ISBN 0 85905 426 8], (2007 New), A4, Soft Cover, 87pp, 275 grams, $25.00.* The story of the NT pioneer family who arrived in 1927 to work on the Oodnadatta to Alice railway. Carting, mining, the Lasseter expedition, searching for lost airmen, purchase of Aileron Station in 1934, WWII contracting. Fred and Elsie became some of the best known of the Centralian personalities.
Tales of the Overland by G.H. Lamond [ISBN 0 85905 083 1], (1986 New), Soft Cover, 142pp, illustrated, 220grams, $25.00 Barney Lamond rode overland from Queensland to Western Australia in 1885. His story of the cattle, the gold rushes at Halls Creek and the men who undertook the long and dangerous journeys.
Tall Trees and Tall Tales by J. Morris and R. Underwood [ISBN 0 85905 168 4], (1992 New), Soft Cover, 94pp, illustrated, 150grams, $22.00 Stories of old Pemberton. A marvellous reminiscence of the characters and places of the big timber country, in the South West of Western Australia.
Ten Thousands (10,000) Hours by Harry Moss [ISBN 0 85905 122 6], (1988 New), Hard and Soft Cover, 131pp, illustrated, HC 330grams SC 185grams, HC $.00,SC $28.00 The autobiography of a flying doctor pilot and his adventures in aircraft from the 1930s to the present in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensland, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Then They Called Me Norma by Norma King [ISBN 0 85905 124 2], (2003 New), Soft Cover, 278pp, illustrated, 385grams, $30.00 The autobiography of Goldfields author/historian and artist, Norma King.
They Called Me Tjampu-Tjilpi by Bob Verburgt [ISBN 0 85905 248 6], (1999 New), Soft Cover, 144pp, illustrated, 225grams, $22.00 The author's bush experiences as a patrol officer in the Western Desert in the 1950s and 1960s.
They Kept This State Afloat by Rod Dickson [ISBN 0 85905 2 141], (1998 New), Hard Cover, 344pp, illustrated, 640grams, $50.00* Details the life and work of all Western Australian boat builders from 1829 to 1929.
They’re Racing at Landor by P.R. Heydon [ISBN 0 85905 169 2], (1992 New), Soft Cover, 272pp, illustrated, 350grams, $28.00 The history of the people, horses and place of the fabled Landor bush races of the North West of Western Australia. A racing classic.
Thomas Edwards of Beverley: Emigrant, Policeman, Settler by Mollie Bentley [ISBN 0 85905 076 9], (1985 New), Hard Cover and Soft Cover, 115pp, illustrated, HC 290grams, SC 180grams, HC $28.00, SC $22.00 The biography of an early colonial policeman, with much detail of the Police Force from 1850 to 1868. Details of explorations with E.H. Hargraves for gold and C.C. Hunt for land, Aboriginal contacts, and the development of the areas to the east of the Colony’s capital
Three Families Outback in Australia’s Tropic North by Florence Martin. [0 85905 364 4], (1980 reprint 2007), Soft Cover, 107 pp, illust, 165 grams, $22.00. The story of the families on Carlton Hill, Ningbing, and Legune Stations in the early 1900s.
Toodyay Gold compiled by Peter J Bridge and Angela Teague. [ISBN 978-0-85905-443-0], (2008 New), A4, Soft Cover, 62pp, illus., 200 grams, $22.00* Toodyay, one of the earliest settlements in Western Australia, dating from the 1830s, and the scene of many interesting incidents, showed that after a century of occupation it had more secrets to reveal, when in 1931, early in the first Great Depression, Brown and party discovered payable gold in Yinniding Creek, eight miles south-west of the town. This is an example of resources expanding to fill the needs.
Toodyay Homesteads by Rica Erickson & Robyn Taylor [ISBN 0 85905 362 8], (2006 New), Soft Cover, 196 pages, 260 grams, $30.00., Australia-wide POSTAGE $5.50 Toodyay Homesteads, Past and Present is an invaluable book for anyone interested in Western Australia's rural heritage. It describes the evolution of the Toodyay District and the farming properties that have operated since the 1830s and 1840s.
Toodyay - the good old days by Wally Chitty edited by Chris Martin [ISBN 0 85905 342 3], (2004), Soft Cover, 248 pages, 240x160mm, 150+ photos, maps.415grams $35.00 A magnificent new book on Toodyay - an anecdotal snapshot of life in times gone by. Features more than 1000 people. Illustrated with over 150 photographs. Includes reference maps. Easy to read and of great interest. The author is a fourth generation member of a well known local pioneering family.
Those Were The Days by Arthur Reid [ISBN 0 85905 101 3], (1986 reprint of 1933 edition with new material), Hard Cover, 418pp, illustrated, quarto, l.5kg, $85.00* An important reminiscing history of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. Biographical details of more than 400 early goldfielders. Fully indexed.
To Call Our Own by M.R.H. Southcombe [ISBN 0 85905 119 6], (1998 New), Soft Cover, 87pp, illustrated, 140grams, $16.50 The pioneering of the Group Settlements, Kalgoorlie in the depression, riots on the goldfields, and timber milling.
To King George the Third Sound for Whales by Rod Dickson. To King George the Third Sound for Whales. A voyage aboard the British Whaling Vessel *Kingston* of London, Captain Thomas Dennis. 1800-1802. Transcribed from the original ship’s logbook by Rod Dickson. [ISBN 0 85905 372 5], (2006 New) Hard cover, dj, 174 pp, 25 x 17cm, illustrated, maps, 480grams. $55.00*, A limited edition of 500 copies To be released 1 June 2006. Publisher direct price $55.00 We will advise overseas POSTAGE on query.
To the Bar Bonded by Kath Mallett [ISBN 0 85905 178 1], (1992 New), Hard Cover, 330pp, illustrated, 550grams, $35.00 A history of Marble Bar by Mrs Mallett, ex Limestone Station. A fascinating look at this quintessential Western Australian outback town from its beginnings
To The Savage Land - The Life of John Costello [ISBN 085905 287 7], (2002 Reprint of 1930), Soft Cover, 161pp, illustrated, $26.00 In the 1880s John Costello, a pastoralist from Yass who has settled on Coopers Creek, purchased Lake Nash Station.
Trackmaster, The - Sig Schlam by Bill Elkes [ISBN 0 85905 112 9], (1987 New), Soft Cover, 29pp, illustrated, 100grams, $6.00 The biography of one of the World’s greatest speedway motorcycle riders
Tragedy Track by F.E. Baume, 1994 [ISBN 0 85905 199 4], (1994 reprint of 1933 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 143pp, illustrated, 200grams, $22.00 The story of the Northern Territory Granites’ gold rush of the 1930s. A bush classic. The area now has major gold mines.
Travels in Western Australia by May Vivienne [ISBN 0 85905 192 7], (1993 reprint of 1901 edition), Soft Cover, 212pp, illustrated, 275grams, $28.00 The writer sparkled through Western Australia and the goldfields by train, coach and bicycle, charming all. Always popular, this is a goldfields’ gem.
Travels With A Lawbook - Memoirs of a Magistrate by Ken ‘Lazarus’ Moore [ISBN 978 085 905 442 3], (2008 New), Soft cover, notch bound, A4, 384 pages, 1.1 kg , $50.00* In this autobiography the author takes us on a roller-coaster journey from his birthplace in the Glens of Antrim to far distant places around the globe.
Trenches In The Sky, The by Dan Conway [ISBN 0 85905 205. 2], (1995 New), Soft Cover, 264pp, illustrated, 350grams, $30.00 The best Australian book of the Air War in Europe and one of the best on Bomber Command.
Twentieth Century Impressions P.W.H. Thiel & Co. [ISBN 0 85905 269 9], (2000 reprint of 1901 edition), Hard Cover, 808pp, illustrated, A4+, $250.00* Another Western Australian classic. Richly illustrated. Copious information on early Western Australia.
28^th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force,The. A record of war service. By Harry K Kahan. [ISBN 0 85905 391 1], (1969 reprint 2007), Soft Cover, A4, 140 pp, illust, 410 grams, $30.00* The story of the 28th in France in WWI. Collett’s volume covers the unit until they arrived in France and Kahan continues the story.