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gather_no_mossGather No Moss

by Billy Linklater

ISBN 0 85905 232 X, (1997 reprint of 1968 edition with new material, Soft Cover), 175pp, illustrated, 240grams

$22.00 + POST


Gather No Moss is the autobiography of William Linklater, alias Billy Miller, who ran away from his Adelaide home and in the 1880s 'went bush' and never looked back. He was in love with Romance, Adventure and a particular place, as true pioneers must be: the place was northern Australia at a time when the white man was still a phenomenon on the scene.

mineral_deposits_lavertonGeology and Mineral Deposits of the Leonora-Laverton Area, North Eastern Yilgarn Block, Western Australia

by J. Hallberg

ISBN 0 85905 0785, (1985 new), Hard Cover, 218pp, illustrated, HC 420grams, SC 310grams

HC $35.00, SC $25.00  + POST


An associated set of 16 large geological maps of the area sells at over $104.00 elsewhere.

Get it Write!

by Kim Epton

Replaces Publishing Your Book with Hesperian Press

(2007 New), FREE TO DOWNLOAD

Explains the process involved in publishing your book with Hesperian Press, from preparing the manuscript to the printing of the book. Part 2 of the book is a style guide that details the Hesperian Press house style.

Read more: Get it Write

ghosts_of_bayley_streetThe Ghosts of Bayley Street

Collected Poems of J. Sorensen

by Jack Sorensen

ISBN 0 85905 138 2, (1992 new), Soft Cover, 100pp, 150grams

$16.50 + POST


Jack Sorenson, shearer, boxer and poet was renowned for his meter and rhyme.


ghosts_hamelin_coverThe Ghosts of Hamelin Bay

by Garry Teehan and edited by Helen Teehan

ISBN 978-0-85905-035-7, (2008), A4, 92pp, Soft Cover, illustrated, 270 grams, $30.00* + POST


The history of the now forgotten port and timber export town and area at Karridale, near Augusta. Details of the timber cutting, mills, ships and shipping, and the Davies empire from the archives, police files and shipping records.

glorious_uncertaintyThe Glorious Uncertainty 

by Sally L. Senior

ISBN 0 85905 282 6, (2000 new), Soft Cover, 152pp, illustrated

$22.00 + POST


An enchanting tale of the lives of three little girls who grew up on a sheep station in the East Murchison district of Western Australia in the 1930s and 1940s.

Read more: Glorious Uncertainty 

gold_at_peak_hillGold at Peak Hill

by P.R. Heydon (OAM)

ISBN 0 85905 153 6, (1991 new), Hard Cover, 310pp, illustrated, 530grams

$35.00 + POST


The story of the discovery of gold in 1892 by Wilson and partners, the history of the town and Peak Hill area and its characters, all now gone.

THE AUTHOR

Phil Heydon commenced his working life in the Post Office at Cue, in 1935, as a Telegraph Messenger. He worked in most Murchison goldfield towns, returning to Big Bell as Postmaster in 1947 and retired as Postmaster at the General Post Office, Perth. He was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1979.

gold-depositsThe  Gold Deposits of Western Australia

by A. Gibb Maitland

ISBN 0 85905 010 6, (1919, 2009), 94pp, A4+, illus, soft cover, 300grams

$30.00 + POST


Ninety years on this is still the best overview of gold in WA for the general reader and prospector. The maps, drawings and photos explain the distribution and geology of gold throughout WA. Fourth Edition. 

gold_getting_daysGold Getting Days

by John Meiklejohn (edited by P. Bridge)

ISBN 0 85905 341 5, (2005), Soft Cover, 175pp, 235grams

$28.00 + POST


John Meiklejohn was one of the best known prospectors of the Coolgardie and later goldrushes of the 1890s. He came from Scotland to New Zealand and Victoria and then to Western Australia for gold. Rich gold strikes led to him heading for London to sell his claims, resulting in introductions to some of the most powerful financial figures of the time. Later came the South African war and prospecting in the Klondyke, Africa, and Madagascar for gold and oil. With his fortune gone he retired to Perth where he wrote of his experiences and those of his associates in the good old Gold Getting Days.

gold_in_the_gascoyneGold in the Gascoyne

by Rhonda McDonald

ISBN 0 85905 270 2, (2000 reprint of 1985, 1986 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 140pp, illustrated, 200grams

$22.00 + POST


The story of Mangaroon Station and its development by the McDonalds from 1923, including the discovery of the magnificent Star of Mangaroon gold mine.

gold_on_the_murchisonGold on the Murchison

by Phil Heydon

ISBN 0 85905 066 1, (1986, 2008), 221pp, illustrated, Soft Cover, 315 grams

$35.00 + POST

Reprint of 1986 edition


Gold on the Murchison is the story of Cue, Day Dawn and Big Bell and the part the towns and their people played in the development of Murchison gold.

From the first rushes in the 1880s and the hardships of the pioneers to Cue's status as the 'Queen of the Murchison', the decay to ghost towns, oblivion and eventual rebirth.

THE AUTHOR

Phil Heydon commenced his working life in the Post Office at Cue, in 1935, as a Telegraph Messenger. He worked in most Murchison goldfield towns, returning to Big Bell as Postmaster in 1947 and retired as Postmaster at the General Post Office, Perth.  He was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1979.

gold_stealersThe Gold Stealers

by Brian Purdue 

ISBN 085908 271 0, (2001 new), Soft Cover, 280 pages, illustrated, 450grams

$35.00 + POST


In 1926 one of the most diabolical murders to ever take place in Western Australia was committed.

Two members of the Goldstealing Detection Branch of the West Australian Police Force were murdered near Kalgoorlie, and their bodies partly dismembered and burned. The remains were then taken to a mineshaft and unceremoniously dumped. A gold processing plant was then thrown on top of the mutilated bodies.

This book reports all the known facts of the case. There are no imagined histrionics or manufactured conversations. Some of the photographs have never been previously published or even seen before, except in Court.

gold_to_grassGold to Grass

by A. Ashwin 

ISBN 0 85905 284 2, (2002 new), Soft Cover, 222 pages, illustrated, 300grams

$30.00 + POST


Prospecting in the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and  Western Australia through the 1870s, 80s and 90s. 

Arthur Cranbrook Ashwin's reminiscences cover a great time in our history.  The goldrushes of the 1850s to the 1890s made the People and the Nation of Australia.

Read more: Gold to Grass