PLEASE NOTE: Any book title starting with "The" - the second word of the title is used to list by.
Legal Executions in Western Australia
by Brian Purdue
ISBN 1 875778 188 9, (1993 new), Soft Cover, 140mm x 215mm, 85pp, illustrated, 125grams
$22.00 + POST
Details of all executions in Western Australia and also those sentenced to death and reprieved.
Updated and reprinted
Legend of the Kimberley
Lawson Holman – Flying Doctor
Compiled by Janet Holman
ISBN 978-0-85905-562-8, (2004, 2013), 180pp, illustrated, 350 grams.
$35.00 + POST
Dr Lawson Holman lived in Derby from 1956 until the end of 1970. He related many entertaining stories and interesting incidents which provide intriguing glimpses of characters and life in the Kimberley in those days. These forming the bulk of the book, are woven into the story of his life.
It’s a yarn with all the necessary human-interest ingredients – adventure, drama, pathos and tragedy – but, most importantly, it’s a collection of wonderful down-to-earth Australian humour which provides a succession of belly-laughs. Reviewer.
Letters from Nigeria
by David Carnegie
ISBN 0 85905 086 6, (1902, 1992, 2008), A4, 114 pp, Soft Cover, 320grams
$25.00* + POST
Leaving WA after his great expedition, Carnegie went to Nigeria where he was killed by a poisoned arrow while quelling a native rebellion. These are his letters arranged by his sister. Only 100 copies were made of the original edition.
Liberty Call
by Ian Johnson
ISBN 0 85905 289 3, (2003 new), Soft Cover, 240mm x 162mm, 364 pages well illustrated, including colour section
$45.00* + POST
Since 1908, seaborne elements from the armed forces of the United States have been visiting ports in the State of Western Australia. Over the years, the State has established a reputation as the best liberty stopover in the world.
Lieutenant Bunbury's Australian Sojourn
The letters and journals of Lt. H.W. Bunbury, 21st Royal North Fusiliers, 1834-1837
Edited by JMR Cameron and Phyllis Barnes
ISBN 978-85905-551-2, (2014, New), 298pp, illust., case bound, dj, 685 grams
$70.00* + POST
Henry William St Pierre Bunbury, after whom the City of Bunbury in Western Australia is named, was a professional soldier, the son and nephew of distinguished professional soldiers. He was just 21 years old when he sailed for the Australian colonies in charge of the military guard on the convict transport Susan. Between his arrival in Sydney in July 1834 and his departure in November 1837, he spent 10 months in New South Wales as aide-de-camp to Governor Bourke, 9 months in Van Diemen's Land, and 21 months in Western Australia.
Life and Adventure in Northern Australia
by Thomas Traine
ISBN 0 85905 367 9, (2005 new), 62pp, A4, Perfect bound, illustrated, 190grams
$22.00 + POST
Tom Traine was one of the overlanders from Queensland to the West in the 1880s. His story covers the opening of the Barkley Tablelands, Black Jack Reid, the Ragged Thirteen, aboriginal encounters, running pubs and stations and the first development of Port Hedland
Life on the Goldfields. A retrospect.
Anon
ISBN 978-0-85905-765-3, (R , 2020), A5, 15 pages, $10.00*
A very early reminiscence of the Coolgardie goldfields with detailed descriptive views.
List of Cancelled Gold Mining Leases
which have produced Gold (1954)
by the Mines Department of WA
ISBN 0 85905 058 0, (1954, R2008), A4, 275 pp, Soft Cover, 750grams
$50.00* + POST
This important list of mining leases, set out by goldfield and district, lists the active years, the tonnage of ore, and the gold produced. It is an essential volume for any prospector in WA. See also our Alphabetical Index of this.
List of Nuggets found in Victoria
by E.J. Dunn
ISBN 978-0-85905-300-6, (1979 reprint of 1912 edition with new material), Soft Cover, foolscap, 69pp, illustrated, 280grams
$35.00 + POST
A compilation of data by the Geological Survey of Victoria on 1360 nuggets each weighing over 20 ozs.
Little Boy Lost - Northampton in 1865
by Peter J Bridge
There is little more heart-breaking for parents than to lose a child, especially one of tender years, in whom love and dreams for the future were the warp and weft of a precious tapestry. One thing worse is for that child to be lost, stolen, or somehow disappeared. The not knowing, the despair, intermingled with hopeless hope, ensures that the soreness of the heart is ever present.
The Little Wonder gold mine
by P.J. Bridge with Angelia Teague
ISBN 978-0-85905-458-4, (2008), A4, 18 pp, Soft Cover, illustrated, 110grams
$12.00* + POST
The spectacular gold output of this now forgotten show created legends in the 1890s. The ore was carted hundreds of miles by packhorse for treatment. Most of the owners drank themselves to death.
Loaming For Gold
by Sam Cash (with a Foreword and biographical notes by Bob Sheppard)
ISBN 0 85905 431 4, (2008 Reprint with new material), Soft Cover, 84pp, illustrated, 150grams.
$22.00 + POST
Loaming for Gold is an Australian prospecting icon.
First published in 1934, it is now in its fourth edition.
The author discovered over 100 gold mines, large and small, using the techniques described in this book.
In the huge auriferous areas of Australia much more remains to be found by prospectors, both amateur and professional.
The potential is immense and the techniques can be mastered by almost anyone.
This book is the fabled ‘map’ to your own gold mine.
Locked Up In Fremantle 1829-1856. Prisoners and Patients on the Marquis of Anglesea and in the Round House.
by Steve Errington.
ISBN 978-0-85905-999-2, (New, 2023), 266 pages, 240 x 160, French flap soft cover, 460 grams, $70.00.
This book is a vital addition to both Steve’s recent book on the Roundhouse and the earlier collections of the WA Dictionary of Biography series.
Londonderry - The Golden Hole
by A. Sprake
ISBN 0 85905 160 9, (1991 new), Hard Cover, 145mm x 222mm, 236pp, illustrated, 430grams
$30.00 + POST
The full story of the 1890s’ share fiasco that shattered London and Western Australia.
The Lone Hand
Charles Ross and the mountain bandits
by Peter J Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-486-7,(2010 new), A5, 16pp, 40grams
$10.00* + POST
Charles Ross was of that great Australian breed, the Overlanders. Arriving on the Ashburton in the early 1890s from the Kimberley and further east, he was a successful prospector.
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The Longest Fence in the World
by F. H. Broomhall
ISBN 0-85905-147-1, (1991, 2013), illustrated, 197pp, 350grams.
$35.00 + POST
A limited facsimile edition of the 1991 edition.
Frank Broomhall, after serving in Ireland, Mesopotamia, Persia, and India, joined the Rabbit Department in 1926 and spent 14 months as a boundary rider on the Rabbit Proof Fence. After farming and government work he completed a BA on retirement. He had several history books published.
This is the history of the Rabbit Proof Fence and the story of the men who made it and rode it. One of the great stories of the bush in WA.
Loreto W.A. - The First Forty Years
(1897-1937)
by J. Stephenson
ISBN 0 85905 115 3, (1988 new), Soft Cover, 108pp, illustrated, 200grams
$22.00 + POST
The history of the first 40 years of Loreto School in Perth. Well illustrated. A must for Loreto “old girls”.
Lucky Ross
The Autobiography of an R.A.N. Officer - 1934-1951
by W.H. ("John") Ross
ISBN 0 85905 203 6, (1994 new), Soft Cover, 140mm x 215mm, 288pp, illustrated, 400grams
$30.00 + POST
Lucky Ross covers the period from 1934 to 1951 and details the author's varied and unusual experiences as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy during that time.
Ludovic de Beauvoir's visit to Australia
Translated and edited by John Melville Jones with Nicola Cousen, Steve Mullins, Stefan Petrow and Marie & John Ramsland
ISBN 978-0-85905-626-7, (2016, New), Published in a edition of 250 copies. 160 x 240, 351pp, Section sewn with dj on soft cover in French flap style with quality paper, illustrated, 850 grams
$50.00* + POST
This publication presents a revised English translation of the first volume (Australie) of an account of a voyage around the world undertaken in 1866 by two young French aristocrats. In Australia they visited Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo, and outside Melbourne experienced the life of a squatter at that time. They also visited Hobart, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane before sailing north towards South East Asia.
Lure of the North
by F. W. Gunning
ISBN 0 85905 396 2, (2007, reprint), Hard Cover, dj, 272pp, illustrated, 720grams
$75.00* + POST Order direct from Hesperian Press
Long out of print and reaching $600 plus as a rare book, it has been reprinted courtesy of the Gunning and Gooch families. This new facsimile, limited edition, is case bound with a dust jacket.
Lure of the North is the story of George Gooch and the opening up of the Gascoyne.
The Lost Flyers
by WC Charnley
[ISBN 978-0-85905-883-4], (1935, 2021), A4, 20 pages, illustrated, 105 grams. $30.00*
Hans Bertram and Adolf Klauseman were flying from Germany in 1932. They crashed on the northern cost of WA. All was thought lost but when eventually found they had been succoured by the once fierce tribal aboriginals.