PLEASE NOTE: Any book title starting with "The" - the second word of the title is used to list by.
Wadjelas
The memoirs of a 1950s Patrol Officer
by Adrian Day
ISBN 978-0-85905-475-1, (2010), A4, illustrated, soft cover, 276pp, 765grams
$45.00* + POST
This story is about a very young man with noble intent, a lack of maturity and no training whatsoever who is sent out by government to deal with what it sees as a disintegrating and dying race. It is about the ineptitude of government in dealing with a giant problem the average citizens, if they concern themselves at all, think is being attended to by experts. That within some grand plan there are dovetailed notions which will bring about a solution, if not now, then at some stage in the future.
Waiting for Rain
by Janet Wells
ISBN 0 85905 155 2, (1991 new), Soft Cover, 36pp, 70grams
$9.00 + POST
Prize-winning poetry of the North.
The Waldeck Story
Swan River Colony - Greenough 1836-1905
by Norma King
ISBN 0 85905 141 2, (1990 reprint of 1980 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 140mm x 215mm, 120pp, illustrated, 180grams
$22.00 + POST
The story of the Waldeck family of Greenough.
Walker in the Wilderness
The Life of R.J. Anketell
by Judith Anketell
ISBN 0 85905 243 5, (1988 new), Soft Cover, 196pp illustrated, HC 485grams, SC 340grams,
HC $40.00 SC $30.00 + POST (An edition limited to 500 copies)
"We built no heroes, but we left no bones."
This remark, said by a colleague, sums up the meticulous planning and execution of the expeditions led by Richard John Anketell.
In Walker in the Wilderness the exploits of this engineer/surveyor are traced as he opened up large tracts of Australia. He is one of a band of intrepid public servants who lived and worked in inhospitable country beyond the bounds of civilisation. His efforts, and those of other public servants engaged in similar pioneering work, have been undeservedly overlooked.
The Wanderings of Dido – E A Church
by Peter J. Bridge with Gail Dreezens
ISBN 0 85905 365 2, (2007 New), Soft Cover, A4, 40 pp, saddle, 160grams
$20* + POST
Ted Church was a prospector and raconteur of the Kalgoorlie area who recorded many of the incidents of goldfields life.
We Came Home
or
Return from the Land of Milk and Honey
A True Story of Living Hell
by Richard J. Armstrong
ISBN 085905 352 0, (2005 new) 211pp, A4, Perfect bound, illust., 585grams
$30.00* + POST
The author was in Changi and on the Burma railway and this is his reminiscences of men and murderers, good men and bad, with neither fear nor favour. The author is now 85 and in failing health, but all his old comrades will remember this as vintage Richard.
Wealth and Wildcats
by Raymond Radcliffe
ISBN 0 85905 309 1, (2004, reprint of 1898),129 pages, Illustrated, 190grams
$22.00 + POST
Raymond Radclyffe, journalist for the London Financial Times traveled through the goldfields of Western Australia and New Zealand in the late 1890s.
No other contemporary writers match his astute and cynically amusing observations of the miners and their mines, the social scene, politics and resources.
The description of places such as Dandalup, Yalgoo, and Mt Magnet also illuminates obscure gold rushes and their characters. Wealth and Wildcats is a nugget in the wilderness of words on Australia’s greatest gold rush.
Well Drilling Plants and Gasoline Engines
by 
ISBN 978-0-85905-454-6, (?1920s, 2008), Soft Cover, 78 pages, A4, 235grams
$25.00* + POST
This heavily illustrated catalogue and descriptive booklet of ?1920s diamond drilling equipment for water and oil is invaluable for machinery collectors and historians of the pastoral and oil drilling industry in Australia. The Foreword details it’s approach:-
"In the following pages we submit illustrations with brief descriptions of Boring Plants, tools, and accessories, manufactured by us at Melbourne. If you are interested in boring, a careful perusal will repay you.
West Australian Gold Towns and Settlements
by Ian Murray with Phil Bianchi, Maria Bloomfield and Celene Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-094-4, (2012, New), A4, 520pp, 1.72kg
$110.00* + POST
Two huge volumes with 199 pages of text on the establishment history and 403 pages of original surveys and town maps.
Fully indexed with the names of the first inhabitants.
Published with the help of the Leonora Shire.
Only sold as the two volume set. Don’t lend and lose as we printed small matching numbers and will not supply individual volumes.
The West Pilbara
Sail and Teams to Bulk Carriers and Bitumen
by Doug Gordon
ISBN 978-0-85905-444-7, (2008 Reprint), 162pp, softcover, A4, illustrated, 410grams
$35.00* + POST
Reprinted with index
Doug’s memoirs cover his families involvement in the early NW and Millstream Station. It is very well illustrated. Contains biographical sketches of N.W. characters such as Jack Edney An important book on the N.W.why none of his four children has embarked on the same course!
A new edition of this popular book, now indexed. The Gordon family were pioneers of the Pilbara. Covers the early history and the development of Millstream Station, together with Doug’s life at Wittenoom and many of the NW personalities.