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First Five Hundred, The E.S. & C.G.S. Whitely
An index of the names of settlers who came to the Swan River settlement of Western Australia between 2nd June 1829 and 14th November, 1829.
Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia by P.E. Warburton
Diary of Warburton's 1873 epic desert journey.
Murchison Gold Discoveries by Phil Heydon
A history of all the gold rushes of the Murchison goldfields from the early 1890s.
Nullarbor’s Doorstep, The by A. Crocker
The natural history of the western Nullarbor Plain as told by a well-known artist Amy Crocker of Balladonia Station.
Overlanders, The edited by P.J. Bridge
The stories of those who walked, pushed barrows, rode pushbikes, camels, horse and covered wagons across the Nullarbor from the 1870s to the sealing of the road in the 1960s.
The Ride of the Ragged Thirteen by Peter Bridge and Cathie Clement
The life and times of a band of adventurers whose name has echoed through the Australian bush for over a century.
Shearers of the Never Never by Reg Dunbar
A richly illustrated account of a shearer’s life in the north of Western Australia.
Maritime Matters Cossack Part B, and Fremantle.
In Prep.
From Tragedy He Triumphed
John Thomas of Fremantle. Includes the log of the Rory 0 'More. Hesperian Press - 2012.
Tom’s Story by Tom Fisher.
Tom was on the Sydney and other ships and this is his story. Out July.
Bill McDonald
Kimberley drover who started Cocklebiddy Motel and became a Nullarbor legend.
Johny Mac’s Kimberley.
The autobiog of a well known Kimberley stockman.
The autobiog of FW Bow of Kunanalling
Coolgardie and Esperance, a goldfields pioneer prospector and pastoralist.
An Australian Centaur.
The biog of Harry Farber, horseman.
A convicts life and letter.
The story of James Roe
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Explorer's' Diaries
Exact transcriptions of diaries of exploration in Western Australia.
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