Fred Burdett was one of the earliest diggers at the Kimberley goldrush of the 1880s. His reminiscences cover pastoral life in NSW and the men and incidents of the early Kimberley.
This publication fills a large gap in research into aspects of the pearl-shell fishing industry and Japanese immigration to Australia in general. Through careful research, and with over 200 ...
The story of the tracks to the Murchison Goldfields and the people who made and lived at the wayside coach stations.
Originally the only land route between Perth and Geraldton. This fascinating history covers drovers, bush postmen, mining, pioneers and much more.
Old Scarborough describes in words, and many never seen before photos, ‘the way we were’ when the Scarborough beachfront sands were much wider; life was much simpler; the buildings were ...
The unit history of the mainly West Australian 16th Battalion during WWI, with fold out plates and nominal list.
Charlie Gaunt arrived in the Northern Territory in 1878 as a young teenager. His adventurous life there and in NQ is detailed with many bloody meetings with the tribesmen. Pearling, prospect...
Jean Christopher de Lancourt, an enigmatic “French” traveller, raconteur, and soldier, wrote of his experiences while walking around Australia for a wager. Bill de Burgh has collected an...
A collection of prospectors’ and miners’ stories with magnificent photographs of mining life now long past.
Oldfield was a botanical collector with a great interest in Aboriginals. This 1864 work with an extensive introduction by H.H. is virtually unknown to anthropologists and is not known in mos...