Peculiar Habits and Customs of the Aborigines of Western Australia

A.M. Robertson, the Prison doctor for Fremantle and Rottnest wrote of the sub-incision (whistlecocking) of the natives at Rottnest. An appendix queries the origin of the rite and posits the ...

Perched on the Rails

An essentially-Australian autobiography of a pastoralist and his station life in three States. Set mainly in the North West of Australia.

Perils of Pearling, its pleasures and profits. Broome in 1910, The

An incisive examination of Broome in its heyday.

Peter McQuade, the Hayward family, and the Cookernup-Harvey timber industry

Peterwangy. Western Australia’s First Goldrush

The 1870 rush to the Irwin River near Geraldton and the details of its discoverer George Brelsford, with notes on barisal guns, diamonds and gold at Mingenew.

Pharmacy Apprenticeship Education in Western Australia

This book describes the background to the commencement of pharmacy and its statutory recognition in Western Australia.

Photographs from the Frontier. Kimberley 1910-1911

153 B&W photos taken on the expedition, of Aboriginals, landscapes, settlers, expedition members. Never before released photos of the Mjoberg expedition.

Pigeon

This narrative describes the career of an Australian aboriginal who, after learning from whites, led a gang against them, waging pitiless war on man and beast.

Pilbara Bushman – The Life Experience of W. Dunn

An intriguing story of part-Aboriginal pastoralist Billy Dunn. From managing stock stations to owning his own.

Pilchowski's Crossing. The triple murder of Richard Pilchowski

The savage shovel nosed spearing of a sleeping man at Wyndham in 1913 has led to the murder being justified by vested interests.