Forgotten and interesting material on the SW Aboriginals of WA.
For the 100th year of the University of WA. Written by Emeritus Professor John Melville-Jones, this book describes the architecture, decoration, and historical stories of the Hackett Memoria...
History of the migration from S.E. Asia into the north of Western Australia during pearling days, leading to the spread of leprosy. Based on contemporary observations, it examines the social...
Biography of Andy Lennon, contractor and prospector, who paved the paths of Hannan Street in 1899 with gold-bearing ore.
A factual account of Julius Brockman, whose diaries detailed the exploration and settlement of the North West of Western Australia. This account combines historical relevance with a unique n...
A visual and written record of the Moore family, one of the early pioneering families of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The stories of RAAF aces in WWII, narrated by one of Australia's best-known military historians, Peter Firkins.
Transcribed from the original logbooks of the Nantucket whaler and trader, Hezekiah Pinkham. The log books provide a detailed account of his adventures at sea, starting as a teenager under h...
A biography with genealogical study and bush verse of H.G.B. Mason, an explorer, bushman, and keen cricketer, shedding light on his enigmatic life and contributions to Australia’s outback.
The letters to The Western Mail in the late 1930s cover reminiscences and observations of bush life by men and women, farmers, drovers, sailors, and fishermen, representing the land as it on...