The story of Elizabeth Hickman ‘Wild Australian’ circus performer, who became the ‘Lady Bushranger’ in the Blue Mountains, clashing with police until her eventual imprisonment and de...
J.S. Durlacher was a Pilbara pastoralist with a great interest in native customs. In 1900 he wrote his reminiscences of these, together with a unique series of sketches. Lost for a century h...
In 1964 one of the most important industrial projects in the history of Bunbury and indeed the South West of Western Australia, opened its gates, amid a storm of controversy.
Reminiscences of prospecting in Western Australia from the 1890s to the 1930s. Tregurtha recounts desert expeditions and his time in the Klondyke and New Guinea.
The Governor-general and his councillors in Batavia resolved to send expeditions in search of survivors from Vergulde Draeck and the lost crew of Goede Hoop. This book covers the expedition'...
Details of all executions and also those sentenced to death and reprieved in Western Australia.
Dr. Lawson Holman lived in Derby from 1956 until 1970, sharing stories and insights of Kimberley life and people. This updated edition includes additional entertaining stories of his time.
After his great expedition, Carnegie went to Nigeria, where he was killed by a poisoned arrow while quelling a native rebellion. These are his letters arranged by his sister. Only 100 copies...