Maritime Books

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Last update: Wednesday, 27 March 2024.

53317
ALLOM, Richard, HOGAN, Janet, BRIER-MILLS, Margery ...
THE IPSWICH TOWNSCAPE (in The National Trust of Queensland Journal)
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1977. National Trust of Queensland. Issue for September 1977. 36 PP with b/w illustrations (9 drawings, over 50 sketch plans and 8 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.

Townscape. Ipswich House. Birthplace of the State's Rail Network.

66495
AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
11th Biennal National Conference : CROSSING BOUNDARIES
$30.00 AUD

Brisbane. 2002. Australian Historical Association. June 2002 edition. 28 PP (recto only) and 76 PP (recto and verso). Soft cover, illustrated front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Conference held at Brisbane: 3-7 July 2002. Program: 14 pages. Who's Where at the Conference: 9 pages . Abstracts of 190 papers presented: 76 pages.

65468
BILLING, John
THE CORNUBIA PADDLE STEAMER and the Common Seal of the City of Gladstone Queensland
$100.00 AUD

Magic Daffodil Studio Press. Port Keats, N.T. 1993. 1st edition limited to 500 copies, hand numbered (No. 100) & signed by author. (8), 32 PP with 5 full-page b/w draw. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. 25.2 x 17. 0646153692

This paddle steamer built for the coast of Cornwall, came to Australia & was owned by Ben Boyd. She ended in Aneytum, Southern Vanuatu, owned by Capt. James Paddon, whaler, sandalwood trader and then settler in New Caledonia.

64022
BLACKBIRDING
DOSSIER DE PRESSE: EMBARQUEMENT POUR LE QUEENSLAND: DES LOYALTIENS EN TERRE AUSTRALIENNE
$20.00 AUD

Nouméa. 2001. Bibliothèque Bernheim. Press release for the Exhibition. Discours / Speech by Mme Sally Mansfield, Consul General of Australia. No pagination, 28 PP (recto only) with b/w illustrations and 19 b/w photos in the section "Photos du Vernissage / Photos of the Launch", plus the poster for the exhibition. Clear plastic front, spiral bound. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

File with photocopies of pages published in "Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes", "Télé 7 Jours Nouvelle-Calédonie", "Challenge Magazine", "Le Gratuit". Loyalty Islanders and blackbirding to Queensland.

42785
BUCKRIDGE, Patrick (Editor)
QUEENSLAND REVIEW - Vol.8, No.1
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 2001. The University of Queensland. Volume 8, No. 1, May 2001. VI, 96 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.

Contains article from P. 21 to 30 by Steve Mullins "KASTOM, Synchretism and Self-Determination: the Reconciliation of Bipotaim and Pastaim in the Church of Torres Strait".

65052
BYRNE, Dianne
A TRAVELLING PHOTOGRAPHER IN COLONIAL QUEENSLAND - The Work of William Boag
$75.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1994. State Library of Queensland. 1st Ed., with a preface by W. Ross Johnson. IX, 118 PP with b/w ilustrations (2 maps, 5 newspaper clippings and 9 photos) and 104 b/w plates. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 30 x 25. 0724258833

64917
COLLIN, Captain W. M.
LIFE AND ADVENTURES (of an Essexman) CAPTAIN WILLIAM COLLIN. A Queensland Pioneer
$1000.00 AUD

H. J. Diddams & Co. Brisbane. 1914. 1st Ed., with a Personal Tribute by the late Captain John Mackay, Portmaster of Queensland. XII, 252, (2) PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Rebacked spine, retaining original cloth covers, gilt title on front. Corners of front cover rubbed and worn and gilt lettering is dulled. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Binding is good and all illustrations called for are present. Dedicatory note on verso of front endpaper, dated and signed by Geo. H. Collin. A very good copy of a rare item. 18.7 x 12.5.

The reminiscences of a master mariner whose first contact with Australia came when he was shipwrecked off the North-East coast of Queensland in 1854. By the 1860s he had established himself as a mariner involved in the Queensland coastal trade and soon became renowned for his skill in marine salvage. A pioneer of the Queensland coastal and river trade, his reminiscences are an important source for the social and commercial history of early settlement in Queensland. One of Collin's lasting achievements was to mark the passage through Torres Straits with buoys under contract to the Queensland Government. Australian National Bibliography No.: 10226. Ingleton No. 1229.

35319
COOK, James
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - Bi-Centenary Celebrations, Queensland schools
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1970. Courier-Mail. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map of the world, 2 scores of music, and 32 illust. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 24.8.

Souvenir of the Celebrations held during 1970 to honour Captain James Cook who explored and charted the Queensland coast two hundred years ago.

64937
DAVIE, Peter & other authors
WILD GUIDE TO MORETON BAY: Wildlife and Habitats of a beautiful Australian Coast - Noosa to the Tweed
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1998. Queensland Museum. 1st edition. Foreword by Dr. Peter Jell. XXIV, 408 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0724280529

32249
DEVANNY, Jean
BY TROPIC SEA AND JUNGLE - Adventures in North Queensland
$35.00 AUD

Sydney. 1944. Angus and Robertson. 1st Ed. X, 230 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover. Covers rubbed, ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.2.

36767
DURBIDGE, Ellie & COVACEVICH, Jeanette
NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1981. Stradbroke Island Management Organisation. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 35 figures and 142 b/w photos. Fp: Sand dunes, Main Beach. Pictorial soft cover rubbed with a few creases and a repaired tear, o/wise very good. 24 x 17.5. 0959398309

Natural environment: Flora and Fauna. Social environment: Aborigines, White settlement, shipwrecks, industries.

65932
ELLIOTT, John (compiler) & DERRICK, Scott
LETTERS TO BUNDALL 1872-1879, and Lena Cooper's Manuscript
$50.00 AUD

Southport, Qld. 1993. Gold Coast & Hinterland Historical Society / Boolarong Publications. Edition limited to 2000 numbered copies (No. 509 / 2000) and signed by both authors. Foreword by Geoffrey Bolton. XV, 336 PP with b/w illustrations (maps & plans, photos & portraits). Laminated pictorial boards. Name of previous owners on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 16.5. 0646130269

52536
FARNFIELD, J.
COTTON AND THE SEARCH FOR AN AGRICULTURAL STAPLE IN EARLY QUEENSLAND (in Queensland Heritage)
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1971. Oxley Memorial Library / Library Board of Queensland. Vol. 2, No. 4, May 1971 issue. 20-25 with 2 b/w portraits. Soft cover. Fine. 30.2 x 24.7.

... with the arrival of the first New Hebridean on the cotton plantation of Robert Towns in Logan district.

64844
FISHER, Rod & SCHIAVO, John (compiler)
MORETON BAY IN THE NEWS: 1841 - 1860 / A Select Subject Index
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 2000. Brisbane History Group. 1st Ed. Brisbane History Group, Sources No. 9. 180 PP with 1 map of Moreton Bay and 4 b/w illustrations. Errata slip tipped in on title page. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958625514

38785
FITZGERALD, Ross
FROM 1915 TO THE EARLY 1980s - A History of Queensland
$45.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1984. University of Queensland Press. 1st Ed. XVIII, 653 PP with 109 b/w illustrations (maps, facsimile of newspaper and b/w photos). Fp (in colour): Autocratic Labor Premier William Forgan Smith, ca. 1939. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0702217344

66855
FOOTE, W. F. (editor)
QUEENSLAND MARITIME BULLETIN of the WORLD SHIP SOCIETY - Queensland Branch: Volume 3
$25.00 AUD

W.S.S. - Qld Branch. Brisbane. 1971. Volume 3 - No. 1 (January 1971) to No. 12 (December 1971). 12 issues for a total of 96 pages (roneotyped), with b/w illustrations. Staples removed. Ageing, foxing of paper. Very good. 33.5 x 20.5.

64867
FOWLER, Wilfred
THE "YOUNG DICK" (in Queensland Heritage)
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1969. Library Board of Queensland. Volume 2, No. 1, November 1969. Includes article between pages 23 and 35 with 1 map of Malaita Island. Card cover. Near fine. 30.2 x 24.5.

The two years (1884/1886) voyages of "Young Dick" in the labiour trade (blackbirding)

49139
FROST, Alan
EAST COAST COUNTRY: A North Queensland Dreaming
$30.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1996. Melbourne University Press. 1st Ed. (X), 284 PP with 15 illustrations (4 maps and 11 drawings) by Ellsworth Overton. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 0522847412

Alan Frost: Professor, History Department, La Trobe University, Victoria. Early years and history of Northern Queensland coast.

64122
GIBSON BOWLES, Thomas
SEA LAW AND SEA POWER, as they would be affected by recent proposals; with reasons against those proposals
$90.00 AUD

London. 1910. John Murray. 1st Ed. XVI, 296 PP with tables. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and a sunned spine, top edge gilt. Front endpaper with Ingleton bookplate and Thomas Welsby bookplate with his signature. Ingleton No: 10953. Foxing. Very good. 22.5 x 14.5.

Thomas Welsby: Maritime historian from Queensland.

63854
GILBERTAS, Bernadette
L'AUSTRALIE, de Corail et de Brumes ... Queensland (in Le Figaro Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

Paris. 2013. Le Figaro Magazine. No. 1720, Weekly issue of 11 October 2013. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Contains article pages 84 to 92 with 1 sketch map of Queensland and 11 photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 21.7.

Great Barrier Reef and tropical forests of Queensland.

36620
GUTHRIE, Margaret D.
THE FIRST TOURIST - Commemorating the Bicentenary of Matthew Flinders Voyage in the Sloop Norfolk to Bribie Island and Moreton Bay
$10.00 AUD

Bribie Island. 1999. Author. 1st Ed. (8), 72 PP with 8 b/w illust., plus 16 plates with 30 colour illust. Verso of title page: Matthew Flinders, from the portrait by Antoine Toussaint de Chazal. Decorated card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646369776

52537
HART, Daniel.
THE PETITION OF DANIEL HART (in Queensland Heritage)
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1975. Oxley Memorial Library / Library Board of Queensland. Vol. 3, No. 2, May 1975 issue. 21-28 with 1 facsimile of document, 1 map and 2 plans. Soft cover. Fine. 30.2 x 24.7.

Petition sent in 1884. Opening the Mossman-Port Douglas area to European settlement.

47519
HOLTHOUSE, Hector
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE GOLD COAST
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1982. A H & A W Reed. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 38 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 18.2. 0589503278

67446
INNISFAIL
INNISFAIL, QUEENSLAND - An Australian Post Office History
$10.00 AUD

Innisfail. 1969. Innisfail Post Office 18 PP (recto only), plus 11 pages with b/w photos. Plastic folder with clear front cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 30 x 21.

64869
JOHNSTON, W. R. & WILSON, P. D.
QUEENSLAND HERITAGE - Volume 2, No. 6
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1972. Oxley Memorial Library / Library Board of Queensland. Vol. 2, No. 6, May 1972. 36 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 30.2 x 24.7.

Sir James Cockle, by J. M. Bennett. Metropolitan Government in Brisbane, by J. R. Laverty. Redcliffe in 1824, by J. G. Steele. Marie Yamba, Bloomfield and Hope Vale: the Lutheran Missions, by Kay Elizabeth Evans.

64891
JOHNSTON, W. Ross
THE CALL OF THE LAND - A History of Queensland to the Present Day
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1982. The Jacaranda Press 1st Ed. VIII, 229 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, maps, photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 26.2 x 20. 0701616555

50267
JOHNSTON, W. Ross (editor)
COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE FOR THE JAMES COOK BI-CENTENARY (in Queensland Heritage)
$30.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1970. Library Board of Queensland. Volume 2, No. 2, May 1970. 32 PP for 5 articles with 1 map of the Queensland coast, 8 colour illustrations and 9 b/w photos.. Soft cover. Near fine. 30.2 x 24.5.

Observations upon animals made by the naturalists of the Endeavour, by G. B. Sharman. Time and Captain Cook, by R. B. Joyce. The Gogo-Yimidjir People and the Endeavour by F. P. Woolston. The Endeavour River and Cooktown, by S.E. Stephens...

52160
LARKIN, John (compiler)
BRISBANE LADIES. The Story of the ships that founded Moreton Bay and Brisbane's history: May 1770 - May 1846
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. c. 1990. Author 1st Ed. (10), 59 PP with 2 maps and 8 drawings (ship types), plus 2 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 28.5 x 21.

Ship details (pages 1 to 19): H.M. Alligator to William. Shipping Arrivals and Departures Moreton Bay (pages 20 to 59): HM Barque Endeavour 17 May 1770 to schooner Jane, 29 May 1846.

64023
LONGHURST, Robert & GRANO, Suzanne
EMBARQUEMENT POUR LE QUEENSLAND: DES LOYALTIENS EN TERRE AUSTRALIENNE / ACROSS THE CORAL SEA: LOYALTY ISLANDERS IN QUEENSLAND
$40.00 AUD

Nouméa. 2001. Australian Consulate General / DFAT, Australian Commonwealth Government. New edition, updated for the Exhibition in New Caledonia. Foreword by Sally Mansfield, Australian Consul General in New Caledonia. 36 PP with b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of document and 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Text in English and French. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Exhibition on "Loyalty Islanders and blackbirding to Queensland" held in 2001 at: Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville - Bibliothèque Bernheim, Nouméa - Musée d' Easo, Lifou. .

38302
LONGHURST, Robert & MOLE, Leslie
ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY QUEENSLAND: 100 YEAR HISTORY BOOK
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 2005. Royal Life Saving Society of Queensland. 1st Ed. V, 302 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (ephemera & photos photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.7. 0646442996

37966
LYNCH, Sam & TRUMAN, Mark
COASTAL AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 2000. Little Hills Press. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 33 colour photos. Fp: Shute Harbour, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21;3 x 27.2. 1863151397

44788
MARINE BOARD
QUEENSLAND EXAMINATIONS FOR MASTERS OF FISHING VESSELS - All Grades - Candidates Handbook
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. c. 1975. Marine Board of Queensland 1st Ed. 328, (12 appendices) PP with over 73 figures. Pictorial hard cover, cloth spine. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

65910
MARTIN, Brian
PRESERVING AN OLD TUG - FORCEFUL (in Insurance Lines)
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1972. The State Government Insurance Office (Queensland) Article pulled out from Volume LIV, No. 3, January-March 1972. Pages 2 to 6 with 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Very good. 26.8 x 20.3.

Built Glasgow in 1925. Service on the Brisbane River between 1926 and 1971. Museum ship, since then.

65011
MATHER, Patricia (editor)
A TIME FOR A MUSEUM: The History of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1986. Queensland Museum. 1st Ed. Volume 24 of the "Memoirs of the Queensland Museum". Preface by the Honorable Peter McKechnie. X, 386 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0724216456

... Chapter 10: People and lifestyle / Anthropology, by M.C. Quinnell. Chapter 12: Pandora Box / Maritime Archaeology, by R. A. Coleman.

64839
McDONALD, W. R.
The History of THE CLARENCE RIVER (New South Wales) and its Association with THE MORETON BAY SETTLEMENT
$75.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1942. Telegraph. 1st Ed. 12 PP. Soft cover. War economy paper: aged, darkened and fragile, o/wise very good. A rare item. 22.3 x 14.

Address given on 1st December 1942, by W. R. McDonald, General Manager of the Brisbane "Telegraph" to the Historical Society of Queensland.

64417
McINNES, Allan
THE WRECK OF THE "CHARLES EATON"
$20.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1983. Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Reprint. 21- 50 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map and 3 photos). Soft covers a little soiled and reinforced, o/wise near fine. 21.4 x 13.5.

Paper read to the RHSQ on 24 February 1983. Shipwrecked , 15 August 1834, on Detached Reef, Torres Strait, on a passage from Australia to Canton.

56934
McKELLAR, N. L.
FROM DERBY ROUND TO BURKETOWN - The A.U.S.N. Story
$20.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 682 PP with 76 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of the first Earl of Inchcape. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket slightly worn. Faint foxing. Near fine. 25.5 x 16.5. 070221244X

The story of the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co., closely interwoven with the history of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

67612
MCLEOD, G. Roderick
BY RIVERBOAT TO EXILE'S ISLAND - Notes for a passage by pleasure launch from North Quay on the Brisbane River to the Island of St. Helena in Moreton Bay
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1970. Queensland Branch of the World Ship Society. Edition for annual outing on 19 December 1970. 8 PP (roneotyped and stapled) with 2 sketch maps (River Brisbane and St Helena Island in 1869). Ageing of paper. Very good. Format: 33.2 x 20.8.

67607
MCLEOD, Roderick / MACKEN, the Honourable James
THE STEAM YACHT "LUCINDA" / THE LUCINDA WEEKEND
$5.00 AUD

2 items - 1: Page.45 of issue No. 41, 1991 of "The Australian Antique Collector" with 1 colour plate of the Lucinda. 2 : Pages 14 & 15 of the June 1992 issue of the "Magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society". Near fine. 29.8 x 21.

64978
McMILLEN, Jan, O'HARA, John, SELBY, Wendy & COHEN, Kay
GAMBLER'S PARADISE
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1996. Royal Historical Society of Queensland. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 13 b/w photos. Fp. Soft cover, pictorial front. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0646290355

65167
McNAUGHT, Phillipa
DIRECTORY OF QUEENSLAND MUSEUMS
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1991. Queensland Museum. 1st Ed. VI, 76, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (30 drawings and 14 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.8. 0724245707

51973
McNEILL, D. C.
THE MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE. Its History and Function
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1969. The World Ship Society - Queensland Branch. 1st Ed. Foreword by T. Stevens. (1), 28 PP (roneotyped, recto only). Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Oblong: 16.8 x 20.6.

Lecture given 5th August 1969.

64624
NOLAN, Carolyn
BRISBANE'S NORTH EASTERN SUBURBS
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1995. State Library of Queensland. 1st edition in Our Heritage in Focus series. 96 PP with 1 map and 90 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on top of title-page, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 17.5. 0724265848

64984
O'BRIEN, D. A. (editor)
QUEENSLAND GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Vol. LXI
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1963. Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland). Vol. LXI, 1962-1963. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (diagram, facsimile document, photos and portraits) and 2 colour photos, plus 2 folded plates (Generalised Geological Map and 2 diagrams "Geological Sequence"). Card covers a little browned around edges. Previous owner's signature on top of front cover, o/wise fine. 23.8 x 15.3.

5 articles. Geological Sequence in the Early Bores in the Roma District / The Queensland Oil Position today / Australia and the Pacific Ocean, by H. I. Jensen. Oil and Gas values, by D.A. O'Brien. Bishop Island.

64939
Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
HERITAGE TRAILS OF THE GREAT SOUTH EAST
$20.00 AUD

Brisbane. 2000. State of Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. 1st Edition. 168 PP with 9 maps in colour and over 500 b/w or colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 22.5 x 23.8. 073451008X

35346
QUEENSLAND MUSEUM
HUMPBACK WHALES (in Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volume 30, Part 2)
$30.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1991. Queensland Museum. July 1991. Edited by P.A. JELL & R.A. PATERSON. P. 239-354 with 14 tables, 10 colour photos and 61 b/w figures (drawings, graphs and b/w photos). Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 24.3 x 18.3.

14 papers presented at the Humpback Whale Conference hosted by the Queensland Museum in September 1990.

65054
ROBINSON, J. S.
ARMS IN THE SERVICE OF QUEENSLAND 1859-1901
$100.00 AUD

J. S. Robinson / S.F.R. Enterprises. Brisbane. 1997. Special Presentation Edition limited to 20 hand numbered copies (No. Ten). 240 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, photos). Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 24.6 x 18.7. 0949749346

Section 4: Forts and Ships / H.M.Q.S. Gayundah, Paluma, Mosquito, Otter ...

64950
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - JOURNAL - Vol. II, No. 6
$30.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1935. The Historical Society of Queensland. Journal Vol. II, No. 6, November 1935. 263 - 326 PP. Soft covers, browned around edges and spine, ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 21.4 x 13.7.

5 papers read to the Society in 1929, 1933, 1931 and 1935 by: Thomas Welsby, "The Lost Leichhardt" and "William Landsborough - Explorer" / A. G. Davies, " The Genesis of the Port of Brisbane" and "Immigration and the Immigrant ships (Moreton Bay)" / Inigo Jones, "The Floods of the Brisbane River".

64952
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - JOURNAL - Vol. IV, No. 4
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1951. The Historical Society of Queensland (Inc.). Journal Vol. IV, No. 4, December 1951. Foreword by G. Greenwood. 447-590 PP with 2 b/w plates. Soft covers, browning around edges and spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 21.4 x 13.7.

8 papers read to the Society in 1951 "The Jubille Year" (Second half-century of Australia existence) by: Allan A. Morrison, Clem Lack, Glenville Pike, C.G. Austin, Arthur Laurie...

64953
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - JOURNAL - Vol. IV, No. 5
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1952. The Historical Society of Queensland (Inc.). Journal Vol. IV, No. 5, December 1952. 591-738 PP with 2 b/w plates. Soft covers with browning around edges and spine, tape repair at top near spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise internally near fine. 21.4 x 13.7.

9 papers read to the Society in 1952 by: Allan A. Morrison, Arthur Laurie ... Thomas Welshby, by C. G. Austin. ... Port of Brisbane, by E.V. Stevens.

64954
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE JOURNAL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - Year-book of Proceedings : Vol. V, No. 2
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1954. The Historical Society of Queensland. Journal Vol. V, No. 2, 1954. 867-1003 PP with 1 b/w photo. Soft covers, faded around edges and spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 21 x 13.5.

9 papers read to the Society in 1954 by: Raphael Cilento... J.W. Collinson ... Kennedy Expedition, by Glenville Pike. The History of the A.U.S.N. Co. Ltd and its Predecessors, by Commander N. S. Pixley.

64957
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE JOURNAL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - Year-book of Proceedings : Vol. IX, No. 4
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1972-73. The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Vol. IX, No. 4, 1972-73. 177 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.7.

10 papers. "Queensland - Harbours, Rivers and Marine" & "Captain Charles Smith: A Master of Enterprise", by Norman S. Pixley. Two Brisbane Shipowners of the last century, by G. Roderick McLeod. ... A Thumbnail history of Numismatics pertaining to Queensland, by George D. Dean. German New Guinea: A Diplomatic, Economic and Political Survey, by Peter Overlack ...

64958
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE JOURNAL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - Year-book of Proceedings : Vol. IX, No. 5
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1973-74. The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Vol. IX, No. 5, 1973-74. 163 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.7. 0858810123

9 papers. "Consuls in Queensland", by Norman S. Pixley. History along the Waterways - The abandoned hulks of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay", by G. Roderick McLeod. ...

64964
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - Vol. XII, No. 2
$20.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1985. The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Vol. XII, No. 2, September 1985, edited by John D. Kerr. 165-284 PP with b/w illustrations. Card covers. Fine. 20.7 x 13.8. 0858810123

9 papers. ... Captain Foster Fyans and Mrs Eliza Fraser, by Professor J. S. Ryan. The last voyage of "Firefly" and Captain Kirby, by Allan McInnes.

64965
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - SPECIAL JOURNAL "Centenary of Queensland 1859-1959": Vol. VI, No. 1
$50.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1959. The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Special Journal Vol. VI, No. 1, 1959. 293 PP. Hard cover, title on front board, cloth spine. Fine. 21.2 x 13.8.

16 papers read to the Society in 1958 and 1959. "The Discovery of Australia" / "Wild White Men in Queensland", by Sir Raphael Cilento. Some Reminiscences of Early Queensland, by E.C. Davies. Queensland-One Hundred Years of Defence, by Commander N.S. Pixley. The Taming of the Great Barrier Reef (lighthouses on the coast)", by Clem L. Lack. ... Tug-Boats of the Brisbane River, by A.A. Jordan.

64853
RUSSELL, Henry Stuart
THE GENESIS OF QUEENSLAND: An Account of the First Exploring Journeys ...
$300.00 AUD

Sydney. 1888. Turner & Henderson. 1st Ed. XVI, 17-633, (3 Appendix H, I & K) PP, plus 1 plate with portrait of Patrick Leslie, and 4 folded plates (1 facsimile portion of Muster Roll of HMS Resolute and Log of HMS Endeavour, Captain Cook - A plan of the Entrance of Endeavour River - 1 Sketch map of the Balonne River - 1 Sketch of Botany Bay). Fp: A sketch of Botany Bay in New South Wales). Burgundy cloth cover with light shelf wear around edges and small bump on lower corners, gilt title on spine "History of Queensland". About 10 pages roughly opened. Foxing spots on first and last 10 leaves, then only occasional. A very good clean copy of a scarce title. 26 x 17.

"... Journeys to and over Darling Downs: The Earliest Day of their Occupation; Social Life; Station Seeking; the Course of Discovery, Northward and Westward; and a Resumé of the causes which led to Separation from New South Wales with Portrait and Fac-similes of Maps, Log, &c., &c.".

52522
SHARMAN, R. C.
GUNS FROM THE 'ENDEAVOUR' (in Queensland Heritage)
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1971. Oxley Memorial Library / Library Board of Queensland. Volume 2, No. 5, November 1971. Contains article pages 23 to 31 with 2 maps, 3 plans and 2 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 30.2 x 24.8.

Recovery operation mounted by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1969...

64871
SHEEHAN, C. G.. & WILSON, P. D.
QUEENSLAND HERITAGE - Volume 3, No. 5
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1976. Oxley Memorial Library / Library Board of Queensland. Vol. 3, No. 5, May 1976. 28 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 30.2 x 24.7.

Education at Hightville and Ballara, by Ruth S. Kerr. The Queensland Badge, by Mamie O'Keeffe. Brisbane First Bishop the Right Reverend Edward Wyndham Tufnell, by H. J. Richards.

64137
SHIPWRECKS
WRECK OF THE QUETTA (in The Queenslander)
$70.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1890. The Queenslander. Part (of issue P. 499 to 510) published March 15, 1890. Contains article from P. 504 to 510 with 7 b/w illustrations (1 map, 2 drawings of the Quetta and 4 engravings). Ageing of paper, and foxing. Very good. Rare. Large format :44 x 28.5.

Wrecked off Adolphus Island, 24th February 1890. ... loss of 173 lives.

52523
SKINNER, L. E.
THE SEARCH FOR THE "SEA BELLE" CASTAWAYS ON FRASER ISLAND (in Queensland Heritage - Volume 2, No.10)
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1974. Oxley Memorial Library / Library Board of Queensland. May 1974 issue: 3-14 PP with 1 map, 3 drawings. Soft cover. Fine. 30.2 x 24.8.

Sailed 2 April 1857 from Gladstone to Sydney, then disappeared. Rescue of 2 girls by crew of the schooner Coquette, 3rd October 1859.

66810
SMITH, Alan E.
QUEENSLAND MARITIME BULLETIN - Volume 5, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1972. Queensland Maritime Bulletin / World Ship Society - Queensland Branch. Volume 5, No. 1, October 1972. 18 PP (roneotyped) with b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate with skech plans of the ScanAustral "Triton". Soft cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper, 2 punch holes. Near fine. 30 x 21.

Shipbuilding in Queensland: Evans Deakin Industries Limited. South Brisbane Dry Dock. ...

66811
SMITH, Alan E.
QUEENSLAND MARITIME BULLETIN - Volume 5, No. 2
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1972. Queensland Maritime Bulletin / World Ship Society - Queensland Branch. Volume 5, No. 2, December 1972. 19-40 PP (roneotyped) with b/w illustrations, plus 3 plates with 4 b/w photos and 2 Artist Impressions. Soft cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper, 2 punch holes. Near fine. 30 x 21.

Shipbuilding in Queensland: Evans Deakin Industries Limited (part 2) Tribute to John Burke. ...

66812
SMITH, Alan E.
QUEENSLAND MARITIME BULLETIN - Volume 5, No. 3 (supplement)
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1973. Queensland Maritime Bulletin / World Ship Society - Queensland Branch. Volume 5, No. 3, February - March 1973. 41-50 PP (roneotyped) with b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate Sketch of the M.V. Kangaroo. Soft cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper, punch holes. Near fine. 30 x 21.

John Burke "Special". Queensland Lighthouses. ...

66815
SMITH, Alan E.
QUEENSLAND MARITIME BULLETIN - Volume 6, No. 2
$5.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1974. Queensland Maritime Bulletin / World Ship Society - Queensland Branch. Volume 6, No. 2, March 1974. 38-85 PP (roneotyped) with b/w illustrations, plus 5 plates with 3 photos, 9 Funnel markings, 2 sketch plans. Soft cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 30 x 21.

The Anchor Shipping & Foundry Co. Ltd. Voyage of the Tulagi. ...

64843
SMITH, John Greig (editor)
BRISBANE TOWN NEWS, from the Sydney Morning Herald 1842-46
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1989. Brisbane History Group. 1st Ed. Brisbane History Group, Sources No. 3. (4), VI, 178 PP with 1 map of Moreton Bay and 2 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples, cloth on spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958782636

96 entries between 10th March 1842 and 28th December 1846.

51899
SPINAZE, M. P. (editor)
SHIPS ON SLIPS. A Condensed History of Peters Slip 1856 to 1992
$40.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1996. The Queensland Women's Historical Association. 1st Ed. No pagination, 160 PP with b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, sketch plans, plans, photos) Pictorial soft cover, cloth spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959027149

Shipyard on the Brisbane River.

64411
SPINAZE, M. P. (editor)
FROM KANGAROOS TO CARGO SHIPS - A Short History of Peninsula Kangaroo Point 1823 to 1996
$50.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1997. The Queensland Women's Historical Association. 1st edition by Diana Hacker. (18), 103 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 100 pages with b/w illustrations (drawings and sketches, plans, portraits, photos...). Pictorial soft cover, cloth spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959027165

32275
STANTON, Jenny & JOHNSON, Mark A.
LIFELINE TO OUR FAR NORTH (in Australian Geographic No. 33, January/March 1994)
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1994. Australian Geographic Society. Contains article from P. 84 to 97 with 2 maps and 21 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.

Transport of goods by sea between Cairns and Thursday Island, Torres Strait.

42128
STEELE, J. G.
THE EXPLORERS OF THE MORETON BAY DISTRICT 1770-1830
$60.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1972. University of Queensland Press. 1st Ed. XII, 386 PP with 55 figures. Title page: 6 portraits of explorers. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. A few repaired closed tears to dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 25.5 x 18.5. 0702206970

Cook, Flinders... Oxley, Logan...

36351
THORBURN, J. H.
MAJOR LIGHTHOUSES OF QUEENSLAND (in Queensland Heritage)
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1967. Library Board of Queensland. Volume 1, No. 6, May 1967. Includes article between P.18 and 29 with 1 map and 4 b/w photos. Card cover. Near fine. 30.2 x 24.5.

19368
TOGHILL, Jeff
TROPIC COAST - The Coastal Playgrounds of Queensland
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1982. Reed. 1st Ed. 88 PP with maps & bw photos, plus 8 PP with 13 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Top corner of rear endpaper clipped, o/wise near fine. 26.8 x 19. 0589503340

61460
TORRES STRAIT
GELAM NGUZU KAZI / DUGONG MON FILS - Dossier de Presse
$15.00 AUD

Nouméa. 2007. Consulat d'Australie. Press release. No pagination, 9 PP (recto only) with a map of the Torres Strait. Plus: Poster for the exhibition held at the head office of the South Pacific Communities in Nouméa and a 16 pages booklet "Gelam Nguzu Kazi / Dugong my Son" with 1 map and 30 b/w or colour illustrations . Clear plastic front, spiral bound. Press release and poster in French. Booklet in English. Fine. Press release & poster: 29.7 x 21. Booklet: 20 x 20.

Travelling exhibition of Linocuts by the artists of Mualgau Minaral Artist Collective from Mua Island in the Torres Strait.

67215
TRANTER, Deborah
USING A LOCAL MUSEUM AS A PLACE FOR LEARNING
$10.00 AUD

Toowoomba. 1988. Queensland Museum & Department of Education, Darling Downs Region. 1st Ed. Note "Looking Locally", by Jeffrey Black. (4), 20 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map of Qld, 1 plan of Toowoomba, 1 plan of the "Cobb & Co. Museum", 3 facsimiles of documents and 6 pages of figures). Soft cover, illustrated front, staples. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

64152
WHEELER, Edward
THE JOURNAL OF EDWARD WHEELER - His account of his Voyage from London to Brisbane aboard the migrant sailing ship "Golden Empire" in 1863
$25.00 AUD

Toowoomba. 2011. Peter Fox / Cranbrook Press. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Peter Fox. 82 PP with 11 b/w illustrations (drawings and photos) and 4 colour illustrations (2 maps, 1 photo and a portrait). Scanned copy of his original handwritten journal between pages 41 and 82. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780987142412

66853
WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
MONTHLY BULLETIN of the WORLD SHIP SOCIETY - Queensland Branch: Volume 1
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1969. W.S.S. - Qld Branch Volume 1 - No. 1 (January 1969) to No. 12 (December 1969). Edited by A.E. SMITH. 12 issues for a total of 132 pages (roneotyped), with b/w illustrations. Staples removed. Ageing / foxing of paper. Very good. 33.5 x 20.5.

66854
WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
QUEENSLAND MONTHLY BULLETIN of the WORLD SHIP SOCIETY: Volume 2
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1970. W.S.S. - Qld Branch. Volume 2 - No. 1 (January 1970) to No. 12 (December 1970). Edited by W.F. Foote. 12 issues for a total of 140 pages (roneotyped), with b/w illustrations. Staples removed. Ageing / foxing of paper. Very good. 33.5 x 20.5.

66834
YOUNG, Beryl (compiler)
THE LIBRARY OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND: What's in it for you
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1998. Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc. 1998 edition. (4), 116 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.