Copies of the Introduction to this exhibition and catalogues of
previous exhibitions are available from the Rare Books Department
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Haydon, George Henry (1822-1891) The Australian emigrant : a rambling story, containing as
much fact as fiction / by G.H. Haydon ; with illustrations by Watts
Phillips. (London : Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1854) |
Howitt, William (1792-1879) A boy's adventures in the wilds of Australia : or Herbert's
note-book / by William Howitt ; with illustrations by William Harvey.
(London : G. Routledge, [1880?]) |
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Spence, Catherine Helen (1825-1910) Clara Morison : a tale of South Australia during the gold fever, (London : John W. Parker & Son, 1854) 2
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Blue Cap, the bushranger; or, The Australian Dick Turpin.
(London : Hogarth House, [1885?])
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Hume, Fergus (1859-1932)
The mystery of a hansom cab / by Fergus W. Hume.
(London : The Hansom Cab Publishing Co., [1888?]) |
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Boothby, Guy (1867-1905)
Doctor Nikola / by Guy Boothby ; Illustrated by Stanley
L. Wood. (London : Ward, Lock, 1896) |
Nyria / by Mrs. Campbell Praed. New and cheaper ed.
(London : William Rider & Son, 1913) |
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In Australian wilds, and other colonial tales and
sketches / by B. L. Farjeon ... [et al.] ; edited by Philip Mennell.
(London : Hutchinson, 1889) |
Under the gum tree : Australian "bush"
stories / by Mrs Campbell Praed, and various authors ; edited by Mrs H.
Patchett Martin. (London : Trischler, 1890) |
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Coo-ee : tales of Australian life by Australian
ladies / edited by Mrs. Patchett Martin. (London : Griffith Farran Okeden
& Welsh, [1891]) |
Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)
Short stories in prose and verse / by Henry Lawson.
(Sydney : L. Lawson, [1894]) |
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Fraser, Joseph.
Melbourne and Mars : my mysterious life on two planets :
extracts from the diary of a Melbourne merchant / edited by Joseph Fraser.
(Melbourne : E.W. Cole, [1889?]) |
Favenc, Ernest (1846-1908)
The secret of the Australian desert / by Ernest Favenc
; with four illustrations by Percy F.S. Spence and a map. (London : Blackie,
1896) |
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Furphy, Joseph (1843-1912)
Such is life : being certain extracts from the diary of Tom Collins. (Sydney : Bulletin Newspaper Co., 1903) |
Montgomery, Alex. (1847-1922)
Five Skull Island : and other tales of the Malay
Archipelago from The Sydney Bulletin / by Alex Montgomery. (Melbourne :
George Robertson, 1897) |
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Dawe, Carlton (1865-1935)
Zantha / by William Dawe. (Melbourne : W. Inglis, 1886) |
Warung, Price (1855-1911)
Tales of the convict system / by Price Warung. (Sydney
: Bulletin Newspaper Co., 1892) |
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Kennedy, E. B. (Edward B.)
Blacks and bushrangers : adventures in Queensland / by
E.B. Kennedy ; with illustrations by Stanley Berkeley. New and cheaper ed.
London : Sampson Low, Marston, 1892. |
Donnison, A. (?-1932)
Winning a wife in Australia : a story drawn from actual
experiences and illustrative of life in the present day in the Antipodes /
by A. Donnison. (London : Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1894) |
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Neuroomia : a new continent : a manuscript delivered by the
deep / by G. McIver. (London ; Melbourne : George Robertson, 1894) |
Rudd, Steele (1868-1935) On our selection! / by Arthur H. Davis (Steele Rudd) ;
illustrated by A.J. Fischer ... [et al]. 24th ed. (Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall,
1930) |
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Baynton, Barbara (1857-1929)
The chosen vessel / by Barbara Baynton. (Sydney : F.
Cunninghame [1896?] |
Dyson, Edward (1865-1931)
Fact'ry 'ands / by Edward Dyson ; with illustrations by
Will Dyson. 4th ed. (Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Co., 1920) |
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Lindsay, Norman (1879-1969)
A curate in Bohemia / by Norman Lindsay. (Sydney : NSW
Bookstall Co., 1932) |
Powell, S. W. (Sydney Walter) (1878-?)
The maker of pearls / by S.W. Powell ; illus. by Percy
Lindsay. (Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Co., 1921) |
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Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel (1870-1953)
The coral queen. (Sydney, NSW Bookstall, 1920) |
McLaren, Jack (1887-1954)
The skipper of the "Roaring Meg" / by Jack
McLaren ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay. (Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Co.,
1923) |
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Up the country / by Brent of Bin Bin (Edinburgh,
Blackwood, 1928) |
A murder in Sydney : a novel / by Leonard Mann. (London
: Jonathan Cape, 1937) |
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Stone, Louis (1871-1935)
Jonah / Louis Stone. (Sydney : Endeavour Press, 1933) |
Quin, Tarella.
Paying guests/ by Tarella Quin (Mrs. Daskein).
(Melbourne : Lothian, 1917 |
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), (1885-1930)
[and] Skinner, M. L. (Mary Louisa), (1876-1955)
The boy in the bush / by D.H. Lawrence and M.L. Skinner. (New York : T. Seltzer, 1924) |
Watkin, May.
A spray of wattle-blossom : Australian stories / by May
Watkin. (London : Robert Culley, [192-?]) |
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Coonardoo : the well in the shadow / by
Katharine Susannah Prichard. (London : Jonathan Cape, 1929) |
The Cautious Amorist / by Norman Lindsay ; illustrated
by the author. (London : Werner Laurie, 1932) |
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Harcourt, J. M. (John Mewton), (1902-1971)
Upsurge : a novel / by J.M. Harcourt. (London : John
Long, 1934) |
Boyd, Martin (1893-1972)
Dearest Idol / by Walter Beckett (Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill
Co., 1929) |
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Devanny, Jean (1894-1962)
The Butcher Shop / by Jean Devanny (New York :
Macaulay, 1926) |
Collins, Dale (1897-1956)
Race the sun : novel / by Dale Collins. (London :
Constable, 1936) |
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Fool's harvest / by Erle Cox. (Melbourne : Robertson
& Mullen, 1939) |
Murder pie / by J. L. Ranken ... [et al] ;
edited by J. L. Ranken, Jane Clunies Ross. 3rd ed. (Sydney : Angus &
Robertson, 1936) |
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Dark, Eleanor (1901-1985)
Sun across the sky / by Eleanor Dark. (London :
Collins, 1937) |
Tennant, Kylie (1912-1988)
The joyful condemned / Kylie Tennant. (London :
Macmillan, 1953) |
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The vegetative eye / by Max Harris ; chalk drawing by
Sidney Nolan. (Melbourne : Reed & Harris, 1943) |
White, Patrick (1912-1990)
Happy Valley : a novel / by Patrick White. (London ;
Sydney : George G. Harrap, 1939) |
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Mackenzie, Kenneth (1913-1955)
The refuge : a confession / Seaforth Mackenzie. (London
: Cape ; Sydney : Angus and Robertson 1954) |
Australian Pocket Library |
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Close, Robert S. (Robert Shaw), 1903-
Love me sailor / by Robert S. Close ; with decorations
by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. (Melbourne : Georgian House, 1945) |
Cusack, Dymphna, 1902-1981.
Come in Spinner / by Dymphna Cusack and Florence
James. (London : Heinemann, 1951) |
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Hardy, Frank, 1917-
Power without glory : a novel in three parts / by Frank
J. Hardy, "Ross Franklyn." (Melbourne : F. Hardy, 1950) |
Johnston, George, 1912-1970.
My brother Jack : a novel / by George Johnston. (London
: Collins, 1964) |
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Clift, Charmian, 1923-1969.
The sea and the stone / by Charmian Clift and George
Johnston. (Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1955) |
O'Grady, John, 1907-1981.
They're a weird mob : a novel / by Nino Culotta ;
illustrated by 'WEP'. (Sydney : Ure Smith, 1957) |
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Keon, Michael, 1918-
The durian tree / by Michael Keon. (London : H.
Hamilton, 1960) |
Dick, William, 1937-
A bunch of ratbags / by William Dick. (London ; Sydney
: Collins, 1965) |
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Keneally, Thomas, 1935-
The place at Whitton / Thomas Keneally. (London : Cassell, 1964) |
Lindsay, Joan (1896-1984)
Picnic at Hanging Rock / by Joan Lindsay.
(Melbourne, Canberra [etc.] F. W. Cheshire, 1967) |
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Oakley, Barry, 1931-
A wild ass of a man. (Melbourne, Cheshire 1967) |
Moorhouse, Frank, 1938-
The Americans, Baby: a discontinuous narrative of
stories and fragments / by Frank Moorhouse. (Sydney : Angus and Robertson,
1972) |
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Garner, Helen, 1942-
Monkey Grip / by Helen Garner. (Melbourne : McPhee
Gribble Publishers, 1977) |
Carey, Peter, 1943-
Oscar and Lucinda (New York, Harper & Row,
1988) |
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Castro, Brian, 1950-
Birds of passage (Sydney, George Allen & Unwin,
1983) |
Montesini, Lorenzo
The Cardboard Cantata (Brookvale, N.S.W. : Tower Books,
1986) |
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