Australian Aboriginal History from Diversity Books, IOBA

Adelaide, South Australia: Rigby, 1976. xii, 257pp. B/white sketch-art illustrated frontis (Gurindji Aborigine, Sandy Moray), plus 12 unpaginated pages of b/white plates. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted, mildly edge-rubbed, bright gilt title there-on. Plain brown cloth boards mildly edge-rubbed. Leaves clean, crisp and unmarked, Colour art-illustrated (taken from a painting, 'The Stockman', by Sir Russell Drysdale) dustjacket has… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Gallery Directors Council Ltd. , 1981. 192pp. Colour-plate sections, plus numerous b/white halftone plates, and line-drawings. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally bumped and canted. Colour-illustrated stiff card wrapper lightly edgeworn, with a small chip on head. A former owner's name/date on half-title page, else textblock unmarked. This extensive Aboriginal Australia catalogue… Read more about this item

Rochester, Vermont, U.S.A.: Inner Traditions International , 1998. x, + 188pp. B/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper bumped and edgeworn, with an oblique crease on upper foredge corner of front wrap, else very good. A personal inscription, signed and dated by the author, on title page, else textblock unmarked. This book… Read more about this item

Mascot, NSW, Australia: Bartel Publications, 2006. 44pp., recto page colour Aboriginal art illustrations by Naiura. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Aboriginal art illustrated gloss boards negligibly surface scuffed only. Authentic Aboriginal fables as told by the author's grandmother. Contents include: Dreamtime Symbols - Their Meanings, 17 fables, commencing with 'Baralga, the Foolish Brolga', and closing with 'Warrigal and… Read more about this item

Carlton South, VIC, Australia: Jobs Australia Foundation, 2010. 77pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, Spine firm. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket near fine. Foreword by David Thompson, AM, CEO Jobs Australia. From the jacket flap: "On August 1, 2010, 21 members of the first 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Trekker Unit' set out to walk the… Read more about this item

Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia: Hanuman Publishing, 1989. x + 370pp. B/White story locality map. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Colonial theme illustrated dustjacket negligibly edgeworn, else very good. Synopsis: The setting is Parramatta, 15 miles west of Sydney, in the early years of colonial settlement, centred on Governor Macquarie's futile attempts at intergrating aborigines and traces… Read more about this item