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South Australian History Source This is the successor of, Sources for South Australian History , and now in a substantially improved 2 nd Edition. This reference guide to South Australian family, biographical and local history research is essential for the family historian with a focus on South Australia. With 249 pages and 24 chapters, B5 format. It includes most the sources that family historians will need to assemble biographical information for their family members, together with web addresses where available. B5 size, soft cover, illustrated of 249 pages. Price $45Postage $9 |
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The History and Records of West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide The West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, is probably the oldest municipal cemetery in Australia still in use. Due to its status for many years as the principal cemetery in the State, it has an important place in South Australia’s history as the burial place for a large number of the original pioneers, politicians, leaders of community as well as ordinary residents. Since 1837 approximately 150,000 burials have taken place. A5 size, soft cover, with 20 pages. Price $5 (Plus P & P $1.10) |
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Australian Personal Bookplates It is fifty years since Percy Neville Barnett published his magnum opus on bookplates, Australian Bookplates and Bookplates of Interest to Australia. A number of publications have appeared since then on aspects of the subject, but this is the first major contribution to the subject since that time. Australian Personal Bookplates is the first attempt to produce a register of Australian personal bookplates and probably the first attempt of any country to produce a complete register of bookplates used. Features of the publication, Australian Personal Bookplates includes:
The Standard Edition of 350 numbered copies, case bound in dark blue buckram cloth and blind stamped on the cover. De Luxe Edition now sold out. Price $137.50 |
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John Neilson: Poet and Songwriter: An anthology of Poems
John Neilson was born in Scotland in 1844 and died in poverty in Victoria in 1922. He wrote numerous poems in the South East of South Australia and Victoria, which were published in local newspapers. He won two prizes for his poems, including the 1893 prize by the Australian Natives Association. His son, John Shaw Neilson, went on to become one of Australia’s pre-eminent lyric poets. Price $20 |
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William Neilson: Bush Poet of Penola: An Anthology of Poems
William Neilson was born in Scotland in 1842 and died in Penola, South Australia in 1916. He lived for most of his life in Penola and many of his poems focus on local events and stirring national, patriotic and local occasions, together with reminiscences of life back in Scotland. Nearly all of his poems in this anthology have been found in local newspapers. His brother, John Neilson, was also a local well known poet, and his nephew, John Shaw Neilson, on occasions worked in his saw-mill in Penola. Price $12 |
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Poetry in the South-East of South Australia
Country newspapers are a rich source of local poetry, however due to the difficulty in obtaining access to these newspapers they are a lost treasure. This publication lists all the local poems found in the newspapers of Mount Gambier, Millicent and Naracoorte over the period 1861 to 1916. The name of the poem and poet is listed and biographical details provided of poets identified. Many non-de plumes and initials are identified. Well known poets such as Adam Lindsay Gordon, William Henry Ogilvie and the Neilson brothers are included in this listing. Price $10 |
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James Grassie: Poet and Aboriginal Story Teller of Victoria James Grassie (1816-1898) emigrated to Victoria from Scotland in 1853 and moved about the Western Districts of Victoria and South-East of South Australia. He was a prolific correspondent to local newspapers, both in prose and poetry. He had a close affinity to the local aborigines, which feature in much of his printed work. He had a sheep run for a short period, but was fitted up for sheep stealing. The jury that convicted him, changed their mind that night, but too late, off to Pentridge for five years. B 5 size, soft covers of 258 pages.
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Gardens, Orchards and Vines: The Histories of Wilson, Neilson and Townsend Families of Penola, South Australia Traces the descendants of William Wilson (1816-1891) who emigrated with his family from Scotland on the Agincourt in 1850. He became a shepherd on sheep runs round Penola. After a trip to the Victorian goldfields, he was able to purchase a block of land in Penola and became a market gardener and orchardist. His orchard inspired John Riddoch to plant grapes at Coonawarra and many of his descendants are now vignerons there. This history traces his antecedents and descendants through his daughters, Margaret who married William Neilson (1842-1916), and Euphemia, who married George Seymour Townsend (1842-1886), and son James Dickson Wilson (1850-1922). A4 size, soft cover of 160 pages. Price $30 |
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(Australian) Bookplate Artists and Their Bookplates Bookplate Artists and their Bookplates (Adelaide, 2012) highlights the principal bookplate artists in Australia with examples of their art. Many of these artists such as Norman and Lionel Lindsay, Adrian Feint and George Perrottet have been deceased for many decades, however, there are modern artists continuing the tradition . Published as a limited, numbered edition of 130 copies, lavishly colour illustrated. A4 size, soft cover, colour illustrated of 104 pages.
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Artur Mario da Mota Miranda: His Contribution to Ex-Libris and an Index to his Works Artur da Mota Miranda over his lifetime, edited nearly sixty volumes, over three series, profiling bookplate artists throughout the world. This volume is a tribute to his lifetime achievement, illustrates many of the bookplates created for him, and acts as an index to the more than one thousand artists he profiled. Produced as a limited, numbered, edition of 150 copies with some copies including original bookplates. B5 size, soft cover, colour illustrated of 82 pages.
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Samuel Grau Hübbe and the South Australia to Western Australia Stock Route Expedition 1895-1896 Samuel H ü bbe was commissioned by the South Australian Government to test the feasibility of a stock-route for cattle from Oodnadatta through to the Western Australian Gold Fields in 1895. With a team of camels and five men, he reached Coolgardie, concluding that a stock route wasn't viable. He was then asked to return to South Australia with his camels to Fowlers Bay to test a stock route from the south, with a similar result. A remarkable test of endurance through inhospitable country, meeting on the way both hospitable and war-like aborigines. Hard and soft cover, illustrated of xvi + 278 pages.
Price Hard-cover $95, soft cover $75 Also available from the publisher, Hesperian Press |
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