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1. BARRETT   CHARLES Northern Australia. profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page t/out. pub. Melb. Herald & Weekly Times (Sun Travel Book No.3) nd. 193-? or. blk. and red wps. cr.4to. pp.40.    Price: $35.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs    

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2. BARRETT   CHARLES Coast  Of  Adventure.  Untamed North Australia.  with  illus. e/papers frontis., map &  24  full page  plates  t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson  &  Mullens  1946 or.cl. 8vo. pp.216.    Price: $30.00

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3. BARRETT  CHARLES Up North.  Australia  Above Capricorn. illus.  with  frontis. & 14 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson  & Mullens 1943 or. ornge., brn.  & white stiff wps. 8vo. pp.44. fine.     Price: $30.00
4. BARRIE DOUGLAS R.   The Heart Of Rum Jungle The history of Rum Jungle and Batchelor in the Northern Territory of Australia. illus. with throughout with photographs, 20 maps, plans and diagrams, 11 appendices, select bibliography, index; pub. Batchelor N.T., S. & D. Barrie 1982 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.280. The author has sifted historical records, newspapers, personal papers and oral accounts to produce a reliable overview of the Northern Territory's top-end uranium township. Fine.    Price: $40.00
5. BAUME F.E. Tragedy Track. The story of the Granites.  with e/paper illus. & 28 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Frank C. Johnson 1933 or.cl. cr.8vo. pp.189.     Price: $125.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
6. BEATY BILL   The  Awakening  Giant.  Australia  North  of Capricorn.  with e/paper maps & 24 full page plates  t/out. pub. Syd. Cassell 1961 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.180.   Price:  $30.00
7. BLACKWELL  DORIS DOUGLAS LOCKWOOD Alice On The  Line. illus.  with  16 full page plates t/out. pub.  Adel.  Rigby 1967 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.204. fine in the sl. torn d/w.   Price: $40.00
8. BROGDEN STANLEY     Darwin Holiday. A guidebook to the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs to Darwin. illus. with 11 full page photo plates & map; pub. Melbourne Australia: Pioneer Tours, 1948 or. grey/green cl. 4to. pp.104 Early tourist bus operator, this book gives a general description of the places of interest in the long journey through the Northern Territory. Very good copy.     Price: $25.00
9. COLE  KEITH Winds Of Fury. The full story of  the  Great Darwin Disaster. illus. with 18 plates pub. Syd. Rigby 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.211.    Price: $35.00
10. COLE  KEITH Groote  Eylandt.  Changing  Aboriginal  Life Styles.  illus.  with  many text plates  t/out.  pub.  Vic. Bendigo Keith Cole Pub. 1983 or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.68.    Price: $30.00

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11. COLE  KEITH Arnhem Land. Places and People.  illus.  with e/paper  maps  & plates t/out. some col. pub.  Adel.  Rigby 1980 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.160.    Price: $35.00

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12. DONOVAN  P.F. A Land Full Of Possibilities. A  History  of South Australia's Northern Territory. with 5  illus.  pub. Brisb. Uni.  of Qld. Press 1981 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.268.    Price: $35.00

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13. FLYNN FRANK with Keith Willey Northern Frontiers. Life story of Father Frank Flynn covering Timor, N.T. & south East Asia. illus. with e/paper  maps frontis. & 29 plates pub. Syd.  F.P.  Leonard 1963 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.210. crossed out name on title page and following page else good copy.    Price: $25.00

14. FLYNN FRANK  M.S.C. KEITH WILLEY The  Living Heart. illus.  with  frontis.  &  16  full  page  plates   t/out. decorations by  Elizabeth Durack pub.  Syd.  1964  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.232. signed by author.    Price: $45.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs

15. FLYNN FRANK Northern Gateway. with e/paper maps text dwgs. by  Elizabeth Durack, 16 full page plates, (one col.)  pub. Syd.  Devonshire  Press 1963 1st.ed.  or.cl.  8vo.  pp.232.   Price: $35.00
16. FLYNN  FRANK with KEITH WILLEY    Northern  Gateway.   illus. with e/paper maps, dec. by Elizabeth Durack d/w. & e/papers by  Susan Wright; photograph section by Jack Mulligan &  F. Karel  Kupka. pub. Syd. F.P. Leonard 1963 or. brown cl. glt. ltg. to front board and spine,  8vo. pp.232. Signed  by Frank Flynn.    Price: $45.00
17. GEORGE ELISABETH Two At Daly Waters. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Georgian House 1946 or.red cl. d/w.12mo. pp.144.    Price: $30.00
18. GOLD HENRY & FRANK RIGBY The Macdonnell Ranges. profusely illus. with photo plates by Henry Gold text by Frank Rigby pub. Adel. Rigby 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.112.    Price: $30.00

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19. GOREY NATHALIE The Alice. A story of town and district of Alice Springs,  Northern Teritory. with e/paper  illus.  & b/w.  text  plates  t/out. pub. &  compiled  by  the  Alice Springs Branch & A.A. Branch of the Country Women's Assoc. 1952 or.bds.d/w. cr.4to. pp.76.    Price: $35.00
20. GROOM ARTHUR Wealth In The Wilderness. with e/paper maps frontis.  &  22 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 196? or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.198. torn d/w.    Price: $30.00
21. HARNEY W.E. (BILL) To Ayers Rock And Beyond. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. 6 maps pub. Lond. Robert Hale 1964 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. fine copy. Ranger of Ayers Rock National Park    Price: $45.00
22. HARNEY BILL Douglas Lockwood The Shady Tree. illus. with 37 plates t/out. some full page; pub. Adel. Rigby 1963 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.206. Final work, prepared posthumously by Douglas Lockwood, of much loved traveller and writer. Harney's story of his retirement. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
23. HILL  ERNESTINE The Territory. with map frontis.  &  text dec.  by Elizabeth Durack pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson  1951 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.454.   Price: $30.00
24. KELSEY D.E. Ed. by Ira Nesdale The Shackle. A story of the Far North Australian Bush. illus. with frontis. &  numerous plates  t/out.,  e/paper maps. pub. S.A. Lynton  Pub.  1975 1st.ed. or.illus.bds. cr.4to. pp.144.      Price: $35.00

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25. LINKLATER WILLIAM Gather No Moss. Autobiography of William Linklater,  recollections of the N.T. 1880's.  illus. with e/paper  maps,  plates  t/out. pub.  Melb.  Macmillan  1968 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222.   Price: $30.00
26. LOCKWOOD  DOUGLAS The Front Door. Darwin, 1869-1969.  with e/paper maps & 18 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.288.      Price: $30.00
27. LOCKWOOD DOUGLAS in collaboration with Nancy Polishuk Life On  The Daly River. illus. with 15 full page plates  t/out. pub. Lond. 1961 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.174. little rubbed.   Price: $40.00
28. LOCKWOOD DOUGLAS Crocodiles And Other People. illus.  with 12  full  page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby  1963  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.222.    Price: $35.00
29. LOCKWOOD DOUGLAS BILL HARNEY The Shady Tree. Last book of Bill Harney's prepared by Douglas Lockwood. with e/paper illus. & 28 plates pub. Lond. Angus & Robertson 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.206.    Price: $35.00

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30. LOCKWOOD  DOUGLAS  in collaboration  with  Doris Blackwell Alice On The Line. Personal story of life at the Alice  at the  turn of the century. illus. with 29 plates pub. Adel. Rigby 1967 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.204.    Price: $35.00

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31. LOCKWOOD DOUGLAS   Australia's Pearl Harbour Darwin, 1942. illus. with e/paper maps $ 22 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cassell 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.232. sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $45.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
32. LOCKWOOD  DOUGLAS Up The Track. illus. with 26  full page plates  t/out.  &  one map pub. Adel.  Rigby  1964  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.228. sl. chipped d/w.     Price: $35.00
33. LOCKWOOD  DOUGLAS Fair Dinkum. illus. with map &  6 full page  plates t/out. pub. Lond. Cassell 1960 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.188.    Price: $35.00
34. LOCKWOOD DOUGLAS The Lizard Eaters. illus. with 33 plates pub. Melb. Cassell 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.172.    Price: $35.00
35. LOCKWOOD DOUGLAS I, The Aboriginal. with e/paper illus. & 16  full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby  1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.240. very good copy.       Price: $50.00

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36. McCANN  F.B. Medicine Man. Experiences of  a Government Medical  Officer.  with illus. t/out. by Phil  Taylor pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson 1959  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.VIII.208. torn d/w.    Price: $30.00
37. McKENZIE  MAISIE No Town Like Alice. illus.  with e/paper maps  & 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel.  Rigby 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.144.   Price: $30.00
38. MACLEOD COLIN   Patrol In The Dreamtime. Foreword by John N. Button. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. index; pub. Melbourne Mandarin, 1997 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.X.254. Adventure as a patrol officer in the Northern Territory. The Pintubi people to Wave Hill and the Gorinji people to Bathurst Island and the Tiwi people, patrol officer Macleod did the best that he could for the dispossessed indigenous peoples. Territory in the 1950s. Signed by author. Very fine.   Price: $35.00
39. MAKIN JOCK The Big Run. The story of Victoria River Downs. illus.  with e/paper map & 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby 1970 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.194.     Price: $35.00
40. MILES MARGOT The Old Tennant Stories on life in Tennant Creek, with black and white photographic illustrations throughout. illus. with or. illustrated laminated boards pub. Adelaide self published 1988 8vo. pp.126. Recollections and anecdotes of a woman's life in one of the frontier towns of Australia. Note on title page else fine.   Price: $25.00
41. NORTHERN TERRITORY Australia. A series of Magnificent Views Illustrating the Scenes Along The North South Highway. profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. mostly full page, pub. South Aust. C.A. Pitt nd.195-? or. grey and black illus. wrappers, cr.4to. pp.16. fine copy.     Price: $35.00
42. PETRICK JOSE - The History of Alice Springs Through Landmarks and Street Names. illus. with 3 maps and numerous plates; pub. Alice Springs, [The Author], 1996 updated, or. pictorial card covers 4to. pp. pp.X.198     Price: $40.00
43. PIKE GLENVILLE Frontier Territory. The Colourful Story of the  Exploration  and Pioneering  of  Australia's  Northern Territory.  illus. with frontis. & numerous  plates  t/out. one map, pub. by author 1972 or. yell. illus.wps.  cr.8vo. pp.398. Signed by author.     Price: $35.00
44. POLLOCK DAVID I Took Adventure Outback In Uniform. illus. with e/paper maps & 40 full page plates t/out. pub. Melbourne, by author 1999 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.300.     Price: $40.00
45. PORTER  JOHN D. Our Fertile North. Porter's Mob  tour  the N.T.  Story of a tour to entertain the troops in the  North Aust. battle  zones, and author's impressions  of  his  15 weeks'  journey. illus. with plates t/out. some  full  page pub. Melb. or. lt.brn.illus.wps. 8vo. pp.84. fine.     Price: $40.00
46. RIGBY FRANK  & HENRY GOLD The MacDonnell  Ranges. illus. with photo plates t/out. by Henry Gold some col. pub. Adel. Rigby 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.112.    Price: $30.00
47. SEARCY ALFRED In Australian Tropics. illus. with one map folding, and 56 full page plates t/out. pub. London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner 1907 1st ed.. blue cl. gilt to spine and front cover, rebound in dark blue cloth, t.e.g. Uncut, 8vo. pp. XXIV.374. Based on experiences during 14 years as Sub-Collector of Customs at Darwin. Very fine.    Price: $250.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs

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48. SEARCY  ALFRED By Flood And Field. Adventures  Ashore and Afloat  in North Australia. illus. with frontis. & 17  full page plates t/out. folding map at rear, pub. Lond. G.  Bell &  Sons for E.W. Cole Book Arcade 1912  or.grn.cl.  cr.8vo. pp.328. very sl. rubbed to spine else fine.    Price: $85.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
49. SPILLETT  PETER  G. Foresaken Settlement.  An  illustrated history of the Settlement of Victoria, Port Essington North Australia  1838-1849. illus. with many plates  t/out.  pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.196. Fine.   Price: $40.00
50. STAPLETON AUSTIN    Willshire (Mounted Constable, 1st Class) Of Alice Springs. illus. with num. b/w. photos and 2 maps; pub. Carlisle, W.A. Hesperian Press. 1992; p/b. 8vo. pp.X.58. Willshire was tried and acquitted of murder in 1890. Fine copy.     Price: $20.00

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51. STRETTON ALAN The Furious Days. The relief of Darwin. with e/paper maps & 19 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Collins 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.208.     Price: $35.00
52. STUART  E.J. A Land Of Opportunities. being an Account of the  Author's  Recent Expedition to  Explore  the  Northern Territories  of Australia. illus. with frontis. &  46  full page plates t/out. 2 fold-out maps at rear, pub. Lond. John Lane  The Bodley  Head  1923  1st.ed.  or.grn.  cl.  8vo. pp.XVI.144. sl. sunned to spine otherwise fine.    Price: $200.00
53. THOMSON  DONALD Donald Thompson In Arnhem  Land. Compiled and  edited  by Nicolas Peterson. illus.  with  frontis. & numerous plates, maps t/out. pub. Melb. Currey O'Neil  1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.146. v/fine.    Price: $75.00
54. TERRY MICHAEL Across Unknown Australia. A thrilling account of exploration in the northern Territory of Australia. illus. with 22 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Herbert Jenkins 1926 or. green cl. 8vo. pp.312,4 advts. lightly flecked else very good copy.    Price: $350.00

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55. WILLEY KEITH Eaters Of The Lotus. illus. with 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Brisb. Jacaranda Press 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.184. very sl. water marks to lower pages else fine.    Price: $35.00