Search Results: Titles starting with A from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Hawthorn, Gold Star first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Aboriginal society was uniquely a-materialistic and egalitarian, and characterized by a rich ceremonial culture and religious life, emphasising mystical communion with environment rather than individual achievment. However, the imposition of European values have destroy these traditions. These myths must live again in their fulness. 220 x 140mm., pp. 143, col. plates t/out. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, dust jacket med. rubbed top/bot. spine & corners - no tears. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0726001139

Brookvale, Simon & Schuster first edition - papaerback, stiff w/r. card covers Over thirty artists including Jack Davis, Paddy Roe, Jimmy Chi, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Archie Weller and Sally Morgan talk about their lives and their work. This book reveals many of the issues currently being debated by Aborigines: the meaning of Aboriginality; art and commerce; traditional and contemporary art; urban and rural art. The artists also talk about their childhoods. 248 x 185mm., pp. 176, col. plates t/out, index. Large format paperback, w/r. stiff card covers, no inscriptions. VG ISBN: 0731801652

Canberra, Australian National University Press first edition - h/c in d.j. The problem of Aboriginal health will not be solved quickly, but Dr. Moodie's work, and the suggestions he made, provided a basis on which future policy could be developed. 22.5 x 14.5cm., pp. xvii + 307, append. (3) refer., index, gd. in d.j. ISBN: 0708100945

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Aborigines have little power in Australian contemporary society. For the most part they control neither things nor ideas. In this book ten noted anthropologists examine the evolution of Aboriginal power from the pre-contact period to the present (1982). The first five chapters deal with power relations and ideologies in traditional and tradition-oriented Aboriginal societies and the impact with non-Aborigines. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0702216585

Clayton South, CSIRO Publishing first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers This book is the first major study of Aboriginal associations with the Burke and Wills expedition (1860-61), and provides a history of Aboriginal cross-cultural exchanges with the expedition, with references to Aboriginal oral histories and social memory. It is the outcome of an Australian Research Council project. 246 x 170mm., pp. xix, 314, b/w, duo-tone & colour plates throughout, plus two double-page spread maps of Journeys, refer., index. Trade paperback, stiff illust card covers. NEW. ISBN: 9781486306275

New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author examines female adolescence, sex, and marriage in the Australian Aboriginal community of Mangrove (Northern Territory) against a backdrop of rapid and dramatic social change. Over the past thirty years, the life of this formerly nomadic community has undergone dramatic upheaval, marked by attempts of missionaries, schoolteachers and government workers to assimilate the Aboriginal population. Hard cover in dust jacket. 223 x 147mm., pp. xvii, 153, notes, refer., index. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0813512867

Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press reprint edition - trade p/back, stiff card covers Aboriginal Sydney is authorative, informative and culturally appropriate. It operates as an authoritative guide book with clear maps, travelling instructions and stories of significant people and events. It is also an alternative social history, told through precincts of significance to the city's Indigenous people. 240 x 170mm., pp. 28, 164, b/w & colour plates throughout, maps, organizations, references, index. Trade paperback, stiff card cover. NEW ISBN: 978855757120

Crawley, University Western Australia Press first edition - paperback, stiff card covers Aboriginal healthworkers are employed, by primary health care services to help bridge the gap between Western medical clinic and their own people. Much controversy surrounds what they can and should be doing. In their own words, the healthworkers identify a serious lack of professional recognition and support. This book portrays the unique healing practice offered by these Aboriginal healthworkers. 207 x 140mm., pp. xiii, 226, notes, biblio., index. Paperback (booklet), stiff card covers. FINE ISBN: 1920694765

North Sydney, George Allen & Unwin and AIAS first edition - h/c in d.j. This definitive account of Aboriginal participation in the Australian economy is the outcome of many years research. It brings together a large amount of new data about Aborigines in all parts of the economy, from subsistence hunting and gathering of the five per cent that live in outstations and in small groups, to the wage earning and social welfare dependent participation of the large majority who live in the towns and cities. 220 x 145mm., pp. xiii + 143, charts, index, contents & d.j. near fine. ISBN: 0868615488

Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia: Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 76 facsimile edition - hard cover Two volumes (complete), brown cloth covered boards, with large spine labels (green leather, gold embossed with title, author and volume), without dust jackets as issued. 277 x 225mm. Vol. 1: pp. [2], chart frontispiece, xx, xxxviii, 617, 23 b/w engraved plates plus one fold-out village plan. Vol. 2: [2], colour frontispiece, xvi, 335, plus 8 b/w & col. engraved plates. Boards slightly rubbed top/bottom spine & corners, contents pages of Vol. 1 has light dusting top edge - no foxing. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0724300031

Frenchs Forest, Child & Assoc. first edition - h/c in d.j. The author skilfully portrays the personality changes experienced by men under immense physical and psychological pressures. The reader follows the experiences of David Miller and the other piilots, and knows what it is like to live on the edge of the jungle and on the edge of death. 233 x 162mm., pp. 200, contents fine, d.j. has closed tear bottom spine & back top, bright & clean. AUTHOR SIGNED, vg+. ISBN: 0867773405

Perth, Government of Western Australia first edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket Third session of the Twelfth Parliament. 29th July till 17th December, 1926. A range of Acts covering many areas: War Relief Funds; Soldier Land Settlement; Married Women's Protection Act Amendment; Herdsman's Lake Drainage; Guardianship of Infants; The Mining Act; State Savings Bank; and many more. Index of Statutes. 243 x 165mm., pp. 250, 51, 109, 13, 46, 13, 40. Hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket. Original tan cloth covered boards - three areas of slight rubbing on bottom & top boards. VG+

South Melbourne, Affirm Press First edition - hard cover in dust jacket This is the most complete, intimate and fascinating illustrated autobiography of 'Gilly' one of the most loved sportsmen of his generation. Featuring personal photographs, stories and precious keepsakes from Gilchrist's private life and illustrious career, this book provides unprecedented access to Gilly, on and off the field. H/c, laminated pict. bds. 318 x 255mm., pp. 288, b&w & colour plates t/out, Test, One-Day, T20 Highlights, Test Record. HAND SIGNED by ADAM GILCHRIST (Title page). FINE. ISBN: 9781922213310

Sydney, Macmillan/Pan Macmillan First edition - A4 paperback, pict. card covers Told with Adam's trademark honesty and humour, 'Walking to Victory' is a riveting and detailed account of Australia's successful 2002-03 campaigns for the Ashes and the World Cup. 245 x 170mm., pp. xi, 212, b/w and colour plates, epilogue. A4 paperback, pictorial card covers. Contents, SIGNED by ADAM GILCHRIST - no other inscriptions; card covers medium rubbed on corners - no reading creases. VG+ ISBN: 0732911389

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons first edition - h/c in d.j. Commander Duff tells of two early adventures of Adam MacAdam - an Adam, 17 years old, at the very start of his career. Lovers of the 'Macadam Book' will not be disappointed: in the young Adam are to be found the same qualities that make up a first-class seaman, plus that something-else. 185 x 125mm., pp. 84, b/w illust., pages evenly toned due to quality of paper, p.o. bookplate (neat) & corner crease ffep, d.j. med. worn/rubbed top spine and corners - still bright & clean, near VG/VG.

London, Bloomsbury first edition - h/c in d.j. In 1721 young Adam Hanaway arrives in Lisbon, where his uncle is a merchant, hoping to restore the family fortune. His rise to the top is thwarted by the head clerk whom he discovers is embezzling money. Adam is framed for the crime and expelled from his uncle's firm - he must clear his name… 243 x 160mm., pp. 6 (prelim.), 472. Hardcover in dust jacket. Contents - very clean, dust jacket - slight creasing & rubbing back top edge & slight rubbing front bottom edge. AUTHOR SIGNED. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0747578761

Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia Facsimile edition - hard cover, cloth boards Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) decided to launch an Antarctic newspaper the 'Adelie Blizzard'. Produced by the men of the main base, it got off to a shaky start. The inaugural issue did not appear until April of the following year, with five issues being produced over seven months. 370 x 265mm., pp. xxvi, 238, b/w & colour plates. Hard cover, original grey cloth covered boards, blind embossed front & spine with leather label (title/author) on spine. New. ISBN: 9781876154622

London, Talmy Franklin first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This biography of Jennings is the story of a geologist, oil-driller, gold miner, pilot, jungle doctor, and above all, light-hearted treasure hunter. As he himself said, ""He was only happy when he had a girl for company and a machete in his hand"". His many adventures include his trip to the Caribbean to dig for Captain Morgan's buried pirate loot; what did he find? 225 x 140mm., pp. 211. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j., sl. creased front & back top edge - no tears. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0900735244

Loftus, Australian Military History Publications First edition - hard cover, laminated boards This is the account of the very brief life of HMA Submarine AE1, the circumstances surrounding her loss and the Author's attempt to locate the wreck in Papua New Guinea waters. This story is written to document the events relevant to her loss, and to honour the men who sailed in her. 255 x 180mm., pp., xx, 121, b/w plates, biblio., append., indexes - Names and general. Hard cover in laminated pictorial boards (without dust jacket as issued). As NEW. ISBN: 187643953X

Beaverton, The Kronia Group first edition - large paperback, card covers Contributors include Dwardu Cardona, Ev Cochrane, Gunnar Heinsohn, Lynn Rose and David Talbott. 274 x 215mm., pp. 127. Large format paperback, wraparound blue card covers. VG+