Aboriginal

The General (Bruny d’Entrecasteaux) – The Visits of the Expedition led by Bruny d’Entrecasteaux to Tasmanian Waters in 1792 and 1793 – Brian Plomley and Piard- Bernier.

Another special book by Brian Plomley with the help of Josiane Pirad- Bernier. Now very scarce.

Large wide octavo, 378 pages, illustrated. Published by the Launceston Museum in 1993. A solid quality production in near fine condition.

Very well researched and written book on the Bruny d’Entrecasteaux and his visits to Tasmania.

Covers the preparations for the voyage and the officers of the Recherche and Esperance, and among other things their scientific work [Natural History, Geological, Botanical and Zoological].

Also includes as appendices the journals of Louis Ventenat and the botanist Louis Dechamps.

Rare collectable D’Entrecasteaux – more than a channel.

$140.00

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The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition – An Account of the Crossing of The Continent of Australia from Cooper’s Creek to Carpentaria.

High quality faithful facsimile of the rare Burke and Wills publication of 1861 – Reprinted from “The Argus”.

Published by the Libraries Board of South Australia in 1963. Octavo, ive, 36 pages, folding map. Bound in deep blue leatherette, gilt titles to spine. Neat ownership signature to front ends – distinguished collector.

A super copy of this key exploration account, excellent multi-folding [vertical] map of the Track … of Burke, Wills, King and Gray and the course of Howitt and party to trace the remains of the Expedition.

Burke and Wills perished but not forgotten

$75.00

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History of Tasmania from its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time [1884] – James Fenton – Faithful Facsimile

Originally published in Hobart in 1884 by Walch. This a faithful facsimile published by Melanie Publications, Hobart in 1978. A very good copy of a nicely produced book.

Octavo, 462 pages, large coloured folding map at front as in the original, illustrated. Patterned gold style endpapers, embossed clay cloth covered boards.

The large fold out map in excellent condition along with four coloured plates of aborigines including Jinny of Port Sorell, Timmy of the Eastern Coast, Truganini (the last of the aboriginals) and Jack native of Cape Grim.

This book is a cornerstone commentary on Tasmanian history and an excellent progression from West’s first comprehensive history of Tasmania published 30 year earlier.

Fenton’s Tasmania Essential Historical Account

$125.00

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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania – 1910 [Important papers – the whole of “The Minerals of Tasmania (Updated) W.F. Pettard and various papers by Noetling of Aboriginal interest]

Printed at the “Examiner” Launceston, one of the more substantial volumes.

W.F. Pettard of Launceston had published the “Minerals of Tasmania” in the 1890. Here we have 223 pages devoted to his update published one year before his death. His collection of minerals was handed over to the Society.

Further papers of special interest by Fritz Noetling – The Antiquity of Man in Tasmania – interesting extrapolative maps of Tasmania with the Ocean receded various depths and the resultant connection to the mainland. More on Tronatta by Noetling [see 1909 edition]; the food of the Aborigines and their language of food.

Ritz presenting on the Rev Norman vocabulary studies is another good contribution to the history of Aboriginal language.

Original soft wrappers, 409 pages, well illustrated from scientific sketches, images from photographs, tables, charts etc – some fold out.

Noetling was a German born mining engineer and at this stage was an Officer of the Society. He has previously worked in India and produced a similar body of work there. His large collection of Tasmanian Tronattas is held by the Liepzig museum. Unfortunately, after the outbreak of WWI he was interned and after the war sent back to Germany.

Special papers of Aboriginal interest and the republication of Pettard’s Minerals.

$120.00

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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania – 1909 [Important papers on Aboriginal Language and Aboriginal Tools – Tronattas]

Printed at the “Examiner” Launceston this is a set of papers of special interest as they include papers by Fritz Noetling “A Peculiar Group of Tronattas”, “Rocks used in the Manufacture of of Tronattas” and “Notes on the Names given to Minerals and Rocks by the Aborigines of Tasmania” – and, by Hermann Ritz “The Speech of the Tasmanian Aborigines”.

There are other paper by the then prolific Noetling regarding the use of Red Ochre, glacial bed at Wynyard. Others present on botany and botanist, fossil trees, geology, the anatomy of Megapodes.

Original soft wrappers, 199 pages, nicely illustrated from scientific sketches, early photographs, tables etc – some fold out. Very good condition.

Noetling was a German born mining engineer and at this stage was an Officer of the Society. He has previously worked in India and produced a similar body of work there. His large collection of Tasmanian Tronattas is held by the Liepzig museum. Unfortunately, after the outbreak of WWI he was interned and after the war sent back to Germany.

Ritz was Swiss and taught foreign languages in Hobart. His paper could well be of very special interest as it focuses on the sounding of the Tasmanian Aboriginal language not just the word list … pretty interesting we believe.

Special papers of Aboriginal interest – well wroth preserving.

SO SORRY SOLD

$90.00

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My Tropic Isle (Dunk Island) – E.J. Banfield – 1913

Published London in 1913 by Fisher Unwin a third impression.

Thick octavo, 315 pages, illustrated. A little foxing and flecking to rear cover otherwise a quite satisfactory copy priced accordingly. With the preferred pictorial cover – more often found plain bound.

Much of the contents of “My Tropic Isle” were first published in the “North Queensland Register” Banfield acknowledged the help of Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum Sydney, Douglas Ogilby of Brisbane and Jukes-Browne of Torquay (the nephew of Joseph Beete Jukes).

Scarce in pictorial binding – Banfield’s House amongst the palms.

$50.00

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The General (Bruny d’Entrecasteaux) – The Visits of the Expedition led by Bruny d’Entrecasteaux to Tasmanian Waters in 1792 and 1793 – Brian Plomley and Piard- Bernier.

The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition – An Account of the Crossing of The Continent of Australia from Cooper’s Creek to Carpentaria.

History of Tasmania from its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time [1884] – James Fenton – Faithful Facsimile

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania – 1910 [Important papers – the whole of “The Minerals of Tasmania (Updated) W.F. Pettard and various papers by Noetling of Aboriginal interest]

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania – 1909 [Important papers on Aboriginal Language and Aboriginal Tools – Tronattas]

My Tropic Isle (Dunk Island) – E.J. Banfield – 1913

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