Matthew Flinders & His Scientific Gentlemen

Wege, Juliet; George, Alex; et al, eds.

This sumptuously illustrated and beautifully produced volume contains accounts of Matthew Flinders' remarkable expedition to Australia in HMS Investigator in 1801 - 1805; the lives of principal people of the expedition; their work in charting the coast and discovering plants and animals; and how their journals and collections were studied in England.

Museum Publication

$38.45

Voyage of Discovery to Terra Australis by Willem de Vlamingh in 1606-97

Playford, Phillip

This account of Vlamingh's expedition by award-winning author Phillip Playford includes accounts from Vlamingh's personal journal lost after it was translated into French in the early eighteenth century. The author recently rediscovered this translation, which has shed new light on Vlamingh and his voyage of discovery. This book was short-listed for the WA Premier's Book Awards 1999.

$9.95

Albany Who & What
Johnson, Les

Since early times the highways, byways and places of civilisation, along with the not so civilised, have been named in the memory of someone or something. Too often, memory has gone with the years, leaving only the names. This small book sets out to preserve the who and what of some names in the Albany districts of Western Australia.

$18.95

My Albany Memories and Stories
Genoni, John A

An early history of Albany comes to life through these stories and memories.

Museum Publication

$21.95

First Impressions Albany. Travellers Tales 1791-1901
Compiled by Sellick, Douglas R.G.

A unique opportunity to view Albany through a wide variety of writings by travellers, migrants, naturalists, writers, seamen, clergymen and royalty from 1791-1901.

$28.00

The Longest Fence in the World.
Broomehall, F.H.

A history of the number one Rabbit Proof Fence in the World, from its beginning to recent times.

$29.95

C. Y. O'Connor His Life and Legacy

Evans, A.G.

O'Connor's life was both a triumph and a tragedy. He pulled himself up from disadvantaged beginnings in a famine-torn Ireland to become a master of his profession, inspired and inspiring to others. By his own energy, probity, vision and application, it could be written of him at his death that "no engineer (had) done more than he for an individual colony".

Charles Yelverton O'Connor is a legendary figure in early colonial civil engineering. But the fame of his great works, particularly the Goldfields Pipeline Scheme, which brought water 560 kilometres to the desert of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, has almost been matched by that of his enigmatic death.

$20.00

Flight of Diamonds
Tyler, W.H.

The story of Broome's war and the Carnot Bay diamonds.

Museum Publication

$14.25

Exploring in Western Australia
Biggs, Hazel

Written in a style suitable for upper primary and lower secondary students, it has been highly recommended by the Education Department as a useful resource for both teachers and students in their understanding of the past in Western Australia.

$14.25

Gold in Western Australia
Biggs, Hazel

This title examines the effects the search for gold has had on settlement and development of W.A. from the latter half of the 1800âs to the present day. The text is ample and clear and contains selected primary source material.

$14.25

Pioneering in Western Australia
Biggs, Hazel

The first section of the book examines the establishment of settlements in Albany and Swan River and then goes onto look in more detail at the difficulties experienced and the life styles of the people who settled in Western Australia.

$59.95

James Stirling Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia.
Statham-Drew, Pamela

Man of action, naval officer, able administrator, skilled diplomat-James Stirling's distinguished and multi-faceted career carried him to the four corners of the nineteenth century world.
This ambitious biography, seven years in the making, breaks new ground in documenting fully Stirling's path from birth into one of Scotland's oldest families, through to founder and Governor of the Swan River Colony and ultimately, to Admiral and British naval chief in East Asia.

Museum Publication

$24.95

Country Visions of Land and People in Western Australia
Andrea Gaynor; Mathew Trinca; Anna Haebich, et al, eds.

So often the land is something we take for granted, it seems disarmingly real and elemental. Yet in Australia, as in most parts of the world, conflicts rage incessantly over land and its use. We even use the phrase "contested ground" as a metaphor for all sorts of arguments and differences.
This title reflects on the unique character of people's experiences in Western Australian landscapes. It explains some of the major environmental changes over the last two centuries and considers their cultural meaning. This is a book for anyone who wants to know more about the people and places in the western third of the Australian continent.

$16.50

Moondyne Joe The Man of Myth

Elliot, Ian

Joseph Bolitho Johns, "Moondyn Joe" (or "Moonie" to his mates), was a good badman who gallops across the pages of Western Australian history with all the spirit of a wild bush brumby. His prison sentences were frequently punctuated with spectacular escapes and, in the days when Aboriginal trackers were an integral part of the police force, when a horse was a man's best friend and bushmanship was the measure of a man, Joe became a legend in his own time. His story spans the colonial period from the years of convict transportation to the excitment of WA's gold rushes. Joe's bushranging exploits and his determination to be free have a romantic appeal that cannot be denied. He may have arrived as a convict and died a pauper, but he left an indelible mark on our folklore.

Museum Publication

$19.80

Major Edmund Lockyer: Forgotten Australian Pioneer

Johnson, Les

Lockyer arrived in the brig Amity from Sydney in 1826 to place his outpost on the rim of Princess Royal Harbour. Five years later the settlement was named Albany, Western Australia - but what of the man.

Museum Publication

$12.95

From Oar to Diesel On the Swan

Murray, K.O.

From the first day when it carried explorers from distant countries, the Swan River has provided a ready made, broad highway demanding no recompense from those using it save that they should leave it in the pristine state in which they found it so that it could continue to serve. A demand often abused over the two centuries in which these travellers have exploited it. However, in recent years, those on this braod highway have shown a greater awareness  of the fact that if the river is to survive in order to serve them, they should preserve this God-given asset in all its beauty.

Includes an alphabetical list of all vessels that traded between Guildford and Fremantle.

Museum Publication

$16.45

Foundations of Fremantle

Tout-Smith, Deborah

Tells the story of Fremantle's history from pre-settlement Noongar life, the arrival of British settlers in 1829, depression and radical upheavals to the new world of the early 20th century. It traces Fremantle's character through the establishment of the port, the development of local agriculture and business.....the intimate experiences of everyday life. It contains early images and photographs of the exhibition in Fremantle History Museum.

Museum Publication

$32.95

In Old Kalgoorlie

Pascoe, Rob

Beautiful and fascinating photos of the gold mining town, the work life, the social life, the buildings and the people; taken from original glass negatives from the JJ Dwyer collection 1890s to 1930s. Large format.

Carpet of Silver: the wreck of the zuytdorp

Playford, Phillip

Phillip brings to life the adventurous story of the Zuytdorp-its voyages and its disappearance, discovery and identification of the wreck, looting of the treasure, courageous underwater archaelogical investigations, and evidence that survivors managed to struggle ashore, but never returned to civilization.

Who looted the treasure of the Zuytdorp, its fabled 'carpet of silver'?

Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Winner