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A Document Signed By Reverend Samuel Marsden [1765 - 1838] -…

Reverend Samuel Marsden's Land Conveyance to Tebbutt Brothers

A Document Signed By Reverend Samuel Marsden [1765 - 1838] - Norfolk Island, Parramatta & New Zealand, A conveyance for the sale of '136 Rods of Ground' [approx. 700 sqr mtrs] being 'all that allotment of Land situate in Macquarie Street, Windsor,…

A Pension For the Chief Clerk at Norfolk Island: In May 1857…

Pension granted to Chief Clerk after 10 years service

A Pension For the Chief Clerk at Norfolk Island: In May 1857 Thomas Jewel Oliver applied 'for a Superannuation Allowance' following his enforced retirement from the Penal & Convict Department after ten years service. Transportation to Tasmania had ended…

A New South Wales Ticket-of-Leave William Petts, who had been…

William Petts: From Convict to Citizen

A New South Wales Ticket-of-Leave William Petts, who had been found guilty of housebreaking and was sentenced to seven years transportation, arrived in New South Wales in August 1838 aboard 'Lord Lyndoch' is granted a Ticket-of-Leave in December 1842. He…

A pair of broadsides, early Sydney printing by William Jones,…

Jones' Sydney Morning and Evening Prayer Broadside Pair

A pair of broadsides, early Sydney printing by William Jones, Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, Sydney 1835, 42 x 35 cm

Fawkner, John Pascoe [1792-1869] - Pioneer of Melbourne &…

Honorary Address to John Fawkner for Pioneering Melbourne & Victoria

Fawkner, John Pascoe [1792-1869] - Pioneer of Melbourne & Victoria, Calligarphic manuscript address to Fawkner by 'The undersigned inhabitants of Echuca....who now view with pride....the completion of a trunk line of Railway....again we cannot forget the…

1823 Van Diemen's Land land grant, 50 acres Norfolk Plains

50-acre land grant in Van Diemen's Land

1823 Van Diemen's Land land grant, 50 acres Norfolk Plains

White, John: 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with…

Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Plates

White, John: 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions.' (J. Debrett, London, 1790), Quarto, with an engraved title page and 64…

1823 Van Diemen's Land land grant, signed Governor Brisbane

1823 Land Grant Signed by Governor Brisbane

1823 Van Diemen's Land land grant, signed Governor Brisbane

James Prinsep (1799 - 1840), Benares Illustrated in a Series of…

James Prinsep (1799 - 1840), Benares Illustrated in a Series of Drawings, [Calcutta : Baptist Mission Press, 1830], folio; incomplete but with 21 lithographed and 7 engraved plates present.

Raymond, James (compiler), the New South Wales calendar and…

1832 NSW Calendar & Directory

Raymond, James (compiler), the New South Wales calendar and general post office Directory,1832, [Sydney, Stephens & Stokes, 1832.] Octavo, original green cloth, remnants of original paper label to spine, front pastedown with early binder's ticket of…

A New South Wales Conditional Pardon April 1833 Conditional…

1833 Conditional Pardon Granted to Thomas Yarwood

A New South Wales Conditional Pardon April 1833 Conditional Pardon granted to Thomas Yarwood and signed by Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales [1831-37]. The document is vellum and retains a small portion of the official seal of the Colony.…

Letter to the emperor by the minister for war regarding a…

Transport Request by King of Westphalia - Letter to Emperor

Letter to the emperor by the minister for war regarding a request for transport by Jerome, King of Westphalia. Document signed by Napoleon 1, dated: 1888. Provenance: Barry Jones 30 x 22 cm.

Paul Letarouilly Edifices de Rome Moderne; ou, Recueil des…

Edifices de Rome Moderne

Paul Letarouilly Edifices de Rome Moderne; ou, Recueil des Palais, maisons, eglises, couvents et autres monuments publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la ville de Rome (A/F)

HENDERSON, Alexander 'Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and…

Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina

HENDERSON, Alexander 'Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina - A Genealogical and Biographical Record' [McCarron, Bird, Melbourne, 1936], 1st Edition. 584 pp. Quarto, illustrations throughout (portraits and homesteads), original red leather with…

Police Archive: rare and important early archive of police…

Early Police Archive from Port Phillip Colony (1842)

Police Archive: rare and important early archive of police related material from the District of port Phillip Colony of New South Wales. a fascinating collection dating back to 1842 (Melbourne was founded in 1835). The collection comprises of many…

Child Servants in Van Diemen's Land, Printed 'Form of…

Child Servants in Queen's Asylum, Tasmania (1875-1879)

Child Servants in Van Diemen's Land, Printed 'Form of Indentiture' documents from the Queen's Asylum, Tasmania, dated 1875, 1878 and 1879, providing details of the apprenticeships arranged for George Crump (aged 12 years & 10 months), Albert Bolch (13…

Gregory, A. C. North Australian expedition. Letter from...…

Gregory's North Australian Expedition Reports and Correspondence

Gregory, A. C. North Australian expedition. Letter from... Victoria River, 14 June, 1856. [ With] Letter from... Burnett District, 2 December, 1856. [ With] Third letter... from Sydney, 7 January 1857. Sydney, 1856-57. Three New South Wales Parliamentary…

Forrest, John 'Explorations in Australia?' (London, Sampson Low,…

Explorations in Australia by John Forrest

Forrest, John 'Explorations in Australia?' (London, Sampson Low, 1875)., Octavo, eight plates, four folding maps, in original green cloth, gilt vignette on upper board. An important account of Forrest's successful exploring career, during which he most…

1901 Federation Invitation to The Royal Review at Flemington on…

1901 Royal Review Invitation at Flemington

1901 Federation Invitation to The Royal Review at Flemington on 10th May 1901, small tape mark at top.

An unpublished poem by James K. Baxter Coffee Bbar Ballade,…

Coffee Bar Ballade: Unpublished Poem by James K. Baxter

An unpublished poem by James K. Baxter Coffee Bbar Ballade, Typed and hand signed on paper, Late-1960s / Early-1970s, complete with letter of provenance from the vendor, 21.4 cmmm x 14 cm, James K. Baxter (1926-1972) is arguably New Zealand's greatest…

Policing in Victoria 1860 - 1914: A large leather & cloth-bound…

Victorian Policing: Manuscript Records 1860-1914

Policing in Victoria 1860 - 1914: A large leather & cloth-bound volume providing a manuscript record of 'Report of Charges Taken' Burrumbeet & Miner's Rest Watch Houses, both being in the vicinity of Ballarat. Many hundreds of entries giving the…

Policing in Victoria 1858 - 1911: A large cloth-bound volume…

Policing in Victoria: 1858-1911 Watch House Records

Policing in Victoria 1858 - 1911: A large cloth-bound volume providing a manuscript record of 'Report of Charges Taken' at various Watch Houses: Mainly at Yendon but also at Rokewood, Rokewood Junction, Whim Holes and Stockyard Hill, all being in the…

A Free Pardon For Joseph Taylor: December 1846 Free Pardon…

Free Pardon for Joseph Taylor

A Free Pardon For Joseph Taylor: December 1846 Free Pardon signed by Governor Charles Fitzroy and bearing his seal, issued in favour of Taylor, a tailor, who had originally been tried at Cumberland Assizes in 1830 at the age of 16, found guilty and…

Elizabeth Cheatham - sentenced to death; transported for life:…

Elizabeth Cheatham: From Death Row to Transportation

Elizabeth Cheatham - sentenced to death; transported for life: 5 November 1833 mss letter (2pp) written to her parents from the Chester City Gaol where she was being held pending removal to the hulks prior to transportation. 'I am sorry to afflict your…

Four volumes, Cooks Voyages, leather bound, 1784

Leather-bound Cook's Voyages, 1784 (4 volumes)

Four volumes, Cooks Voyages, leather bound, 1784

H.M.S. Megaera, Australia & New Zealand Naval Interest Wilson,…

H.M.S. Megaera Naval Journal by Sub-Lieutenant Wilson

H.M.S. Megaera, Australia & New Zealand Naval Interest Wilson, George, Sub-Lieutenant June 1870 to October 1873 hand-written journal kept by Wilson. It comprises of geographic details and observations as well as extensive diary entries. Wilson was one of…

Macquarie, Lachlan [Governor of New South Wales, 1810-1821]…

Governor Macquarie grants land to Andrew Whitehead in Tasmania

Macquarie, Lachlan [Governor of New South Wales, 1810-1821] signature and seal on July 1816 Land Grant for 105 Acres in the District of Argyle, Van Diemen's Land. The land granted to Andrew Whitehaed is described as being bounded by Gunning's Farm, the…

Hunter, John Esq. An historical Journal of the Transactions at…

Historical Journal of Transactions in Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

Hunter, John Esq. An historical Journal of the Transactions at port Jackson and Norfolk Island..1793 an historical Journal of the Transactions at port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the…

1916 Conscription Referendum: Original 4-page Pamphlet from…

1916 Conscription Referendum Pamphlet and Lapel Badges

1916 Conscription Referendum: Original 4-page Pamphlet from Prime Minister W. M. Hughes supporting the 'Yes' case; plus 3 lapel badges 'No', 'Yes' & 'Oct 28 1916/ Vote Yes'.

1836 Van Diemen's Land land grant with seal, signed Governor…

1836 Land Grant by Governor Macquarie in Van Diemen's Land

1836 Van Diemen's Land land grant with seal, signed Governor Macquarie

Rev. John Waterhouse and Family, interesting and important…

Waterhouse Family Archive

Rev. John Waterhouse and Family, interesting and important family archive of correspondence, documents, photographs, ephemera, banking documents, share certificates, birth certificates and papers pertaining to several generations of the Waterhouse family…

An illuminated manuscript presentation to Lord Lamington, 1896:…

An illuminated manuscript presentation to Lord Lamington, 1896:A most attractive leather-bound illuminated manuscript presented to Lord Lamington, 'Governor and Commander in chief of the Colony of Queensland' to 'Extend a cordial welcome to your Exc

Ornate red-leather presentation album with embossed title…

Ornate red-leather presentation album with embossed title 'Photographs. Illustrating the Earliest Times of New South Wales.' the large album was presented to lady Darley, wife of the Acting Governor, Sir Frederick Darley of NSW in 1895. Contains onl

A red leather-bound album of Australian and Pacific albumen…

A red leather-bound album of Australian and Pacific albumen prints containing 65 images of Melbourne, rural Victoria, Tasmania and Fiji, mostly 13 x 18 cm each approximately, with others 24 x 30 cm.

An Unconditional Free Pardon For Timothy Lee: A Free Pardon For…

Free Pardon for Timothy Lees, 1844

An Unconditional Free Pardon For Timothy Lee: A Free Pardon For Timothy Lee: 18 February 1844 Free Pardon on vellum, awarded to one Timothy Lees and signed by the Governor of New South Wales, George Gipps; with official Coat of Arms and the original seal…

EVELYN, John, F.R.S. [1620-1706] 'SYLVA, or a Discourse of…

Sylva: Discourse on Forest-Trees, Fruit-Trees, and Cider Making

EVELYN, John, F.R.S. [1620-1706] 'SYLVA, or a Discourse of FOREST-TREES and the Propagation of Timber In His Majesties Dominions. . To which is annexed POMONA, or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to CIDER, The Making, and severall wayes of…

Sentenced to Be Transported For Life, January 1852 printed…

Life Transportation for Sheep Theft and Killing in 1852

Sentenced to Be Transported For Life, January 1852 printed Statement of charges against James Parr, completed in manuscript at New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land, for stealing and feloniously killing 'one sheep of the price of seven shillings...'; signed by…

The History of NSW including Botany Bay 1802, London printed…

NSW History: Botany Bay to Present Time

The History of NSW including Botany Bay 1802, London printed for M. Jones, 1802. including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its dependancies, from the original discovery of the island: with the customs and manners of the natives, and…

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first…

London Chronicle's First Fleet & Botany Bay Report

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first printed accounts of the Expedition to and the Settlement at Sydney Cove, in issues of the London Chronicle newspaper issued in early 1789, May 5-7, 1789: Containing a long and detailed 'Authentic…

Three early Colonial sketchbooks inscribed 'Peter Macpherson,…

Colonial Sketchbooks from Australian College, 1841 and 1940

Three early Colonial sketchbooks inscribed 'Peter Macpherson, Australian College, James Street. May 4th, 1841. Sydney', and one 1940.

James Cook: 'Cook's Voyage' Volume II, the official first…

Cook's Voyage Volume II with Rare New Zealand Chart

James Cook: 'Cook's Voyage' Volume II, the official first edition Hawkesworth publication 1773. Notably including: 'Chart of New Zealand...' engraved by John Bayly [The rare original first complete coastline chart of all New Zealand, showing the track of…

Crime and Punishment, September 1849 printed court document…

Convict Documents from Van Diemen's Land

Crime and Punishment, September 1849 printed court document completed in manuscript 'Ext. Sentence of Transportation against John Cameron' confirming the sentence of seven years transportation to Van Diemen's Land for theft and a previous conviction; a…

Three various Colonial documents. Indenture Parramatta 1810,…

Colonial Documents: Indentures and Land Map

Three various Colonial documents. Indenture Parramatta 1810, signed by Samuel Marsden, Robert Campbell et al. Enclosed in Mylar; indenture Richmond 1815, signed by Thomas Atkins, John Dight et al; & Surveyor's manuscript map of Samuel Marsden's land at…

The 1851 New South Wales Gold Rush at Bathurst, 27th May 1851…

1851 NSW Gold Rush Letter from Sydney to Yorkshire

The 1851 New South Wales Gold Rush at Bathurst, 27th May 1851 complete original letter from Sydney to Yorkshire, carried on the 'Thomas Arbuthnot', a fast sailing ship, which was also carrying the first shipment of gold from Australia to England. The…

Victorian Goldfields, Colony Of Victoria, £1 Miner's Right…

1857 Victorian Goldfields Miner's Right Issued to John Niemann

Victorian Goldfields, Colony Of Victoria, £1 Miner's Right Issued At Sandhurst (Bendigo), March 1857 Letterpress in blue, printed on vellum, inscribed and dated in ink, 21 x 23 cm. Inscriptions include '(District) Sandhurst. 16 March 1857. (Issued to)…

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first…

London Chronicle Reports Safe Arrival at Botany Bay

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first printed accounts of the Expedition to and the Settlement at Sydney Cove, in issues of the London Chronicle newspaper issued in early 1789, February 26-28, 1879: Regarding the safe arrival of…

Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III, signed Ministry…

Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III, signed Ministry of Finance document dated 3 August 1936, both signatures in strong ink. 36.5 x 24.5 cm. Note the manuscript amendment 'Imperatore d'Etiopia' two months after Victor Emmanuel III became Emperor…

Tea trade document. Dutch East India Company (Voc). An…

1790 Tea Trade Document from Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Tea trade document. Dutch East India Company (Voc). An unpublished manuscript document recording a cargo of tea from china carried on the Voc ship Vrouw Maria Cornelia, dated 1790, titled: Prisatie over de Lading Thee per het Schip Vrouw Maria Cornelia…

New South Wales - Port Phillip District. Land and Emmigration…

Land Deposit Receipt from 1849 NSW Port Phillip District

New South Wales - Port Phillip District. Land and Emmigration receipt No.45, issued to Mr. W.G. Brodie of Moonie Ponds on 1st December 1849 for the payment of £135. The payment is in the nature of a deposit so that Brodie could participate in the purchase…

A Journal of a voyage to the south Seas, Sydney Parkinson, 1773;…

South Seas Voyage Journal, Sydney Parkinson, 1773

A Journal of a voyage to the south Seas, Sydney Parkinson, 1773; a journal of a voyage to the south Seas in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour. Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq, on his…

A famille-rose 'Historical figure' bowl and a warmer, china,…

Daoguang Famille-Rose Bowl and Warmer with Historical Figures

A famille-rose 'Historical figure' bowl and a warmer, china, Daoguang six-character mark and of the period (1820-1850) painted with bamboo framed calligraphy reserves and various figures depicting learning and the arts, 10.1 cm high (2).

To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore from…

Illuminated Address to Earl of Kintore

To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore from the District Councils Association of Illuminated and bound in brown embossed morocco, the address being bordered running foliate pattern, the district councils bordered in a geometric pattern…

A Signed Letter From Ranjitsinhji to King George V - 6th March…

Ranjitsinhji's Letter to King George V on Indian Princely Dynasties

A Signed Letter From Ranjitsinhji to King George V - 6th March 1932, 6th March 1932 typed letter on The Palace, Jamnagar, Kathiawar letterhead, with Ranjitsinhji's crest embossed in green, signed by Ranji at the end. A highly important historical document…

A Conditional Pardon For Mary Ann Beddow December 1846 Van…

Conditional Pardon for Mary Ann Beddow, 1846

A Conditional Pardon For Mary Ann Beddow December 1846 Van Diemen's Land Conditional Pardon on vellum, signed by Charles Latrobe and with the seal of the Colony largely intact at left. Extremely rare. Beddow had been sentenced to seven years…

Henry Lawson (1867-1922): 'Selected Poems of Henry Lawson'…

Rare Lawson Poems with Illustrations and Signature

Henry Lawson (1867-1922): 'Selected Poems of Henry Lawson' illustrated by Percy Leason (Sydney 1918) endorsed with poem & signature of Henry Lawson. Printed portrait of the poet by John Longstaff with the artists signature dated 1935. Dust wrappers, minor…

A journal by Nurse Alice Stilwell, kept at Fir Grove Military…

Nurse Alice's War Journal: Soldiers' Messages of Gratitude

A journal by Nurse Alice Stilwell, kept at Fir Grove Military Hospital, Hampshire, 1915/17 with cartoons, caricatures and messages of thanks from soldiers from the Sutherland Highlanders, South Wales Borderer's, Royal Sussex Regiment, Devonshire Regiment,…

Address from the Municipal Association to the Right Honourable…

Illuminated Address to Earl of Kintore from Municipal Association

Address from the Municipal Association to the Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore, Governor and Committee, illuminated and bound in blue morocco elaborately embossed to front and rear. The dedication embossed in gilt on a red shield, the interior with…

Further unpublished manuscripts of various narrative accounts,…

John P Ward's Unpublished Narratives of New Zealand Wars

Further unpublished manuscripts of various narrative accounts, written by private John P Ward who served in 31 engagements of battle in the New Zealand Wars. Amongst the following papers is an early typewritten draft of the battle of the double Crossing…

Melbourne Savage Club. Charles Dixon, ink drawing. 'Savage Club…

Savage Club Farewell Dinner for Antarctic Expedition Members

Melbourne Savage Club. Charles Dixon, ink drawing. 'Savage Club Farewell Dinner to the Officers and Members of The Antarctic Expedition, July 6 1901. W E Smith Chief Constructor, The Admiralty in the Chair'. Includes portraits of Shackleton, Com. R Scott…

Tulloch & brown, Melbourne,

Tulloch & brown, Melbourne, "Map of the Colony of Victoria 1856, comprising part of New South Wales, the Boundaries, Counties also Seaport & Inland Townships, the gold fields with the Latest Discoveries, Roads, tracks, &c. &c Compiled from…

'The Warrnambool standard Almanac and tourist guide to…

Warrnambool 1884 Almanac & Tourist Guide

'The Warrnambool standard Almanac and tourist guide to Warrnambool & District, for 1884'

A letter from Arthur Streeton to Roger Leech of Brighton,…

Streeton's letter offering meeting to potential investor

A letter from Arthur Streeton to Roger Leech of Brighton, Victoria. Undated (but October 1892), 2-page Als, headed 'Highbury Grove, Kew. Between the Cemetery & the Asylum', in which Streeton offers to meet with Leech 'If you are so interested as to invest…

Doyley, Charles 'The European in India, From a Collection of…

The European in India

Doyley, Charles 'The European in India, From a Collection of Drawings, By Charles Doyley, Esq. Engraved by J. H. Clark and C. Dubourg, With a Preface and Copious Descriptions, By Captain Thomas Williamson, Accompanied with A Brief History of Ancient and…

'A Voyage to Terra Australis; Undertaken for the Purpose of…

Voyage to Terra Australis, 1801-1803

'A Voyage to Terra Australis; Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802 and 1803 in His Magesty's Ship the Investigator.' by Matthew Flinders [Lon, 1814] rebound in 2 volumes (atlas…

A supposed description of Terra Australis, HALL, Joseph…

Fanciful Maps of Terra Australis

A supposed description of Terra Australis, HALL, Joseph [1574-1656] Pseudonym: Mercurio Britannico: 'Mundus alter et idem sive Terra Australis ante hac semper incognita longis itineribus peregrini academici nuperrime lustrata' [Gulielmus Antonius, Hanau,…

Newspaper Coverage of the Kelly Gang - November 1878 to April…

48 Original Newspapers Covering Kelly Gang's Activities and Trial

Newspaper Coverage of the Kelly Gang - November 1878 to April 1881, A fascinating collection of 48 complete original newspapers, all of which provide significant coverage of the activities, capture, deaths and trial of the members of the Kelly Gang.…

Sydney Parkinson, 'A head of a Chief of New Zealand...' and 'A…

Rare engravings from unauthorized account of Cook's first voyage

Sydney Parkinson, 'A head of a Chief of New Zealand...' and 'A New Zealand Warrior...', two rare steel engravings from the first edition of the alternative/unofficial account of Cook's first voyage, published, London 1773. The unauthorised publication of…

Reference plan of city Streets - Sydney, 1888. Extra supplement…

Sydney Street Map and Building Directory

Reference plan of city Streets - Sydney, 1888. Extra supplement to the illustrated Sydney news Centennial number, January 26, 1888. List of commercial & public buildings (51 x 76 cm); & the city of Sydney looking East from Darling harbour, presented as a…

Views Of Victoria 1853-4' lithographed from original drawings…

Views of Victoria: 1853-4 Lithographs by Edmund Thomas

Views Of Victoria 1853-4' lithographed from original drawings by Edmund Thomas & published by F.Varley, oblong red leather boards with embossed gilt title on the front, some wear to the boards, toning and foxing throughout,

Mountstuart Elphinstone, An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul,…

Caubul and India: 19th Century European Accounts

Mountstuart Elphinstone, An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, 1815 and Captain Thomas Williamson, the European in India 1813

Unpublished manuscripts of various narrative accounts written…

Warrior's Chronicles: John P Ward's Untold Battles

Unpublished manuscripts of various narrative accounts written by private John P Ward who served in 31 engagements of battle in the New Zealand Wars.

Land Grant signed by Governor Macquarie 1821. Awarding 50 acres…

1821 Land Grant to Henry Sells

Land Grant signed by Governor Macquarie 1821. Awarding 50 acres of land to Henry Sells in the disrict of Bringelly, bordering the Nepean river. Original seal & ribbon extant. 28 x 33 cm

List of Male Convict Ships - Old Class & Probation Class, Ink…

Male Convict Ships List

List of Male Convict Ships - Old Class & Probation Class, Ink script on paper with headings proving the dates of arrival in Hobart, the name of the ship, the number of prisoners and the annual total, framed && glazed, 47.75 x 58.5 (sight). Provenance: Dr…

Northern Territory: The 1883 Expedition to Locate 'Sturt's…

1883 Expedition to Locate Sturt's Tree in Northern Territory

Northern Territory: The 1883 Expedition to Locate 'Sturt's Tree', Dec.10th 1883 four-page letter headed 'Palmerston' and addressed 'The Acting Government Resident, Palmerston; written by James P. Hingston, Surveyor, in which he provides a day-by-day…

Prince of Wales gold mining Company, Cobblers Ballarat'…

Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company Lithographic Poster

Prince of Wales gold mining Company, Cobblers Ballarat' lithographic poster, circa 1864, by H. Deutsch, Ballarat. With an exterior view of the mine head, interiors of the quartz crushing & engine house, an interior view of the Puddling machine & Sluicing…

Chirnside Family Werribee Park, scrap album and two photograph…

Chirnside Family Scrapbook and Photo Albums

Chirnside Family Werribee Park, scrap album and two photograph albums pertaining to the Chirnside family of Werribee Park Mansion, Victoria, (3 items).

Miner's Right Colony Of Victoria £1, Buninyong, August 11th,…

Rare 1857 Miner's Right Vellum Issue with Frame

Miner's Right Colony Of Victoria £1, Buninyong, August 11th, 1857, made out to John Aute Marshall, rare and early vellum issue No.28. Housed in a period cedar frame. 19 x 22 cm

Constable Skinner's personal photo album of Rua Kenana's trial.…

Skinner's Album: Rua Kenana's Trial in Photos

Constable Skinner's personal photo album of Rua Kenana's trial. Rua Kenana was a Tuhoe prophet who set up a community at Maungapohatu in the Urewera mountains. In 1916 he was arrested for sedition and his trial was one of the longest in New Zealand's…

A framed display of four 1851-52 gold mining licences; issued…

Gold mining licences of John Hewlett (1851-52) display

A framed display of four 1851-52 gold mining licences; issued to John Hewlett for the District of Boningong and Loddon as licence to dig

The Eliott Family Scrapbook, This, and the following four lots…

Eliott Family Scrapbook: Pioneers and Prominent Figures

The Eliott Family Scrapbook, This, and the following four lots are from the collection of the Eliott family, one of the first families to settle in the New England area of Northern New South Wales. The book has been passed down through five generations to…

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first…

London Chronicle's First Fleet & Botany Bay Account

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first printed accounts of the Expedition to and the Settlement at Sydney Cove, in issues of the London Chronicle newspaper issued in early 1789, March 24-26, 1879: A lengthy article, '...Of the convicts…

Bumbooziana: 'Sundry Notes & Papers, being the recently…

Bumbooziana: Erotic Expedition & Illustrations by Donald Friend

Bumbooziana: 'Sundry Notes & Papers, being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition. collected and collated under the title Bumbooziana wherein is set down the illfated Expedition's numerous…

A rare West Australian Colonial document & framed stamps. a…

WA Colonial Document & Stamps Frame

A rare West Australian Colonial document & framed stamps. a framed inwards mail addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Henderson, K.C.B., the Governor of. The convict Establishment, Western Australia, addressed from Somerset England, March 19th 1856, with…

Prime Minister Edmond Barton's Private Secretary, Thomas Bavin…

Thomas Bavin's Diary: A Year with Prime Minister Barton

Prime Minister Edmond Barton's Private Secretary, Thomas Bavin (1874 - 1941), (Knighted 1933), Lawyer, judge, politician and Premier of New South Wales, 1927 - 1930, Bavin's 1902 diary, with an entry for almost every day of the year. On an introductory…

Important and historical Australian and Irish Land Grant for…

Land Grant for Michael Dwyer, Irish Rebellion Leader, in Australia

Important and historical Australian and Irish Land Grant for Michael Dwyer 'The Wicklow Chief' Irish Rebellion 1798, dated 5th April 1821, for 50 acres 'In the District of Cabramatta', signed and paper seal Lachlan Macquarie, ink on vellum Exhibited:…

New South Wales, Absolute Pardon, 1847 signed by Governor…

1847 Pardon for Luddite Crime in New South Wales

New South Wales, Absolute Pardon, 1847 signed by Governor Fitzroy to Alfred Toogood who was transported for the Luddite crime of machine breaking, 35 x 40 cm

A spectacular & important illuminated presentation folio to…

Presentation Folio to Joseph Cook, M.H.R

A spectacular & important illuminated presentation folio to Joseph Cook, M.H.R. A bi-fold, leather-bound presentation, with gilt embossed decorations and addressed to the Honourable Joseph Cook, M.H.R. On the front cover. Internally, a hand-painted and…

Eureka Rebellion: a Victorian Government 'Blue Paper'…

Eureka Rebellion Proclamation and Stockade Site Plan

Eureka Rebellion: a Victorian Government 'Blue Paper' Proclamation titled 'Disturbances at Ballaarat'. Lieutenant Governor Hotham 'Has the painful duty of informing the Legislative Council that serious disturbances have occurred at Ballaarat...' dated 5…

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first…

London Chronicle's First Fleet & Botany Bay Account

First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first printed accounts of the Expedition to and the Settlement at Sydney Cove, in issues of the London Chronicle newspaper issued in early 1789, March 26-28, 1789: A very lengthy article covering nearly…

Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824, 5th Governor of Australia (NSW)),…

Lachlan Macquarie's 1821 Land Grant Signature - Rare Document

Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824, 5th Governor of Australia (NSW)), signature on 1821 Land Grant for 60 Acres in Van Diemen's Land, scarce original document.,

N.S.W. Conditional Pardon, dated 13th July 1847 (on vellum) for…

1847 Conditional Pardon for Thomas Fishlock from Wiltshire Assizes

N.S.W. Conditional Pardon, dated 13th July 1847 (on vellum) for Thomas Fishlock, tried and convicted at Wiltshire Assizes in March 1832 (house breaking) and sentenced to transportation for life. The pardon is signed at Government House, Sydney, by the…

Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson (1864 - 1941), The Man from…

Banjo Paterson Book with Manuscript Transcription

Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson (1864 - 1941), The Man from Snowy River and other verses, (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1st ed.) 8vo, original brown cloth; forward by Rolf Bolderwood. With a 6 page manuscript transcript of 'The Ballad of the Calliope'…

A Colonial Conditional Pardon, number 305, Issued by Major…

1835 Colonial Pardon by Governor Bourke

A Colonial Conditional Pardon, number 305, Issued by Major General Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW, dated 2 November 1835

Abraham Lincoln (1809-65, 16th President of the USA): signature…

Lincoln's Signature on Military Appointment Document

Abraham Lincoln (1809-65, 16th President of the USA): signature on military Appointment of George A.Mursick to Assistant Surgeon of Volunteers (9th Oct.1863). Partially printed document on vellum with embossed Presidential seal, also signed by Edwin M…

Victorian Goldfields: A collection of 23 (of 24) lithographic…

Victorian Goldfields Lithographic Plates by S.T. Gill (1855)

Victorian Goldfields: A collection of 23 (of 24) lithographic plates from S.T.Gill's series 'The Diggers and Diggings of Victoria as they are in 1855' [James J. Blundell Co., Melbourne, 1855] in a later binding with several ownership notations on the…

Eureka Stockade: First hand account of the events leading up to…

Eureka Rebellion: A First-Hand Account

Eureka Stockade: First hand account of the events leading up to the 1854 Eureka rebellion by Jon Dow, written on April 1st 1896. This document offers a fascinating insight into the daily events on the Ballarat goldfields from meeting with George Scobie,…