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Land Grant, Eardley Wilmot, VDL

Land Grant in VDL by Eardley Wilmot

Land Grant, Eardley Wilmot, VDL

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition' 1896-7…

Calvert Expedition Journal 1896-7

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition' 1896-7 Hesperiden press facsimile 1993

1889 Exposition Universelle, Paris: Gonse & De Lostalot:…

1889 Paris Expo: Art & Decor Retrospective with Etchings

1889 Exposition Universelle, Paris: Gonse & De Lostalot: 'Exposition Universelle De 1889 - Les Beaux-Arts Et Les Arts Decoratifs - L'Art Francais Retrospectif Au Trocadero' [Paris, Journal Le Temps, 1889] with 26 etchings, 9 gravures and 250 engravings in…

Herbert Basedow 'Narrative of an Expedition in N-W Australia'…

Expedition in N-W Australia by Herbert Basedow (1918)

Herbert Basedow 'Narrative of an Expedition in N-W Australia' 1918 first edition

The Geographical Journal (2). Vol Lx number 4, October, 1922.…

Everest Expedition 1922: Articles and Photographs

The Geographical Journal (2). Vol Lx number 4, October, 1922. Photographs from Everest Expedition, Royal Geographical Soceity & Vol Lx number 6, Dec, 22. The Mt Everest expedition of 1922. Articles by C G Bruce, E L Strutt, George Leigh Mallory, Cpt G I…

Framed print of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, framed 57…

Japanese Surrender Print, Framed

Framed print of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, framed 57 x 52 cm

Tasmanian Land Grant, signed fox young, to Charles Wright in…

Tasmanian Land Grant to Charles Wright

Tasmanian Land Grant, signed fox young, to Charles Wright in the Township of Bridgewater

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant, John Franklin, 640 acres to James…

Land Grant: John Franklin awards 640 acres to James Aitken

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant, John Franklin, 640 acres to James Aitken

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant signed John Franklin, 640 acres to…

Land Grant to James Aitken in Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant signed John Franklin, 640 acres to James Aitken

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant 1823 signed Governor Brisbane, 700…

Land Grant to Matthew Wilson, Van Diemen's Land 1823

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant 1823 signed Governor Brisbane, 700 acres to Matthew Wilson

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant, 1823, signed Governor Brisbane,…

Land Grant to William Mackie in Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemans Land, Land Grant, 1823, signed Governor Brisbane, 700 acres to William Mackie

The Cholera Scare: 5 September 1890 mss letter to his son from…

Cholera Scare in Pietermaritzburg: 1890 Letter

The Cholera Scare: 5 September 1890 mss letter to his son from W.G.Browne in which he expresses the hope that 'the Cholera scare is over and that it will not reach P.M.Burg, it is a fearful scourge.' Pietermaritzburg is the capital (and 2nd largest city)…

Monthly Muster Roll-Book: March 1878 to August 1882 A Waterlow…

Government Rations Muster Roll-Book (1878-1882)

Monthly Muster Roll-Book: March 1878 to August 1882 A Waterlow & Sons accounts book, completely filled-in in neat manuscript listing all those Police Officers, Court Officials and Prisoners entitled to receive Government Rations. A wealth of information…

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…

Parkin, Ray H. M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place In Australian…

Bark Endeavour: A Voyage in Australian History

Parkin, Ray H. M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place In Australian History: With and Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770. With Plans, Charts and Illustrations by the Author…

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…

A Letter From the Goldfields: 25 February 1855 mss letter (4…

Goldminer's Letter to Wife and Children, 1855

A Letter From the Goldfields: 25 February 1855 mss letter (4 sides) written by a gold-miner at Bendigo to his long-suffering wife and children. He refers to letters from her that he has just received - dated October 1853 and April 1854. '....I thought my…

Hotham, Lieutenant-Governor Sir Charles, and James Tarleton.…

Correspondence on American involvement in Eureka Stockade

Hotham, Lieutenant-Governor Sir Charles, and James Tarleton. Copies of correspondence respecting American Citizens who were supposed to have participated in the late riots at Ballaarat. [Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne: Government Printer, 7 March 1855]…

Banking: The Bank of Australasia passbook for William Howe of…

Bank of Australasia Passbook for William Howe (1898-1900)

Banking: The Bank of Australasia passbook for William Howe of Port Melbourne, 1898 - 1900. Vellum-covered with brass clasp; pages with marbled edges. Customer's name inscribed to front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout. 16.2…

The Kelly Gang in 'the Australian Town and Country Journal'…

The Kelly Gang: Infamous Outlaws and Their Downfall

The Kelly Gang in 'the Australian Town and Country Journal' July to November 1880: The extensive coverage of everything to do with the pursuit, the gang, the fight, the deaths, the trials and the hanging, featured on the following pages of the T&C: July…

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…

My Husband and His Faithfull Dog Killed Dead By Lightning: 28…

Lightning Strikes: Husband and Dog Killed

My Husband and His Faithfull Dog Killed Dead By Lightning: 28 January 1843 well written 4-page mss letter from Elizabeth Deimster, at Sydney to her family. The primary purpose of the letter is to inform them 'from this distant clime' that 'Almighty God…

Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803?1870), Governor of Tasmania…

Governor Young's Land Grant in Westbury, Tasmania (1858)

Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803?1870), Governor of Tasmania autograph and seal on vellum Land Grant by Purchase dated February 1858 in favour of Edward John Dawes for 'five acres, in the Suburbs of the Township of Westbury' being a plot of land bounded…

Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803?1870), Governor of Tasmania…

Sir Henry Young's Land Grant in Tasmania, 1856

Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803?1870), Governor of Tasmania signature and seal on March 1856 vellum Land Grant by Purchase in favour of Frederick Green for 'Two acres, two Roods and eight Perches' being an allotment 'in the Township of York Town' at the…

Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803?1870), Governor of Tasmania…

Young's Land Grant to William Henty in Tasmania (1856)

Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803?1870), Governor of Tasmania signature and seal on February 1856 vellum Land Grant by Purchase in favour of William Henty for one acre and one rood in the Parish of Seaford, County of Dorset, Island of Tasmania,…

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…

La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria…

La Trobe's Land Grant during Victorian Gold Rush

La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1801-1875) signature and seal on vellum Land Grant by Purchase dated 9th February 1854. The land, 156 acres in the County of Bourke, Parish of Tarrneit was sold for £273 to James Watson and Walter…

La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria…

La Trobe's Signature on Land Purchase Document (1853)

La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1801-1875) signature and seal on vellum Town Lot purchase document dated 2nd December, 1853. The land, 2 roods in the County of Bourke, Parish of Oakleigh was sold for £5 to Christina Atkinson.…

Hopetoun, seventh Earl of (John Hope, 1860?1908), Governor of…

Earl of Hopetoun's Mining Lease Indenture, 1893

Hopetoun, seventh Earl of (John Hope, 1860?1908), Governor of Victoria, signature and seal on a November 1893 indenture granting a mining lease to Edward Kirwan and Patrick Doolan, both of Omeo. For £8/2/6 per annum they were entitled to mine the piece of…

Canterbury, Viscount, John Henry Thomas (Manners-Sutton)…

Land Grant by Viscount Canterbury to Edward Fletcher

Canterbury, Viscount, John Henry Thomas (Manners-Sutton) [Governor of Victoria, 1814-1877] signature and seal on Land Grant by purchase to Edward Fletcher of an allotment in Rathdowne Street, Carlton, dated 21st February 1871.

Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821?1899) Governor of Victoria,…

Governor Bowen's Signature on Costerfield Mining Lease (1876)

Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821?1899) Governor of Victoria, signature and seal on an October 1876 indenture granting Edwin Field permission to mine the specified land in the District of Sandhurst. The yearly 'rent' was set at four shillings. Four years…

Barkly, Sir Henry (1815-1898) Governor of Victoria, signature…

Governor Barkly sells Inglewood land during gold rush

Barkly, Sir Henry (1815-1898) Governor of Victoria, signature and seal on Special Lands Purchase document dated 13th August 1861. The block of land at Inglewood was sold to Joseph Beregi for £2/6/2 (Two Pounds, six shillings & 2 pence). Joseph Beregi had…

William Smith - Arrived Aboard 'William Jardine' in November…

Convict trustee guilty of misconduct and insolence

William Smith - Arrived Aboard 'William Jardine' in November 1844; sentenced to 7 years Transportation. In the present 3-sided official record or 'copy' document (circa 1855) Smith is charged with 'misconduct in making a false statement of and insolence…

The Convict Record of George Young Only 15 years old at the…

George Young: A Troubled Convict's Record

The Convict Record of George Young Only 15 years old at the time he was found guilty of house-breaking and larceny at the Central Criminal Court (The Old Bailey) in May 1839, Young was sentenced to 10 years transportation, arriving at Van Diemen's Land…

All Is Lost! 25th August 1852 mss letter from Bathurst to a Mr…

Sullivan's Guilty Verdict and Botched Execution

All Is Lost! 25th August 1852 mss letter from Bathurst to a Mr Lowe, 'Regina v Sullivan. All is lost - Sullivan has been found guilty after two days' trial & sentenced to Death.' And signed illegibly 'in haste' probably by the solicitor representing…

Van Diemen's Land 1852 Clearance Permit May 1852 printed form…

1852 Clearance Permit for William Bambury

Van Diemen's Land 1852 Clearance Permit May 1852 printed form (No.74 - Clearance Permit) issued at Launceston Police Station in favour of William Bambury, who is described as having arrived in the Colony as a convict aboard 'Emily'. This very rare form…

A Disgraceful Miscarriage of Justice Barber, William Henry The…

W.H. Barber: Miscarriage of Justice and Cruelty on Norfolk Island

A Disgraceful Miscarriage of Justice Barber, William Henry The Case of W.H. Barber: containing, Copies of all the Documents recently submitted to the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department; A Letter from Norfolk…

Catherine McINTOSH Had A Drinking Problem: The single page…

Catherine McIntosh's Troubled Journey of Conviction and Pardon

Catherine McINTOSH Had A Drinking Problem: The single page manuscript record of transported convict, Catherine McIntosh, who had arrived in Van Diemen's Land in September 1842 aboard 'Royal Admiral', transported for 10 Years following her conviction at…

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…

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…

A Conditional Pardon signed by Queen Victoria: Andrew Munro,…

Queen Victoria's Pardon for Andrew Munro

A Conditional Pardon signed by Queen Victoria: Andrew Munro, 'now under Sentence of Transportation in Millbank Prison, he having been convicted of felony at Perth in April 1846?' is the beneficiary of this Conditional Pardon, granted and signed by Queen…

A Free Pardon For William Lackey: November 1844 Free Pardon on…

Free Pardon for Irish Convict William Lackey (1844)

A Free Pardon For William Lackey: November 1844 Free Pardon on vellum, issued in favour of William Lackey, an Irish convict who had arrived at Sydney Cove aboard 'Sir Godfrey Webster' in 1826, aged 22. He had been sentenced to Transportation for Life at…

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…

Frederick Kalmus (Kalmers) - Transported For 15 Years For…

Frederick Kalmus: Violent Convict with a Troubled Record

Frederick Kalmus (Kalmers) - Transported For 15 Years For 'Cutting and Wounding': Kalmus arrived in Van Diemen's Land in February 1842, one of 401 convicts aboard the 'Tortoise'. His 15 year sentence arose out of his violent refusal to pay for a cup of…

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…

William & Alice Get Married - Van Diemen's Land 1842: William…

William & Alice's Marriage in Van Diemen's Land

William & Alice Get Married - Van Diemen's Land 1842: William Smith arrived in Van Diemen's Land aboard 'Gilmore' in January 1839 having been found guilty of robbery and Transported for 15 years. Alice Reevey arrived in September 1839 aboard 'Hindostan',…

The Convict Record of John Taylor, transported for 10 years for…

John Taylor: A Tale of Conviction and Punishment

The Convict Record of John Taylor, transported for 10 years for burglary: The official record providing the sorry tale and details of the years 1842 to 1863 during which period Taylor remained in the 'system'. Following his trial at York, where he was…

Mary Leigh or Lee or Gangell or Murphy - Free Settler or…

The Deceptive Identity of Mary Leigh/Gangell/Murphy

Mary Leigh or Lee or Gangell or Murphy - Free Settler or Convict: 9 May 1842 mss transcript of evidence in the case of John Thornley, who has been charged with harbouring 'Mary Leigh, an absconded offender.' Leigh goes to great lengths, apparently…

A Prostitute & Murderer Transported For Life: The convict…

Eliza McILVEENE: Prostitute, Murderer, and Transported for Life

A Prostitute & Murderer Transported For Life: The convict record of Eliza McILVEENE, who (apparently) arrived in Van Diemen's Land aboard 'Mexborough' in December 1841; transported for life, having had her death sentence for murdering a fellow prostitute,…

The Woeful Tale of George Neal, Convict: Part-printed Convict…

George Neal: The Troubled Life of a Convict

The Woeful Tale of George Neal, Convict: Part-printed Convict Record document on vellum providing extensive details of the trials and tribulations of one George Neal, a chimney sweep from Coventry who was sentenced to be Transported for 10 years at the…

A Convict Department Probation Pass circa 1840 A printed, but…

Convict Probation Pass for Hired Service, 1840

A Convict Department Probation Pass circa 1840 A printed, but otherwise blank 2-sided Probation Pass-holder document which would give a convict official permission to proceed to the house of his or her employer, 'there to remain in the hired Service...'…

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…

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.…

Awaiting Departure: 'Expecting to go away every day?' 20 April…

Prisoner's Letter: Awaiting Departure for New Life

Awaiting Departure: 'Expecting to go away every day?' 20 April 1833 mss letter from Robert Erskine at 'Newgate Northside' [Prison] to his correspondent in Clerkenwell. Evidently well educated, Erskine is writing to ask for the return of his Savings Bank…

Police Gazette; Or, Hue and Cry. Published by AuthorityA group…

Police Gazette: Hue and Cry (Published by Authority)

Police Gazette; Or, Hue and Cry. Published by AuthorityA group of six editions, 1831 - 1834, published in London. Police Gazette; Or, Hue and Cry. Published by Authority A group of six editions of the 4-page newspaper, 1831 - 1834, published in London. 24…

Papers Explanatory of the Charges Brought Against Lieut. Gen.…

Papers on Charges Against Lieut. Gen. Darling

Papers Explanatory of the Charges Brought Against Lieut. Gen. Darling By William Charles Wentworth, Esq Published by The House of Commons, London, July 1830. 60pp. Folio, in recent binding. An extremely fine fresh copy. British Parliamentary Paper HC586.…

Bridget Magahan had a bad temper and liked a drink: Magahan's…

The Troubled Life of Bridget Magahan

Bridget Magahan had a bad temper and liked a drink: Magahan's Convict Record indicates that, following her trial at Middlesex in May 1827, where she was found guilty of larceny, Magahan was sentenced to be transported for 7 years, arriving in Van Diemen's…

Wantrup, Jonathan Australian Rare Books, 1788- 1900. [Hordern…

Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 with Illustrations

Wantrup, Jonathan Australian Rare Books, 1788- 1900. [Hordern House, Sydney, 1987] Octavo, tipped-in frontispiece and numerous illustrations: #13 of the special issue of 125 signed and numbered copies with an accompanying volume, First news from Botany…

A narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay, signed by Adrian…

Expedition to Botany Bay: A Limited Edition Narrative

A narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay, signed by Adrian Feint and Percy Gordon green no 173/500, 1938

The historic diary kept by 39065 Lt. (later Captain) Edward…

Rare Diary of 28th Maori Battalion Officer

The historic diary kept by 39065 Lt. (later Captain) Edward Vere Hayward of 28th Maori Battalion, this is a very detailed diary, making much mention of the engagements of the 28th Maori Batn such as Minqar Qaim. Hayward was a popular and well-known…

Land Grant, signed Eardley Wilmot, to Joseph Speed in the Town…

Kempton Land Grant to Joseph Speed

Land Grant, signed Eardley Wilmot, to Joseph Speed in the Town of Kempton

Bellin, Nicolas, Paris 1753, Carte Reduite de la Mer Du Sud…

Historic Map of South Pacific and Oceana

Bellin, Nicolas, Paris 1753, Carte Reduite de la Mer Du Sud Pour servir a l'Histoire generale des Voyages, 25.5 x 38 cm, Plate dimensions 20.5 x 35.5 cm. Australia is attached to New Guinea and Tasmania attached to the mainland. The east coast is entirely…

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)…

The Eureka Stockade Flag - A Fragment of Australian History,…

The Eureka Flag Fragment: A Symbol of Rebellion

The Eureka Stockade Flag - A Fragment of Australian History, The Eureka Stockade, also known as the Eureka Rebellion, took place at the Eureka Diggings in Ballarat, Victoria, on the 3 December 1854. The rebellion was instigated by goldminers who were fed…

(The Eureka Rebellion) Victorian Parliamentary Paper '1854…

Victoria's Gold Regulations and the Eureka Rebellion

(The Eureka Rebellion) Victorian Parliamentary Paper '1854 Victoria Gold Regulations, Letterpress, two pages, 72.8 x 21 cm (overall). Framed together in a single frame. Gold Regulations. Laid upon the council table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of…

Pringle, James: Found guilty of stealing a shovel at…

James Pringle: From Shovel Thief to Life Sentence

Pringle, James: Found guilty of stealing a shovel at Northumberland Quarter Sessions, and transported for 7 years aboard the 'Maria Somes' (departed 22 April 1844, arrived at Vdl 30 July 1844): printed vellum document filled out in mss in various hands,…

Slowman, John: Found Guilty of burgulary at the Central…

John Slowman: Guilty Burglar Transported for 14 Years

Slowman, John: Found Guilty of burgulary at the Central Criminal Court, London and transported for 14 years aboard the 'Anson' (departed 23rd Sept.1843, arrived at Vdl 4th Feb.1844): printed vellum document filled out in mss in various hands, being a…

Ann Norman - A Female Convict in Van Diemen's Land, The record…

Ann Norman: Female Convict in Van Diemen's Land

Ann Norman - A Female Convict in Van Diemen's Land, The record of her convictions, punishments, physical appearance, etc., recorded in manuscript on vellum. Ann arrived in Van Dieman's Land in August 1827 one of 60 female convicts aboard the 'Persian',…

Richmond District Convicts Needing Tickets-of-Leave, October…

Renewal passes for Richmond District convicts, 1828

Richmond District Convicts Needing Tickets-of-Leave, October 1828 manuscript document signed by Josiah Spode, Principal Superintendent of Convicts at Hobart Town, addressed to F.A.Lascelles, Police Magistrate at Richmond advising that he encloses…

World War I and Royal Interest Collection of ' The Illustrated…

Vintage Collection: World War I and Royal Interest Magazines

World War I and Royal Interest Collection of ' The Illustrated London News' vintage magazines and journal of English Royal interest and Australian interest, 19th and 20th century (50+ items)

Federal Capital City Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stones…

Foundation Stone Ceremony for Federal Capital City

Federal Capital City Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stones of the Commencement Column on Wednesday 12th March 1913, printed in black (the Coat of Arms in green and gold) on the reverse of an ornate claret leather coloured 'ticket' with gold embossed…

The Cristofani & Ghiloni Waxworks in Sydney, Descriptive…

Cristofani & Ghiloni Waxworks Catalogue

The Cristofani & Ghiloni Waxworks in Sydney, Descriptive Catalogue of the original Waxworks now open!, Opposite Queen Victoria Markets, George Street, Three Doors from Royal Arcade. 18 x 12 cm, Printed by H. Bethel & Co., Pitt Street, 16pp, circa 1906.…

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…

(Immigration, Gold Rush & Farming Near New Norfolk) June 2nd…

Trollope's Diary: Immigration, Gold Rush & Farming in Tasmania

(Immigration, Gold Rush & Farming Near New Norfolk) June 2nd 1863 to December 31st 1864 notebook diary written by Edward Frederick Trollope, one of the children of Reverend William Arthur Trollope (1798-1863) who had emigrated to Van Diemens Land with his…

Shipping in Australian Waters, May 19th 1852 'Return of the…

Brig Helen's Arrival in Hobart Town from Port Phillip

Shipping in Australian Waters, May 19th 1852 'Return of the Arrival at the Port of Hobart Town..' of the Brig 'Helen' (109 tons, Captain E.J.Ledwell), which had sailed from Port Phillip on May 4th carrying the Franklin family of 3 in the cabin, 9 male…

Polack, Joel Samuel, New Zealand, being a Narrative of Travels…

Travels in New Zealand, 1831-1837

Polack, Joel Samuel, New Zealand, being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures during a residence in that country between the years 1831 and 1837. (Richard Bentley, London 1838) - 2 Vols, pp.xii,403, vi,441. Complete with plates and folding map. Old half…

Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814), A Voyage to Terra Australis,…

A Voyage to Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders

Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814), 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 Majesty's ship the Investigator and subsequently in the armed…

(La Peyrouse) Imaginary Voyage, Decouvertes dans la Mer du Sud.…

Imaginary Voyage to the Pacific by La Peyrouse

(La Peyrouse) Imaginary Voyage, Decouvertes dans la Mer du Sud. Nouvelles de M. de la Peyrouse, Jusqu'en 1794. Traces de son passage trouvees en diverses isles et terres de l'Ocean Pacifique, grande isle peuplee d'emigres français. (Paris, Chez Everat,…

The Tragic Impact of Small Pox On the Aborigines: the London…

Small Pox Devastates Aboriginal Population in Australia

The Tragic Impact of Small Pox On the Aborigines: the London Chronicle, February 22-24, 1791: An edition carrying good and bad news, the first being a report on the exemplary behavoiur of two convicts, Richard Pugh and Elizabeth Morgan, who '..are…

Convicts & Governor Philip: the London Chronicle, December…

Convicts, Governor, and Discovery: London Chronicle News

Convicts & Governor Philip: the London Chronicle, December 22-24 & 24-26, 1789: the first edition carries a report regarding the launch of the new ship Discovery, to be commanded by Captain Roberts, another, reporting on the delivery of 100 more convicts…

Botany Bay & A Female Transport: the London Chronicle, October…

Lady Juliana: A Controversial Female Convict Transport Ship

Botany Bay & A Female Transport: the London Chronicle, October 20-22, 1789: A small article but a big story, this edition carries an 'Extract of a Letter on board the Lady Juliana, Aitken, for Botany Bay, dated Santa Cruz, Sept.1' in which the…

Dame Enid Lyons (1897-1981), Australian politician and the…

Dame Enid Lyons: First Female Australian MP and Cabinet Member

Dame Enid Lyons (1897-1981), Australian politician and the first woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet. Prior to these achievements, she was best known as the wife of the…

Sir Joseph Cook (1860-1947, 6th Prime Minister of Australia),…

Sir Joseph Cook's Signature on Legal Document Fragment

Sir Joseph Cook (1860-1947, 6th Prime Minister of Australia), fine pen signature on large piece cut from a legal document.

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…

Victor Trumper's Testimonial 1913: Decloration of Trust, an…

Victor Trumper's 1913 Testimonial Trust Document

Victor Trumper's Testimonial 1913: Decloration of Trust, an official Trustee's document, signed. Rare

Historical items belonging to Captain Ernest E.M. Joyce…

Antarctic Expedition Autograph Album and Historical Items

Historical items belonging to Captain Ernest E.M. Joyce together with an autograph album containing Shackleton's and other signatures from the 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition. Includes 1. A silver cigarette case presentation engraved 'Presented to…

Phillip, Arthur: the voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay,…

Phillip's Voyage to Botany Bay and Establishment of Colonies

Phillip, Arthur: the voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, marked Third edition 1790, with an account of the Establishment of the Colonies of port Jackson & Nortfolk Island, compiled from Authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several…

[Wells L. A.]. Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring…

Calvert Expedition Journal and NW Exploration Progress Report

[Wells L. A.]. Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7. Another copy, with Forrest, Alexander, North-west exploration: Progress report of expedition from De Grey River to Beagle Bay, Perth, 1879, small folio, pp. 6 and folding map,…

[Wells, L. A.]. Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring…

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