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- Dr John Woodforde and six parrot puddings is a fascinating and authoritative account of the ‘founding’ and survey of South Australia, from the landing at Rapid Bay to the formation of Adelaide, as recounted through the diaries of not only Dr John Woodforde, colonial surgeon, but also Dr George Mayo and Colonel William Light. The book looks at the first…
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- Australian History, Biography, History, South Australia
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- Coromandel Valley resident Glynis Conlon spent many years meticulously researching the history of Alexander Murray's family and the origins of The Biscuit Factory ... the subject of her first book, released during May 2021 for History Month.
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- Art, Australian History, Biography, South Australia
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- A tribute at last to an outstanding woman artist working from 1940s to 2000, this biography by Lorraine McLoughlin features many of Robertson’s works and a DVD containing a catalogue and interview with the Adelaide artist and teacher when she was in her mid-eighties and had retired to Carrickalinga.
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- Art, Australian History, Biography, South Australia
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- In GEORGE TETLOW AND MARK AND JILL PEARSE: Lives in Art, author Lorraine McLoughlin brings together the biographies and art works of three artists from the Yankalilla/ Normanville area on the Fleurieu Peninsula. The DVD includes interviews with George Tetlow in his studio and Mark and Jill Pearse in Bungala House.
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- Aboriginal History, Art, Biography, Central Australia
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- A nephew of Albert Namatjira, Wenten was encouraged by him to paint when he was a young man. An Arrernte man who has made a major contribution to the art and politics of his time, Wenten was a key figure in the land rights movement in Central Australia in the mid-1970s and has since played a lively and formative role…
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- Australian History, Biography, Cattle, Horse Racing, Pastoralists
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- Starting out with one truck, named ‘The High and the Mighty’, Noel Buntine pioneered a new era in cattle transport in the Top End. Within 20 years, his enterprise, Buntine Roadways, was operating the largest cattle-carrying buyisiness ibn northern Australia. Noel’s honesty and fairness in dealings earned ghuim the accolades synonymous with the name of his first Mack truck. He…
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$38.50 $35.00 - Gordon of Dingley Dell tells the remarkable story of a man who, despite numerous cruel blows dealt him throughout his life, retained his pride to the last. Adam Lindsay Gordon had a unique understanding of a horse, just as he was a unique poet. When he was astride a horse, the horse and rider became one.
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