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1	Chain of Evidence more books like this by Garry Disher add to wishlist Praise for the Hal Challis series: "Garry Disher is an old favorite of mine, and it's about time American readers got a shot at him."-Scott Phillips, author of Cottonwood and The Ice Harvest "A first-rate Australian author."-The New York Times Book Review Inspector Hal Challis has been summoned to Mawson's Bluff, his childhood home in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.81! \| SVS
2	Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin more books like this by Diane Bell add to wishlist This study examines the culture, politics and history of the Ngarrindjeri people and the burning issue of the women''s business in the Hindmarsh Island bridge case.' see all copies from $10.80! new only from $21.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Yami: The Autobiography of Yami Lester more books like this by Yami Lester add to wishlist Strong, simple and good humoured, Yami's story is essential reading for anyone interested in Aboriginal history - or willing to be inspired by a unique and courageous life. Yami's childhood was changed forever when nuclear bomb tests at Maralinga destroyed his homeland and his eyesight, but he went on to play a major role in the handback of Uluru ... see all copies from $4.79! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Island to Empire: 300 Years of British Art 1550-185 more books like this by Rod Radford, Art Gallery of South Australia add to wishlist The important book surveys Britain's art tradition from the British Renaissance in the mid-16th century as the country became the center of the civilized world. With the prohibition against t the religious imagery that is basic to European art, the British developed a down-to-earth perspective, a confidence and an individualism see all copies from $5.07! new only from $45.00! \| first editions
5	A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia and Tasmania more books like this by Susan Piddock add to wishlist The history of lunatic asylums - what do we really know about them? Films and television programs have portrayed them as places of horror where the patients are restrained and left to listen to the cries of their fellow inmates in despair. But what was the world of nineteenth century lunatic asylums really like? Are these images true? This book ... see all copies from $75.70! new only from $75.70! \| SVS
6	Still in the bush more books like this by Len Beadell add to wishlist see all copies from $16.00! new only from $23.49! \| first editions
7	Ever Yours, C. H. Spence: Catherine Helen Spence's an Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910) more books like this by Catherine Helen Spence, Maryan Beams, Susan Magarey (Editor) add to wishlist Catherine Helen Spence, an unparalleled advocate of women's rights in Australia and the world, is now recognized as an important predecessor to the Feminist movement. Her autobiography, composed while on her deathbed and enhanced with scholarly annotation from two Spence scholars, reveals a woman both in and ahead of her time. see all copies from $15.17! new only from $15.17! \| first editions
8	Colonial Sisters more books like this by Jane Hylton add to wishlist Nineteenth century Australia saw the development of world-class artists and art that is now receiving the international attention it deserves. The Chauncy sisters, Martha Berkeley and Theresa Walker, were the first artists to emigrate to South Australia. Martha executed miniature portrait paintings as well as landscapes and flower studies. Theresa ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $6.95! \| SVS
9	Charles Cameron Kingston: Federation Father more books like this by Margaret Glass add to wishlist Kingston became Premier of South Australia in 1893, yet he cared little for the norms of the polite society of late nineteenth-century Adelaide and was ostracized accordingly. This lively and meticulous biography reveals a complex, brilliant and controversial man. see all copies from $20.00! new only from $30.79! \| first editions
10	South Australian Words: From Bardi-Grubs to Frog Cakes more books like this by Dorothy Jauncey add to wishlist This new reference is a collection of words that are associated in different ways with South Australia--those in the book's title represent both the oldest and the newest cultures in the state. see all copies from $11.47! new only from $11.47!
11	My Side of the Bridge: The Life Story of Veronica Brodie as Told to Mary-Anne Gale more books like this by Veronica Brodie, Mary-Anne Gale add to wishlist "I want you to imagine your way back to the year of 1840 on the Port Adelaide River. Just think what it would have looked like then... All the land along the coast to Outer Harbor and along the Port River was Kaurna land. They called it Yerta Bulti..." Veronica Brodie is an Aboriginal woman of Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna descent, who grew up under the ... see all copies from $5.64! new only from $5.64! \| first editions
12	Nothing seemed impossible : women's education and social change in South Australia, 1875-1915 more books like this by Helen Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $3.50! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Case to Answer: The Story of Australias First European War Crimes Prosecution more books like this by David Bevan add to wishlist On Australia Day 1990, a 73-year-old man was plucked from the Adelaide suburbs and accused of helping massacre nearly 900 men, women and children in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. David Bevan describes the legal maneuverings that followed in a compelling work of courtroom drama. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
14 view cover	Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia performed under the authority of Her Majesty's Government during the years 1844, 5 and 6 : together with a notice of the province of South Australia in 1847 more books like this by Charles Sturt add to wishlist see all copies from $43.25! new only from $43.25! \| first editions
15	Founder of a city : the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia: founder of Ade 1786-1839. more books like this by Geoffrey Dutton add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! first editions
16 view cover	Dune Is a Four-Letter Word: Desert Crossings and Dusty Memories more books like this by Griselda Sprigg, Rod MacLean add to wishlist This humorous, earthy memoir tells the story of Griselda and Reg Sprigg's pioneering desert adventures throughout the whole Australian outback. It is also the moving story of the Arkaroola Sanctuary, and how Griselda and her husband turned a drought-stricken sheep station into the magnificent flora and fauna reserve and tourist mecca that it is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.96!
17	Morris & Company: Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement in South Australia more books like this by Christopher Menz add to wishlist see all copies from $68.00! new only from $68.00! \| first editions
18	The story of the Flinders Ranges more books like this by Hans Mincham add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	Walking the Flinders Ranges more books like this by C. Warren Bonython add to wishlist see all copies from $26.28! signed copies \| first editions
20	Adelaide : an illustrated history more books like this by Max Colwell, Alan Naylor add to wishlist see all copies from $9.75! signed copies \| first editions
21	The Trans-Australian Wonderland more books like this by A. G. Bolam add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! SVS
22 view cover	Hans Heysen: Into the Light more books like this by Jane Hylton, Queensland Art Gallery add to wishlist Considered one of Australia's greatest landscape painters, Hans Heysen reached critical acclaim--as well as knighthood--during his lifetime for his art, particularly his expressive watercolor paintings. This collection discusses the progress of his career as seen through his watercolors as well as the technique he employed in the paintings. A ... see all copies from $14.61! new only from $14.61!
23	Innamincka more books like this by Elizabeth Burchill add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! signed copies \| first editions
24	Journal of the central Australian expedition, 1844-5 more books like this by Charles Sturt, Jill Waterhouse add to wishlist see all copies from $13.42! new only from $13.42! \| first editions
25	The day of the diprotodon more books like this by Olaf Ruhen add to wishlist see all copies from $18.97! first editions

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