Results: Prahran Mechanics Institute

1.

First catch your kangaroo. A letter about food written from the Bendigo goldfields in 1853 / by William Howitt to Eliza Acton ; introduction by Valmai Hankel ; foreword by Michael Symons.

Howitt, William, 1792-1879.; Acton, Eliza, 1799-1859.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Adelaide, SA : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1990.

Collation: 20 p. : ill., facsim., ports., paperback; 21 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	641 HOW	Available

2.

Questions relating to Nicolas Baudin's Australian expedition, 1800-1804 [thesis] / by Christine Cornell.

Cornell, Christine.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Adelaide, SA : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965.

Collation: 75 pages : hardback ; 23 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	910.9 FRE BAU	Available

3.

Journal of an experimental trip by the "Lady Augusta', on the River Murray / by James Allen.

Allen, James.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Edition: Facsimile reprint.

Publisher: Libraries Board of South Australia,

Collation: xiii, 86 p. ; 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	919.4 MUR ALE	Available

4.

The history of Broken Hill : its rise and progress / compiled and edited by Leonard Samuel Curtis.

Libraries Board of South Australia; Curtis, Leonard Samuel.;

Imprint: Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968.

Collation: 199 p. : illustrated, portraits, facsimiles, hardback ; 32 cm

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	994.49 BROK CUR	Available

5.

C.J. Dennis : a chronological checklist of contributions to journals / compiled by Ian F. McLaren.

McLaren, Ian Francis, 1912-; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1976.

Collation: vi, 32 p. ; pbk, 21 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	820 DEN.C	Available

6.

The pioneers of the north-west of South Australia, 1856 to 1914 / by Norman A. Richardson.

Richardson, Norman A. (Norman Alexander), 1856-1941.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Edition: Facsimile ed., 1969]

Imprint: [Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969]

Collation: 155 p. : ill., folded map, portraits, hbk ; 23 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	994.23 RIC	Available

7.

Journals of two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales, undertaken by order of the British Government in the years 1817-18 / by John Oxley.

Libraries Board of South Australia; Oxley, John, 1783-1828.;

Imprint: [Adelaide, SA : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964.]

Collation: xv, 408 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), 3 fold. maps, folded temperature chart, table, index, hbk ; 28 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 OXL	Available	Not for loan

8.

Twelve views in Adelaide and its vicinity South Australia. / Drawn, etched, and printed by F. R. Nixon. [Adelaide?] 1845.

Nixon, F. R. (Frederick Richard); Libraries Board of South Australia;

Edition: Facsim. ed., 1968]

Imprint: [Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968]

Collation: 12 p. : 12 plates, hbk ; 22 x 29 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	994.231 ADEL PIC	Available

9.

The last of the Tasmanians or, The black war of Van Diemen's Land. / by James Bonwick.

Bonwick, James, 1817-1906; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: [Adelaide, : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969]

Collation: [viii], 400 p., [16] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	305.801 TAS MAS BLA	Available

10.

Early experiences of life in South Australia and an extended colonial history / by John Wrathall Bull.

Bull, John Wrathall, 1804-1886.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Edition: Facsim. ed., 1972.

Imprint: Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1972.

Collation: xvi, 416 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill. ; 21 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	994.23 BUL	Available

11.

The red centre : man and beast in the heart of Australia / by H.H. Finlayson ; with a foreword by Frederick Wood Jones.

Finlayson, H. H. (Hedley Herbert), 1895-; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Edition: Facsim. ed., 1979.

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1979.

Collation: 146 p., 53 p. of plates (1 folded) ; 24 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	910.4 NT FIN	Available

12.

A life given to the Antarctic : Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer / authorized translation by Tina Tupikina-Glaessner.

Suzyumov, E. M.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968.

Collation: 60 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., folded maps, ports., hbk, ; 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.89 MAW SUZ	Available

13.

Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822 / by Philip P. King ; with an appendix containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history.

King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969.

Collation: 2 v. : ill., maps, hbk, ; 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	910.9 KIN	Available	Volume 2.
Non-Fiction	Stacks	910.9 KIN	Available	Volume 1.

14.

Journey across the western interior of Australia / by Peter Egerton Warburton ; with an introduction and additions by Charles H. Eden ; edited by H.W. Bates.

Warburton, Peter Egerton, 1813-1889.; Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892.; Eden, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1839-1900.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968.

Collation: ix, 307 p., [9] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., 1 col. map., port., hbk, ; 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	910.4 WA WAR	Available

15.

Early experiences in South Australia / by James C. Hawker.

Libraries Board of South Australia; Hawker, James C. (James Collins), 1821-1901.;

Collation: 83 p. : front., hbk, ; 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	994.23 HAW	Available

16.

Bibliography of South Australia / Thomas Gill.

Libraries Board of South Australia; Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886 : London, England); Gill, Thomas, 1849-1923;

Imprint: Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1976.

Collation: 118 p. ; hbk, 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	994.23 BIB GIL	Available

17.

Captain Cook's journal during his first voyage round the world, made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour" 1768-71 : a literal transcription of the original mss with notes and introduction / edited by W. J. L.Wharton.

Cook, James, Captain. 1728-1779; Wharton, W. J. L. (William James Lloyd) Sir, 1843-1905; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968.

Collation: lvi, 400 p. : ill., portrait, maps, facsims, notes, index, hbk ; 27 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	910.9 COO	Available

18.

Experiences of a colonist forty years ago : a journey from Port Phillip to South Australia in 1839, and a voyage from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1846 / by an old hand

Hamilton, George, 1812-1883.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Edition: [2nd ed.]., 1974.

Imprint: Adelaide, SA : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974.

Collation: 84,79,23p. : ill., hbk, ; 22cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 HAM	Available

19.

South Australian history : a survey for research students / by F.K. Crowley.

Crowley, F. K. (Francis Keble), 1924-2013.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966.

Collation: xii, 200 p. ; hbk, 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	994.23 CRO	Available

20.

Reminiscences of an old squatter / by Robert Bruce.

Bruce, Robert.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973].

Collation: 252 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., hbk, ; 19 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	333.3 SA BRU	Available

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