Results: Prahran Mechanics Institute

1.

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.

2.

An autobiography / [by] Catherine Helen Spence ; [edited and introduced by Jeanne F. Young].

Spence, Catherine Helen, 1825-1910; Young, Jeanne F. (Jeanne Forster), 1876-1955; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1975.

Collation: 101p. : ill., portraits, hbk ; 22cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	823.1 SPE.CAT	Available

3.

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 Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's voyage / compiled from the official papers, including the journals of Governors Phillip and King and of Lieut. Ball ; and the voyages from the first sailing of the Sirius in 1787 to the return of that ship's company in 1792 by John Hunter.

Hunter, John, 1737-1821; Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814.; King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808; Ball, Henry Lidgbird, d. 1818; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968.

Collation: 583 p., [16] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., maps, 1 port., hbk, ; 30 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Electronic Resources	Library Computers	Folder: Description and Travel	Available
Non-Fiction	Main Library	994.402 HUN	Available

4.

A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world : Performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years, 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 ... In which is included Captain Furneaux's narrative of his proceedings in the adventure during the separation of the ships ; Illustrated with maps and charts and a variety of portraits ... and views ... drawn ... by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent masters / by James Cook.

Cook, James, Captain. 1728-1779; Furneaux, Tobias, 1735-1781.; Hodges, William, 1744-1797.; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1970)

Collation: 2 v. : plates (part fold.) ports. (incl. front.) maps (part fold.) fold. plan., hbk, ; 30 x 24 cm.

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

5.

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

6.

Our inheritance in the hills : being a series of articles / by a special correspondent, [George Sutherland].

Sutherland, George, 1855-1905;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1978.

Collation: iv, [4] p. advertisements, 65 p., [1] leaf of folded plate : ill., map, hbk ; 24 cm.

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

7.

Extracts of letters from Arthur Phillip, Esq. Governor of New South Wales, to Lord Sydney : to which is annexed A Description of Norfolk Island, by Philip Gidley King ... and An Account of expenses incurred in transporting convicts to New South Wales.

Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814.; Sydney, Thomas Townshend Viscount, 1733-1800.; King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808;

Imprint: Public Library of South Australia, 1963.

Collation: 26 p. ; hbk, 32 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	351 PHI LET	Available

8.

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

9.

The history and topography of Glen Osmond / by Thomas Gill.

Gill, Thomas, 1849-1923; Libraries Board of South Australia;

Edition: facsimile ed., [1974, c1905]

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, [1974, c1905]

Collation: 161 p. : ill., map, ports., hbk, ; 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	994.231 GLEN GIL	Available

10.

South Australia, in 1842 / by one who lived there nearly four years ; illustrated by drawings.

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1971]

Collation: 32 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., 1 fold. map, port., hbk, ; 21 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	919.42 SA SOU	Available

11.

Journal of an overland expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington : a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years, 1844-1845 / by Ludwig Leichhardt.

Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848;

Edition: [Facsim. ed.] / London, T. & W. Boone, 1847., 1964, c1847]

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964, c1847]

Collation: xx, 544 p. 6 p. of plates (1 folded) : ill., ports., hbk ; 22 cm. + 3 maps in case.

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

12.

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

13.

Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia, during the years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831 : with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the Colony of New South Wales / by Charles Sturt.

Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869.;

Imprint: Public Library of South Australia, 1963.

Collation: 2 v., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), 2 maps, hbk, ; 22 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 STU	Available	Volume 2.
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 STU	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.

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

16.

The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay : with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island / compiled from authentic papers which have been obtained from several departments to which have been added the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball & Capt. Marshall with an account of the new discoveries.

Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814.;

Edition: Facsimile ed., 1982.

Imprint: Richmond, Vic. ;Hutchinson, 1982.

Collation: x, 298, lxxiv p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps. hardback ; 31 cm.

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

17.

The narrative of a voyage of discovery, performed in His Majesty's vessel The Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales / by James Grant.

Grant, James, 1772-1833.;

Edition: Facsimile ed., 1973]

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973]

Collation: xxvi, 195 p. : folded ill., folded map, plates (some col.), hbk, ; 27 cm.

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

18.

Discoveries in Australia : with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43, by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, also, a narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands in the Arafura Sea. London, T. and W. Boone, 1846 / by J. Lort Stokes.

Stokes, J. Lort (John Lort), 1811-1885;

Imprint: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969, c1846]

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

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Main Library	910 STO	Available	Volume 2
Non-Fiction	Main Library	910 STO	Available	Volume 1

19.

Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia : with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales / by T.L. Mitchell.

Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone, Sir, 1792-1855;

Edition: 2nd ed. rev.

Publisher: Libraries Board of South Australia,

Collation: 2 v. : ill. (some col.), folded maps, notes, hbk 23 cm.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 MIT	On Loan	Volume 1 of 2
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 MIT	On Loan	Volume 2 of 2

20.

Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1 : sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government : including an account of the manners and customs of the aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans / by Edward John Eyre.

Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901.;

Edition: Facsim. ed.

Publisher: Libraries Board of South Australia,

Collation: 2 v. (xviii, 448 ; v, 512 p., [23] leaves of plates) : ill., portraits, hardback ; 22 cm. + 2 maps.

Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 EYR	Available	Vol.1
Non-Fiction	Stacks	919.4 EYR	Available	Vol.2

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