Hesperian Press

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A Foot in Both Worlds

by Sue McKenzie

ISBN 978-0-85905-691-5, (New, 2018), A4, 84pages, illustrated. 250 grams

$30.00 + POST

Sue was a taxi driver at Yirrkala in Arnhem Land. She writes passionately of the people and life in a place still little known by Australians.

A Bushwalking Brew

by John Foulsham

ISBN 978-0-85905-681-6, (2017, New), A4, illustrated with maps and photos, 251pp, 670 grams

$50.00* + POST

John Foulsham overlanded to Perth from England in 1969 and became a bushwalker. Long walks in Tasmania, the Stirling Ranges, Kokoda, and his epic journey with Murray Rankin on the Canning Stock Route in 1973 are described and illustrated. Great reading on the trials and joys of Australian bushwalking.

Published 21 November 2017.

The Australind Letters of Marshall Waller Clifton

Edited by JMR Cameron and PA Barnes

ISBN 978-0-85905-675-5, (New, 2017), casebound, dj, illustrated, 828 pages, 2.1kg

$95.00* + POST

This is a companion volume to the Clifton Journals published in 2010. It contains the correspondence from 1840 to 1847. With a biography of Clifton by Phyllis Barnes and an essay on 'The Rise and Fall of the Western Australian Company by JMR Cameron. Published 2 Oct 2017.

The Boundary Rider’s Daughter

by Evalene Wallbank

ISBN 978-0-85905-687-8, (New, 2017), A4, 100pp, illustrated, 290 grams

$30.00* + POST

Beyondie Station at Kumarina, north of Meekatharra, was taken up in the 1920s by Bob George, a Rabbit Proof Fence boundary rider. He protected a young part-Aboriginal girl, later marrying her. Yibbie had ten children with Bob George and later attachments, and most were sent by Bob to Sister Kate’s home in Perth for their education. Of the children today, two of the girls survive. One is a Perth lawyer, and the other, Evalene, was involved in a pastoral life. This is the interesting story of growing up in the wildest bush and in the equally feral children’s home. The George family were well-known in the upper Murchison/Gascoyne region and this autobiography is an interesting and important reflection of life in that country. It was written by 2003 but ignored by publishers, perhaps because its content was not considered abrasive enough in the ‘culture wars’ of that time.

Published 19 December 2017.

Dryblowers and Gold

Ed by Peter J Bridge

ISBN 978-0-85905-677-9, (2017, new), A4, 190pp, heavily illustrated, 510 grams

$50.00* + POST

A history of dryblowers. This revolutionary device was developed on the WA goldfields and spread in various forms to other dry auriferous states and nations. A collection of historical and technical reports that are scarcely known, together with an exceptional collection of photographs.

Published 27 Oct 2017.

Fred McGill: An Ambiguous Aboriginal

Ed. by Peter J. Bridge

ISBN 978-0-85905-679-3, (New 2017), A5, softcover, 34pages, 50 grams

$10.00* + POST

The life of Fred, a Noongar among the easterner Mirning. Fred was a hit man for settlement to the east and took part in Russell’s 1897 expedition. His story in his own words. Fred died in 1909. Published 28 Sept 2017.

Western Australian Lonely Graves

Yvonne and Kevin Coate

ISBN 978-0-85905-682-3, A4, 1284 pages, 4 volumes, soft cover,  3.5 kg

$325.00* + POST

These magnificent volumes are the result of nearly 40 years research by Yvonne and Kevin Coate and their associates, and contain details of thousands of lonely or lost graves throughout Western Australia.

The information is from local and state histories and newspapers, police reports, correspondents, coroner's files, and government papers.

Books of this calibre are rare, as is the capacity for researchers to produce such volumes of useful data.

The volumes are also an important bibliography of bush history from the earliest colonial times to the near present.

There is nothing like this in any other state and probably not in any other country.

Small essays and reports as A5 booklets have recently been produced.

These are :-

Hannans Revisited by Watty. $5

The Wild North West by Crosscut Wilson. $5

Matrimony at Marble Bar. $5

The Real Stolen Generations. Lost in the bush and stolen by blacks by Peter Bridge. $10

The Alligators of Cambridge Gulf by W.C. Charnley. $5

Contributions towards an Aboriginal Dictionary of Biography by Peter Bridge. $10

Postage for these above is $3.50

Cannibals, Cooke and Customs by Peter Bridge $22 Postage - $7.70

Coming soon:-

Wittenoom by Ian Duggan and Katarina Zeelenberg.

The Best of Times by Michael Gugeri.

William F. Rudall. Surveyor and Explorer by Peter Bridge, Phil Bianchi, Alan Zweck, Gail Dreezens.

Roy Hill by Tony Spring.

The Elder Expedition. WAEDP series.

The Hubbe Expedition. WAEDP series.

Exploration Eastwards 1860-1869 Edited by Peter Bridge and Kim Epton. WAEDP series.

Ramblings of a Ratbag by Col Doig.

Free Books

As of the posting of this note we are going to give all retail customers a gift of a book for every book purchased. We are overstocked and need the space.

Initially we will use up our stock of slightly marked books and then go on to our warehouse stock.

We will choose a book of similar value to that you have ordered.

For shop customers the choice will be set out on the special shelves for you to choose from.

Eventually we will extend the offer to performing retailers.

The downside catch for postal orders is that inclusion of extra books will possibly increase AP post charges.

Please advise on ordering if you do not want to accept this offer.