PLEASE NOTE: Any book title starting with "The" - the second word of the title is used to list by.
Dingbat Flat
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder Riots of 1934
Rod Moncrieff
ISBN 978-0-85905-711-0, (New, 2018), A4, illustrated, 178pp, 500grams
$35.00* + POST
The race based riots and their causes have echoed over the past century. The first dispassionate study of a usually highly politicised incident. Essential reading for the multiculters.
“Eastward Ho!”
A trip through the Murchison Goldfields in 1894
by A Special Reporter
ISBN 978-0-85905-759-2, (1894 R 2019), A4, Indexed, 30pp, 100 grams, $22.00*
THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN EXPLORERS’ DIARIES PROJECT INC.
Exploration Eastwards 1860-1869
Edited by Peter Bridge and Kim Epton. (WAEDP series.)
ISBN 978-0-85905-701-1, (New, 2018), casebound, section sewn, illustrated, maps, indexed, 576 pages, 1.5kg
$115.00* + POST
Contains some 30 expeditions including Lefroy and CC Hunt with appendices on the plants by Alex George and animals by Ian Abbott. Biographical notes on all known expedition members. Resolves the problems of the 'convicts gold' and Hunt's unknown convict helpers.
This is a very small run which will ensure future scarcity.
The companion volume 1869-1896 will go to the printers in July.
Collated by Peter J. Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-763-9, (2019), A4, indexed, 40pp, 125 grams, $22.00*
The real prospecting pioneer of the Murchison, defamed and pauperised by the powers that were and are.
Goodbye Dad – See you in fifteen years.
by Stanley & Lorraine Spring
ISBN 978-0-85905-753-0, (2019), A4, 150 pp, indexed, illustrated, 455 grams, $25.00* + postage.
Available direct from L. Spring, 4 Council place, East Fremantle, 6158. 0467 061 470. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Hillie's Gift: A memoir of Australia's first rural guide dog owner Hilda Schell.
by Jenny Byatt.
ISBN 978-0-85905-785-1, (New, 2020), A4, 158 pages, illustrated, 450 grams, $50.00* POSTAGE $12.45 Australia wide.
Biographical reminiscences collected by the editor over many years as a memorial to Hilda.
Horse Trams of the old West
Peter J. Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-733-2, (New, 2018), A4, illustrated, 26pp, 90 grams
$20.00* + POST
Horse trams were a feature of the old north coastal towns, taking passengers and cargo from the jetties to the townships.
Indexes.
Gold in the Gascoyne, Winning the Gascoyne, Wheeltracks, Golden Days, My Fourth Tour, The Golden Quest, Beyond Boundary Fences, Before Coolgardie II.
Indexes to the above Hesperian Press books are $10 each. Eventually they will be incorporated into a vast master index of Hesperian books. If I survive that long.
Jim’s Story
Reminiscences of a petroleum geologist
Jim Parry
ISBN 978-0-85905-726-4, (New, 2018), A4, 93pp, Illustrated, 270 grams
$30.00* + POST
Jim Parry joined WAPET in 1952 and was involved in all their oil exploration, including Rough Range. Later he worked in Libya, returning to work on Barrow Island. A good read for all the old rock choppers.
JINGEMIA
by Peter J. Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-754-7, (New, 2019), A4, 16 pages, illustrated, 80 grams, $22.00*
Jingemia, place of the jinghis, at Watheroo, is a large collapse doline in the Noondine Chert. The cave was mined for guano over a century ago.
It is now a National Park. This booklet covers all the reports and history of the cave.
THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN EXPLORERS’ DIARIES PROJECT INC.
Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition 1891-1892
David Lindsay
Edited by Peter J. Bridge, Calliope Bridge and Celene Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-658-8, (Reprint 1893 + New 2018), Casebound, section sewn, illustrated - b&w and colour, maps, indexed, 397 pages, 1.08 kg,
$105.00* + POST
With appendices on the plants by Alex George and animals by Ian Abbott, reported by the expedition. Also the full Anthropology report by Richard Helms which has not been available for over a century, which contains 6 colour plates and many b&w photos. Biographies of all the men.
This is a very small run which will ensure future scarcity.
Madness in the Mulga
The murder of Bert Livingstone at Mt Seabrook.
by Peter J. Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-755-4, (New, 2019), A5, 28pp, 45 grams, $15.00*
Massacre!
Peter J Bridge
ISBN 978-0-85905-734-9, (New, 2018), A4, 53pp, illustrated, 170 grams
$30.00* + POST
The brutal shootings and bludgeoning to death of many Aboriginal men, women and children at Laverton in 1910 shocked the nation. It was the culmination of a series of attacks and murders but the trial resulted in the acquittal of the perpetrators.
Memoirs of Ted Cockram
Teamster, Tailor and Tourism
A life in the NW
Ted Cockram
ISBN 978-0-85905-703-5, (New, 2018), A4, 220pp, illustrated, 600 grams
45.00* + POST
Ted’s early bush life led to his being one of the major promotors of tourism in the North and the Goldfields, long before the current slick marketing campaigns have made their millions. An important bio of a genuine Westralian.