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The Circled Continent
by Randolph Bedford, edited by, and with a foreword by PJ Bridge and C. Holyday, and Gail Dreezens
ISBN 0 85905 410 1
(2007 Reprint 1905), A4, Soft Cover, 72pp, 230grams, $25.00* + POST
Randolph the Reckless, one of Australia’s greatest, but ignored writers, traveled along the Queensland coast to the Torres Strait and Papua in 1905. His brilliant descriptive writing of the places, people and their products is a joy to read and as fresh as it was a century ago. This ‘lost’ item does not appear in any bibliographies.
Claude Choules
The Last of the Last
His Autobiography
ISBN 978-0-85905-480-5, (2009, New), Soft Cover, 160 pp, 160 x 240, illustrated, 290 grams
$25.00 +POST
With the approach of Remembrance Day (11 November) 2009, Hesperian Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the autobiography of Claude Choules. In July 2009 Claude became – as one of three surviving veterans – the only remaining combatant of WW I. He is also the last man in the world who saw active military service in both World Wars.
Climb When Ready
by Dave James
ISBN 0 85905 221 4, (1996 new), Soft Cover, 140mm x 215mm, 188pp, illustrated, 240grams
$25.00 + POST
"Climb when ready." These are usually the last words a rock climber hears before he or she steps up onto a sheer rock face.As rock climbing has become a more popular pastime the equipment has become more easily obtainable. But, as little as thirty years ago there were only half a dozen climbers around Perth with the whole of the State's rock areas to themselves. There were little or no rescue facilities, no equipment shops and no clubs. Those pioneering climbers doggedly sought out the rock areas and climbed vertical cliffs with the minimum of ageing equipment. They went about their pastime quietly and few others knew of their exploits.
Close Calls in the Kimberley
By Mick Driscoll
ISBN 978-0-85905-614-4, (New, 2015), A4, 43 pages, illustrated, 145 grams
$22.00* + POST
The Kimberley adventures of the bushman 'Mineral Mick' Driscoll and his long desert walks. Mick corresponded with HP and now, a decade after his passing the letters and stories are published.
Cobb & Co. in the Golden West
edited by Gail Dreezens, P J Bridge, Phil Bianchi
ISBN 0 85905 406 3, (2008 New), A4, Soft Cover, 166pp, 470grams
$30.00* + POST
The WA coaching companies covered immense distances in scarcely explored country. Among them was the WA Cobb and Co run by Nicholas and Kidman. This collection of reminiscences, reports, timetables, adverts, etc is heavily illustrated. An essential volume on bush history and transport.
Cobbers of Mine and the Mining Magnate
by The Axeman, Alfred E. Wallace
ISBN 978-0-85905-735-6, (New, 2019), A4, 47 pages, 140 grams, $22.00* + POST
Alfred Wallace died of silicosis in 1924. He was an axeman in the forests and an underground miner on the Murchison. His verse was in demand for local celebrations and the regional newspapers. Few modern poets have had the acclaim of the public that the Axeman had.
His collection was reprinted for many years by the Northam newspaper. Some of his satirical verse such as The Bush Geologist, and The Mining Magnate was still being circulated in mining circles in the 1980s.
Places he versifies, such as Barney Murphy's Bungalow Hotel, and the mines where he worked, were part of my wanderings fifty years ago, and my grandfather was also at Wooroloo sanatorium for TB that he got in France. PJB
Cocklebiddy.
Jill McDonald.
ISBN 978-0-85905-904-6, (2021), A4, 32 pages, heavily illustrated, 130 grams, $22.00*
The story of the founding of Cocklebiddy roadhouse on the Nullarbor Plain and the earlier Kimberley station and circus sideshow life.
The Cold-Footed Mob
A History of the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
by Tom Goode
ISBN 978-0-85905-653-3, (New, 2016), A4, 100 pages, illustrated, indexed, 280 grams
$30.00* + POST
One hundred years ago over two hundred and fifty railwaymen from across the state left Australia for the Western Front. Many were over age and some of doubtful fitness but they went because they felt they were needed.
Cologne to the Kimberley
Studies of Aboriginal Life in Northwest Australia
by Five German Scholars in the First Half of the 20th Century
Translated by Margaret Pawsey, Edited by Kim Akerman
ISBN 978-0-85905-594-9, (2015, New), 384pp, SC, A4, illustrated, 1.1kg
$70.00*+ POST
Eighteen translated papers by Bischofs, Worms, Petri, Schulz, & Odermann that are
essential for an understanding of Kimberley Aboriginal culture. Contains brief biographies
of the authors.
Sand and Stone
Pt 1. Colonists and Convicts
Pt 2. Pastoralists and Prospectors
By Kevin Moran
ISBN 978-0-85905-572-7, ISBN 978-0-85905-573-4, (2000, 2013), A4, 730 pp, Soft cover, illustrated, indexed, ** kg
$140.00*. + POST
Sold only as a set.
A magnificent overview of the colony from a police perspective. Contains a great deal not available elsewhere.