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The Dying World in Northwest Australia
by Helmut Petri
(With a Foreword by Susan Bradley and Introduction by Kim Akerman)
ISBN 978-0-85905-091-3, (New, 2011), 286pp, 160 x 240, illust., 660g
$45.00 + POST
Prior to leading the Twenty-second Frobenius Expedition (1938-1939), to the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, Helmut Petri had developed a wide range of interests that encompassed the fields of physical anthropology, ethnology, history, prehistory, economics and philosophy.
The Daybooks and Journals of Eric Mjoberg & Cyrus Viddell
of the Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910-1911.
Translated & edited by Margarita Luotsinen, Gunnar Syren and Kim Akerman.
ISBN 978-0-85905-905-3, (New, 2022), A4, 290 pages, illustrated, 1.1 kg, $65.00*
This is a companion to our previously published Among Wild Animals and People in Australia by Eric Mjoberg. Hesperian Press, 2012.
An exceptionally informative volume covering aspects of the expedition not mentioned in the 2012 book. Finer details of the personalities, the specimens, and the localities visited as well as an important collection of previously unpublished aboriginal photographs. A unique record of the Frontier Kimberley through the eyes of non-Anglo European scientists. An important Kimberley reference.
The Desert Journey of 2004. Bill Peasley
ISBN 978-0-85905-811-7, 220 grams, $35.00*
The Desert of Tragedy
by WC Charnley
[ISBN 978-0-85905-882-7], (1935, 2021), A4, 21 pages, illustrated, 120 grams. $22.00*
The NT desert claimed the lives of many travellers. With the introduction of aeroplanes the disasters continued. This is the story of a series of air crashes and lost life in the 1930s.