Articles
Small essays and reports as A5 booklets have recently been produced.
These are :-
3000 Miles on Side Saddle. Daisy Bates. ISBN 978-0-85905-718-9, A5, $10.00*
Alligators of Cambridge Gulf, The by W.C. Charnley. ISBN 978-0-85905-694-6, A5, $5.00*
An Aboriginal Monster. by Daisy Bates. ISBN 978-0-85905-740-0, (RN, 2018), A5, 10 pp, $5.00*
A description of the habits and character of an Aboriginal monster who terrorised his tribe and cannibalised all he could.
A tale of the Meekatharra Track by Jean Dell & Hal Warwick. ISBN 978-0-85905-709-7, A5, $10.00*
Billy's Passenger. A voyage to Port Walcott by Richmond Thatcher. ISBN 978-0-85905-708-0, A5, $10.00*
Contributions towards an Aboriginal Dictionary of Biography by Peter Bridge. ISBN 978-0-85905-668-7, A5, $10.00*
The Count, Giovanni Francisco De Bonanate, a Perth Character. Ed. by Peter J Bridge. ISBN 978-0-85905-743-1, (New, 2018), A4, 24pp, illustrated, 80 grams, $22.00*
The jury is still out as to whether the Count was merely a demented Diego, a con artist, or a lost relic of Buonaparte's empire.
Bonanate was a travelling journalist who sold cheap cigars, played the ponies, and was a fixture in the Magistrate's courts for his love affairs with booze.
His line was, he claimed, that of Napoleon's retinue and his son's destiny to be King of France.
He left Australia in 1930 to 'help' Mussolini. He certainly helped us by leaving.
Two of his many children returned to Australia much later to live and die. They would have had a story.
Goose's Puzzle, The. by Peter J. Bridge. ISBN 978-0-85905-713-4, A5, $10.00* The biography of prospector Charlie 'The Goose' Harris.
Hannans Revisited by Watty. ISBN 978-0-85905-690-8, A5, $5.00*
Life on the Goldfields. A retrospect. Anon. ISBN 978-0-85905-765-3, (R , 2020), A5, 15 pages, $10.00*
A very early reminiscence of the Coolgardie goldfields with detailed descriptive views.
Matrimony at Marble Bar. ISBN 978-0-85905- 693-9, A5, $5.00* A mesalliance in the mulga.
Oldest Perth. The days before the white men won. Daisy Bates. ISBN 978-0-85905-721-9, A5, $10.00*
Pearl Station on the NW Coast, The by Richmond Thatcher. ISBN 978-0-85905-707-3, A5, $10.00*
Port Hedland to Carnarvon by Buckboard by Daisy Bates. ISBN 978-0-85905-722-6, A5, $16.00*
Real Stolen Generations, The. Lost in the bush and stolen by blacks by Peter Bridge. ISBN 978-0-85905-665-6, A5, $10. The disappeared white children.
Tin Memorials in Menzies Cemetery, The. by Yvonne Coate. ISBN 978-0-85905-717-2, $15.00*
The Tragedy of an Overlander. From Port Lincoln SA to Perth WA in search of work. Overland journey of a shepherd, his wife and family, their difficulties & sufferings. by Henry Mazzini ISBN 978-0-85905-789-9, (1886, R), A5, illustrated, 17 pages, $10.00*
Wild Nor'-West, The by Crosscut Wilson. ISBN 978-0-85905-692-2, A5, $5.00*
All above A5 booklet prices are + POST
MORE TITLES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED
The Pilbarra Society.
This organisation, based at Hesperian, has been set up to concentrate on Pilbara history, its places, people, and potential. The iron ore industry has dominated the area for many decades but the history of the area since the 1860s is little known.
The characters and incidents are as interesting as that of the better known Kimberley and goldfields. Station, mine and town histories are needed and the society hopes to bring together those who can contribute to the subject.