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Gallipoli to Tripoli

History of the 10th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914 - 1919.

by Neville Browning and Ian Gill

ISBN 978-0-85905-515-4, (2011 R 2012), 648pp, heavily illustrated with maps and photos, printed end papers, 1.8 kg, (Well over 2kg packed), folded laminated card cover, with the printed end papers, 1.65 kg.

$70.00* + POST

The 10th Light Horse epitomises the dash and insouciance of the mounted Australian soldier in World War I. We believe that this book will fill the great need of the expanding families, relatives, and growing amounts of Westralians interested in knowing of the experiences of our men in battles of such significance that they literally changed the map of the world.

Gather No Moss

by Billy Linklater

ISBN 0 85905 232 X, (1997 reprint of 1968 edition with new material, Soft Cover), 175pp, illustrated, 240grams

$22.00 + POST

Gather No Moss is the autobiography of William Linklater, alias Billy Miller, who ran away from his Adelaide home and in the 1880s 'went bush' and never looked back. He was in love with Romance, Adventure and a particular place, as true pioneers must be: the place was northern Australia at a time when the white man was still a phenomenon on the scene.

Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Leonora-Laverton Area

North Eastern Yilgarn Block, Western Australia

by J. Hallberg

ISBN 0 85905 0785, (1985 new), SC, 218pp, illustrated, 310grams.

$25.00 + POST

An associated set of 16 large geological maps of the area sells at over $104.00 elsewhere.

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.

Get it Write!

by Kim Epton

Replaces Publishing Your Book with Hesperian Press

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A style guide that details the Hesperian Press house style.

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Ghosts in Khaki

 by Les Cody

The Ghosts of Bayley Street

Collected Poems of J. Sorensen

by Jack Sorensen

ISBN 0 85905 138 2, (1992 new), Soft Cover, 100pp, 150grams

$22.00 + POST

Jack Sorenson, shearer, boxer and poet was renowned for his meter and rhyme.

The Ghosts of Hamelin Bay

by Garry Teehan and edited by Helen Teehan

Giles 1875 Expedition

by Lesley Brooker

ISBN 978-0-85905-612-0, (New 2015), A4, heavily illustrated in colour, indexed, 200 pages, 840 grams.

$40.00 no discount, + POST

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Ernest Giles' 1875 expedition, covering 3000km from Beltana, S.A. to Perth, W.A., is described in detail, with both historical and contemporary maps, and colour illustrations of the places visited and plants collected by the expedition naturalist, Jesse Young.

Gim! Gold stealing tales and trials of in the Golden West

By Peter J Bridge

ISBN 978-0-85905-575-8, (2014), A4, 175 pp, 505grams.

$35.00* + POST

Gold stealing was a way of life on the WA goldfields. It still continues in the boardrooms of the corporations in which are ensconced only the 'best' people. In our Darwinian economy only the most brazen and successful thieves survive to rob again. Many Westralian fortunes were and are built on these rorts. But it is usually the small miner who got caught. These latter stories have become part of the folklore of the goldfields.

Girt by Sea. An Unreliable History of Australian Shipping.

Kent Stewart.

(New, 2023), 165 x 245, well illustrated in colour, Case bound, 133 pages, 660 grams, $50.00

Only available Direct from author. Be quick. A small run.

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The Glorious Uncertainty 

by Sally L. Senior

ISBN 0 85905 282 6, (2000 new), Soft Cover, 152pp, illustrated

$22.00 + POST

An enchanting tale of the lives of three little girls who grew up on a sheep station in the East Murchison district of Western Australia in the 1930s and 1940s.

God before Gugeri

Luggers, trucks & water bores & other Kimberley stories

by Michael Gugeri

ISBN ISBN 978-0-85905-567-3, (2014 New), A4, 226pp, heavily illustrated and indexed, 855gms

$45.00*

The Gugeri family have been landmarks in the Kimberley for nearly a century. This book follows four generations of life in the north, from pearling, carrying, Anna Plains station, water boring, Cockatoo Island, oil drilling, wool carting, the Underworld, rockets, fishing, and many incidents and characters. Biographies of Doug Blythe, Billie King and details of many other Kimberley personalities are also offered. 

Gold at Peak Hill

by P.R. Heydon (OAM)

ISBN 0 85905 153 6, (1991 new), Hard Cover, 310pp, illustrated, 530grams

$40.00 + POST

The story of the discovery of gold in 1892 by Wilson and partners, the history of the town and Peak Hill area and its characters, all now gone.

THE AUTHOR

Phil Heydon commenced his working life in the Post Office at Cue, in 1935, as a Telegraph Messenger. He worked in most Murchison goldfield towns, returning to Big Bell as Postmaster in 1947 and retired as Postmaster at the General Post Office, Perth. He was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1979.

The  Gold Deposits of Western Australia

by A. Gibb Maitland

ISBN 0 85905 010 6, (1919, 2009), 94pp, A4+, illus, soft cover, 300grams

$30.00* + POST

Ninety years on this is still the best overview of gold in WA for the general reader and prospector. The maps, drawings and photos explain the distribution and geology of gold throughout WA. Fourth Edition. 

Gold Fields Maps of the early 1900s

WA Mines Department

ISBN 978-0-85905-569-7, (1905-8, 2014), A4, 56pp, 180grams.

$22.00* + POST

A reprint of the rare booklets of WA goldfields maps supplied to the early prospectors. Essential for goldfields historians and modern prospectors.

Gold Getting Days

by John Meiklejohn (edited by P. Bridge)

ISBN 0 85905 341 5, (2005), Soft Cover, 175pp, 235grams

$30.00 + POST

John Meiklejohn was one of the best known prospectors of the Coolgardie and later goldrushes of the 1890s. He came from Scotland to New Zealand and Victoria and then to Western Australia for gold. Rich gold strikes led to him heading for London to sell his claims, resulting in introductions to some of the most powerful financial figures of the time. Later came the South African war and prospecting in the Klondyke, Africa, and Madagascar for gold and oil. With his fortune gone he retired to Perth where he wrote of his experiences and those of his associates in the good old Gold Getting Days.

Gold in the Gascoyne

by Rhonda McDonald

ISBN 0 85905 270 2, (2000 reprint of 1985, 1986 edition with new material), Soft Cover, 140pp, illustrated, 200grams

$22.00 + POST

The story of Mangaroon Station and its development by the McDonalds from 1923, including the discovery of the magnificent Star of Mangaroon gold mine.

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Gold on the Murchison

by Phil Heydon

ISBN 0 85905 066 1, (1986, 2008), 221pp, illustrated, Soft Cover, 315 grams

$35.00 + POST

Reprint of 1986 edition

Gold on the Murchison is the story of Cue, Day Dawn and Big Bell and the part the towns and their people played in the development of Murchison gold.

From the first rushes in the 1880s and the hardships of the pioneers to Cue's status as the 'Queen of the Murchison', the decay to ghost towns, oblivion and eventual rebirth.

THE AUTHOR

Phil Heydon commenced his working life in the Post Office at Cue, in 1935, as a Telegraph Messenger. He worked in most Murchison goldfield towns, returning to Big Bell as Postmaster in 1947 and retired as Postmaster at the General Post Office, Perth.  He was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1979.