2007 Library Accessions
Books, pamphlets, articles (2007 - 102 Accessions)
KHS-L-2007-001
Author/s: Luck, Gus, 1865-1958.
Title: The outback trail
Publisher details: Belmont, W.A. : Metana Minerals and Hesperian Press, 1988
Subject: Gold mines and mining -- Western Australia
Dewey: 994.103092
Libraries Australia no.: 6039590
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-002
Author/s: Forrest, K. (Kay)
Title: The challenge and the chance : the colonisation and settlement of north west Australia 1861-1914
Publisher details: Carlisle, WA. : Hesperian Press, 1996
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia, Northwest -- History
Dewey: 994.1303
Libraries Australia no.: 26509018
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-003
Author/s: Brown, F. G., 1913-
Title: The lost mines and treasures of Northern Australia
Publisher details: East Malvern, Vic. : Gemcraft Publications, 1983
Subject: Mines and mineral resources -- Australia, Northern
Dewey: 622.1099429
Libraries Australia no.: 3001138
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-004
Author/s: Battye, J. S. (James Sykes), 1871-1954 ; Fox, Matt J. (Matthew Joseph)
Title: The History of the north west of Australia, embracing Kimberley, Gascoyne and Murchison districts, illustrated
Publisher details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1985
Subject: Western Australia, Northwestern -- History
Dewey: 994.13
Libraries Australia no.: 3901593
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-005
Author/s: Schubert, L. A. (Leslie Arthur), 1922-
Title: Kimberley dreaming : the century of Freddie Cox
Publisher details: [Perth, W.A.] : WordsWork Express, [1992]
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 9633038
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-006
Author/s: Atkins, Ronnie
Title: A special place : El Questro Station : where god created paradise
Publisher details: Winnellie, N.T. : Pandanus Publishing, 2002
Subject: El Questro (W.A.)
Dewey: 821.92
Libraries Australia no.: 24354724
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-007
Author/s: Elder, Bruce
Title: Blood on the wattle : massacres and maltreatment of Australian aborigines since 1788
Publisher details: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : National Book Distributors and Publishers, 1988
Subject: Massacres -- Australia -- History
Dewey: 994.0049915
Libraries Australia no.: 9972654
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-008
Author/s: Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922 ; Kiernan, Brian (Brian Francis), 1937-
Title: Henry Lawson : stories, poems, sketches and autobiography
Publisher details: St. Lucia, Q. : University of Queensland Press, 1976
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 866469
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-009
Author/s: Muir, Barry (Barry Richard)
Title: Jack Howe : the man and the legend. 4th ed.
Publisher details: Blackall, Qld. : B. & J. Muir, 1998
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 14168730
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-010
Author/s: Ogden, Pearl
Title: Chasing last light : aerial mustering, 1968-1978
Publisher details: Winnellie, N.T. : Pearl Ogden, 2000
Notes: Signed by Pearl Ogden
Subject: Mustering (Livestock)
Dewey: 636.2010099429
Libraries Australia no.: 21532586
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-011
Author/s: Mowaljarlai, David, ca. 1928- ; Malnic, Jutta, 1924-
Title: Yorro yorro : everything standing up alive : spirit of the Kimberley
Publisher details: Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 1993
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Religion
Dewey: 994.140049915
Libraries Australia no.: 23967447
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-012
Author/s: Willing, Tim ; Kenneally, Kevin Francis, 1945- ; Gunn, Aeneas J. (Aeneas James), 1862-1903 ; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management
Title: Under a regent moon : a historical account of pioneer pastoralists Joseph Bradshaw and Aeneas Gunn at Marigui Settlement, Prince Regent River, Kimberley, Western Australia, 1891-1892
Publisher details: Bentley, W.A. : Dept. of Conservation and Land Management, 2002
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 23638051
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-013
Author/s: Shaw, Bruce, 1951-
Title: When the dust come in between : Aboriginal viewpoints in the East Kimberley prior to 1982
Publisher details: Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1992
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Social conditions
Dewey: 305.89915099414
Libraries Australia no.: 8566487
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-014
Author/s: Buchanan, Bobbie (Roberta), 1943-
Title: Keep the branding iron hot : the Pat Underwood story
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2002
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 23288396
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-015 [?]
KHS-L-2007-016
Author/s: Royal Western Australian Historical Society
Title: Early days : journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, Vol. 12, pt. 5, 2005
Publisher details: Perth, W.A. : Royal Western Australian Historical Society, 2005
Subject: Australia -- History -- Periodicals
Dewey: 994.05
Libraries Australia no.: 46139059
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-017
Author/s: Ainslie, Trish ; Garwood, Roger, 1945-
Title: Til she dropped her strides : a tribute to an Australian lifestyle
Publisher details: Fremantle, W.A : Plantagenet Press, 1991
Subject: Kimberley (W.A.) -- Pictorial works
Dewey: 994.14
Libraries Australia no.: 8391596
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-018 [?]
KHS-L-2007-019 [?]
KHS-L-2007-020
Author/s: Clement, Cathie ; University of Western Australia. Centre for Western Australian History
Title: A guide to printed sources for the history of the Kimberley region of Western Australia
Publisher details: Nedlands, W.A. : Centre for Western Australian History, University of Western Australia, 1996
Subject: Kimberley (W.A.) -- History -- Bibliography
Dewey: 994.14
Libraries Australia no.: 12184242
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-021
Author/s: Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951 ; Bridge, Peter J. (Peter John), 1943-
Title: Aboriginal Perth and Bibbulmun biographies and legends
Publisher details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1992
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Biography
Dewey: 306.089915
Libraries Australia no.: 45268675
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-022
Author/s: Linn, Rob
Title: Battling the land : 200 years of rural Australia
Publisher details: St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1999
Subject: Rural life -- Australia
Dewey: 307.720994
Libraries Australia no.: 14035086
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-023
Author/s: Weller, Helen ; Harper-Nelson, John ; Hamilton, Roy, 1925- ;
Title: North of the 26th : a collection of writings, paintings, drawings and photographs from the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne regions. Volume 2
Publisher details: Northbridge, W.A. : Access Press, 1994
Subject: Kimberley (W.A.) -- History
Dewey: 994.1
Libraries Australia no.: 10695680
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-024
Author/s: Western Australia. Agriculture Western Australia
Title: Ord River Irrigation Area, Kununurra, Western Australia. 6th ed.
Publisher details: [South Perth, W.A.] : Agriculture Western Australia, 1999
Series: Bulletin (Western Australia. Agriculture Western Australia) ; 4369
Subject: Irrigation -- Western Australia -- Ord River Region
Dewey: 333.913099414
Libraries Australia no.: 21213828
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-025
Author/s: Macleod, Colin, 1934-
Title: Patrol in the dreamtime
Publisher details: Kew, Vic. : Mandarin, 1997
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 12924378
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-026
Author/s: Arden, Harvey
Title: Dreamkeepers : a spirit-journey into Aboriginal Australia
Publisher details: New York : HarperCollins, 1994
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Social life and customs
Dewey: 299.92
Libraries Australia no.: 10474790
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-027
Author/s: Beale, Edgar
Title: Kennedy of Cape York
Publisher details: Adelaide : Rigby, 1970
Series: Comparative government and politics
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 45292
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-028
Author/s: Wheeler, J. R. (Judith Roderick) ; Western Australian Herbarium
Title: Flora of the Kimberley Region
Publisher details: Como, W.A. : Western Australian Herbarium, Dept. of Conservation and Land Management, 1992
Subject: Botany -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Dewey: 581.9941/4
Libraries Australia no.: 9063993
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-029
Author/s: Smith, Babette, 1942-
Title: A cargo of women : Susannah Watson & the convicts of the Princess Royal. New ed.
Publisher details: Melbourne : Sun, 1992
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 8764929
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-030
Author/s: Jebb, Mary Anne
Title: Blood, sweat and welfare : a history of white bosses and Aboriginal pastoral workers
Publisher details: Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2002
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Social conditions
Dewey: 994.140049915
Libraries Australia no.: 46136491
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-031
Author/s: Choo, Christine
Title: Mission girls : Aboriginal women on Catholic missions in the Kimberley, Western Australia, 1900-1950
Publisher details: Crawley, W. A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2001
Subject: Catholic Church -- Missions
Dewey: 266.29414
Libraries Australia no.: 26548519
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-032
Author/s: Fisher, W. J. (William Joseph), 1918-
Title: Trials and triumphs in the Northern Territory and Northern Australia : from Cape York to the Kimberleys 1954-2002
Publisher details: Darwin : WJ & EE Fisher, 2002
Notes: Signed by Joe Fisher
Subject: Mines and mineral resources -- Northern Territory -- History
Dewey: 994.2905
Libraries Australia no.: 24451588
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-033
Author/s: Connellan, E. J. (Edward John), 1912-1983 ; Donovan, P. F. (Peter Francis), 1945-
Title: Failure of triumph : the story of Connellan Airways
Publisher details: Alice Springs, N.T. : Paradigm Investments, 1992
Notes: Signed by E.J. Connellan
Subject: Connellan Airways -- History
Dewey: 387.70659429
Libraries Australia no.: 8861857
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-034 [?]
KHS-L-2007-035
Author/s: Tennant, Kylie
Title: The man on the headland
Publisher details: Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1971
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 21506652
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-036
Author/s: Watson, John R., 1928-
Title: Bred in Yorkshire, buttered in Australia : an autobiography
Publisher details: Guilderton, W.A. : J.R. Watson, 1999
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 22453020
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-037
Author/s: Brown, Ron, 1916- ; Studdy-Clift, Pat
Title: Bush justice
Publisher details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1990
Subject: Police -- Northern Territory -- Anecdotes
Dewey: 363.2092
Libraries Australia no.: 7433059
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-038
Author/s: Bennington, Seddon ; Willis, Elizabeth, 1947- ; Western Australian Museum ;
Title: Handbook for small museums
Publisher details: Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 1985
Subject: Museums -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dewey: 690
Libraries Australia no.: 7969689
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-039
Author/s: Pilkington, Doris, 1937- ; Garimara, Nugi
Title: Caprice : a stockman's daughter
Publisher details: St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1991
Series: UQP Black Australian writers
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction
Dewey: 823
Libraries Australia no.: 7853017
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-040
Author/s: Sanz de Galdeano, Seraphim ; Djinmora, Dolores
Title: Metamorphosis of a race : Kuíni and Kulári tribes of Kalúmburu Mission
Publisher details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 2006
Subject: Kalumburu Benedictine Mission -- History
Dewey: 266.29414
Libraries Australia no.: 40586724
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-041
Author/s: Ware, Graeme
Title: Memories of Finch Hatton Gorge : the last 100 years ; a collection of short stories
Publisher details: Mackay, Qld. : Info Publishing, 2000
Subject: Finch Hatton (Qld.) -- History
Dewey: 994.36
Libraries Australia no.: 21527869
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-042
Author/s: Allen, Geoff
Title: Outlaws of the Kimberley underworld : the true-life story of Smokey King of the horse-duffers
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2000
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 21338481
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-043
Author/s: Durack School. Council
Title: Yearbook, 2005
Publisher details: [Darwin, NT : Durack School Council Inc], 2005
Subject: Education, Primary -- Northern Territory -- Palmerston -- Periodicals
Dewey: 372.94291
Libraries Australia no.: 24915456
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-044
Author/s: Ingham, Anne Marie
Title: Pioneers of the Kimberley : the Maggie Lilly story
Publisher details: Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. : Halstead Press, 2000
Notes: Signed by Maggie Lilly
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 21660056
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-045
Author/s: Simmons, Lexie ; Lewis, D. (Darrell)
Title: Kajirri, the bush missus
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2005
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 27171737
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-046
Author/s: Carroll, Margaret, 1948-
Title: Ordinary people, extraordinary lives : inspiring stories from rural Australia
Publisher details: Sydney ; London : New Holland, 2001
Subject: Rural women -- Australia -- Biography
Dewey: 307.720994
Libraries Australia no.: 23522633
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-047
Author/s: Mason, H. G. B.
Title: Darkest West Australia : a treatise bearing on the habits and customs of the Aborigines and the solution of "the native question" ; a guide to out-back travellers
Publisher details: Kalgoorlie : Hocking, 1909
Subject: Wilderness survival -- Western Australia
Dewey: 919.410441
Libraries Australia no.: 2268100
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-048
Author/s: Williams, R. M. (Reginald Murray), 1908-2003 ; Ruhen, Olaf, 1911-1989
Title: Beneath whose hand
Publisher details: Sydney : Sun Books, 1997
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 12881189
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-049
Author/s: Holthouse, Hector
Title: River of gold : the story of the Palmer River gold rush
Publisher details: Pymble, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1994
Subject: Gold mines and mining -- Queensland -- Palmer River
Dewey: 994.303
Libraries Australia no.: 13067979
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-050
Author/s: Allen, Geoff
Title: Ballads of the Kimberley and other wild places
Publisher details: Balgowlah : G. Allen, 1991
Notes: Signed by Geoff Allen
Subject: Kimberley (W.A.) -- Poetry
Dewey: 821.3
Libraries Australia no.: 8309979
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-051
Author/s: Robert Muir Old and Rare Books
Title: Ken Medd Collection
Publisher details: Nedlands, W.A. : Robert Muir Old & Rare Books, 2008
Series: Catalogue (Robert Muir Old and Rare Books) ; 142
Subject: Booksellers' catalogs -- Western Australia -- Nedlands
Dewey: 706.994
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-052
Author/s: Flannery, Tim F. (Timothy Fridtjof), 1956-
Title: The explorers
Publisher details: Melbourne : Text Publishing, 1998
Subject: Explorers -- Australia
Dewey: 919.404
Libraries Australia no.: 22152854
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-053 [?]
KHS-L-2007-054
Author/s: Bridge, Peter J. (Peter John), 1943- ; Taurus Resources N.L.
Title: Dolly pot
Publisher details: Perth, W.A. : Taurus Resources N.L. and Hesperian Press, 1987
Subject: Gold miners -- Western Australia -- Anecdotes
Dewey: 994.10310922
Libraries Australia no.: 5399247
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-055
Author/s: Owen, W. Lambden (William Lambden), 1861-1946 ; Curle, James Herbert, 1870-
Title: Cossack gold : the chronicles of an early goldfields warden
Publisher details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1984
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 3515194
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers. Water damaged
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-056
Author/s: Idriess, Ion L. (Ion Llewellyn), 1890-1979
Title: Man tracks : with the mounted police in Australian wilds. 12th ed.
Publisher details: Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1938
Subject: Criminals -- Australia -- Anecdotes
Dewey: 364.10994
Libraries Australia no.: 8579708
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-057
Author/s: Buchanan, G. (Gordon) ; Buchanan, Hathaniel, 1826-1901
Title: Packhorse and waterhole : with the first overlanders to the Kimberleys
Publisher details: Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1933
Subject: Droving -- Australia, Northern
Dewey: 994.03
Libraries Australia no.: 21991073
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-058
Author/s: Kimberley Language Resource Centre ; Achoo, Henry
Title: Moola Bulla : in the shadow of the mountain
Publisher details: Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 1996
Subject: Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Western Australia -- Moola Bulla
Dewey: 994.140049915
Libraries Australia no.: 10955908
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-059
Author/s: Hamilton, Ian
Title: Beaches, bush roads and bull ants
Publisher details: Suffolk Park, N.S.W. : Optic Publishing, 2003
Subject: Australia -- Description and travel
Dewey: 919.4047
Libraries Australia no.: 24752582
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-060
Author/s: Clement, Cathie
Title: Old Halls Creek : a town remembered
Publisher details: Mt. Lawley, W.A. : National Heritage, 2000
Subject: Halls Creek (W.A.) -- History
Dewey: 994.14
Libraries Australia no.: 21494392
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-061
Author/s: Vane, Amoury
Title: North Australia Observer Unit : the history of a surveillance regiment
Publisher details: Loftus, N.S.W. : Australian Military History Publications, 2000
Subject: Australia. Army. North Australia Observer Unit -- History
Dewey: 940.541294
Libraries Australia no.: 21734562
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-062
Author/s: Beckett, Beth
Title: Lipstick, swag and sweatrag : memoirs of a patrol padre's wife : the Australian Inland Mission 1947-1955
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 1998
Notes: Signed by Beth Beckett
Subject: Australian Inland Mission
Dewey: 266.5294092
Libraries Australia no.: 13984417
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-063
Author/s: Durack, Noni, 1917-
Title: Beyond the legend : a Kimberley story
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2005
Subject: Pioneers -- Kimberley (W.A) -- Fiction
Dewey: 823.3
Libraries Australia no.: 27166575
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-064
Author/s: Corcoran, Don (John Edward), 1936-
Title: Horsemen of the outback : their spurs and their spurmakers
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2003
Subject: Spurs -- Australia
Dewey: 682.0994
Libraries Australia no.: 24459662
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-065
Author/s: Bailey, John, 1944 Dec. 15-
Title: The white divers of Broome : the true story of a fatal experiment
Publisher details: Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 2001
Subject: Pearl divers -- Western Australia -- Broome
Dewey: 639.412099414
Libraries Australia no.: 21905914
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-066
Author/s: Tietkens, William Henry, 1844-1933
Title: Private journal of W.H. Tietkens on an expedition to the Nullarbor Plain, February 1879 to January 1880
Publisher details: North Adelaide : Corkwood Press, 1998
Subject: Nullarbor Plain (S. Aust and W.A.) -- Discovery and exploration
Dewey: 919.4238
Libraries Australia no.: 14275538
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-067
Author/s: Morgan, Marlo ; Garrison, Carri
Title: Mutant message down under
Publisher details: London : Thorsons, 1995
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction
Dewey: 813.54
Libraries Australia no.: 11429807
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-068
Author/s: Ogden, Pearl ; Loveday, P. (Peter), 1925- ; Berzins, Baiba Beata, 1944-
Title: They're off! : horseracing in the North
Publisher details: Winnellie, N.T. : Pearl Ogden, 2002
Subject: Horse racing -- Northern Territory -- History
Dewey: 798.40994295
Libraries Australia no.: 46136124
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-069 [?]
KHS-L-2007-070
Author/s: McKay, James Frederick, 1907-2000
Title: Traeger : the pedal radio man : he gave a voice to the bush and to flying doctors
Publisher details: Moorooka, Qld. : Boolarong Press, 1995
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 22198023
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-071
Author/s: Adkins, R. C. (Reg C.), 1926-
Title: I flew for MMA : an airline pilot's life
Publisher details: Mt. Pleasant, W.A. : R.C. Adkins, 1996
Notes: Signed by R.C. Adkins
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 12345908
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-072
Author/s: Withers, Bill (William R.)
Title: Frontier dreaming : a light hearted look at the birth of a Kimberley frontier town
Publisher details: Kununurra, W.A. : W.R. & J.M. Withers, 1997
Notes: Signed by Bill Withers
Subject: Kununurra (W.A.)
Dewey: 994.14
Libraries Australia no.: 13597823
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-073
Author/s: Chalarimeri, Ambrose Mungala, 1940-
Title: The man from the sunrise side
Publisher details: Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, [2001]
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 22933944
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-074
Author/s: Johnston, Brian, 1966-
Title: Into the never-never : travels in Australia
Publisher details: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1997
Subject: Australia, Eastern -- Description and travel
Dewey: 919.40465
Libraries Australia no.: 13286512
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-075
Author/s: Bunbury, Bill, 1940-
Title: It's not the money, it's the land : aboriginal stockmen and the equal wages case : talking history
Publisher details: North Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2002
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Employment
Dewey: 331.699915
Libraries Australia no.: 26741873
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-076
Author/s: Kadar, Klari ; Holden, Denise
Title: Kimberley cultural trail
Publisher details: Broome, W.A. : Broome Arts & Music Foundation, 2005
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Dewey: 919.414
Libraries Australia no.: 28633614
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-077
Author/s: Marshall, Paul, 1955- ; Lawford, Eric, 1930-
Title: Raparapa kularr martuwarra : all right, now we go 'side the river, along that sundown way, stories
Publisher details: Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 1988
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Biography
Dewey: 994.1404
Libraries Australia no.: 6055296
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-078
Author/s: Buchanan, Bobbie (Roberta), 1943-
Title: In the tracks of Old Bluey : the life story of Nat Buchanan
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 1997
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 13019804
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-079
Author/s: Ngabidj, Grant, 1904-1977 ; Shaw, Bruce, 1951- ; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies ;
Title: My country of the pelican dreaming : the life of an Australian Aborigine of the Gadjerong, Grant Ngabidj, 1904-1977 as told to Bruce Shaw
Publisher details: Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1981
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 2057314
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-080
Author/s: Hetherington, Penelope
Title: Settlers, servants & slaves : Aboriginal and European children in nineteenth-century Western Australia
Publisher details: Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2002
Subject: Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Employment -- Western Australia
Dewey: 331.34699915
Libraries Australia no.: 23209310
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-081
Author/s: McLaren, Glen, 1948- ; Curtin University of Technology. Research Institute for Cultural Heritage
Title: Big mobs : the story of Australian cattlemen
Publisher details: South Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2000
Subject: Stockmen -- Australia -- History
Dewey: 636.213092
Libraries Australia no.: 46135002
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-082
Author/s: Martin, Florence, 1909-
Title: Three families outback in Australia's tropic North
Publisher details: Northampton, W.A. : F. Martin, 1985
Notes: Signed by Florence Martin
Subject: Pioneers -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Biography
Dewey: 994.14040922
Libraries Australia no.: 4424829
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-083
Author/s: Macnamara, Ray
Title: The way it was
Publisher details: [Toowoomba, Qld. : Toowoomba Education Centre], 2002
Notes: Signed by Ray Macnamara
Subject: Stockmen -- Australia -- Fiction
Dewey: 823.4
Libraries Australia no.: 23618048
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-084
Author/s: Svendsen, Mark Nestor, 1962-
Title: Dust road coming
Publisher details: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 1998
Subject: Short stories, Australian
Dewey: 823.1
Libraries Australia no.: 13635766
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-085
Author/s: Pilmer, R. H. (Richard Henry), 1866-1952 ; Bridge, Peter J. (Peter John), 1943- ; Clement, Cathie ;
Title: Northern patrol : an Australian saga
Publisher details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1998
Series: Aboriginal studies
Series (Hesperian Press) ; no. 14
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- History
Dewey: 994.103
Libraries Australia no.: 21206684
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-086
Author/s: Carnegie, David W. (David Wynford), 1871-1900
Title: Spinifex and sand : a narrative of five years' pioneering and exploration in Western Australia
Publisher details: Perth, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1989
Subject: Western Australia -- Discovery and exploration
Dewey: 994.1032
Libraries Australia no.: 6585564
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-087
Author/s: Nicholson, John, 1950-
Title: Kimberley warrior : the story of Jandamarra
Publisher details: St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1997
Series: True stories (St. Leonards, N.S.W.)
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 12849326
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-088
Author/s: Costello, Michael M. J.
Title: To the savage land : the life of John Costello : being the adventures of a pioneer, pastoralist and explorer in Queensland and the Northern Territory
Publisher details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 2002
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 24095934
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-089
Author/s: Makin, Jock, 1940-
Title: The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station. Rev. ed.
Publisher details: Marleston, [South Aust.] : J. B. Books, 1999
Subject: Cattle trade -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Downs
Dewey: 636.200994295
Libraries Australia no.: 21773845
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-090
Author/s: Nailon, Brigida
Title: Emo and San Salvador. Book 1. Broome and Beagle Bay
Publisher details: [Echuca, Vic.] : Brigidine Sisters, [2005?]
Notes: Also titled: Cygnet Bay, Drysdale River and Lombadinae Bay
Subject: Catholic Church -- Missions -- Western Australia
Dewey: 305.89915094
Libraries Australia no.: 40116578
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-091
Author/s: Nailon, Brigida
Title: Emo and San Salvador. Book 2. Cygnet Bay, Drysdale River and Lombadina
Publisher details: [Echuca, Vic.] : Brigidine Sisters, [2005?]
Notes: Also titled: Cygnet Bay, Drysdale River and Lombadina, Broome and Beagle Bay
Subject: Catholic Church -- Missions -- Western Australia
Dewey: 305.89915094
Libraries Australia no.: 40116578
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-092
Author/s: Quilty, Edna Eckford
Title: Nothing prepared me!
Publisher details: Caloundra, Qld. : E. Eckford Quilty, 1999
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 14475806
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-093
Author/s: Piggott, Ray
Title: Stock camps to the skies
Publisher details: Kununurra, W.A. : R. Piggott, 2002
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 24114263
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-094 1
Author/s: Utting, Muriel ; Perth Observatory
Title: Astronomy in Western Australia. Volume 1, 1896-1912
Publisher details: Bickley, W.A. : Perth Observatory, 1992
Subject: Astronomy -- Western Australia -- History
Dewey: 520.994
Libraries Australia no.: 10244410
Accession notes: Donation from WA Govt. Astronomer
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-094 2
Author/s: Utting, Muriel ; Perth Observatory
Title: Astronomy in Western Australia. Volume 2, 1912-1940
Publisher details: Bickley, W.A. : Perth Observatory, 1993
Subject: Astronomy -- Western Australia -- History
Dewey: 520.994
Libraries Australia no.: 10244410
Accession notes: Donation from WA Govt. Astronomer
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-094 3
Author/s: Utting, Muriel ; Perth Observatory
Title: Astronomy in Western Australia. Volume 3, 1940-1962
Publisher details: Bickley, W.A. : Perth Observatory, 2000
Subject: Astronomy -- Western Australia -- History
Dewey: 520.994
Libraries Australia no.: 10244410
Accession notes: Donation from WA Govt. Astronomer
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-095
Author/s: Bridge, Peter J. (Peter John), 1943-
; Clement, Cathie
Title: Kimberley scenes : sagas of Australia's last frontier
Publisher details: Victoria Park, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1991
Subject: Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- History
Dewey: 994.14
Libraries Australia no.: 6865439
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-096
Author/s: Hackett, Jacq (Jacqueline), 1969-
Title: My Kimberley guest
Publisher details: Kununurra, W.A. : Lazy P Publishing, 2004
Subject: Kununurra (W.A.) -- Juvenile fiction
Dewey: 823.4
Libraries Australia no.: 26278750
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-097
Author/s: Ogden, Pearl ; Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Title: Bradshaw via Coolibah : the history of Bradshaw's Run and Coolibah Station
Publisher details: Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1989
Notes: Signed by Pearl Ogden
Subject: Ranch life -- Northern Territory
Dewey: 636.201
Libraries Australia no.: 6697950
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-098
Author/s: Sing, Peter, 1940- ; Ogden, Pearl
Title: From humpy to homestead : the biography of Sabu
Publisher details: Darwin : Pearl Ogden, 1992
Notes: Signed by Pearl Ogden
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 636.200994295
Libraries Australia no.: 9351636
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-099
Author/s: Paszkowski, Lech, 1919-
Title: Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki : reflections on his life
Publisher details: Melbourne [Vic.] : Arcadia, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 19
Subject: Biography
Dewey: 920
Libraries Australia no.: 13347071
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
KHS-L-2007-100
Author/s: Jardine, Frank, 1841-1919 ; Hiddins, Les, 1946-
Title: The journals of the Jardine Brothers and Surveyor Richardson on the overland expedition from Rockhampton to Somerset, Cape York
Publisher details: North Adelaide : Corkwood Press, 1998
Subject: Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) -- Discovery and exploration
Dewey: 919.43
Libraries Australia no.: 13942731
Accession notes: Acquired from the estate of Michael Byers
Date accessioned: 2.10.2009
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