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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Small quarto softcover. Beige paper wrappers. Saddle-stapled binding. 26 pages. 1st edition of The San Luis Valley Historian XV (4): 1-26 (Fall 1983). CONDITION: FINE, binding square and tight, pages crisp and unmarked, no names; small spot on front, else as new CONTENT: In this issue: Alferd Packer, by Jim Bevan; Cannibal Packer, from The Saguache Chronicle; INDEX Volume XV - 1983 by Carrol Joe Carter. > Guaranteed prompt shipment, secure packaging, and free tracking.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Mary Crescent Reserve, Eden Hill, was surrounded by nine properties which were owned freehold by ten Aboriginal families between 1944 and 1952. Refused permission to build (seemingly because the land was too close to human habitation), they erected their shacks on the land. Documents revealing the pressure the camp owners faced are scattered throughout the book, as is the legislation law enforcers used to justify their actions. The legislation used was racist because it applied only to Aboriginal people. The 1841 Act to summarily convict Aboriginal offenders did not become law because the Home Office refused to present it to the Queen for her signature because it made a distinction between two races of people. Why an almost identical Bill became law in 1849 is unknown; it probably reflects a shift in attitude within the Home Office. Every Bill thereafter presented to the Home Office was signed off. These pieces of racist legislation, including the 1936 Native Administration Act, presumably reflected the attitude towards the original landowners by the majority of West Australians. The book also includes examples of Aboriginal voices asserting their rights to their land and to be treated like other citizens.…

Wraps. 1st edition. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, colour plates, b&w illus, maps, pp 60. Previous owner's pencilled signature. Very good condition. Produced to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Investigator voyage to New Holland and the work done by the "scientific gentlemen" on that voyage, especially the botanist Robert Brown. 65 Robert Brown species are represented in the book. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair condition. Ex library book with no external stickers. Stickers and partial date due slip on inside pages. Substantial wear to book corners and edges, with tears to spine top and tail. Spine and book corners are all now protected with book tape. Marks on foredges. Binding is still very good.In an address to the Legislative Council in June 1837, Governor James Stirling referred, on two occasions, to invading the Swan River region. Many of the early colonists discovered the land was owned by Aboriginal people, and was forcibly being taken away from them. Their reactions and records are recorded in this book.Forward by Robert Bropho.Research by Bevan Carter and Lynda Nutter.Part of the Black History Series.…

Wraps. 1st edition. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, colour plates, b&w illus, maps, pp 60. Near-fine. Produced to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Investigator voyage to New Holland and the work done by the "scientific gentlemen" on that voyage, especially the botanist Robert Brown. 65 Robert Brown species are represented in the book.…

Wraps. 1st edition. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, colour plates, b&w illus, maps, pp 60. Near-fine. Produced to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Investigator voyage to New Holland and the work done by the "scientific gentlemen" on that voyage, especially the botanist Robert Brown. 65 Robert Brown species are represented in the book.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 281 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Stiff Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st ed., octavo, pp xv, 207, incl Index of authors and Index of Aboriginal Names, b&w plates, photographs and maps. Near-fine condition. Detailed study of reports on the settlement in Western Australia and the Swan River people and their land. Includes: 'Oral Tradition of Settlers' arrival', 'Land Inheritance', 'Yagan killed', 'Rottnest Island Prison'. "Many of the early colonists discovered the land was owned by Aboriginal people and was forcibly being taken from them. Their reactions to this deepening reaslisation and the records of disruption to the lives of the original landowners fill the pages of this book.".…

Stiff Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st ed., octavo, pp xv, 207, incl Index of authors and Index of Aboriginal Names, b&w plates, photographs and maps. Near-fine condition. Detailed study of reports on the settlement in Western Australia and the Swan River people and their land. Includes: 'Oral Tradition of Settlers' arrival', 'Land Inheritance', 'Yagan killed', 'Rottnest Island Prison'. "Many of the early colonists discovered the land was owned by Aboriginal people and was forcibly being taken from them. Their reactions to this deepening reaslisation and the records of disruption to the lives of the original landowners fill the pages of this book.".…

Stiff Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st ed., square octavo, b&w illus, pp 176. Very good condition. Detailed history of discrimination against Aboriginal communities, with many illustrations, including legal documents.

Stiff Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st ed., square octavo, wraps with light creasing, b&w illus, pp 176. Very good condition. Detailed history of discrimination against Aboriginal communities, with many illustrations, including legal documents.