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Australia's Muslim Cameleers: Pioneers of the Inland 1860s-1930s by Philip Jones
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Between 1870 and 1920, as many as 2,000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia's Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across ou ...Show more
Behind the Doors: An art history from Yuendumu by Philip Jones
$44.95 AUD
Category: Art & Music
The Yuendumu Doors are among the freshest, most remarkable documents of Aboriginal art. Painted thirty years ago at a remote desert school by artists steeped in ritual knowledge, the Doors survived against the odds. After near-obliteration by desert winds, sun, and children's graffiti, the Doors have be ...Show more
Boomerang: Behind an Australian Icon by Philip Jones
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
A guide to the unique Australian icon, the Aboriginal boomerang. Discover its uses, its ancient and contemporary history. Jones covers everything from the physics of the boomerang to how to make your own. He illustrates his text with over 100 full-colour photographs.
Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845 by Philip Jones
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
George French Angas (1822–1886) was one of the nineteenth century’s outstanding colonial artists. As a young man in the 1840s he journeyed to Australia and New Zealand, where he excelled at capturing the minute detail of plants and people, objects and landscapes. The bush was his studio — he captured th ...Show more
Johnny: The Legend and Tragedy of General Sir Ian Hamilton by John Philip Jones
$59.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its aim. Moreover, the commander, General Sir Ian Hamilton was at fault in the way he conducted his campaign. Never happier than when he was in the thick ...Show more
Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and encounters on Australian frontiers by Philip Jones
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Ochre and Rust offers a fresh perspective on frontier relations between Australian Aboriginal people and European colonists. Nine museum artefacts take the reader into a fascinating zone of encounter and mutual curiosity between collectors and those indigenous people who piqued or responded to their int ...Show more
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