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Australia's Muslim Cameleers: Pioneers of the Inland 1860s-1930s by Philip Jones
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian
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
Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845 by Philip Jones
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
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
Images of the Interior: Seven Central Australian Photographers by Philip Jones
$39.95 AUD
Category: Photography
The photographs in this book document some of the first European impressions of Central Australia's landscape and society, taking us behind the stereotypes to the reality of the frontier itself, long before tourism and colour photography transformed our view of the outback.
Ochre And Rust - Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers by Philip Jones
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Takes Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and traces their stories, revealing charge and nuanced moments of encounter in Australia's frontier history. Special Price A$24.00 valid 01/09/08-13/10/08 ALIA Conference 08
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