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“charles chewings”

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  • Back in the Stone Age

    The Natives of Central Australia

    by Charles Chewings ...
    A very detailed and intimate description of the life, personal and tribal, of the Central Australian Aboriginals; their characteristics, beliefs and superstitions; their tools and weapons; together with a discussion of the results of their contacts with the whites, their present condition and their probable future. Dr Chewings writes with the authority of personal knowledge gained by long, patient ... Read more

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    by James Sutherland ...
    Originally published 1912. A detailed and exciting record of sixteen years spent hunting African elephants and other big game. During ten of these years the author shot 447 bull elephants - a world record. Many of the earliest hunting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works ... Read more

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  • The Passing of the Aborigines

    A Lifetime spent among the Natives of Australia

    by Daisy Bates ...
    DAISY BATES: "As the years passed, I was more and more convinced that it was impossibleto leave these people, to be deaf to their appeal for human kindliness,and of the hopelessness of any movement except one of help and comfort tothe individual, and personal example. So savage and so simple, so muchastray and so utterly helpless were they, that somehow they became myresponsibility. All along the ... Read more

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  • Big Game Shooting in South Africa Fifty Years Ago

    by W. Cotton Oswell ...
    A thrilling personal account of a hunting trip on the vast plains of South Africa. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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  • Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, being a narrative from the journals of five exploring expeditions into and through central south Australia and western Australia from 1872 to 1876

    by Ernest Giles ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New ... Read more

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  • The Golden Verses Of Pythagoras

    by Florence M. Firth ...
    The Golden Verses of Pythagorasby Florence M. FirthPythagoras of Samos (born between 580 and 572 BC, died between 500 and 490 BC) was an Ionian Greek mathematician and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mystic and scientist; however some have questioned the scope of his contributions to mathematics and natural philosophy. He is ... Read more

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  • A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53

    Enriched edition. A Woman's Journey Through Australia's Gold Rush Era

    by Mrs. Charles Clacy, Hailey Bishop ...
    In "A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53," Mrs. Charles Clacy offers a captivating firsthand account of her travels in a male-dominated landscape during the Australian Gold Rush. Written in an engaging and accessible narrative style, the book balances vivid descriptions of the rugged Australian outback with keen observations of social dynamics among gold diggers and settlers ... Read more

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  • Life with the Esquimaux 1860-1862

    by A H Guernsey ...
    An early exploration briefly describes life with the Inuit peoples during the mid nineteenth century. Illustrated. ... Read more

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  • Spinifex And Sand : Five Years' Pioneering And Exploration In Western Australia

    by David Wynford Carnegie ...
    Unfolding in Western Australia this work is a true depiction of the days spent by Carnegie in that area. The adventures narrated in this work are unique and idiosyncratic as the experiences of the author are captured in their true essence. This amazing work monopolizes the reader's attention from the outset. Informative and enthralling! ... Read more

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  • Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1

    by T. L. Mitchell ...
    "Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1" by T. L. Mitchell is a detailed account of the author's explorations in the Australian interior during the 19th century. Mitchell, an accomplished surveyor and explorer, meticulously documents his journeys through uncharted territories, providing insights into the geography, flora, and fauna of the region. His observations not ... Read more

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  • A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864

    by David Livingstone ...
    I beg leave to dedicate this Volume to your Lordship, as a tribute justly due to the great Statesman who has ever had at heart the amelioration of the African race; and as a token of admiration of the beneficial effects of that policy which he has so long laboured to establish on the West Coast of Africa; and which, in improving that region, has most forcibly shown the need of some similar system ... Read more

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  • Australian Pictures: Drawn with Pen and Pencil

    by Howard Willoughby ...
    In one respect this work differs from its predecessors. The companion volumes were written by travellers to the lands which they described, but Australian Pictures are by an Australian resident. Hence, when praise is required, the author has often preferred to quote some traveller of repute rather than to state his own impressions. Thanks have to be given to the Government of Victoria, which ... Read more

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