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Australian & Colonial History, Including the Suzanne & Chris Morris Collection — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:664
Sale Title:Australian & Colonial History, Including the Suzanne & Chris Morris CollectionLots with images:664
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:488
Date:28-Jun-2016
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A folding iron bed, 19th century
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Convict leg irons with twisted links, New South Wales origin, 19th century
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A pair of articulated manacles with key, early 20th century, 30 cm
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A pair of manacles, 19th century, 24 cm
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A Stay of Execution For Samuel Gilbert, 7th April 1826 letter written by Judge James Burrough, who had convicted Gilbert at Taunton Assizes in the County of Somerset, and sentenced him to death for an assault on a young woman, one Charlotte Smith. When commuting a death sentence the usual punishment was Transportation for Life. Far from being transported, Gilbert was eventually pardoned when further details of the case became known.
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The Hobart Town Gazette' of Saturday, October 4, 1828, with a fine strike of the Two Pence Newspaper Duty stamp at top right. The lead article requires Officers in command of Parties, Superintendents and others, 'having Convicts under their charge or direction, are enjoined to read over to them.....that the offense of being found Drinking in unlicensed Houses, or purchasing Spirits from unlicensed Persons, will be recorded against them.....' There also follows a list of 9 Convicts who have been granted…
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A Muster of Convicts At Richmond, Van Diemen's Land, 23 July, 1830, the sworn statement of John Farrow headed 'Richmond'. In order to keep track of the convict population, regular musters were held to account for the 'location of the felons.' In this instance, convict John Farrow, assigned to the service of Mr William Kearney, had not attended the Muster at Richmond, but instead, visited the local inn, the Lennox Arms, where he was treated to a glass of rum by a free man, Peter McDonald. Farrow was fined…
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Convict Henry Stevenson - Van Diemen's Land & Norfolk Island, Henry Stevenson was 13 when convicted at Liverpool Quarter Sessions in April 1836 for stealing a handkerchief. As this was not his first offence he was sentenced to be transported for seven years, arriving at Hobart in May 1837 aboard the 'Frances Charlotte' together with 149 other young male convicts., This rare Convict Department Form No.62 is a summary of his penal record whilst under sentence in Van Diemen's Land. He was punished for 40…
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7th Nov. 1837 Convict 'Pass' From Van Diemen's Land, Headed 'Roads Establishment Oatlands' the handwritten 'pass' for Convict Alfred Stallard ( H.M.S. 'Bardaster', in 1835, 7 years for larceny), to leave the road-gang at Oatlands to proceed to Ross, where he had been assigned to work for Mr Hugh Robertson, a prominent landowner there. A very rare document.
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Campbelltown Police Magistrates Court, Van Diemen's Land 'Record Book' 1839-1840, Large ledger containing numerous handwritten records of the proceedings of the court between August 1839 and April 1840, which appears to have been a particularly busy period., The extensive records provide an unique and valuable insight into the problems associated with the large percentage of the convict population who had been assigned to work for local landowners or merchants, those on chain-gangs and those already…
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The End of the Assignment of Convicts, 1840 (Oct.9) Ship letter from Sydney to London with Feb.1841 arrival backstamps. In part, the letter reads 'Money and labour is much wanted & the Government, as if purposely to retard the advancement of the Colony has stopped the assignment of convicts & withdrawn their specie from the public at the very time it was most wanted., After arrival in the penal Colony, the convicts were assessed as to their various abilities and put to work on necessary Government projects…
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A Letter From the Principal Superintendent of Convicts in Sydney, March 1843 Ohms outer cover with imprint 'Prin. Sup. of Convicts' Office, Sydney' at lower left and addressed to a magistrate in Van Diemen's Land. The contents are largely illegible but what is clearly illustrated by the postal markings is the privilege of Free franking that was extended to the Principal Superintendent of Convicts under the 1835 Postal Act., Governor Darling had raised the status of the office of the Principal…
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Browns River Probation Station, A small leather-bound New Testament (Cambridge, The British and Foreign Bible Society, Mdcccxxxvi). Endorsed on the title page 'Browns River Probation Station' and in another hand 'J. Skene' and with the 'broad arrow' brand on the front cover., Also, a matching leather-bound volume titled 'Reflections on the Wisdon, Power, and Goodness of God. Selected from Sturm's Reflections.' (Dublin, John Jones, 1828) 180pp., Scarce survivors of the sea journey and later use by lay…
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Three Convicts Escape From Port Arthur, November 1843 hand-written letter from a Police Magistrate enlisting help in the re-capture of three escapees. The letter reports that two men had demanded provisions from a Mrs Brown at Muddy Plains, and that it was supposed that these were two of the three men who had escaped on Sept.25th 1843. The third escapee, William Westwood, also known as 'Jacky-Jacky' was a notorious bushranger from NSW but he had already been recaptured in October.
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Elizabeth Davis, Left A Pauper Following Her Husband's Conviction, March 18th, 1844 printed form from The Guardians of the Poor of the Atherstone Union, about the cost of keeping Elizabeth Davis, a pauper from Tamworth., The wives and children of convicted and transported felons were often without the means to look after themselves. They often resorted to the welfare provided by the Workhouses for the Poor. In February 1840, one George Davis was convicted at Birmingham Quarter Sessions of a felony. He was…
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A Father Asks About His Son, Transported to Van Diemen's Land, June 1844 Ohms outer cover from the Secretary of State's Office (Whitehall) together with the original enclosure, a response to the enquiry about a convict, one John Duffield. Particularly scarce. (2 items), John Duffield had been convicted at the Lent Assizes in Derby in March 1819, of sheep stealing and sentenced to death. The sentence was respited by Mr Justice Burrough on 28th April 1819 and the sentence reduced to transportation for 14…
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Escape and Re-Capture - the Life of A Convict At Port Arthur, July 1844 letter from the Chief Police Magistrate at Hobart regarding the convict Michael Ryan who had absconded 'from the Settlement at Port Arthur with no good cause'. He was recaptured seven days later, both events being advertised in the Gazette.
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N.S.W. Conditional Pardon, dated 13th July 1847 (on vellum) for Thomas Fishlock, tried and convicted at Wiltshire Assizes in March 1832 (house breaking) and sentenced to transportation for life. The pardon is signed at Government House, Sydney, by the Governor, Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, with embossed paper seal.
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Conditional Pardon For Convict William Sweeney, 1849 (January 13) pardon, headed Van Diemen's Land, granted to William Sweeney of Ireland, on the condition that 'he shall not during the said period for which the said sentence was pronounced return to of be found within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland', signed by Sir William Thomas Denison, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, on vellum and dated 9 years after Sweeney's arrival in Hobart Town aboard the convict ship…
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Crime & Punishment: Group of 5 Government blue papers, 'Convicts, 1851, Victoria', 'Returns, Penal Establishment, Pentridge, 1851', 'Police Reward Fund. Victoria 1854-5', ' Transportation. Victoria 1856', 'Regulations for the Employment of Convict Labor. Victoria 1856-7'.
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Convict Ship 'Rodney' and Saltwater River Probation Station, A small volume titled 'An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners...' By Joseph Alleine (London, The Religious Tract Society) 198pp. Endorsed on the inside front cover 'Rodney C.S. 69' and numbered '69' on the leather spine. Also endorsed on the title page 'Salt Water River Station, Nov.1853'., Also, a matching volume titled 'Memoir of Harlan Page.....' by William A Hallock (London, The Religious Tract Society) 176pp. Endorsed on the inside front cover…
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William Buckley, the Wild White Man, the Newsletter of Australasia' Number XIV - August 1857 (George Slater, Melbourne) with an engraved portrait of William Buckley by Frederick Grosse and a lengthy manuscript letter dated July 1857 and concerning the better pay and employment prospects to be found in Victoria, at the 'gold sinkings' or working as a bricklayer., William Buckley (1780-1856) was an English convict who was transported to Australia, escaped, was given up for dead, and lived in an Aboriginal…
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A Convict Who Made Good - Charles Davis of Hobart, Large advertising card for Charles Davis, Wholesale and Retail Furnishing Ironmonger, Importer of English and American Hardware, incorporating an albumen print (by the Anson Brothers) of his premises in Elizabeth Street, Hobart. Backed by a similar ornate advertisement for Calder, Bowen & Co., General Printers of Liverpool Street, Hobart. 15 x 36 cm., Davis, was born in London in 1824. He showed an early interest in shops by robbing a till in 1840, and on…
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Port Arthur: A group of (4) mounted albumen prints including 2 from the Anson Brothers Studio in Hobart. Includes views of the interior of a cell, the remains of the Commandant's carriage, the interior of the chapel and a general view of the prison buildings and officers' houses.
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C1853 Goldfields map of Victoria drawn and engraved by J.Bartholomew (Edinburgh), Unframed, 32 x 43 cm
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Gold buyer's scales from the 'Albion and Band of Hope' mine in Ballarat, circa 1863, 83 cm. Provenance: Private collection Ballarat
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Belle & Haig wax vestas in tin case, circa 1851, very rare in this condition, 5.5 cm. Provenance: Ex Montrose Cottage collection Ballarat.
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Gold buyer's scales by Degrave & Co. with set of 5 bell Troy weights and assorted lozenge weights, mid 19th century, 52 cm
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Gold miner's scales and assorted Troy weights in timber box, mid 19th century, Box 7 cm high, 35 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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Gold buyer's scales and assorted weights, circa 1850, Unusual small size, 38 cm
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Three boxed sets of gold miner's scales, mid 19th century. Provenance: Private collection Ballarat.
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Chinese hand written book on ritual and ceremony used to ward off evil spirits and demons. This book was found in a miner's cottage in Creswick Victoria. Provenance: Private collection Ballarat
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Antique glass oil lamp with original acid etched shade, black button burner marked 'Allcock & Co, Melbourne' with bayonet brass mount and flue, 19th century, 67 cm
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A collection of 'Nobel No.6' detonator tins (19), together with 3 packets of Pearson's Pumice Soup. Swedish born Alfred Bernard Nobel famed for inventing dynamite and later in life established the Nobel Prize in 1895.
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Chinese pocket banjo gold scales, mid 19th century, 33 cm
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A 19th century apothecary set in brass bound mahogany box by 'J.Walker, London', bottles labeled 'Gould & Martin Homoeopathic Chemists, 90 Collins St. East, Melbourne, 20 cm high, 27 cm wide, 17 cm deep
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A hand painted glass vase oil lamp with Duplex black button double burner, chimney and later shade, 19th century, 64 cm
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Samuel Douglas Smith Huyghue (1815-1891), The Government Camp, Ballarat 1854, Troops Arriving From Melbourne, Engraving (F.W.Niven & Co.), 13 x 20 cm
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Two sets of Chinese pocket banjo scales, 19th century, longest 30 cm. Provenance: Private collection Ballarat
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Four sets of pocket gold and apothecary scales and weights (in two separate boxes), 19th century (6). Provenance: Private collection Ballarat
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Two pocket barometers, one with leather case, 19th century, 4.5 cm diameter each
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A ruby satin glass oil lamp with original shade, 19th century, 50 cm
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A hand painted glass oil lamp with Duplex double burner and original acid etched shade, 52 cm
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A traveling deed box with lift out tray and compartments, original painted Japanned finish with gilt decoration, mid 19th century, 122 cm 142 cm wide, 32 cm deep
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Hand of Faith' Nugget replica. (In 1980, Kevin Hillier was fossicking in the forest behind the old Kingower school house when he came across the 875 ounce 'Hand of Faith' nugget. The nugget was sold to the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas for over Us$1 million and remains the largest nugget still in existence in the world today, and the largest ever found with a metal detector)., 46 cm long
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A brass oil lamp with twin burner, glass shade and chimney, 99 cm
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A fine gold nugget found near Kingower Victoria, lovely clean specimen, 133.2 grams (4.28oz)
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A gold nugget, found at Inglewood, Victoria, 54.5 grams
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A gold nugget found near Kingower Victoria, 30.75 grams
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A fine Australian gold nugget, 120 grams (4.2oz)
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Gold Nuggets: Two nuggets, 7.4g & 4.8g.
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Super Pit Display, comprising 4g gold nugget, window mounted with photo of Fimiston Open pit, known as the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, framed & glazed, overall 99 x 37 cm.
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Tulloch & Brown's Map of the Colony of Victoria Comprising part of New South Wales. Seaport and Inland Townships, the Gold Fields with the latest Discoveries, Roads, Tracks, &e. &c. 1857' (Tulloch & Brown, Melbourne, 1857) large map mounted on linen and folded into 18 sections (54 x 82 cm) contained within original cloth-covered boards with title label affixed to front cover.
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(Patterson, J.A.) 'The Gold Fields of Victoria in 1862' (Wilson & Mackinnon, Melbourne, 1862) vii, 331pp + adverts. Original cloth-covered boards bound by Detmold. Some water damage and stains. Ferguson. 13930.
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1880's Goldfield's Mining Box, found in the town of Talbot, a beautifully hand made, dove-tailed wooden box with the words 'Ballarat Holdings Gold Pty Ltd - Talbot Division' branded to the front., 52 cm high, 81 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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Chifley, Ben (Australia's 16th Prime Minister: 1945-49) full autograph on Prime Ministerial letterhead, typed message to Alfred B. Strauss (New York) together with the original addressed envelope. Also, 'John Curtin' autograph on small card. (3 items).
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Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824, 5th Governor of Australia (NSW)), signature on 1821 Land Grant for 60 Acres in Van Diemen's Land, scarce original document.
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Sir Charles Hotham (1806-55, 2nd Governor of Victoria), signature on 1854 'Victoria, Town Lot' document for the purchase of land at Geelong, with seal of Colony of Victoria, plus 1855 letter regarding a correction made to the Grant.
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John Pascoe Fawkner signed carte de visite with inscription verso and accompanying news clipping and envelope,
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Chris Watson (1867-1941, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia), nice signature on 1905 letter on 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth. Parliament House, Melbourne' letterhead. (John Christian Watson was the first Prime Minister from the Australian Labour Party, and the first Prime Minister from the labour movement in the world). The most difficult Australian Prime Minister's autograph to obtain, Watson being in office for only four months, April-August 1904
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A leather-bound 'Address & Telephone Number Book' with mss dedication 'Presented to Major S. Barclay by Old Boys of Albert Park State School.....June 23rd, 1928'. Partly used as an autograph book, the first page is headed 'Pacific Flyers' and features the original signatures of Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warren and Harry Lyon, the Australian/American crew who had just completed the first aerial crossing of the Pacific Ocean - 31st May to 9th June. The same page also features the signature…
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c1935-87 signed documents & letters, noted Victorian Premiers - Sir Harry Lawson, Stanley Argyle && John McDonald, NSW Premier Barrie Unsworth, Justices - Owen Dixon (2) & Thomas Clyne (2).
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Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), 1939 & 1942 signed letters on 'Commonwealth of Australia/ House of Representatives' letterhead.
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Australian Labor Party, poster '1891-1991 Australian Labor Party' with 7 signatures including Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Bill Hayden & Neville Wran, limited edition 62/250, framed & glazed, overall 64 x 90 cm
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White, John: 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions.' (J. Debrett, London, 1790), Quarto, with an engraved title page and 64 (of 65) engraved plates, old calf, partially rebound with replaced corners and spine. First edition: the foundation of natural history of the new colony.
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A Kangaroo', Plate 54 from John White's 'Journal of a voyage to New South Wales' (London, 1790).
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Lawrence, John: 'The New Farmer's Calendar, Or, Monthly Remembrancer, for All Kinds of Country Business: Comprehending All the Material Improvements in the New Husbandry, With the Management of Live Stock. Inscribed to the Farmers of Great Britain. By a Farmer and Breeder.' (London, H.D.Symonds, 1802) 4th edition. 554 pages, folding plan of the farm yard as frontispiece, index in rear. Octavo, owner's name stamped to Preface page.
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Cunningham, Peter (Surgeon, R.N.) 'Two Years in New South Wales, A Series of Letters, comprising sketches of the actual state of society in that Colony, of its peculiar advantages to Emigrants, of its Topography, Natural History, etc..' (Henry Colburn, London, 1827) in 2 volumes, 352 + 346 pp. Rebound with new endpapers but preseerving most of the original leather bindings, with new gilt titles to spines. Ferguson 1109.
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The Hobart Town Gazette' of Saturday, April 26, 1828. The leading article is a Proclamation by George Athur, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land and its Dependencies, namely that '....since the primary Settlement of this Colony, various acts of aggression, violence, and cruelty have been, from different causes, committed on the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the Island, by Subjects of His Majesty. And whereas, for the preventing and punishing such sanguinary, and wicked practices.....(it was)…
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The Hobart Town Gazette', complete 4-page newspaper of Saturday April 11, 1829. With the rare 'Newspaper Duty - Two Pence' crowned handstamp on front. (This tax was only levied for 2 years, from October 1827 until October 1829, when the Hobart Gazette was one of only two newspapers published. Except for this short period, Tasmanian newspapers were carried free in the post until 1889)., The recipient, 'J. Simpson, esq.' had arrived in Tasmania in 1822 aboard the 'Deveron'. The news reports include details…
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De Reinzi, M.L.-D. 'Panorama Universal. Historia De La Oceania, Ó Quinta Parte Del Mundo.' (Fomento, Barcelona, 1845) in 4 volumes, 392 + 387 + 300 + 339pp. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates and folding maps. Contemporary half-calf bindings (with defects) and new endpapers.
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Alexander McLEAY, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, Nov.1846 envelope (opened out for display) sent from Camden to Sydney with oval datestamps and signed by McLeay under the word 'Free' at lower left. McLeay was entitled to free postage when acting in his official capacity., McLeay was loved and revered by his friends and inspired the loyalty of all who worked closely with him. As a man of science his name was respected far beyond the borders of New South Wales. His share in encouraging Australian…
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A Supreme Court Trial At Melbourne, May 1846 letter from Captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury, with rectangular 'Paid At Melbourne' marking (rated at 3/9 - 3 times the basic rate) addressed to his wife, then in Sydney, with arrival backstamp. Bunbury is writing to advise that his return to Sydney has been delayed due to his involvement in a case before the Supreme Court. He is a witness to an incident wherein an employee of his has used a 'cheque' to obtain money under false pretences. The culprit, one Thomas…
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Paper and Proceedings of 'The Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land', 10 volumes ranging from 1849 to 1903/05
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Redmond Barry, (The judge who sentenced Ned Kelly to death), Breeche's Bible 1603' (London, 1604), signed by Redmond Barry and dated 1850 with 2 pages of inscriptions referring to the Colony of Victoria and Ballarat. front hinge damaged (board separated)
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Views Of Victoria 1853-4' lithographed from original drawings by Edmund Thomas & published by F.Varley, oblong red leather boards with embossed gilt title on the front, some wear to the boards, toning and foxing throughout
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Song Sheet: 'The City of Sydney Polka', (c1854), early Australian song sheet with engraved illustration of George Street, Sydney.
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Australia and the Crimean War, The Seat of the War in the East by William Simpson.' Dedicated by Permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen. First Series. (Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., London, 1855) comprising 40 full page lithographic 'sketches', bound together in one volume with the second Series (1856) comprising a further 41 lithographic full page illustrations. Red leather spine with gold titles and raised bands, gilt title to front cover., The Crimean War, in which only a handful of…
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Victoria: 'Bonwick's Port Phillip' (Melb. 1856), 'Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London 1886, Illustrated Handbook Of Victoria, Australia' (Melb.), 'Victoria And It's Metropolis' 2 volumes (Melb. 1888)
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Song Sheet: ' Advance Australia' (1859) 'the first song lithographed, and the first national song published in Victoria,...' (from notes by lyricist Eliza Postle).
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1861 Victorian 'Passage Warrant' (270 x 265 mm) with imprint 'By Authority: John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne' vertically at left, entitling a ship?s master to a payment of £14 for the carriage of two children aged 8 and 10 (apparently unaccompanied minors) from England, signed 'Lf Sullivan' Commissioner of Trade & Customs and 'J Chatfield' (?) Immigration Agent. A rare & significant document, and the only example we have seen.
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Victoria Illustrated (1862, 2nd Edition): A collection of 43 steel engravings based on drawings by S.T.Gill and Nicholas Chevalier, mostly engraved by A. Willmore. Bound without title page, the contents pages also incomplete. All engravings are present, together with the interleaving and explanatory texts, a number are affected by damp staining. Sold as a collection of plates.
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Walch's Tasmanian Almana, 8 volumes: 1864, 1866, 1876, 1877, 1881, 1893, 1913 and 1918 six penny edition
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Song Sheet: ' The Alfred March' (1867) Composed for a Reception Concert in honour of the visit to Australia by Albert, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism - No.XI' by Lieut.-General Edward Sabine, from 'P roceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1867', bound with 3 maps 'Antarctic Magnetic Survey, Epoch 1840-1845, Inclination', '..Declination' & '..Intensity'.
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Forrest, John 'Explorations in Australia…' (London, Sampson Low, 1875)., Octavo, eight plates, four folding maps, in original green cloth, gilt vignette on upper board. An important account of Forrest's successful exploring career, during which he most famously became the first person to cross the continent west to east.
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Monsters of the Deep and Curiosities of Ocean Life. A book of anecdotes, traditions, and legends.' (London, Nelson and Sons, 1876) by W.H. Davenport Adamas, based on his translation of the original by Armand Landrin. Leather-bound presentation copy with 'R.H.Budd Educational Institute for Ladies' label 'Christmas 1880' affixed to inside front cover.
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Song Sheet: ' The Waratah Blossom Waltz' (c.1879) Tasmanian composition, published by Mercury newspaper, features Tasmania's endemic species of waratah, Telopea truncata.
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Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, illustrated with Drawings by Skinner Prout & N. Chevalier' published by Virtue & Co (Melbourne), with 57 steel engravings plus Burke and Wills monument title page engraving
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Books: 'Official Handbook and Guide to Victoria. Illustrated. 1880 Exhibition Edition' (lacks map), 'The Australasian Turf Register 1897', 'The Jubilee History of Kew, Victoria' by Barnard 1910, 'The Gun Alley Tragedy' by T.C.Brennan (1922). (4 vols.).
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Song Sheets: ' The Victorian Galop' (1881/82), cover illustrates Melbourne Town Hall, plus ' Old England And The New' (1887) with cover artwork by prominent 19th century UK illustrator Alfred Concanen of an Australian stockman.
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Song Sheets: ' Unfurl The Flag' (1883) composed by Sir William Robinson (1834-1897), Governor of both WA && SA, plus ' Our Star Cross Ensign' (1908) with ealaborate back cover.
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Cricket: 'The Australians in England - A Complete Record of the Cricket Tour of 1884' Edited by Charles F. Pardon. (George Robertson & Co., London, 1884) 184pp + advertisement pages. Rebound, lacking original soft covers.
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Tasmanian real estate advertising broadsides 'Lots for Sale at Hobart on Tuesday 23rd June 1885. Copping' 36.5 x 36 cm, 'Manuka, Strahan Estate' with attached amendment, late 19th century, 57.5 x 42 cm. (2 items)
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Prisoner's Letters From Mudgee Goal, A group of (3) letters written on 'G.186' forms provided to prisoners periodically, depending on the relationship of the correspondent: 1885 (Jan.) letter from Thomas Lambert to his mother, 1896 (April) letter from Mary Mason to her mother, 1900 (June) letter from Mary Mason to her mother., Letters from female prisoners are particularly rare. In her earlier letter, Mary Mason reports that she has only a little over a month to serve 'then I will come home to live with…
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A Letter From H.M. Goal, Pentridge, 1885 (Sept.5) complete hand-written letter on prison letterhead, addressed to Mr. J. Singleton from the convicted rapist, Charles Hansen, with Coburg despatch and Melbourne arrival datestamps., Hansen (or Hansson), a Swede (although the address panel is endorsed 'Norwegian' in a different hand) who had been in prison since 1880 writes '....I am geting wary impatience in geting my leberty, as I think I was very shamfully delt with, the awydance against me was not fit to…
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The Australian Irrigation Colonies, 1888, 1 Volume
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Broinowski, Gracius J.: 'The Birds of Australia' comprising three hundred full-page illustrations...' (Charles Stuart & Co., Melbourne, 1890) in six volumes but bound together in 3 volumes. While the bindings are in poor condition most of the coloured lithographic plates are fine.
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National Australian Convention, Sydney 1891. 1. Record Of The Proceedings. 2. Record Of The Debates' printed by George Stephen Chapman, Acting Government Printer. Blue cloth boards with embossed gilt lettering on the cover and spine.
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Convict Document: 1893 Department of Prisons document for Frances Schomberg with photograph, description & offence (Causing the death of her infant son by starvation).
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