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1. Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.

Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.
Creator:
Sweet, Robert, 1783–1835
Date:
1827-28
Physical Description:
[114] pages, 56 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Narrative of a voyage from Sydney to Torres' Straits, in search of the survivors of the Charles Eaton : in His Majesty's colonial schooner, Isabella, C.M. Lewis, commander / by William Edward Brockett.

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Creator:
Brockett, William Edward
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
54 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. South Australia and its mines : with an historical sketch of the colony, under its several administrations, to the period of Captain Grey's departure / by Francis Dutton.

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Creator:
Dutton, Francis, 1816–1877
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
x, 361 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Kanga Creek : an Australian idyll / by Havelock Ellis.

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Creator:
Ellis, Havelock, 1859–1939
Date:
MCMXXII [1922]
Physical Description:
[7], 10-68, [2] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822. By Captain Phillip P. King ... With an appendix, containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history ...

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Creator:
King, Philip Parker, 1793–1856
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part fold.) 2 fold. maps. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. What I heard, saw and did at the Australian gold fields / by C. Rudston Read.

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Creator:
Read, C. Rudston
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
viii, 327 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Savage life and scenes in Australia and New Zealand : being an artist's impressions of countries and people at the Antipodes ... / by George French Angas.

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Creator:
Angas, George French, 1822–1886
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Journal of an overland expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington ... during the years 1844-1845. By Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt ...

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Creator:
Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813–1848
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
xx, 544 p. front., plates, 3 fold. maps. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The first fleet : the record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement of Sydney cove / compiled from the original documents in the Public Record office, with extracts from the log-books of H.M.S. Sirius and an introduction and notes, by Owen Rutter ; forward by the Hon. B.S.B. Stevens, M.L.A., Premier of New South Wales ; five engravings by Peter Barker-Mill.

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Date:
1937
Physical Description:
149, [3] pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. New South Wales : supplement to the work of Foreign field sports.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
[18] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Australia : a popular account of its physical features, inhabitants, natural history and productions : with the history of its colonization ...

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Creator:
Angas, George French, 1822–1886
Date:
[1865]
Physical Description:
viii, 365, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Australia as it really is, in its life, scenery, & adventure: with the character, habits, and customs of its aboriginal inhabitants, and the prospects and extent of its gold fields. By F. Eldershaw ...

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Creator:
Eldershaw, F
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
270 p. front. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A sense of spaces / Sophie Elson ; text by Australian writer David Malouf.

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Creator:
Elson, Sophie
Date:
1998
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([6] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 20 x 74 cm. folded to 20 x 19 cm. attached to boards 21 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Tate Adams : tropical wood-engravings.

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Creator:
Adams, Tate, 1922–
Date:
1997
Physical Description:
1 booklet (15 p.) + 1 portfolio (5 loose leaves of plates) : ill. ; 37 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The picture of Sydney and strangers' guide in New South Wales for 1838 : embellished with forty-three engravings of the public buildings and picturesque land and water views in and near Sydney

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Creator:
Maclehose, James
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
viii, 188 p., [22] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts