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POPULAR TITLES

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Barker, Susan and McCaskill, Murray (eds)

Exploring the Barossa
RGSSA, Adelaide 2005.
Colour illustrations
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14.00
15.90

Barker, Susan, Heathcote, Les and Ward, Brian (eds)

Discover the Barossa
RGSSA, Adelaide 2003.
80 p. Colour illustrations
Members
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13.50
13.65

Barker Susan and McCaskill Murray (eds)

Discover Kangaroo Island
RGSSA, Adelaide 1999.
80p, colour illustrations
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13.50
15.00

Bonython, C Warren

Walking the Flinders Ranges
RGSSA, Adelaide 2000.
223 p, colour illustrations
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13.50
15.00

Barker Susan, McCaskill Murray and Ward Brian

Explore the Flinders Ranges
RGSSA (SA), Adelaide 1995
204 p, illustrated
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13.50
15.00

Blandy Roslyn

Sources for genealogy held in the Library of the RGSSA (SA)
21 p
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0.50

Brock Daniel George

Recollections of DGB 1843: Rural rides in South Australia. Edited and with introduction by Ken Peake-Jones. 1981 62 p ill maps
Standard edition:
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Brown, Anthony J

Ill-Starred Captains: Flinders & Baudin
Adelaide, 2000 512 p, colour ill & charts
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45.00

Peake-Jones Ken

The branch without a tree: the centenary history of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch) Inc. 1885-1985
1985. 208 p ill map

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Deluxe edition:
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Macdonald Bruce

Filling in the Maps. A Cameo of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch)
Supplement to SA Year Book 1995
30 p ill maps

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5.00
6.50

 

 

 

Catalogue of the York Gate Libray Exhibition, in the centenary year 2008
The catalogue is in full colour 
16 p ill

 

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GREETINGS CARDS

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Gill S T

Flinders Ranges
Full colour reproduction of painting depicting scene near Woolundunga c 1865-70
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0.95

 

VIDEOS

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RGSSA

Painted Hills 1995-96
Lake Eyre South Scientific Study
Duration 14 mins
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18.00
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RGSSA

Archaeological Excavation at Olympic Dam
Lake Eyre South Scientific Study
Duration 11 mins
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18.00
20.00

 

MAPS & ETCHINGS

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 Basedow, Herbert,

Map: Geological map of the Western Rivers District - from The Proceedings Vol (16) 1914-15

Photocopies on request through the RGSSA Librarian at current rates of photocopying

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POA
Nixon, F.R., 

Etchings: Eight views of Adelaide on one sheet, Reprinted from Nixon's Twelve views in Adelaide and vicinity 1845:-

Frome Bridge

Government House and part of North Terrace

Hindley Street looking west

Klemzig (German settlement on the River Torrens)

Part of Adelaide from the N.W.

Port Adelaide (The Port)

The S.A. Co's mill on the River Torrens, N view

St John's Church

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2.50

3.50

Stanley, H.J., (RN) Map: Proposed breakwater at marion Bay S.A.

Photocopies on request through the RGSSA Librarian at current rates of photocopying

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LEAFLETS

    RGSSA                    Flinders Ranges Bush Walks

                                    A set of 12 self guided walks - photocopies only

                                    Photocopies on request through the RGSSA Librarian

                                    at current rates of photocopying

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Bonython C Warren and Fraser A Stewart

The great filling of Lake Eyre in 1974
1989 120 p
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Lake Eyre South Monograph Series,
Slaytor WJH (editor)


 

 

 

Vol 1 - Mammals and reptiles
By Read JL and Owens HM
209 p, colour illustrations

Vol 2 - Vegetation
By Badman FJ and Brock BJ
238 p, colour illustrations

Vol 3 - Birds
By Badman FJ and Brock BJ
82 p, colour illustrations

Vol 5 - The Story behind the Landscape
By Krieg GW, Alley NF , Pledge NS , Sibenaler XP, Cobrzinski I And Armstrong D
100 p, colour illustrations

 

 

Vol  6 - Archaeology of the Lake Eyre South Region

The volume, which is volume 6 in the series, has two parts:

Part 1, The Archaeology of the Lake Eyre South Area, by Philip Hughes and Peter Hiscock

Part 2, Archaeological Excavations at Olympic Dam, South Australia, by Scott Mitchell

72p, colour illustrations, map  

Vol 7 - Pastoral History
By Gee P
131 p, colour illustrations

Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 -

 

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18.15 Vol 6, $13.50 Members and $18.15 Non Members

 

BOOKS AND REPRINTS

 

Allan Robert J

The Australian Summer Monsoon flooding in the Lake Eyre Basin

 (SA Geographical Papers No 2)
1985 48 p maps - out of print
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2.50
3.00

Boyd William E (photographs by John R Dodson)

A pollen flora of the native plants of South Australia and southern Northern Territory

 (SA Geographical Papers No 3)
1993 212 p 17 plates - out of print
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20.00
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Harvey Nick *

Environmental Impact Statements for Major Projects in SA 1982-1994

 (SA Geographical Papers No 4)
1995 11 p
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12.00
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Smith, Derek L and Foale, Maxwell R

Information, Understanding and Wisdom - The Case of Flooding and Dryland Salinisation in the Upper South East of South Australia

 (SA Geographical Papers No. 5)
1998 51p maps
Members
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15.00
17.00

Jenkin, Thomas J.R.,

Place, Image and Environmental Conflict: World Heritage and the Lake Eyre Basin

 (SA Geographical Papers No. 6)
2001 80p  illustrations
Members and Non Members

12.50

Harvey, Nick, and Clarke, Beverley,

The changing role of environmental impact assessment under the South Australian Development Act 1994 to 2005

(SA Geographical Papers No. 7)

146pp

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Kreig, Terry,

Walking on Eyre

Terrence B Kreig, 2002

colour plates and map

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20.00

25.00

Historical Memorials Committee

Annual Report 1944-45
Includes information and photographs of the Leichhardt centenary memorial tablets
Reprints 1945 15 p photos
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1.50

Lake Eyre Committee

Lake Eyre , South Australia : the great flooding of 1949-50
1955 75 p fol map photos diagrams
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2.50
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Macdonald B and Rymill A

Penola Commemorative Biographies: The Explorers Penola Branch of National Trust of SA 1996 92 p
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10.00

Magarey A T

Aboriginal water quest
Reprint 1895 15 p
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1.50

Mander-Jones Phillis *

Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch) Inc
1981 54 p ill
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12.00
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Marshall Ann *

Desert becomes downs
From Proceedings Vol 12 1972
12 p Reprint
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1.00

May Phillip

California gold - the evolution of the placer mine industry
Reprint 1970 16 p ill
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1.00

Newland Simpson

The Sino-Japanese conflict: an analysis
6 p
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0.50

RGSSA

Handbook for members of the Elder Scientific Expedition 1891
Facsimile 1991
67 p maps and illustrations
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10.00
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RGSSA

The Society's collection of early maps
4 p
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0.20

RGSSA

Student Bibliographies
1991
A set of four:

   No 1. B Herschel Babbage

·              No 2. John McDouall Stuart

·                                       (out of stock)

·              No 3. John McKinlay

·               No 4. Charles Sturt

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4.00
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Harris, Colin R.,

Towards an historical perspective

From the Proceedings Vol. 78 1977.

Symposium on National parks 1977

15p maps and tables

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1.00

Healey, John (ed)

S.A.’s Greats; the men and women of the North Terrace plaques

Historical Society of South Australia 2002

184p, ill.

Members and Non Members

11.95

Wells L

Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7
Hesperian Press, 1993 Facsimile edition 62 p and map
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30.00
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PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS

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Pitt George H and McLellan John

Index to the Proceedings Vol 1-40 (1885-1939)
Royal Geographical Society (SA Branch)
1944
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2.00
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RGSSA

Index to the Proceedings Vol 41-80 (1940-1979)
Royal Geographical Society (SA Branch)
1997
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12.00
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RGSSA

Journal:- Index consolidated 1885 1979 and

Index 1885 to 2000 available soon

Enquires to the Society’s Office mailto:admin@rgssa.org.au

 

RGSSA

SA Geographical Journal:

From Vol 90 (1990) to 93 (1994)

Vol 95 (1996) to 99(2000)

Vol 100 (2001) to 105 (2006)

 A hard copy of a consolidated electronic index Vol 1 -100 is  available, price on application, or view the index here.



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Volumes of the Proceedings prior to Vol 90 may be obtained from:

Michael Treloar, Bookseller,
196 North Terrace, ( opp. State Library)
Adelaide 5000
Telephone: 61 8 8223 1111