Kingsclear Books

Kingclear Books is a small but diverse Sydney based publisher. Our catalogue covers a wide spectrum from photographic histories of Sydney suburbs to health books, crime books and tourist books.

New Books

North Under Steam is a finely illustrated account of the closing chapter of Government steam operations in northern New South Wales, with introductory reflections on key locomotives, from the much loved and ever versatile "Nannies", to the massive Beyer Garratt articulated locomotives that were greeted with scepticism but emerged as saviours. With a comprehensive collection of over 200 previously unpublished colour and black and white images, this book surveys more than 40 years of steamworking in northern New South Wales. North Under Steam is a unique archival record of a bygone era, and is a must for the railway historian, modeller and enthusiast. It makes an ideal gift for anyone with fond memories of the age of steam. more

Illawarra: a photographic tribute explores the Illawarra area which is 80 kilometres from Sydney. Visitors can enjoy breathtaking views from the escarpment or take the coastal drive through the Royal National Park. The new Sea Cliff Bridge is a gateway to the coastal towns of north Wollongong, rich with coal mining history. It has 64 pages of full colour with 100 striking images by local photographer Dee Kramer. more

Sydney Good Walks Guide is in its fourth edition. It covers all municipalities in Sydney with over 190 walks in bushland, coastlines, historic precincts and harbourside and river walks. All walks have distance, pace, time, how to get there, a map and a detailed description of the features of the walk.
Joan Lawrence is a walking expert having taken people on Sydney walks with the WEA for 20 years. Joan has also written many books on walks in the Rocks, Balmain, the Lower North Shore and the Eastern Suburbs. more

The Pictorial History of Sydney Suburbs

Pictorial History Wollongong covers the history of the city from Aboriginal to modern times. Located south of Helensburgh and the Royal National Park, Wollongong was first sighted by Captain Cook in 1770. The area was settled by various Aboriginal groups one of which encountered Bass and Flinders when they were beached north of Lake Illawarra. When coal mining became widespread along the escarpment, small villages emerged around the pit heads and later along the south road. By the early twentieth century Wollongong was a thriving town which grew into a city with post-war migration in the 1950s. more