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 2009

Pictorial History Manly covers the history of the municipality from Aboriginal settlement to modern times. Manly has always been the beauty spot of Sydney where millions of visitors have travelled to get away from the city life. ‘Seven miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care’. These two editions of the history of Manly in 200 black and white photographs, many never before published, cover all the suburbs of the area and give a delightful remembrance of tourists from the 1850s onwards. more

 

Pictorial History Southern Highlands by well-known local author Linda Emery covers the history of the shire from Aboriginal settlement to modern times. Each township and locality is recorded in words and black and white photographs. The two editions of the book in limp and in hardback have 200 black and white photographs, many never before published. The books are a delightful record of early pioneering from the 1800s onwards. It is a lovely nostalgic book full of romantic images and a history of one of New South Wales’ most popular tourist destinations. more

 

From our catalogue

Illawarra The Illawarra 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. Wollongong visitors can dine at Belmore Basin and get views of the coast from Flagstaff Point. Travelling south, the town of Kiama offers accommodation in a semi-rural setting. Shellharbour is a great weekend getaway and Gerringong is lovely for camping, fishing and walking. more

 

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. more

other histories

 

Sydney Good Walks Guide by well-known local author Joan Lawrence is now in its fourth edition. It covers all the 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. more

 

 

 

 

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.
It has a comprehensive collection of over 200 previously unpublished colour and black and white images. more

 

 

 

 

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