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.
General Titles
Southern Highlands NEW
Celebrate the Tulip Time Festival in the Southern Highlands with this beautiful hardback book. Southern Highlands a photographic tribute is the second photograpic tribute from photographer Dee Kramer and presented by Kingsclear Books, and is in
full
colour with 100 striking images.
RRP $14.95 plus $7.00 postage. Available in both hardback and softback.
ISBN 978-0-9807255-3-7
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Illawarra:
a photographic tribute NEW EDITION
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. Illawarra: a photographic tribute is 64 pages, full
colour with 100 striking images by local photographer Dee Kramer. RRP is
$14.95. Available in both hardback and softback.
ISBN 978-0-9807255-4-4
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Sydney Good
Walks Guide
Sydney Good Walks Guide is now 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. This book is reasonably priced at $19.95, portable and a pleasing
insight into the hidden Sydney we all want to find on a Sunday afternoon.
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.
She is
the author of several histories of Sydney suburbs including St George, Pittwater, Lavender Bay to the Spit, Canterbury Bankstown and Sutherland
Shire. RRP $19.95 plus $7.00 postage.
ISBN 978-0-908272-89-1
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North Under Steam 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.
A comprehensive collection of over 200 previously unpublished colour and
black and white images portray subjects ranging from suburban passenger
working, including evocative scenes of pre modern Newcastle, to parallel
running on the bustling quad tracks to Maitland, the belated introduction
of the "Pigs" on main north mail working, high performance locomotive 3616
at work, Werris Creek goods and wheat traffic, recall of the 59 class to
the short north coast, the Newdell coal trains, Muswellbrook local traffic,
and much more.
With glimpses of privately owned locomotives and latter day heritage operations,
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.
North
Under Steam is available direct from Kingsclear Books for the NEW price of $29.95 plus $7.00
postage return.
Available also at the Australian Railway Historical Society Central bookshop.
See the links page for interesting railway sites on the web.
ISBN 978-0-908272-90-7
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Appin The Story
of a Macquarie Town
This is a fascinating overview of the history
of the township from Aboriginal to modern times. Located between Bulli and
Campbelltown, Appin is well known to many travellers who picnic in its park
on their journey east or west. Settled by Europeans in 1811, the town retains
a number of sandstone buildings from the 1840s and 1850s. It was largely
agricultural, regarded for some years as the granary of NSW. Another industry
was dairy farming with some mixed farming.
Appin played a significant role in supplying water for the ever growing
needs of Sydney, with the construction of the picturesque Cataract Dam which
was completed in 1907. The Water Board owns much of the rural catchment
area surrounding Appin.
Appin Colliery was one of the first mines in Australia to introduce longwall
mining, and the need to reduce methane emissions from the coal seams has
lead to the production of electricity as another industry. BHP Billiton
Illawarra Coal mines the area extensively.
Anne-Maree Whitaker is the author of Pictorial
History of South Sydney; Much Writing, Many Opinions: the making of the
Royal Australian Historical Society 1901 to 2001; Joseph Foveaux: Power
and Patronage in Early NSW; Distracted Settlement: New South Wales after
Bligh. The book retails for $19.95.
ISBN 0-908272-53-7
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Wollongong's
Native Trees
If you want to know any tree that is in the Wollongong district or even
the surrounding areas then this is the book for you. All descriptions have
photographs to accompany them and all are set out for ease of identification.
By Leon Fuller. black & white. 338 pages. $16.50 plus $7 postage (includes
GST). ISBN 0-908272-39-1
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The Witch of Kings Cross
Rosaleen
Norton was Australia's first prominent witch, and in the 1950s she was
known across the country as 'the Witch of Kings Cross'. She was a colourful,
bohemian figure whose art was as controversial as her magical vocation.
Rosaleen was a renegade from mainstream society, criticised for her bizarre
sexual practices and in later life engulfed in the scandal surrounding
musical conductor Sir Eugene Goossens. From today's perspective she stands
as an independent and creative thinker, and also an important forerunner
of the contemporary Witchcraft movement.
This biography is the only detailed account of her life and magical beliefs, and also provides an evaluation of her artistic and magical practices.
First published in 1988 as Pan's Daughter, this revised edition contains a substantial amount of previously unpublished material.
Written by Nevill Drury. 144 pages, black & white. A4 format. $24.95 plus
$7 postage (includes GST). ISBN 0-908272-71-5
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Crime Titles
Murder!
25 True Australian Crimes
True crime is a growth industry around the world and the public’s
fascination with it seems inexhaustible. Witness the news headlines, the
volume of television dramas, the Chopper sensation, Blue Murder ... Where
is Donald McKay’s body. Who killed Huckstepp?
In relating these crime stories the sensational is avoided and the gory
details are not dwelled upon. Many of the events are set against a social
or historical backdrop of their time, adding a different dimension to
the case.
Alan Sharpe and Vivien Encel are both published authors. Crime historian
Alan Sharpe is well known. Vivien Encel is a Perth based writer.
$19.95 plus $7 postage (includes GST).
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St Vincent's Hospital 1857 - 2007 150 Years of Charity, Care and
Compassion is a new pictorial history published to celebrate the
sesquicentenary of St Vincent's Hospital, the first Catholic hospital in
Australia. It tells the story of St Vincent's from the departure of its
founders, the Sisters of Charity, from Dublin in 1838 and their mission
and achievements, to the present day. With over 300 colour and black and
white photographs, it is a beautifully designed and presented narrative
about the Sisters of Charity, the doctors and nurses, the buildings, the
patients and the medical achievements of this historic Sydney institution.
It chronicles the milestones, significant events, personalities and anecdotes
for each twenty five year period from 1857 to 2007.
Author Dr Anne-Maree Whitaker is a committee member of the Royal Australian
Historical Society, and has written several books in the pictorial history
series including Pictorial History South Sydney, and Pictorial History
Marrickville.
Hardback, colour and black & white, with 212 pages.
$35.00 plus $7 postage (includes GST). Normal trade discounts apply.
ISBN 978-0-908272-88-4
Hunter Valley
Bushwalks (currently out of print)
In the famous Hunter Valley
you can stand in the snow and cast your eyes to coastal sand dunes and the
ocean. You can explore world class wilderness on a track that leads straight
into the heart of Australia's largest city. Here you can see some of the
biggest and oldest grass trees in the country. The Hunter Valley region
stretches from Forster to Wiseman's Ferry, from Newcastle to the Goulburn
River. It is amazing. In these 50 walks (all accompanied by maps) ranging
from one hour to one month, Hunter Valley
Bushwalks covers the diversity of the region.
By Greg Powell. black & white. 172 pages. $21.95 plus $7 postage (includes GST).
Happy Days The Blue Mountains Guesthouses Remembered (currently
out of print)
Can you remember what those guesthouses were like when you were a child?
Lots of people have heard about the Carrington and the Cleveland, but what
about the California and the Clarendon? Here we go back in time to when
the guesthouses were thriving and the people of Sydney would travel to the
Blue Mountains and spend their holidays in one of these idyllic retreats.
By Gwen Silvey. full colour. 134 pages. A4 size. $26.50 plus $7 postage (includes GST).
Jenolan Caves When the Tourists Came
(currently
out of print)
A look at how Jenolan Caves came to be a tourist destination. We see how the tourists would catch a coach to view the caves when were not lit as they are today.
By Julia Horne. black & white. 72 pages. $10.95 plus $7 postage (includes GST).
Guide to the Gardens of the Blue Mountains A seasonal guide to 50 gardens open to the public
(currently out of print)
Shows you the best gardens to see and when to see them including a full colour
photograph of each garden to make your choices easier.
By Catherine Warne. full colour. 32 pages. A4 size.