Robyn Annear (101 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are lightly tanned.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The original Bearbrass won the A.A. Phillips Award for Australian Studies in the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.'Just a little way down Collins Street, beside Henry Buck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered laneway called Equitable Place. Here you'll find a number of places to eat and drink. Settle yourself in the window of one, shut your eyes, and picture this scene of yore . . . 'In this much-loved book, Robyn Annear resurrects the village that was early Melbourne - from the arrival of white settlers in 1835 until the first gold rushes shook the town - and brings it to life in vivid colour.Bearbrass was one of the local names by which Melbourne was known and Annear provides a fascinating living portrait of the streetlife of this town. In a lively and engaging style, she overlays her reinvention of Bearbrass with her own impressions and experiences of the modern city, enabling Melburnians and visitors to imagine the early township and remind themselves of the rich history that lies beneath today's modern metropolis.The original Bearbrass won the A.A. Phillips Award for Australian Studies in the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.' . . . Annear writes with an historian's eye for detail and a flair for ironic observation. An affectionate journey, rich in detail and character.' The Age 'Just a little way down Collins Street, beside Henry Buck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered laneway called Equitable Place. Here you'll find a number of places to eat and drink. Settle yourself in the window of one, shut your eyes, and picture this scene of yore . Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This is a book about the making - and remaking - of a city.The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992). Its famous sign - 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble - was a laconic masterpiece and served as a vital sign of the city's progress. It's no stretch to say that over three generations, the Whelan family changed the face of Melbourne, demolishing hundreds of buildings in the central city alone.In A City Lost and Found, Robyn Annear uses Whelan's demolition sites as portals to explore layers of the city laid bare by their pick-axes and iron balls. Peering beneath the rubble, she brings to light fantastic stories about Melbourne's building sites and their many incarnations. This is a book about the making - and remaking - of a city.'Old landmarks fall in nearly every block . . . and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain.' Herald, 1925. 'Old landmarks fall in nearly every block . and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain.' - Herald, 1925. The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Take a walk through Melbourne's streets and discover a world of fascinating historical tidbits with renowned writer and history buff Robyn Annear.Melbourne's streets have always been marvellous-but the proud facades of the nineteenth-century boom aren't the half of it.What about the stories behind them?The great corset scandal of Melbourne's belle epoque;The heritage-listed toilets out the back of the Rialto;The exploits of the women who ran the brothels in Little Lonsdale Street;The reason George Mallaby starred in Homicide wearing a hat two sizes too small.This book contains a series of walks created by Robyn Annear to showcase the hidden histories we might scurry past every day, the buildings now gone and the extraordinary characters who inhabited them.Charming, erudite and frankly gossipy, Annear's highly entertaining guide to Melbourne past and present need not be experienced on the move. But whether you enjoy it from a tram stop or an armchair, Adrift in Melbourne will inspire you to unleash your inner fl neur on the lurking surprises of this great city.'Quite frankly, reading anything written by Robyn Annear is a complete joy.I consider this book essential reading for anyone who loves Melbourne.' Readings'Robyn Annear is the perfect guide for this city tour, comprising seven walks (which can be done on foot or in your armchair).There's a gallery of characters too, but none more interesting than the city itself.' Age/SMH'An unexpected delight. Annear writes history with a smile but with a deadly acerbic stare.On this tour of Melbourne we are in the best possible hands.' Gregory Day, Saturday Paper'An entertaining romp and joyous celebration of a city that keeps on giving.' North Melbourne Books Take a walk through Melbournes streets and discover a world of fascinating historical tidbits with renowned writer and history buff Robyn Annear. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Beloved Melbourne historian Robyn Annear takes us on an unorthodox tour of the city's streets and corners, telling stories about the events and people that have made these the most interesting places to be.What better defines a city than its street corners? A corner gives you a starting point, a destination and a place to turn. It's furnished with pillar boxes, newsstands and tram stops, and lamp-posts for light and lounging. Where would you be likeliest to find a pub? At the corner, of course.And who better than Robyn Annear to usher you around the corners of Melbourne, and reveal their bizarre, baroque and mostly forgotten stories?In this (appropriately corner-shaped) book she will introduce you to:street-corner 'galvanisers' who offered the thrill of electric shock at threepence a timethe rude boys of the Fitzroy back streets who became the original 'larrikins'infants named for the corners on which they'd been abandoneda rogues' gallery of unruly women, incorrigible men and runaway horses.and, of course, the civic reprobates who discarded orange peel in the streets, to the risk of life and limb.'Annear tackles her sprawling subject matter with her trademark wit and her knack for singling out the perfect historical reference.' Age'An unexpected delight. Annear writes history with a smile but with a deadly acerbic stare.On this tour of Melbourne we are in the best possible hands.' Saturday Paper'The most amazing stories that we do not know about.Absolutely fascinating.' JOY 94.9'Corners of Melbourne is overflowing with encounters. These are evoked with gusto and brilliance and a depth of understanding of the zeitgeist of the time.Anyone with a love of history or an interest in Melbourne will find this book enthralling.' ArtsHub Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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paperback. Condition: Good. The covers have some creases. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Suppose that you could travel back in time to a Melbourne city street from 150 years ago or even longer. What might meet your eye that has eluded historys gaze?Shutter City presents city street views spanning the hurly-burly decades of the 1850s to 1870s, between the gold rushes and Marvellous Melbourne. Robyn Annear peers into every shadowy corner to reveal postcard streetscapes as miraculous time-capsules, packed with hidden-in-plain-sight historical detail. Her discoveries she calls them sparks illuminate and decode each of Shutter Citys street views. Among the sightings: barbers poles, drinking fountains, the three gilded balls of a pawnbrokers sign, gleaming white cups at a coffee stall, street-vendors carts, neighbourhood dogs (and a cat), assorted ghosts, and ladders lots of ladders. Let Shutter City be your time-machine and Robyn Annear your guide: her lively and insightful commentary weaves the street views and their sparks into a vivid narrative of a near-forgotten Melbourne and the photographers who captured it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. Clear plastic contact to cover. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 350 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1877008176. ISBN/EAN: 9781877008177. Dewey Code: 364.1630941. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB14550. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

hard cover with dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with black and white drawings and maps. 22 cm. 268 pages Near fine book in near fine dust jacket, as new condition.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, and within a year the infant colony was transformed from a sump for convicts to a Land of Opportunity.Robyn Annear's lively history describes in detail life on the diggings: the mud of winter and dust of summer, the pluckiness of the women and children, the grog shanties, the flies, the mania of mining, the despair and the delirium, and the much hated licensing system which was to culminate in the Eureka Stockade.'Robyn Annear tells the story of the 1852 gold rushes in imaginative detail.she tells us how it felt to be there. You find yourself worrying about the problems long ago resolved, sharply aware of the gold diggers' hopes and ordeals, diverted by the high comedy of a chaotic life. Like all good narratives, it looks easy because it is so easily read and enjoyed.She makes a mosaic out of small moments of experience.The physical realities of the diggings are evoked, with all the ingenious ways of managing tent space, cooking, guarding gold, finding feed for horses, keeping off wind and rain, ants and mice.' Brenda Niall Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Robyn Annear, Walker Books Australia. A fictionalised account of the Eureka stockade battle. The diggers took made a stand against license fees and police harassment. They took up arms, built a stockade and swore to defend themselves. When government troops stormed the Eureka stockade the battle last just twenty minutes, but it changed Australia forever. Paperback.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.