The Rigby Sketchbook Series

This series of about 175 titles was published from 1966 to about 1982 by Rigby Publishers Limited. The one hundredth book in the series was the Carlton & Parkville Sketchbook in 1976. The book was issued with a removable purple band tucked inside the front and back covers announcing "100th SKETCHBOOK - celebrating the 100th publication in this Rigby series". Thank you David McKinlay for pointing this out.

All Rigby editions were published in hardcover and were octavo (8vo) with the exception of a dozen titles which were oblong quarto (ob 4to).

Some titles were later republished by others in either softcover or hardback.

Most of the sketches depict buildings in Australian towns. A vignette accompanies each drawing.

In 1975 the main office of Rigby Limited was located at 30 North Terrace, Kent Town, South Australia. Later, there was a furniture and homewares store at that address.

Presented here are three lists of Rigby Sketchbooks. The first is intended as a complete list, the second is of titles that are referred to from time to time but I doubt were published, and the last list provides details of the four omnibus editions.

The following list is believed to be a complete list of all the Rigby Sketchbook Series in title sequence. It not include the dubious titles

Drawings by	Text by	Title, publication dates and errata	State or Country
McLeod, Jeanette	Lamshed, Max	Adelaide Sketchbook 1967, 1st rev ed 1978, 2nd rev ed 1981	South Australia
McLeod, Jeanette	Lamshed, Max	Adelaide Hills Sketchbook 1971, reprinted 1972, 1974	South Australia
Wroth, Bruce	Wilson, Helen H	Albany Sketchbook 1975	Western Australia
Meikle, Annette	Carroll, Brian	Albury - Wodonga Sketchbook 1977	Victoria/New South Wales
Chandler, Colin	Kirke, Wendy	Alice Springs Sketchbook 1977	Norhern Territory
Berry, Peg	Chinner, Barry	Angaston Sketchbook 1976	South Australia
White, Unk	Holcroft, M H	Auckland Sketchbook 1969	New Zealand
Emanuel, Cedric	Clarke, M I	Australian Horses Sketchbook 1975, ob 4to Note: This title can be confused with "Australian Horses" by Cedric Emanuel, also published by Rigby in 1975 (12 sketches, 28 pages).	Australia
Slevin, Alan	Slevin, Alan	Australian Ships Sketchbook 1972, ob 4to	Australia
Wroth, Bruce	Wilson, Helen H	Avon Valley Sketchbook 1977	Western Australia
Hawley, Graham	Bechervaise, John	Ballarat Sketchbook 1977, revised 1982	Victoria
White, Unk	Bechervaise, John	Ballarat and Western Goldfields Sketchbook 1970	Victoria
Emanuel, Cedric	Ruhen, Olaf	Balmain Sketchbook 1975	New South Wales
McLeod, Jeanette	Thiele, Colin	Barossa Valley Sketchbook 1968	South Australia
Wroth, Bruce	Cogan, Morva	Bassendean and Guildford Sketchbook 1976	Western Australia
Phile, Stephen	Webb, Judith	Bathurst Sketchbook 1975	New South Wales
Bacon, Richard	Woodberry, Joan	Battery Point (Tasmania) Sketchbook 1978	Tasmania
Hawley, Graham	Davidson, Rodney	Beechworth Sketchbook 1972	Victoria
White, Unk	Bechervaise, John	Bendigo and Eastern Goldfields Sketchbook 1970	Victoria
White, Unk	Bechervaise, John	Blue Mountains Sketchbook 1971	New South Wales
Gamble, Allan	Phillips, Valmai	Botany Bay Sketchbook 1977	New South Wales
Morant, Julia	Green, O S	Box Hill Sketchbook 1978	Victoria
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Preston, James	Brighton Sketchbook 1974	Victoria
Berry, Peg	Branson, V M	Brighton and Seacliff Sketchbook 1975	South Australia
White, Unk	Newell, Peter	Brisbane Sketchbook 1967	Queensland
Beck, Frank	McLean, Donald	Broken Hill Sketchbook 1968	New South Wales
Wroth, Bruce	Vines, Freda	Bunbury and Busselton Sketchbook 1975	Western Australia
Perry, Maurice	Auhl, Ian	Burra Sketchbook 1969, reprinted 1970,1972,1973; reprinted (paperback) by Investigator Press 1982.	South Australia
Emanuel, Cedric	Watling, Pamela	Cairns Sketchbook 1976, Published in Cairns' Centenary Year 1876-1976	Queensland
Beasley, Bill	Carroll, Brian	Camberwell Sketchbook 1978	Victoria
White, Unk	Luck, Peter	Canberra Sketchbook 1968	Australian Capital Territory
Beasley, Bill	McKinlay, Brian	Carlton and Parkville Sketchbook 1976. The one hundredth  Rigby sketchbook to be published.	Victoria
Beasley, Bill	Bechervaise, John	Castlemaine Sketchbook 1979	Victoria
Emanuel, Cedric	Roberts, Dale	Cedric Emanuel's Canberra Sketchbook 1976, ob 4to	Australian Capital Territory
Emanuel, Cedric	McKay, Andrew	Cedric Emanuel's Melbourne Sketchbook 1976, ob 4to	Victoria
Emanuel, Cedric	Thompson, Patricia	Cedric Emanuel's Paddington Sketchbook 1975, ob 4to	New South Wales
Emanuel, Cedric	van Sommers, Tess	Cedric Emanuel's Parramatta Sketchbook 1977, ob 4to Later, about 1980, republished as Historic Parramatta by the Parramatta City Council.	New South Wales
Emanuel, Cedric	van Sommers, Tess	Cedric Emanuel's Sydney Sketchbook 1974, ob 4to	New South Wales
Emanuel, Cedric	van Sommers, Tess	Cedric Emanuel's Sydney Harbour Sketchbook 1976 ob 4to, republished by Lansdowne 1997, softcover	New South Wales
White, Unk	Holcroft, M H	Christchurch Sketchbook 1968	New Zealand
Phillips, Arthur	Branson, V M	Clare and District Sketchbook 1975, revised edition 1976	South Australia
Brodie, Bill	McKinlay, Brian	Collingwood and Fitzroy Sketchbook 1978	Victoria
Haddon, George	McKay, Andrew	Collins Street Sketchbook 1975	Victoria
Angus, Don	Hayes, Joy	Dandenongs Sketchbook 1970, reprinted 1973	Victoria
Jopson, Kevin	Newell, Peter	Darling Downs Sketchbook 1972, reprinted 1976	Queensland
Roberts, Ainslie	Lockwood, Kim	Darwin Sketchbook 1970, reprinted 1974	Norhern Territory
Hawley, Graham	McKinlay, Brian	Diamond Valley Sketchbook 1973	Victoria
Lawrence, Jon	Hornadge, Bill	Dubbo Sketchbook 1980	New South Wales
(various)	Carroll, Brian	Early Melbourne Sketchbook 1977, ob 4to	Victoria
Emanuel, Cedric	van Sommers, Tess	Early Sydney Sketchbook First published by Rigby 1978; subsequently published by the Royal Australian Historical Society in 1983 (paperback) and Hutchinson in 1984.	New South Wales
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Blyth, Ian	Echuca Sketchbook 1978	Victoria
Dove, Victor	Dove, Victor	Fiji Sketchbook 1970	Fiji
Lawrence, Jon	Lawrence, Terri	Forbes and Parkes Sketchbook 1978	New South Wales
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Frost, Russell	Frankston and Mount Eliza Sketchbook First published by Rigby in 1976; subsequently published in 1989 by Loch Haven Books	Victoria
Wroth, Bruce	Ward, Kirwan	Fremantle Sketchbook 1974, reprinted 1976	Western Australia
Perry, Maurice	Auhl, Ian	Gawler Sketchbook 1973; subsequently published in 1982 by Investigator Press	South Australia
Norman, Desmond	Blake, L J	Geelong Sketchbook 1971	Victoria
Rohan, Peter	Wilson, Helen H	Geraldton Sketchbook 1976	Western Australia
Norman, Desmond	Austin. K A	Gippsland Sketchbook 1975	Victoria
McLeod, Jeanette	Mudie, Ian	Glenelg Sketchbook 1974; Sketches on pages 23 and 49 are transposed	South Australia
Nicholas, Mike	Small, Sir Bruce	Gold Coast Sketchbook 1981	Queensland
Jopson, Kevin	Newell, Peter	Gold Coast and Green Mountains Sketchbook 1969	Queensland
Revitt, Ronald	Strom, Beryl	Gosford and Central Coast Sketchbook 1980	New South Wales
Emanuel, Cedric	Phillips, Valmai	Goulburn Sketchbook 1975	New South Wales
Hay, Fraser	Bechervaise,John	Grampians Sketchbook 1971	Victoria
Pile, Stephen	Lindsay, Hilarie	Grenfell Sketchbook 1977	New South Wales
Fox, Anni Luur	Wade, Lena L	Hahndorf Sketchbook 1976	South Australia
White, Unk	Cayley, Frank	Hawkesbury River Sketchbook 1970	New South Wales
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Carroll, Brian	Hawthorn and Kew Sketchbook 1975	Victoria
Millsteed, Rex	Branson, V M	Hindmarsh Sketchbook 1977	South Australia
Emanuel, Cedric	Ruhen, Olaf	Historic Buildings of Sydney Sketchbook 1972 reprinted 1975	New South Wales
Mather, Frank	Woodberry, Joan	Historic Hobart Sketchbook 1976	Tasmania
Alty, John	Woodberry, Joan	Historic Richmond (Tasmania) Sketchbook 1977	Tasmania
Angus, Max	Adam-Smith, Patsy	Hobart Sketchbook 1968, reprinted 1970, 1975 [1975 reprint does not list the 1970 reprint], revised ed 1982	Tasmania
Bishop, Sandy	Howells, Trevor	Hunter Valley Sketchbook 1980	New South Wales
Emanuel, Cedric	Thompson, Patricia	Hunter's Hill Sketchbook 1973	New South Wales
Grigg, Gillian	Beale, Edgar	Illawarra Sketchbook 1976	New South Wales
Everingham, Rick	Burger, Angela	Ipswich Sketchbook 1976	Queensland
Glade-Wright, Kate	Newnham, W H	Kangaroo Island Sketchbook 1975	South Australia
Montgomery, Jack	Carroll, Brian	Kelly Country Sketchbook 1972, reprinted 1973, 1974	Victoria/New South Wales
Peake, A J	Manning, Daniel	Kensington and Norwood Sketchbook 1976	South Australia
Phillips, Arthur	Adam-Smith, Patsy	Launceston Sketchbook 1973, revised edition 1982	Tasmania
Roach, Steve	Paridaens, Iris	Lithgow and Hartley Valley Sketchbook 1978	New South Wales
Long, Lionel	Davies, Brian	Liverpool Sketchbook 1980	New South Wales
McClaren, Moira	Greenwood, Roxley	Magill Sketchbook 1976	South Australia
Coldham, Bruce	Marks, Stan	Malvern Sketchbook 1980	Victoria
Bishop, Sandy	MacDougall, Tony	Manly - Warringah Sketchbook 1977	New South Wales
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Carroll, Brian	Marvellous Melbourne Sketchbook 1974; Perhaps only published under that title in Historic Melbourne Sketchbook omnibus (published 1977)? See omnibus table. Seems to be the same as Second Melbourne Sketchbook 1974.	Victoria
White, Unk	Newnham, W H	Melbourne Sketchbook 1967	Victoria
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Carroll, Brian	Melbourne Sketchbook Published in 1990 by Loch Haven Books. A revised and expanded edition of the Second Melbourne Sketchbook which was originally published in 1974 by Rigby	Victoria
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Carroll, Brian	Melbourne Churches and Schools Sketchbook 1973	Victoria
Meikle, Annette	Carroll, Brian	Mildura and Wentworth Sketchbook 1976	Victoria, New South Wales
Oborn, Pamela	Chinner, Christine	Mitcham Village Sketchbook 1974,ob 4to	South Australia
Phillips, Arthur	Hand, Milton	Moonta, Wallaroo, Kadina Sketchbook 1974	South Australia
Gamble, Allan	Souter, Ngaire	Mosman Sketchbook 1976	New South Wales
Colechin, Be	Hill, Les	Mount Gambier Sketchbook 1976 The sketch printed on page 55 should appear on page 60 and vice versa.	South Australia
Freeman, Peter	Woolcott, Derek	Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Sketchbook 1979	New South Wales
Hawley, Graham	Davidson, Rodney	National Trust (Victoria) Sketchbook 1976	Victoria
Shardlow, Ross	Hasluck, Alexandra	National Trust of Western Australia Sketchbook 1978, reprinted 1984	Western Australia
White, Unk	Newell, Peter	New England Sketchbook 1970	New South Wales
Alty, John	Woodberry, Joan	New Norfolk Sketchbook 1977	Tasmania
Long, Lionel	Davies, Brian	Newcastle Sketchbook 1980	New South Wales
White, Unk	Farrelly, Alan	Newcastle and Hunter Valley Sketchbook 1969	New South Wales
White, Unk	Newnham, W H	Nineteenth Century Melbourne Sketchbook 1967	Victoria
White, Unk	van Sommers, Tess	Nineteenth Century Sydney Sketchbook 1965	New South Wales
Angas, Max	Smith, Patsy Adam	Nineteenth Century Tasmania Sketchbook 1971? Only published in "Historic Tasmania" omnibus in 1977? See omnibus table.	Tasmania
White, Unk	Sriber, Ruth	Norfolk Island Sketchbook 1968	Australia
McLeod, Jeanette	Nagel, Paula	North Adelaide Sketchbook 1975	South Australia
Stackpool, Walter	Ferguson, John	North Shore Sketchbook 1978	New South Wales
Gamble, Allan	Souter, Ngaire	North Sydney Sketchbook 1978, reprinted 1982	New South Wales
Roberts, Ainslie	Lockwood, Douglas	Northern Territory Sketchbook 1968	Northern Territory
McCleod, Janette	Newnham, W H	Old Adelaide Hotels Sketchbook 1971	South Australia
Beasley, Bill	Bechervaise, John	Old Melbourne Hotels Sketchbook 1973	Victoria
Beasley, Bill	Bechervaise, John	Old Victorian Country Pubs Sketchbook 1976	Victoria
Guinney, David	White, Leo	Orange Sketchbook 1980	New South Wales
White, Unk	Thompson, Patricia	Paddington Sketchbook 1971	New South Wales
White, Unk	Ruhen, Olaf	Parramatta Sketchbook 1971	New South Wales
Rigby, Paul	Ward, Kirwan	Perth Sketchbook 1966, reprinted 1967	Western Australia
Bruce Wroth	Ward, Kirwan	Perth Sketchbook 1979 (Perth's 150th year)	Western Australia
Angus, Don	Austin, K A	Phillip Island Sketchbook 1972	Victoria
Halls, Chris	Halls, Chris	Port Adelaide Sketchbook 1972	South Australia
Phillips, Arthur	Adam Smith, Patsy	Port Arthur Sketchbook 1971, republished 1973; and later in paperback by the Australian Print Group.	Tasmania
Millsteed, Rex	Branson, V.M.	Port Augusta Sketchbook 1977	South Australia
Haldane, Roger	Baillie, Percy	Port Lincoln Sketchbook 1972	South Australia
Hatcher, Vic	Ruhen, Olaf	Port Macquarie Sketchbook 1970	New South Wales
Norman, Desmond	Austin, K A	Port Phillip Bay Sketchbook 1970	Victoria
Millsteed, Rex	Branson, V M	Port Pirie Sketchbook 1976	South Australia
Hawley, Graham	Vaughan, Berkeley	Portland Sketchbook 1975	Victoria
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Carroll, Brian	Richmond and East Melbourne Sketchbook 1976	Victoria
McLeod, Jeanette	Mudie, Ian	River Murray Sketchbook 1969, reprinted 1973	Victoria New South Wales
Beasley, Bill	Carroll, Brian	River Yarra Sketchbook 1973	Victoria
Halls, Chris	Mudie, Ian	Riverboats Sketchbook 1975,ob 4to	Australia
Neish, Edith	McDonald, Lorna	Rockhampton Sketchbook 1979	Queensland
Rigby, Paul	Ward, Kirwan	Rottnest Island Sketchbook 1969	Western Australia
Meikle, Annette	Waters, Elizabeth	Sandringham Sketchbook 1978	Victoria
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Carroll, Brian	Second Melbourne Sketchbook 1974, revised edition 1981. The 1974 edition was replublished as Marvellous Melbourne in the Historic Melbourne Sketchbook omnibus, see omnibus section below. A "revised and expanded" edition was published in 1990 under the title Melbourne Sketchbook by Loch Haven Books. This has four sketches that were not included in the 1st edition of Second Melbourne Sketchbook and it lacks four of the sketches that were included.	Victoria
Colechin, Be	Ayres, Bill	Shepparton Sketchbook 1981	Victoria
Robins, Ken	Lamshed, Max	South East Sketchbook 1970, reprinted 1974	South Australia
Emanuel, Cedric	Ruhen, Olaf	Southern Highlands (of N.S.W.) Sketchbook 1974	New South Wales
Walls, Bill	Branson, V M	Southern Vales Sketchbook 1977	South Australia
Walls, Bill	Branson, V M	Southern Vineyards Sketchbook 1976, ob 4to	South Australia
Brodie, Bill	Marks, Stan	St Kilda Sketchbook 1980, revised and expanded and published as St Kilda Heritage in 1995	Victoria
Brodie, Bill	Marks, Stan	St Kilda Heritage Sketchbook 1995, revised & expanded edition of St Kilda, soft cover, published by Cosmos Books and Music	Victoria
Brodie, Bill	Preston, James	St Kilda Road Sketchbook 1979	Victoria
Wroth, Bruce	Ward, Kirwan	Swan River Sketchbook 1978	Western Australia
White, Unk	van Sommers, Tess	Sydney Sketchbook October 1965, reprinted December 1965, October 1966, April 1967	New South Wales
White, Unk	Sriber, Charles	Sydney Harbour Sketchbook 1968	New South Wales
Angus, Max	Adam Smith, Patsy	Tasmania Sketchbook 1971, reprinted 1976	Tasmania
Millsteed, Rex	Auhl, Ian	Tea Tree Gully Sketchbook 1975;reprinted by Investigator Press 1979.	South Australia
White, Unk	Ruhen, Olaf	The Rocks, Sydney Sketchbook 1966, reprinted 1966, 1967, 1968	New South Wales
John, David	Branson, V M	Thebarton and West Torrens Sketchbook 1978	South Australia
Roger-Genersh, Arno	Carroll, Brian	Toorak and South Yarra Sketchbook 1974	Victoria
Hinchliffe, David	Hinchliffe Bert	Toowoomba Sketchbook 1977, reprinted 1978	Queensland
Roberts, Ainslie	Newell, Peter	Tropical Queensland Sketchbook 1971	Queensland
Gamble, Allan	van Sommers, Tess	University of Sydney Sketchbook 1977, reprinted 1978	New South Wales
Beasley, Bill	Bechervaise, John	Univertity of Melbourne Sketchbook 1977	Victoria
Muir, Rob	Branson, V M	Victor Harbour and District Sketchbook 1974	South Australia
Walls, Bill	Scales, Marjorie	Walkerville Sketchbook 1977	South Australia
Emanuel, Cedric	Phillips, Valmai	Watsons Bay Sketchbook 1973	New South Wales
White, Unk	Holcroft, M H	Wellington Sketchbook 1969	New Zealand
Read, Arthur Evan	Lockwood, Kim	West Australian Goldfields Sketchbook 1969	Western Australia
Hawley, Graham	McKinlay, Brian	Western District Sketchbook 1971	Victoria
Meikle, Annette	Evans, W P	Williamstown Sketchbook 1977	Victoria
Emanuel, Cedric	Thompson, Patricia	Windsor Sketchbook 1975	New South Wales
Whitford, Ken	Whitford, Ken	Yankalilla and District Sketchbook 1974	South Australia
McLeod, Jeanette	Carmichael, Ern	Yorke Peninsula Sketchbook 1972, reprinted 1974	South Australia