Image one: Triptych of separate portraits of, from left to right, Amy Johnson, Bell Mullins, and Bessie Coleman.
Image two: Australian author Beatrice Grimshaw. Photography by unknown photographer, 1907. Public domain image, held by the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Source.
While Grimshaw didn't write any steampunk or proto-steampunk works, she wrote empire-spanning H.Rider Haggard-style adventure stories, such as still influence steampunk writers today.
Image three: American E. Lilian Todd, self-taught inventor. Photograph by unknown photographer, 1906. Public domain image. Reproduced via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
In 1909, the New York Times identified her as the first woman in the world to design aeroplanes, which she had been doing since about 1906. In 1910, one of her designs flew–piloted by Didier Masson, since Todd had been denied a permit to fly it herself (American aero clubs did not permit women pilots at that time).
Proto-Steampunk: Illustration of the Nautilus's engine room by Édouard Riou, for the 1871 edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (public domain image). Reproduced on Pinterest. Source.
Steampunk Offshoots: Dieselpunk warrior by Dmitri Martin. Image published on Public Domain Pictures. Source.
Steampunk Craft and Culture: Steampunk cosplay from Festa dell' Unicorno 2016. Posted by Taymtaym to Flickr on 23 July 2016 under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image one: Portrait of Jules Verne. Photograph taken by Félix Nadar, c.1878. Restored image via Wikipedia (public domain image). Source.
Image two: Sidney Paget illustration for Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Man with the Twisted Lip.' Originally published in the Strand Magazine, December 1891. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Image three: Cover image for the Victor Gollancz first edition of Gibson and Sterling's The Difference Engine. This edition is no longer in print. Image reproduced from Wikipedia. Source.
Image four: Industrial Sheffield from Victoria Station, c.1900. Author unknown. Published under Creative Commons BY NC SA by My Learning. Source.
Image five: 'Steampunk World: Station 45' by Belorussian artist Gleb Alexandrov. Published on Flickr on 18 August 2015 under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image six: Untitled painting of the Bucentaure at the Battle of Trafalgar, Auguste Mayer, 1836. Image via Wikipedia (public domain image). Source.
Image seven: Cover image for the Orbit first edition of Gail Carriger's Soulless. Source.
Image eight: Cover images for the four volumes of Bec McMaster's London Steampunk series. Clockwise from top left: Kiss of Steel (book 1, 2012), Tarnished Knight (book 1.5, 2013), My Lady Quicksilver (book 3, 2013), and Heart of Iron (book 2, 2013). Images courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image nine: Cover image for Steampunk World, an anthology of non-Western steampunk stories (Alliteration Ink, 2014). The cover image is 'Immortal Empress', by James Ng: it forms part of his Imperial Steam & Light collection of Chinese steampunk works. Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image ten: Cover image for The Mammoth Book of Steampunk (Running Press, 2012). Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image eleven: Cropped section of the cover image for Andrea K. Höst's Pyramids of London (Andrea K. Höst, 2015). Image courtesy of author's website. Source.
Image twelve: Prop from Zack Snyder's 2011 steampunk film Sucker Punch. Image taken by Doug Kline a WonderCon 2012. Published on Flickr on 16 March 2012 under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image thirteen: Steampunk backpack, from DragonCon 2014. Posted by Amy to Flickr on 31 August 2014 under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image fourteen: Steampunk cosplay from WonderCon 2011. Posted to Flickr on 2 April 2011 under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image one: Dowlaid Ironworks (South Wales), George Childs, 1840. Reproduced in Artistic Impressions of 19th-Century Industrial South Wales (website). Public domain image. Source.
London Steampunk: House of Parliament Under Fog. Photograph taken 28 November 2010. Published to Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. Source.
It's History, Jim, but Not as We Know It: Floating City, uploaded to PixaBay by Currens under Creative Commons license CC0. Source.
The Ancient, the Modern, and the Future: Apocalyptic illustration, uploaded to PixaBay by Mysticsartdesign under Creative Commons license CC0. Source.
Image one: Die Montagehalle der Maschinenfabrik Escher Wyss in Zürich in der Neumühle (Assembly Hall of the Maschinenfabrik Escher Wyss in Zürich), 1875. Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons from Graphische Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Basel, 1983). Source.
Image two: Ada Augusta Byron, Countess Lovelace. Portrait by Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1836). Reproduced on Wikipedia. Public domain image. Source.
Image three: Nant-y-glo Ironworks (South Wales), artist unknown, c.1830. Reproduced in Artistic Impressions of 19th-Century Industrial South Wales (website). Public domain image. Source.
Image four: General Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington) directing the 2nd Battalion 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry (now part of Punjab Regimental Centre, Pakistan Army) at the Battle of Assaye, J.C. Stadler, 1803. Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image five: Illustration of the Nautilus by Alphonse de Neuville from the first edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1871). Reproduced on Wikipedia. Public domain image. Source.
Image six: Leadenhall Street in the City of London (engraving), J. Hopkins after a drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1837. Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image seven: Cover image for the American edition of D.M. Cornish's Factotum (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010), no longer in print. Image sourced via secondhand bookdealer AbeBooks. Source.
Image eight: Cover image of Jenny Schwartz's Wanted: One Scoundrel (Carina Press, 2011), book one in the Bustlepunk Chronicles. Image courtesy of publisher website. Source.
Steampunk Cyborgs: Self-made steampunk outfit, including leather vest, gun, vambrace, copper shoes, back pack, time machine, mask and Victorian clothes. Created by Alexander Schlesier. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.
The Influence of Technology: Čeština, by Eugene Ivanov, 2014. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0. Source.
Technological Tropes: Steampunk hot-air balloon superimposed over patent paperwork, by ArtsyBee. Published on Pixabay under Creative Commons license CC0. Source.
Image one: Bethlehem Steel Works (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), watercolour by Joseph Pennell, May 1881. Public domain image. Reproduced by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (ID cph 3g05734). Source.
Image two: Steampunked computer, created by Dana Mattocks. Published to Flickr in February 2009 with Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image three: American steampunk author G.D. Falksen in steampunk cosplay, including mechanical arm wearable sculpture by artist Thomas Willeford. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.
Image four: Cover image for issue three of comic-book series The Irregulars, published by Convict Comics. Cover by Drew Moss. Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image five: Screencap from Bioshock Infinite television trailer (full version). Trailer uploaded to the YouTube channel of Irrational Games, a video-game development company involved in the production of Bioshock Infinite. Source.
Image six: Photograph of Widnes in the late nineteenth century, showing the level of industrial pollution. Original photographer unknown. Reproduced on Wikipedia from D.W.F. Hardie's A History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes (Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, 1950). Public domain image. Source.
Image seven: Steampunked mobile phone, created by Janmare. Published to Wikimedia Commons with Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.
Steampunk and Society: Cyfarthfa Ironworks Interior at Night, Penry Williams, 1825. Reproduced in Artistic Impressions of 19th-Century Industrial South Wales (website). Public domain image. Source.
Steampunk and Freedom: Steampunk flying machine, by ArtsyBee. Published on Pixabay under Creative Commons license CC0. Source.
Steampunk Bushrangers: 'A Strange Apparition: Ned Kelly's Fight and Capture'. Wood-engraving, originally published in the Age, 17 July 1880. Published on Wikipedia. Public domain image. Source.
Image one: Full cover art for Richard Harland's Worldshaker. Reproduced courtesy of author's website. Source.
Image two: Strikers picketing during the 1913 Garment Workers' Strike, Rochester, New York. Original publication unknown. Republished on Wikimedia Commons from the Albert R. Stone Collection. Public domain image. Source.
Image three: Cover image of issue one of comic-book series Ned Kelly: Ironclad Alien Killer, published by Convict Comics. Cover by Chris Batista. Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image four: Cover image for James Roy's Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery (UQP, 2003). Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image five: The Haymarket Riot, Chicago, 15 May 1886. Originally published in Harper's Weekly. Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image six: 'Over London–by Rail', from London: A Pilgramage (1872). Engraving by Gustave Doré. Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image seven: Steampunk cosplay, from Festa dell' Unicorno 2016. Posted by Taymtaym to Flickr on 22 July 2016 under Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image eight: Steampunk accessories created by Ian Norman for Burning Man 2011. Posted to Flickr on 28 August 2011 under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.
Lesbian Steampunk: The 'Ladies of Llangollen', Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, who eloped together to Wales in 1778. Lithograph, author unknown, made after 1831. Held in the New York Public Library's Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Public domain image. Source.
Bustlepunk Romances: Cropped image from the cover of BecMcMaster's Kiss of Steel (Sourcebooks, 2012), the first volume in her London Steampunk series. Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Liberated Women: Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Ada Lovelace), 1840. Reproduced on Wikipedia. Public domain image. Source.
Image one: Cover image from the first edition of Ekaterina Sedia's The Alchemy of Stone (Prime Books, 2008). Image reproduced via Goodreads. Source.
Image two: Advertisement for Thomson's Crown Corset, from 1882. Republished on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image three: Image from a steampunk-themed photo shoot by Ecajoe, in Philadelphia, 22 March 2013. Published on Flickr under Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image four: Humani Victus Instrumenta: Ars Coquinaria, by an unknown engraver, 1569. Published on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image five: Cover image for Jenny Schwartz's The Icarus Plot (2014). Image reproduced via Goodreads. Source.
Image six: Steampunker cosplay. Created by Alexander Schlesier. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.
Image seven: Cover image from the first UK edition of China Mieville's Perdido Street Station (2000). Image reproduced via Wikipedia. Source.
Image eight: Steampunked Pride flag, from the Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival, June 2015. Photograph by David Prasad. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. Source.
Image nine: Steampunk author J-L Heylen. Image reproduced courtesy of author's website. Source.
Non-Western Steampunk: Steampunk hot-air balloon over the Taj Mahal. Uploaded to PixaBay by ArtsyBee under Creative Commons license CC0. Source.
Colonial Australia: Photograph of Dr J.J.C. Bradfield, travelling on the first train to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 January 1932. Unknown photographer. Published on the State Archives NSW Flickr page, with no known copyright restrictions. Source.
Indigenous Australia: Aboriginal Australian flag, uploaded to Pixabay by Etereuti under Creative Commons license CC0. Source.
Image one: Map of the world showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886. Produced on behalf of the Imperial Federation, a proposal to create a federation in place of the empire. Image reproduced from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. Public domain image. Source.
Image two: Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757, Francis Hayman, c.1760.Published on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source. Robert Clive is one of the key figures in the creation of British India, establishing the politico-military dominance of the East India Company in Bengal. Mir Jafar was a Bengali aristocrat who defected to the British at the Battle of Plassey, helping ensure the defeat of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah. Mir Jafar succeeded him as Nawab of Bengal, the first nawab supported by the British East India Company.
Image three: Hush!, James Tissot, c.1875. Published on Wikimedia Commons (where the image is labelled 'Etiquette at the Ball', and lacks attribution.) Public domain image. Source.
Image four: Image for cover of the anthology Steampunk Universe, used to advertise the launch of the Kickstarter campaign to fund publication. Image sourced from Beyond Victoriana. Source. The anthology is a follow up to Steampunk World, whose cover appears in the section 'A Brief History of Steampunk'.
Image five: Батакская резня [Carnage in Bataku], А. Пиотровский [A. Piotrowski], 1876. Published on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image six: portrait of Harriet Tubman by H. Seymour Squyer, c.1885. Published on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image seven: Australian cover of Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer, the first in his Lotus War trilogy. Image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image eight: Cover image of The Sea is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia, edited by Jaymee Goh (of Silver Goggles) and Joyce Chng. Image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image nine: 'Big Foot's camp three weeks after Wounded Knee Massacre; with bodies of four Lakota Sioux wrapped in blankets in the foreground; U.S. soldiers amid scattered debris of camp'. Original photographer unknown. Published on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Image ten: cover image for Karin Lowachee's The Gaslight Dogs (Orbit, 2010). Image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image eleven: Canadian hardback cover image for Arthur Slade's Empire of Ruin (HarperCollins Canada, 2011). Image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Image twelve: Cover image for The Kraken King and the Fox's Den, part three of the original serial publication of Meljean Brook's The Kraken King. Image reproduced courtesy of Goodreads. Source.
Image thirteen: Cover image for The Steam Mole, by Dave Freer. Image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Title image
Aviatrix Jean Batten being interviewed after her flight from England to Australia, 1934: Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia, June 1934. No known copyright restrictions. Image courtesy of State Library of Queensland; reproduced via Flickr. Source.
Transportation!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Old Vault Door, 4th floor of the City Museum in downtown St Louis. Image uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Gary Dee on 17 April 2007, under Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. Source.
Gold Rush!
Book cover: Cover image uploaded via Amazon booksellers (edition no longer available via publisher). Source.
Background: S.T. Gill, Diggings in the Mount Alexander district of Victoria in 1852, watercolour, 1874. Public domain image. Reproduced via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Murder Most Foul!
Book cover: Cover image uploaded via Amazon booksellers (edition no longer available via publisher). Source.
Background: Control room of U-Boat 110 (German submarine, sunk in 1918), looking towards port side. Orientation of image adjusted for republication on AustLit. Image republished from Tyne & Wear Museums & Archives on Wikimedia Commons on 21 May 2013. Public domain image. Source.
Clockwork Invasion!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Bronze, steel, and iron watch. Unknown maker, late 17th century. Photograph by Helena Bonnevier. Orientation of image adjusted for republication on AustLit. Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Source.
Treason!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Olaj festmény, fa lemezen, by A. Vonat. Published on Wikimedia Commons on 2 August 2016 under Creative Commons license Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. Source.
Bushrangers!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Stuck up, a once common episode of Australian life, now almost obsolete, published in the Illustrated Australian News, 1870. Public domain image. Reproduced via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
More Bushrangers!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Samuel Calvert, Bushrangers Ben Hall, John Gilbert and John Dunn attack police officers guarding the Gundagai Mail, 1865. Public domain image. Reproduced via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
War Machines!
Book cover: Cover image to part one of the original serial release of The Kraken King. Reproduced courtesy of the publisher's website. Source.
Background: Cropped version of Alien tripod illustration by Alvim Corréa, from the 1906 French edition of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds". Public domain image. Reproduced via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Even More Bushrangers!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Samuel Calvert, Members of the Kelly gang open fire on police at Stringybark Creek, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1878. Public domain image. Reproduced via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Alchemy!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of author's website (self-published title). Source.
Background: Cropped version of Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationamuseum. Photograph taken 15 June 1954. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany. Source.
Airships!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. Photograph by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos. Published on Wikimedia Commons under GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. Source.
Missing Children!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: The Octagon Library at the Queen's or Buckingham House, original home to George III's collection of books. From W.H. Pyne's The History of the Royal Residences, plate 55: "The King's Library, Buckingham House, Plate II". Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons from the British Library. Source.
Robots!
Book cover: Cover image from Dodo Press reprint, reproduced via online seller Amazon. Source.
Background: Still from the American film serial The Master Mystery (1919), published on page 66 of the 1919 novelization of the film (Arthur Benjamin Reeve, John W. Grey, The Master Mystery, New York: Gosset & Dunlap, 1919). Public domain image. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Bustles!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Day dress (bodice and skirt) of ribbed purple silk fastened with buttons needlewoven in silk over a wooden mould. The skirt is ruched with a bustle and flounces. The jacket bodice has a revered coat lapel front and bow detail and is lined with silk and whalebone strips, Great Britain; France, 1873. Silk and ruching. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. Source.
More Gold!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of author's website (self-published title). Source.
Background: Dirigible balloon "Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition" on the ground, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, June 1909. Public domain image. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Confidence Tricksters!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Chromolithograph circus poster showing a calliope or steam organ. "Calliope! The Wonderful Operonicon or Steam Car of the Muses, as it appears in the gorgeous street pageant of the Great European Zoological Association! British Museum, Royal Coliseum, Gallery of Art, World's Congress and Gigantic Circus! 12 Tents! 900 Men and Horses! One Ticket Admits to All!" 1874. Public domain image. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Bombs!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Detail of clock gears from a German museum. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.
Mysterious Villains!
Book cover:
Background: Lighthouse at Qingdao, China. Unknown date and photographer. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany. Source.
Invasion!
Book cover: Title page of The Celestial Hand. Public domain text. Reproduced via full-text copy held in the Internet Archive. Source.
Background: Alexander con Kotzebue, Battle of Kundersdorff, 1848. Public domain image. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Barmaids!
Book cover:
Background: Cartoon illustration by Captain Ardizzone, of a World War II-era pub. Image c.1940. Public domain image: image created by member of the armed forces during active duty, and therefore covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Utopia! And More Invasions!
Book cover: Cover image reproduced via digital copy of the novel, reproduced for and by AustLit.
Background: William Sadler II, The Battle of Waterloo. Public domain image. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons. Source.
Submarines!
Book cover: Book cover reproduced courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Background: Eighty Mile Beach, Broome, 3 August 2003. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0. Source.
Airships! And More Invasions!
Book cover: Cove image uploaded via Amazon booksellers (self-published book). Source.
Background: Close-up photography of cogs. Published on Pixabay by Pexels under Creative Commons license CC0. Source.
Biopunk: First-edition cover of The Island of Dr Moreau (Heinemann, Stone & Kimball, 1896). Reproduced on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image. Source.
Bustlepunk: Cover image for Gail Carriger's Soulless (Orbit, 2009). Image courtesy of author's website. Source.
Clockpunk: Cover image for Jay Lake's Mainspring (Tor, 2008). Image courtesy of Macmillan (US). Source.
Cosplay: Gage Skidmore cosplaying as a Space Marine from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Amazing Arizona Comic Con at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, 2014. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.
Cyberpunk: Digital wallpaper uploaded to Flickr under Creative Commons license CC BY-2.0. Source.
Decopunk: Cover image for Lara Elena Donnelly's Amberlough (2017). Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Dieselpunk: Cover image for Sean Wallace's Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk (2015). Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Gaslamp fantasy: Cover image of volume thirteen in the Agatha Heterodyne series, Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City. Image courtesy of the Agatha Heterodyne wiki. Source.
Jonbar hinge: cover of Jack Williamson's The Legion of Time (Digit Books edition, 1961 / 1963). Image reproduced from Bear Alley. Source.
Secondary World: Cover image for the expanded edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'On Fairy-Stories', edited and published by Verlyn Flieger and Douglas Anderson (2008). Image reproduced from the Lord of the Rings wiki One Wiki to Rule Them All. Source.
Silkpunk: Cover image from Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings. Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
Steamfunk: Cover image from Milton Davis's Masquerade. Image reproduced from Amazon. Source.
Teslapunk: Photograph of Nikola Tesla, c. 1896. Original photographer unknown. Public domain image. Reproduced from Wikipedia. Source.
Weird West: Cover image for the one-volume edition of Christian Read's graphic novel The Eldritch Kid (Gestalt Publishing, 2011). Image courtesy of publisher's website. Source.
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