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It is a common belief that Aboriginal people of predominantly mixed descent, living in Australian cities, country towns and Aboriginal communities, have lost their culture. Often lacking the more obvious...

Traces the story of the path-breaking industrial dispute at the Altona petrochemical complex in 1979-80, the longest factory occupation in Australian history. The political conflict between workers, employers and residents...

Explores the role of the public intellectual by examining the life and work of John Mulvaney, one of Australia's foremost prehistorians. Who are public intellectuals? Why do they matter? What...

Between 1870 and 1940, tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the center of the publishing, art, musical, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even...

This book takes us inside the complex lived experience of being a First Nations student in predominantly non-Indigenous schools in Australia. Built around the first-hand narratives of Aboriginal and Torres...

Love is hard to tackle in this enemies-to-lovers football rom-com for fans of Casey McQuiston and Alexis Hall. Two teammates get off on the wrong foot . . . but...

The Covid-19 pandemic ripped through the world with no regard for borders, age, status or wealth. It was brutal in its impact and created a raft of new social norms....

Disregard the critics. Australia's ABC, at ninety years of age, is demonstrably more valuable to Australians now than it has ever been. The ABC's home-grown Managing Director, David Anderson, gives...

Stacey Casey is a fun and adventurous middle grade series that will take kids on a wild ride into the past. On their journey, readers will discover surprising and sometimes...

Stunning foliage plants to set off your garden chosen by one of Australia's leading garden design experts, Rosemary Davies. No more trudging through garden nurseries; no more deciphering rain-soaked labels;...

Old Trafford, 4 June 1993, 3.05pm. It's one of those moments in time that Australian cricket lovers will forever re-live. With his very first delivery in Ashes Tests, Shane Warne...

And Bring the Darkness Home is a haunting exploration of how the mental scars of war destroyed an international cricket career, tore a family apart and left destitute a man...

Discover the remarkable story of Wayne Bergmann, a Nyikina man and Kimberley leader who has dedicated his life to his community, in this moving memoir of living between two cultures....

Good science writing makes us feel. It makes us delight inthe discovery of a black hole munching on a star, laugh at the image of alienspuzzling over golf balls on...

Scientists, soldiers, sports stars, inventors, entertainers, explorers and humble men, women and children who became overnight heroes, they're all integral to Australia's historical narrative. Paul Taylor tells their fascinating stories...

Everything in Sydney competes for your attention: the sight of a yacht race in the wake of a ferry; the sizzle of barbecues at the local park; the bustle of...

Children of Parents with Mental Illness is a groundbreaking study into the frequently overlooked impact on children whose parents have a mental illness. By balancing theory with first-hand experiences from...

A quick, easy, and colorful reference guide to most groups of Australian insects, many of which are commonly found in homes, backyards, and the surrounding bush. Introduces the basics of...

I hope with the women who break their silence and contribute to this survey some very much needed changes will take place. God knows we need them.This book is the...

Fifty-two of Henry Lawson's stories and sketches that he had first published in newspapers and magazines from 1888 onwards were gathered in his collection While the Billy Boils (Angus &...

Following the success of the original Hide & Seek Melbourne , Explore Australia has now expanded the Melbourne series with four separate books on hidden experiences, shopping, food and nightlife....

A witty, affectionate and beautifully written account of Johnston's travels in 1990s Australia. After a long sojourn in China, Brian Johnston arrived in Cairns to join his sister on a...

Winner of the 2020 Davitt Award for True Crime/Non-fiction. Against all the odds, Australia held a royal commission into the banking and financial services industries. Its revelations rocked the nation....

In this book, the residents of Prahran, past and present, tell something of their own stories. These are as diverse as Prahran itself. There are tales of wine and roses...

This book is the first comprehensive history of Australian education systems, programs and policies of the period since 1960. The narrative of changes in schooling, training and university life is...

Wild & Woolley: A Publishing Memoir is Wilding's rollicking account of those heady bohemian years in the 1970s and 80s, charting the growth, the experiments, and the development of this...

Discover the ingenious and edgy crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author, with suspense that will keep you guessing to the very last page . . . 'One of...

Shortlisted for the University Of Queensland Fiction Book Award 'The real deal.' - Favel Parrett, author of Past the Shallows and There Was Still Love 'Kassab creates an eerie sense...

Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Where'd You Go Bernadette in this witty novel about coming of (middle) age and discovering that you...

A book about the permanent collection at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

This book examines Aboriginal identity in various forums: in discourse, education, juvenile institutions, geographic locations, myths, and land-rights actions.

The book titled Great Southern Grandstand by the author Hobbs & Main. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Almost from the time that the camra was invented, photographers have been tying to show what dance can be. The author explores the National Library's Pictorial Collection and presents these...

Summary of the major art movements that have influenced contemporary art. From the landscape tradition that formed the background to Australian art history, to the movements that have enlivened and...

Fighting to the Finish tells the story of the Australian Army in Vietnam during the peak years of the Australian military commitment to Vietnam War. As the ninth and final...

Any publication based on an Australian family law would be misleading if the law were considered stable over a ten year period. This new work takes into account the very...

'Beautiful Lies' describes the forces that in less that four decades turned Australia from being dependent upon the United Kingdom to becoming an independent power, which, if it owes any...

Exploring how, over the last ten years, the world of wine has been transformed by the rise of New World wines - from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and North...

When the redoubtable Miss Phryne Fisher begins receiving threatening letters, she enlists the unflappable apprentice Tinker to investigate. But soon her lover Lin Chung becomes another target as the harassment...