Australasian History

In the early 1980s, Paul Keating set out to reinvent the Australian economy. He floated the Australian dollar, liberated banking and finance from its regulatory shackles, and - most significantly...

Fulfilling the dream of many a book lover, Annette Freeman bravely stepped outside her mid-life comfort zone and opened a bookshop cafe in the heart of Sydney. Tea in the...

An Olympic Life tells the story of one of Australia's top athletes - and senior International Olympic Committee member. This fascinating book tells of the tremendous excitements - and the...

'Paul Kelly is not only Australia's premiere singer-songwriter for grown-ups, but also one of our two or three essential poets.' - Imre Salusinszky 'His lyrics soar into . . ....

Before the settlement of South Australia, sealers took indigenous Tasmanian women to Kangaroo Island, establishing a cross-cultural community there. Many of their descendents still live on Kangaroo Island and this...

This is what happens when you put a pair of unemployed teenagers in charge of a murder investigation. What we lack in investigative skills we make up for in free...

'Her superb research and sympathetic reconstructions of nineteenth-century Scotland and Australia bring to life a long-forgotten but fascinating group of women.' - Si n Rees, author of The Floating Brothel...

Come Together Again is the second delightful picture book from Isaiah Firebrace for children aged 5 and up. It explores First Nations culture through a celebration of music, song and...

The moving story of an Indigenous woman who beat disadvantage and violence to become one of Australia's most influential political voices. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due...

On May 1,2002, the bodies of Margaret Wales-King and her husband Paul King were discovered in a shallow bush grave in country Victoria. An insight into what really happened based...

Describes the intense commercial rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne over a period of 150 years. While Sydney was established nearly 50 years before Melbourne, the great wealth generated by the...

Graeme Blundell became Australia's first sex symbol when the hit movie 'Alvin Purple' opened in 1973. A reluctant pin-up, he quickly became a household name and is one of our...

'I didn't know Matthew could read or write' - Matt's dad From the Sheds is Matthew Johns' fascinating, frequently hilarious look behind the scenes of Rugby League. the creator of...

Intimidation. Cunning. Distain. The greatest pace bowlers have a vast arsenal at their disposal. Australian quicks have perfected the art of re-arranging batsmen's ribcages and life-priorities. Death stares and old-fashion...

The frontier mythology of the early twentieth-century is epitomised in the stories of these two extraordinary-and very different-men. An elegant, original and very well written book, luminous with meaning, full...

A biography of the explorer John Oxley (1783-1828), third Surveyor General of New South Wales. Oxley undertook the earliest major expeditions west of the Great Dividing Range, believing the western...

Biography of one of Australia's most important Labor Prime Ministers by a distinguished biographer. This is an important classic biography of an Australian Prime Minister whose life still exerts an...

Manning Clark intimately reconstructs Lawson's agonising, and ultimately unsuccessful search for fulfilment of genius and happiness. Henry Lawson was a deeply divided man. He was a soul burdened with an...

Vicki, Kelly and Amanda Wilson head to Australia for their latest wild horse adventure. Each year thousands of Australia's legendary Brumbies are aerially culled or captured and sold for slaughter...

This inspiring collection features nine captivating stories about ordinary bush men and women who lead extraordinary lives. There's the island cattleman who swims his herd past toothy sharks and beady-eyed...

Captain Cook was a man making two journeys, one public and one personal, and their success and ultimate cataclysmic failure are intertwined. By the time he "discovered" Australia, the mythology...

Brett Maher is not just SA's greatest basketballer - as a triple Olympian, he's also one of Australia's finest players. Mahervellous! isn't just about Brett's life; it also embraces the...

Australian Volcanoes is a very visual book. Broken up into State chapters, it features all the major volcanic regions in Australia. Although there are no active volcanoes in Australia, many...

It was the greatest feat of engineering in nineteenth-century Australia, but it very nearly collapsed in the face of monumental obstacles. The year was 1870, and mail took six weeks...

Glamour, intrigue and two women who will gamble their lives to survive ... the compelling new Tasmanian historical fiction from a bestselling Australian author. December 1939: The grand opening of...

The Dandenong Ranges is a charming region of great natural and man-made beauty, which has grown into one of Victoria's favourite tourist regions. This comprehensive book explores the fascinating history...

This guide is your key to the secrets of the three national parks that stretch over Australia's spectacularly beautiful rooftop - Kosciuszko in New South Wales, Alpine in Victoria and...

Manning Clark's six-volume series, A History of Australia, is one of the masterpieces of Australian writing. It is also one of the most passionately debated visions of Australian history, in...

Lance Franklin : My Football Journey is a stunning celebration and companion to the career of one of Australia's most revered AFL players, Lance 'Buddy' Franklin. Lance Franklin has held...

'Unprecedented in the breadth of what it offers from both the ancient and the recent literature of the country.' - Thomas Keneally Some of the best, most significant writing produced...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) was a pianist, composer, ethnographer, essayist, and much more. The Australian-American musician aspired to the condition of a polymath, with strong interests in language, culture, ecology and...

A trusted resource for sports administrators, students of sports law and administration, coaches, referees and members of the public.

Inside account of one of the greatest cricket tours of all time and the unique characters who played. In 2008, Australia celebrates two important anniversaries. It will be 60 years...

After I'd got him out of harm's way, I dived back in yet again and swam out past the surf-break, out to where the other two lads were floundering. Then,...

Learn about transformational reforms like paid parental leave, the NDIS, the Apology to the Stolen Generations, and revolutionising pensions from Labor's Jenny Macklin, with insights from Julia Gillard, Ross Garnaut,...

Italian revolutionary Raffaello Carboni reached the Ballarat goldfields in 1853 looking for adventure and wealth. Instead, he found growing unrest among the miners, who were straining against harsh and oppressive...

When England's cricketers lost the Oval Test against Australia in the summer of 1882, it triggered a number of cynical comments in the press. The "Sporting Times" stated that 'the...

Australia is home to an incredible diversity of native animals. While Australian animals are among the most unique in the world, they are also among the most endangered, with hundreds...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK 1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a...

** WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTION ** 'A master storyteller' - GUARDIAN 'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES 'The equal of Joseph...

'A master storyteller' - GUARDIAN 'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Crime fiction at its best' - AGE EVERY COLD CASE DESERVES JUSTICE A cloud of despondency...

Originally published in 1994, The Little Red Yellow Black Book has established itself as the perfect starting point for those who want to learn about the rich cultures and histories...

This annotated edition attempts to provide the background necessary for a fuller appreciation of Joseph Furphy's classic novel by illuminating social and historical details, by providing the context (often ironical)...

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Robert Hannaford is one of Australia's foremost portrait artists, but this is only one aspect of his work. Robert Hannaford: Natural Eye , the first book to be published on...