Australasian History

'A passionate and informative demonstration of how mitigating climate change can be compatible with economic growth' - Professor Ross Garnaut, the Garnaut Climate Change Review 'Humanity's greatest challenge is to...

Radiating outwards from the chic city are awe-inspiring scenic wonders the vast, windswept vistas of the Great Ocean Road with the Twelve Apostles to the west and the penguin paradise...

This is an ambitious and resounding attempt to document - through photographs and interviews - expatriate Australian artistic talent across a wide international spectrum. The publication of 'Love It and...

If you could tell your dad anything, what would it be? Steve Waugh, Trent Dalton, Samuel Johnson, Kathy Lette, John Williamson, Susie Youssef, Michala Banas, Glenn Shorrock, Matilda Brown, Joel...

This is a truly classic Australian story that captures part of our history that is vanishing. Tom was the mailman on one of the best known and loneliest tracks in...

A companion volume to the upcoming ABC TV series, this is a glorious celebration of the car in Australia over the last 100 years - how it changed us and...

The memoir of Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski DRIVEN is a memoir by distinguished Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski, with a particular focus on the cars he has loved and...

The long-awaited autobiography of one of Australia's finest sportsmen A key member of one of the greatest Australian teams in cricket history, and part of an exceptional bowling line-up that...

Aimed at nurses and health professionals training to care for Australia's growing aged population. This book does not attempt to proceed from a pathological interpretation of aging but rather views...

As anyone who's ever read Mark Dapin's column and features in Good Weekend knows, he's an immensely funny, acute and vivid observer of Australian life. In Strange Country, he takes...

'This book is a miraculous event.' - Elizabeth Gilbert, from the foreword A transformative path for women to reclaim their power in a world all too eager to strip it...

This guide to researching Australian history, designed to be easy to follow and informative, shows the beginner how to research and trace the history of houses, public buildings, industrial sites,...

Three powerful and engaging biographies of three former PM's wives - full of intrigue and revelation! Three powerful and engaging biographies of three former wives of Liberal prime ministers whose...

This beautifully photographed book enables the reader to step back in time, to a world when tall ships were the means by which continents were discovered, trade routes were opened...

From the notorious Louisa Collins in 1880s NSW, who murdered two husbands with rat poison, to a blazing shoot-out featuring prominent underworld figure Antonio Martini at Taronga Zoo in the...

A loving testament to the fact that blood isn't always what bonds us.'-Mia Freedman These days, families come in all shapes and sizes. They move from one state to create...

'The changes we have made will remain like all great Labor legislation permanent landmarks in our history.' Gough Whitlam The Whitlam government propelled Australia out of the presumptions and certainties...

On 26 January the convict transports moved into their new home as a handful of Aborigines on the shore set up a horrid howl and indicated by angry gestures with...

The United States Special Forces, the Green Berets, were often regarded as the elite of the American forces and their mobile strike force, the 'Mike Force', was considered the elite...

This is the eighth volume of the popular Green Guide series initiating readers into the world of natures's deadly armoury. Discover poisonous fangs, venomous spurs, disease-laden body piercing, slicing jaws,...

An irresistible book for cricket fans - Australia's leading cricket writer on the national team, its stars and successes, opponents and adventures. In his latest collection of cricket writing, Gideon...

As a result of the 1965 Equal Wages Case, Aboriginal people in Australia's north were forced into unemployment and off their country into refugee camps on the fringes of the...

It had been 18 years since England had last won the Ashes. Since then, Australia, their fiercest rivals and the world's best test team throughout this time, had prevailed. But...

Media Unmade presents the definitive story of the decade in which big media in Australia was cut down to size - a decade that forever altered what had until then...

While the majority of Australians live close to the coast, the heart of our nation is still in the country, as spectacularly displayed in this collection of photographs by renowned...

An easy-to-follow guide to the marine and plant life on the beach, on rocky and sheltered shores and in the water all year round. This handy reference introduces a wonderful...

The hilarious true adventures of two young vets dealing with all creatures (and humans!) great and small in country Australia. 'This is a wonderful memoir ... the only fault I...

Offers a survey of the important developments in Australian art since 1968, critically assessing the interconnection of art and significant moments of social and cultural development.

What is it about Australia that makes it so prone to fires? Have humans made things worse, or better? Is it possible to live in the Australian bush but be...

This is the how, where and why of adventure sports. It provides authoritative, up-to-date information on 23 activities including: abseiling, ballooning, bungy jumping, bushwalking, camel trekking, canoeing, canyoning, caving, cross-country...

The first social, cultural and environmental history of this World Heritage-listed site, The Reef is an effortlessly readable work by a born storyteller. There has never been a more critical...

As the first Anzacs to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and among the last to serve in Afghanistan 100 years later, the men and women of the Australian...

Athol Gill sought to show that participation in community was integral to Christian descipleship. He recognized that individuals do not have the spiritual or material resources to maintain a lifestyle...

So far, Paul Keating is the only Australian Prime Minister to provide star material for a musical comedy. Who can imagine any of the others doing that? Even before he...