Australasian History

p>The 1960s was a decade like no other hellip; the culture, the music and the fashions. It also saw a surfing boom that bred innovation in surfboard design, changes in...

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the Exhibition: 'State of the Waratah' which was an official Olympic Arts Festival event.

This book is intended for general readers of military defence history titles, especially works in this series. Also military defence historians and students.

From Gallipoli to Kokoda and beyond - the story of our greatest general and the power, politics and tragedy of command General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of Australian...

The book titled The Gatton Mystery by the author James Gibney. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

Australia is a land of diversity and contains many World Heritage listed wilderness areas of extraordinary beauty. With an increasing awareness of environmental issues, there is an increased desire to...

Australians have been responsible for a number of inventions and this dictionary provides comprehensive detail about them. "The Dictionary of Australian Inventions and Discoveries" covers more than 400 Australian inventions...

For the past 20 years, Edmond and Corrigan's work has drawn an intense reaction and interest that only has an Australian counterpart in the reception of Walter Burley Griffin in...

This work is a celebration of the potential of those who will be the heroes of tomorrow's generation of designers. The book is about today's young talent. rest in the...

'Dingoes Den' is an autobiographical novel from B. Wongar, who is highly regarded throughout the world for his narratives of Aboriginal life. In this book, Wongar tells the story of...

Now in an updated volume, with new chapters, new photographs and new tales of the city. This comprehensive history of Melbourne includes a rich retelling of the past 173 years,...

Exactly a hundred years after the six Australian colonies voted to become a Federation, the country is struggling with the idea of a republic and a new Constitution, and at...

The book titled Cox Architects: Selected and Current Works by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In 1942 the threat of Japanese invasion hung over Australia. The men were away overseas, fighting on other fronts, and civilians were left unprotected at home. Following the attack on...

Many of Australia's first Fabians are known as legislators, priests, jurists, men and women of letters, diplomats, feminists and educators, yet few are recognised as Fabians. Until this book, little...

'Every woman on Earth should read it' Caroline Overington, Weekend Australian Having lived through the humiliation and bewildering complexity of heartbreak in her twenties, Nikki Gemmell eventually resurfaced, reclaimed space...

From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga, comes the story of an undocumented immigrant who becomes the only witness to a crime and must face...

Originally published in 1992 to commemorate the centenary of Australia's oldest political party, this study contains an additional chapter which covers the two Paul Keating challenges and the political reversals...

The book titled Australia since the Coming of Man by the author Russel Ward. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Glorious NZ Gardens by the author Telford. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

It's not news that Australians don't really trust their politicians and the relationship between politicians and the people who elect them is certainly not warm and cuddly. But as this...

The memoirs of 23 locomotive enginemen from Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, complemented by 200 magnificent colour and black & white photographs, most never before published. In the...

Akio Makigawa is a Japanese/Australian sculptor whose work can be contextualized within a Western art tradition while remaining within the realm of a Japanese aesthetic sensibility. He was born in...

For years Pia Miranda has been stopped in the street by calls of, 'Found you!', forever linked to that character we all loved: Josie from Looking for Alibrandi . But...

Top Walks in Australia 2nd edition is a completely updated guide featuring the best walking tracks across Australia. Australia is a mecca for bushwalkers - there are walks crossing every...

A powerful, personal novel about women, children and justice, from one of this country's most loved and clear-eyed writers. It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb...

Frank Hardy is perhaps Australia's most famous Communist writer. In his literary biography on Frank Hardy, author Paul Adams traces the relationship between Hardy's writings, his political activism and the...

Time to roar! Explore the dinosaurs Down Under, which ranged from ferocious carnivores to herbivorous behemoths. Meet Australia's most famous dinosaur species, and learn about the science behind palaeontology -...

The Truck Cat is a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found. With illustrations by multi-award-winning artist Danny Snell and words by award-winning new...

'What a treat! Brutal truths and bombshells galore. Profound reflections on life, longing and the legacy of Bob. It's like a long Friday lunch that you never want to end....

These were the halycon days, before television. For Australian people radio was a major source of entertainment and information, a link to worlds far beyond their own. This book evokes...

Bringing together bad women of every stripe and variety - the scandalous, the brash, the fearless, the downright nasty and some who just went a little bit wrong - in...

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

Eureka- The Unfinished Revolution ... history comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons. THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Peter FitzSimons is an Australian phenomenon.' The Canberra Times In 1854, Victorian miners fought a...

'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...

The book titled Four Corners: Twenty-Five Years by the author Robert Pullan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Amalia's life runs like clockwork: school, family book club, hanging out with her best (and only) friend Mae. It's comfortable in its predictability. So when Mae announces she's ready to...

A title in the Australian Wine Regions series: this volume focuses on the Barossa Valley in South Australia, its wineries and history, the people and the landscape. Lloyd's photography enhances...

As a child, Corey would run barefoot across fields, climb rocks, jump into creeks and explore red sands in search of reptiles. The only reference books he could find included...