Australasian History

The book titled Australia in Old Maps 820-1770 : the Northern Approaches by the author Eric B. Whitehouse. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The articles in this unique collection represent a decade of writing by Aboriginal historian and activist Jackie Huggins. These essays and interviews combine both the public and the personal in...

This edited volume is about the Australian difference and how Australia's economic and social policy has diverged from the approach of other countries. Australia seems to be following a 'special...

A powerful and humane book, Healing Our History eschews rhetoric and cuts to the true story of race relations in New Zealand. A powerful and humane book, Healing Our History...

The book titled The Fighting First: Combat Operations in Vietnam 1968-69, the First by the author Lex McAulay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

During World War II Australia was under threat of invasion. Could Australia be invaded by the Japanese? Even with the heavy censorship by the government many certainly thought so. Stunned...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Best of Australia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what...

Take a trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne ... Remember loading up the back of the car and heading away with the family over the summer holidays? Being part...

When Farah's husband has an affair ( she f*cking knew it ), her group chat doesn't offer platitudes. They offer Mykonos. A free luxury villa, thanks to Vivian's DJ toy-boy....

It was John Wedge, Batman's private surveyor, who named the Yarra Yarra. In September 1835 he was at the Turning Basin with some Kulin and heard them identify the river...

Photographer Michel Lawrence has recorded the human face of multi- culturalism in Australia.

Emily Kame Kngwarreye only started painting at the age of 79. She is now regarded by many as Australia's most important artist, with an international reputation that continues to grow....

'The most elegant player to have ever graced a tennis court, Evonne brought her career to life with dedication, talent, love and fierce commitment. She has inspired millions to be...

The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of tells the tales of the overlooked names of history, the individuals who lived fascinating, absurd, or simply amusing lives but are somehow...

Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award's Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction. Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year...

Across these vast lands and skies, the First Peoples have walked with Country for thousands of years. They read the land and waters like a book. They knew the winds,...

'Variation' is a term that embraces difference, and is core to the excitement and uniqueness of art practice. This book gives much-deserved attention to the work of artists with exceptional...

Australians have long been told that they are natural gamblers; that they 'love to gamble'. The notion of the great Aussie gambler is the core of the 'luck myth' entrenched...

The Best Australian Essays showcase the nation's most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. The Best Australian Essays showcase the nation's most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. In her...

Beatrice Davis, 1909-1992, was general editor at Angus and Robertson the main Australian publishing company from 1937 to 1973. There she discovered and published such writers as Thea Astley, Miles...

Ken Eather was one of Australia's foremost soldiers. Serving in the pre-WW2 militia he was one of the first officers appointed to the AIF. He led a unit in the...

Recounts a bygone age when links to Britain were strong and the public service played a vital role in post-war Australian reconstruction. The book contains entertaining vignettes of many distinguished...

'Us firefighters do more than fight fires. We also assist those who have just gone through what's probably the worst experience of their lives.' The devastating 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires...

A beer barrel full of yarns, laughs and beer-related facts, this is the perfect book to flip through while you're enjoying a cold one! Why is one of our prime...

The Outback has its own rules. Some are made to be broken. Some you have to write yourself. When 23-year-old Pip Newling arrived in the remote West Australian town of...

The book titled In over Our Heads: Lessons from the Excesses of the '80s by the author Joe Nagy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The book titled Manning Clark's History of Australia by the author Manning Clark. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The story of Tom Hayson, a remarkable Australian who was born in a small bush town of Barraba in northern NSW to a poor migrant family just after WW1. He...

The book titled Australia's Wide World of Sports by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In early August 1915, after months of stalemate in the trenches on Gallipoli, British and Dominion troops launched a series of assaults in an all-out attempt to break the deadlock...

This work suggests that, for Australia, the Pacific War was the beginning of a new interpretation of the Southeast Asian region and Australia's position in it. The three battles fought...

'This volume is necessary reading for an understanding of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.' Professor Desmond Ball, Australian National University To Long Tan is the second volume of the...

1977, Collingwood. Two young women are brutally murdered. The killer has never been found. What happened in the house on Easey Street? On a warm night in January, Suzanne Armstrong...

Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But do we know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we...

The Vietnam conflict was an event that bitterly divided Australian society. While many people supported the government's military response to the perceived threat posed by expasionist communism, many others violently...

Carol Baxter has written a work that captures the reader This is largely because of her skill as a narrative historian, her capacity to tell a good story.' - Gregory...

This book is intended for students of military history and of Commonwealth history.

In May 1968, Mike Towers was conscripted into the Australian Army and found himself sent to Vietnam without volunteering and against regulations. The next 24 months irrevocably changed his life....

Delta Four exposes the inner workings of a rifle company - how its soldiers trained for war, and how they operated and fought in the war zone. It examines the...

Over the years many books on Australian military history have given rise to a host of such 'zombie' myths - myths that refuse to die. A great many have a...

'His courage, determination, skill and his undoubtedly outstanding ability as a leader are an inspiration to his wing and worthy of the highest praise.' Extract from Distinguished Service Order citation...