Australasian History

Who hops on two big feet, has two long ears and a built-in basket? The EASTER BUNNYROO, that's who! A very Australian Easter story about an understandable misunderstanding with a...

Henry, Penny, Frankie, Mum and Dad embark on an amazing adventure - from Tassie to the very tip of the Top End. Travel with them on the ferry across Bass...

Reloaded contains the latest stories from the Melbourne underworld, and provides an uncut account of how Tony Mokbel - aka fat Tony - ran Melbourne's gangland war. Also included in...

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...

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

While research findings in this volume take an Australian perspective, they extend beyond national boundaries and are pertinent to readers in all societies. Contributors explore violence against women with disabilities,...

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...

The story of heroes - the soldiers, sailors and airmen who left New Zealand to do battle as front-line warriors. It is the story of New Zealand's rich record of...

Between 1948 and 1971 ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore. In this...

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...

The Aboriginal people of Australia's Western Desert lived in their homelands for thousands of years. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the expansion of the Western Australian mining...

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...

The Australian Geographic Book of "The Corner Country" is a truly comprehensive guide to the outback borderland, where NSW, SA and Queensland meet. Townships and settlements of this legendary region,...

'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...

The heartwarming new rural romance from the bestselling author of Back to Birdsville. Still heartbroken after the death of her twin brother, Dr Bella Grey moves to Lightning Ridge for...

'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...

The beloved Australian classic, published in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics edition for the first time Miles Franklin's debut novel follows the vivacious and rebellious sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn - closely...

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,...

Walter Burley Griffin is well known in Australia for his connection with the design of Canberra. Beyond Architecture reveals the place of Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony, both as...

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...

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 perfect book for kids learning about Ned Kelly and his gang. The perfect book for kids learning about Ned Kelly and his gang. Ned Kelly was a notorious bushranger....

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...