Australasian History

The book titled Railtrails of Victoria: Twenty-Five Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding by the author Fiona Colquhoun. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

This book offers a new perspective on the pioneer settlement experience of colonial Victoria by examining the ways in which prized lands and natural resources were protected from the designs...

'Please. I'm in hell!' The truth of that was in his face. The rims of his eyes were red-raw, his hair was matted, he hadn't shaved since knocking at her...

Tarnanthi accompanies the inaugural Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and a series of exhibitions held at the Art Gallery of South Australia and partner organisations across...

The book titled Border: What They Said about Him by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Twenty-first century Australia is a nation somewhat obsessed with food. From cookbooks to television screens, we are surrounded by conversations about what and how we eat. This fixation highlights the...

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...

Packed with over 10,000 questions, more than any other quiz book ever produced in Australia, 'The Great Aussie Sports Quiz Book' is an all-Australian, comprehensive general sports quiz book. It...

Presenting information and findings about the history of the peopling of Australia, this revised edition looks at the way people first came to Australia, where they lived, and how they...

The first section of this illustrated pocket history traces Australia's development from aboriginal arrival up to 50,000 years ago to the present day. A second section looks at how each...

Shane Warne, who died in 2022, is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest cricketers of all time - and the greatest spin bowler ever. Warne in Wisden records the...

Describes the places holding great historical and cultural significance for Melbourne's Aboriginal people. Includes archaeological sites and artefacts, as well as modern Aboriginal plant trails and cultural places. Locations have...

From Test matches to social knocks - from Lord's to the concrete driveway and the triumphs of the Don. From drama to biography, from eulogy to satire and from anecdote...

The author's captivating account of how she and husband Graeme Blundell dropped out with style. Exchanging the soy milk lattes and eternal traffic snarls of the city for the delights...

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 forty years, botanical artist Philippa Nikulinsky has been sharing her love of wild places through her painting. Now in her first collaboration on a book with her husband Alex...

An illustrated catalog of buildings that have won national architecture awards from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

"Drink Drank Drunk" is full of distinctive, full-bodied, intense, tropical, floral, aromatic, jammy, zesty, toasty, silky, and plummy wine reviews designed to help you through the wine-shop jungle out there....

English was shaped by a damp green land in the far north and became the language of a wide brown land, Australia. How does that affect people's response to the...

The book titled Creative Spirits: An Insight into the Life and Work of Some by the author Don Featherstone. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

Currently starring in CBS'S hit series DR CHRIS: PET VET in the US and delighting audiences in Australia as the host of I'M A CELEBRITY, GET ME OUT OF HERE!,...

Collection of amusing stories related to Australian Rules football by 39 famous players and commentators. Includes anecdotes from Ted Whitten, TCrackers' Keenan, Alex Jesaulenko and Peter Hudson. Features a foreword...

The book titled Contemporary Australian Printmaking by the author Sasha Grishin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

"Stephanie's Australia" is an account of Stephanie Alexander's personal odyssey around Australia looking at tastes, places, stories and people. It offers a portrait of the country and its emerging culinary...

Exploring a wide range of design experience, this publication is an investigation of design issues spanning almost 100 years of Australian history. The author draws on poets, painters, educators, critics,...

The text traces the development of the city through its architecture and urban planning, starting from the first few European settlers through to the year 2000 and its four million...

The book titled Roads for the People: A History of Victorian Roads by the author Bill Anderson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Beautiful stone was nature's gift to South Australia, and an irresistible building material for early settlers. Many stone walls, without mortar or with no more than mud as glue, have...

The book titled Living Stones: St Swithun's Pymble 1901-2001: St Swithun's Pymble by the author Marcia Cameron. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Landscape painting in Australia in the 19th century is important both as an expression of colonists' attitudes to the country they had only recently settled and as a record of...

There are certain memories that will be familiar to anyone who grew up in Australia between the 1960s and the 1990s. Things like traipsing to the caravan-park toilet with a...

El Alamein, July to November 1942 explores one of the Second World War's most pivotal battles, focusing on the crucial role of the 9th Australian Division. This book examines how...

From big, hairy spiders and intricate, delicate spiders to pointy fangs and sticky webs welcome to the world of Australia's creepy-crawly spiders! With fast facts, full-colour illustrations and images from...

Chopsticks or Fork? is a collection of stories and recipes from Chinese restaurants in regional Australia, based on the six-part ABC series created by Lin Jie Kong and Jennifer Wong....

Explore Australia 2026 is the 42nd edition of the country's longest-running and most-trusted travel guide. Plan your next Aussie adventure with this easy-to-use and comprehensive guidebook. Explore Australia 2026 features...

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...

Established in 1895, the Venice Biennale is one of the world's most important critical forums for contemporary visual art. Thousands of the world's leading curators, collectors, gallery directors and critics...

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he goes on an Australian beach adventure in this lift-the-flap board book! Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he goes on an Australian beach...

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...

Desperate to find a kid's birthday party venue that your child hasn't been to so many times that it's starting to feel like a second home? Looking for a place...

Gun-guwelamagapa: Gun-nerranga gun-nerranga rrawa, An-barra gun-nika describes the An-barra Archaeological Project, which investigated the archaeological sites around the mouth of the Blyth River (An-gartcha Wana literally "Big River") in central...

In his cookbook Modern Australian Baking , Christopher The, founder of Blackstar Bakery and creator of 'the world's most Instagrammed cake', offers a masterclass in cakes, breads and pastries that...