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The Countess from Kirribilli: The mysterious and free-spirited literary sensation who beguiled the world
She was 'amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle'. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends...
RAAF Black Cats: The secret history of the covert Catalina mine-laying operations to cripple Japan's war machine
In March 1945 Reg Cleworth, a navigator on PBY Catalina seaplanes flying out of Darwin, went missing in action. No details were ever given about the incident that took his...
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse
Winner of the National Biography Award 2021 Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction 2021 'A compelling story, beautifully told' - JULIA BAIRD, author and broadcaster 'At last, a...
Esther: The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony
Shortlisted for the Society of Women Writers NSW Book Awards Esther only just escaped the hangman in London. Aged 16, she stood trial at the Old Bailey for stealing 24...
The Original Australians: The story of the Aboriginal People
The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Indigenous history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime to the...
We Didn't Think It Through
WINNER: 2024 MARION ACT Book of the Year, Books for Older Readers WINNER: 2024 Readings Young Adult Prize S HORTLISTED: 2024 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young...
The Waterwise Australian Native Garden: A practical guide to garden design, plant selection and much more
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Winner of the 2018 HMAA Laurel Award for best book First published as The Australian Native Garden There's never been a more crucial time to droughtproof your garden and to...
The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO, 1976 - 1989
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions...
The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO, 1963-1975
By 1963, Robert Menzies had been prime minister for thirteen years, Australia had its first troops in Vietnam, and change was in the air. There would soon be street protests...
People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia
Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021 Winner of the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize 2021 Co-winner of the Ernest Scott Prize for History 2021 Winner, Henry...
The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963
Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner...
Lancaster Men: The Aussie heroes of Bomber Command
'[Rees'] account of the danger and difficulty is gripping.a remarkable book.' - Canberra Times 'Rees has an eye for technical detail and a passion for the people involved. Lancaster Men...
Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War
Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History 2014 Winner of the NSW Premier's History Awards, Australian History Prize 2014 Winner of the Queensland Literary Awards, History Award...
Warrior: A legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier
Winner of the 2015 Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance Winner of the 2016 Magarey Medal for Biography 'Connors lays down the hard truth. Not all our...
A Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong
They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere...
Tasmania's Convicts: How felons built a free society
To the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land, it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells...
Tunnel Rats: The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong's secret weapon
'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is...
First Footprints: The Epic Story of the First Australians
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Australia's northern coast. They were the first oceanic mariners and this great southern land was their new home. Gigantic...
Australians Volume 2: Eureka to the Diggers
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life....
Eucalypts: A celebration
'The tallest and most stately trees I ever saw in any nobleman's ground in England cannot excel in beauty those which nature presented to our view.' First fleet surgeon Arthur...
Creating an Australian Garden
Angus Stewart has worked for decades on selecting and breeding Australian plants to make them more gardener-friendly. Creating an Australian Garden not only passes on the knowledge gained from Angus's...
Australians: Origins to Eureka
In this widely acclaimed volume, bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots...
Stone Cold: The Extraordinary Story of Len Opie, Australia's Deadliest Soldier
'If I'd have been a Vietcong you'd be dead.' - Len Opie 'Len was a soldier above soldiers.' - Keith Payne VC Through three wars across 30 years, Len Opie...
The Colony: A history of early Sydney
Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it...
Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg
He was the gentleman bushranger . she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady. 'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt...
King Brown Country: The betrayal of Papunya
'Why don't you check out Papunya? It's the sniffing capital of Australia, it's a Bermuda triangle for taxpayer funds. Nobody in the NT government gives a rats. The council just...
The Butterflies of Australia
The world over people love butterflies but few understand much more about them than their physical beauty. Butterflies of Australia offers a unique guide to help identify the nearly 400...
Treading Lightly: The hidden wisdom of the world's oldest people
We are consuming more than our earth can provide. In Australia, cities and towns struggle to maintain a reliable water supply, climate change triggers droughts which devastate farmland, and fish...
A Bastard of a Place
'Brune's book is a timely reminder that despite the warmest alliances, nations sometimes have to stand up and save themselves.' - The Weekend Australian Financial Review ' A Bastard of...
Paula's Way: A heart-warming story from the multi-million copy bestselling author
An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream, but not so for Paula. She'shappy and secure in Western Australia with her own business, a completecontrast to her rootless childhood, and has...
Chestnut Lane: From the multi-million copy bestselling author
She's loved his music for years and knows he's had a tough time lately, with an intruder slashing his face, then a car accident putting his ability to play music...
Journeyings: The Biography of a Middle-Class Generation 1920-1990
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Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War From an Unconventional Woman
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Freedom Ride: A freedom rider remembers
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Somewhere in Asia: War, Journalism and Australia (TM)s Neighbours, 1941-1975
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The Bay: the waves won't wash away what they did
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The tide's coming in. Every wave seems to lap a little higher. Erasing, bit by bit, the traces of what I did.Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend....
The Bay: the waves won't wash away what they did
The tide's coming in. Every wave seems to lap a little higher. Erasing, bit by bit, the traces of what I did.Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend....
The Pit: By the author of THE STONING, "The crime debut of the year"
"Outback noir has a new star" Mark Sanderson, The Times"A rising star of crime fiction" Joan Smith, Sunday Times"Delivers another larger-than-life, take-no-prisoners slice of outback noir. A truly original writer"...
Invisible: New Zealand's history of excluding Kiwi-Indians
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Australia: An Illustrated History: 2008
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More Great Australian Outback Police Stories
Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN...
Tested: The remarkable power of resolve - reflections and
Australia's Test Cricket Captain in conversation with remarkable leaders and achievers - from Julia Gillard to Dennis Lillee. When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28,...
Gold: The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the
'Impostor ', 'greedy' and 'incompetent' - Edmund Hammond Hargraves was beloved by few and reviled by many more. Ask google Who discovered gold in Australia? and you'll promptly get 'Edward...
Batty's Bush Bible: How to do Australia, a hilarious travel & survival
From the director of the wildly popular Bush Mechanics and Black As - a can-do guide for your next outback adventure filled with practical advice, ripper yarns and road-trip tips....
The Boomers: A biography
From heartbreak to triumph: how our national basketball team went from misfits to superstars The Boomers' Olympic triumph in Tokyo was possibly the most celebrated bronze medal in Australian sporting...
Over This Backbone
'an impressive debut that takes readers on a physical and mental journey, shoulder-to-shoulder with this lovable protagonist. It explores the human experience, the Australian landscape, and where these two fascinating...
The Sirens
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Weyward Sisters separated by centuries.Voices that can't be drowned out. 'Evocative and compelling ... As hopeful as it is heart-wrenching' LUCY CLARKE, author...
Over This Backbone
'an impressive debut that takes readers on a physical and mental journey, shoulder-to-shoulder with this lovable protagonist. It explores the human experience, the Australian landscape, and where these two fascinating...