Australasian History

Putting culture back in Agriculture. A young, entrepreneurial Worimi man leaps into the discussion of agriculture on this land on which we live, its past, but more importantly, its future....

A brand new Very Hungry Caterpillar lift-the-flap adventure featuring a world of wonderful animals - exclusively for Australia! Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he explores Australia and makes lots...

*Make sure you read Trent Dalton's irresistible new novel, LOLA IN THE MIRROR, out now* 'Electric' The Times 'Thrilling' New York Times 'Extraordinary' Joanna Cannon THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A MAJOR...

Emotions are not universal, but are experienced and expressed in diverse ways within different cultures and times. This overview of the history of emotions within nineteenth-century British imperialism focuses on...

Anzac Battlefield: A Gallipoli Landscape of War and Memory explores the transformation of Gallipoli's landscape in antiquity, during the famed battles of the First World War and in the present...

The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the...

Great cities deserve great encyclopedias. A city is known by its past, its characteristic virtues and troubles, and its ways of life. 'Marvellous Melbourne' symbolises the achievements of Australian urbanisation...

The history of New South Wales and Australia once seemed interchangeable. But since at least the 1850s New South Wales has had a unique history, partly growing out of its...

Great food culture starts at home especially when it's from the chef's home kitchen and garden! Be inspired by this unique and visually stunning book, which takes a behind-the-scenes look...

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...

Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co-authors...

Men at War takes an intimate look at the Australian 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, which was formed in Victoria in 1940 as Australia entered the Second World War. In 1941 and...

From a bestselling Australian author, this compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of an enigmatic figure, wife to feted colonial architect Francis Greenway, and asks, whose hand really...

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. This is the seventeenth Aubrey-Maturin novel. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded:...

Tim Hurburgh's Tall Poplars:Tales of Tasmania's fabled River Derwent Valley provides a fascinating fresh take from the murkier days of Van Diemen's Land through to today's picturesque Apple Isle. Stories...

For over thirty years James Halliday AM has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. A best-selling...

In this collection of four vibrant books, Sally Morgan celebrates Australian animals and the habitats in which they live. From dingos to galahs, children can watch, learn, listen and count...

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 'Deftly traversing time, culture and continent to weave a tale of both home and unbelonging, this...

'The rural crime fiction wave continues with this brilliant new arid drama.' - Australian Women's Weekly ' The writing is generous and whip-smart, with sentences that will stop readers in...

In this first biography of the man and his music, Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man tells the incredible story of one of Australia's most acclaimed Aboriginal pop and country...

In Australian Dreamscapes , Claire Takacs showcases the varied gardens found in the Australian landscape, from lush green oases to semi-arid settings. Claire profiles Australian gardens, gardeners and garden designers...

Escape to Nature is a stunning guidebook to 75 of Australia's most unique and awe-inspiring national parks, carefully selected by the Australian Geographic team. Given Australia is home to the...

Ultimate Cycling Trips: Australia is your practical and inspirational guide to 40 of the best cycling trails across Australia. Journey across Australia on two wheels with these hand-picked bike rides...

Ultimate Weekends: Australia is your travel guide to the best weekend getaways across this continent. Featuring over 60 destinations from every state and territory, this guide offers recommendations on the...

From lap pools to ocean pools, harbour pools to waterfalls, Sydney is arguably the best major city in Australia for swimming, if not the world! And Places We Swim Sydney...

The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history - the colonised and coloniser - and a bold and innovative new portrait of...

Racer and broadcaster Neil Crompton has had the best seat in the house for the last 40 years of Australian motorsport, an amazing lifetime upgrade to a first-hand, front row...

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN 'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ' This House of Grief , in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood '...

"The locked room mystery to end all locked room mysteries!" - Sophia Bennett. Provocative, gripping historical fiction, inspired by an incredible true story of female convicts London, 1841. The Rajah...

In the wake of the Second World War and the realisation that the Soviet Union had set up extensive espionage networks around the world, Australia responded by establishing its own...

From award-winning author and historian Janet McCalman, the engrossing tale of Tasmanian convict settlers in colonial Victoria It was meant to be 'Victoria the Free', uncontaminated by the Convict Stain....

The award-winning bestseller that put Australian birds on the world map - nature and science writing at their best. Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds...

A new path for Australia, as laid out by eminent economist and author of the bestselling Superpower Could Australia become a full-employment, renewable-energy superpower? Ross Garnaut says yes, and it...

The gripping story of Australia's first female crime writer and her career-criminal son When Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was determined to reinvent...

A must-read biography of an enigmatic personality who helped shape early Melbourne Madame Brussels, the most legendary brothel keeper in nineteenth-century Melbourne, is still remembered and celebrated today. But until...

A curated collection of essays that shaped Australia's culture and society Since the 1940s, Meanjin essays have set the national cultural agenda. Arthur Phillips' idea of 'cultural cringe' has become...

How are we to live well with others? How can we sustain abundant environments and nourishing cultures? How might connections to place and generations past strengthen our cultural, political and...

Compelling, groundbreaking and brilliantly readable, The Story of Australia's People- The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia is the first instalment of an ambitious two-part work, and the culmination of...

The much-anticipated second instalment of Geoffrey Blainey's history of Australia's people - his most ambitious work to date - that completes Australia's story from the Gold Rush to the present...

A riveting expose of the global oil industry's multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to...

A striking and compelling book reclaiming history by a renowned Indigenous visual artist. In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences,...

An evocative narrative of the many tragedies that fell upon those who were forced to serve time in Port Arthur, one of the most remote and feared convict locations in...

Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences...

A broad, concise and inclusive vision of Australia and Australians by one our most renowned historians A broad, concise and inclusive vision of Australia and Australians by one our most...

A milestone work of memoir, travel writing and history, The Bush by Don Watson takes us on a profoundly revelatory and entertaining journey through the Australian landscape and character. While...

The Birth of Sydney tells the story of the founding of one of the world's greatest cities. Tim Flannery's brilliant anthology reveals Sydney's strange and secret life from its unruly...

Bill Bryson's travels in a sunburned country- Australia will never look the same again. It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited...

An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this....