Australasian History

As World War II climbed to its crescendo in the Asia-Pacific, the Australian government called in a new weapon: women. Within this female arsenal was a top-secret group focused on...

Forgotten men and women from Australia in a forgotten war - Burma 1942-1945. If you didn't know that Australians were involved in the longest campaign of WWII, in Burma, in...

This authoritative reference work is the essential guide to Australia's unique and fascinating trees. It features more than 325 species from all parts of the continent. Each tree is beautifully...

p>What are the unsolved crimes in Australian history? Why are they still unsolved? Who do the police suspect and why haven't they been caught?/p>p>The 20 infamous unsolved crimes in this...

For the first time, Bill Marsh's terrific collection of outback yarns centred on the Royal Flying Doctor Service are available in one bumper volume. the Royal Flying Doctor Service is...

Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history 'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of...

They are the greatest Australian and New Zealand racehorses of all time, the giants who transcend the sport, who broke records and captured hearts. But which are the best of...

Wander into the world of wellness with a comprehensive guide to healthy living. Start from the inside out, with a focus on nutrition. Juice bars, raw cafes and health conscious...

Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve is one of the last remnants of subtropical rainforest that once covered much of the Blackall Range in south-east Queensland. This book is a full colour...

Silent Voices explores the lives of the men of 10th Infantry battalion, from its formation in September 1914 at Morphettville in South Australia to its disbanding after the Great War...

Colorful illustrations and intriguing tidbits about the animals native to the land Down Under. "The Incomplete Book of Australian Mammals" is a selection of the author and illustrator's favorite animals...

Global warming, biodiversity loss, salinity ...There is no doubt Australia's environmental problems appear huge and overwhelming. Not only is our unique natural heritage under threat, but the consequences for agriculture,...

The book titled Sexual Positions: an Australian View: An Australian View by the author Carl Wood. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Award-winning nature photographers Stanley and Kaisa Breeden explore Australia's small animal life to reveal the wonder and beauty of looking closely into nature. Their specially developed digital photography techniques make...

**Highly Commended, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2025, Non-Fiction** There was something so captivating about always being on the edge, on that shaky precipice of promise - something new and something...

A heart-pounding, high-stakes, high-adrenalin relentless blast of an action-packed thriller, from Gabriel Bergmoser. the bestselling author of The Hunted and The Caretaker . After a year of searching, rogue ex-cop...

SPIRIT SISTERS was inspired by the scores of women who would preface their story with 'I've hardly told anyone this, but...'. Scratch the surface and the words would tumble out;...

How are we to think about nature and the environment? The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly...

The book titled Australian Birds: Simply Classified: Simply Classified by the author Donald Trounson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Forgotten Forests - a Field Guide to Victoria's Box and Ironbark by the author Ian McCann. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

Espresso chronicles Melbourne's coffee history and the personal desires and fortunes of many of the city's coffee industry pioneers. This updated edition includes exciting new stories from more of Melbourne's...

This wonderful guide features a range of walks across the state. Written by three of Melbourne's best known walking personalities, this guide features 96 walk variations in 50 areas across...

The book titled Timeless Machines: (Veteran and Vintage Motoring in Australia and New by the author Pedr Davis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book titled Writing from the Fringe: Study of Modern Aboriginal Literature by the author Mudrooroo Narogin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The book titled History of Road Trains in the Northern Territory, 1934-88 by the author John Maddock. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Profiles extraordinary Australian women who travelled to France at different times through history and who formulated their impressions-in fiction, diaries, letters, autobiographies-between 1880 and 1945.The book explores how the women...

Abstract Earth will be released to coincide with a long-overdue retrospective exhibition of one of Australia's foremost landscape photographers, Richard Woldendorp. It showcases over 27 years of Woldendorp's best aerial...

In the tradition of Don't Let Her See Me Cry and The Long Way Home, a starkly beautiful and inspirational true story of the power of love - and how...

**Shortlisted, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2025, Australian history** Bonzer. Arvo. Tucker. Sickie. Pash. Illywhacker. There are plenty of words to choose from to tell the story of Australia from iconic...

This scholarly and highly illustrated study of Fred Williams was originally published in 1980, and was the first comprehensive and fully researched attempt to inform a wider public of the...

Heartlines presents the poetry of Australian Instagram sensation Gemma Troy, one gorgeous verse at a time. Gemma Troy spent her childhood hunting for gold with her father, camping in fern...

A profound and beautiful masterpiece about a lifelong friendship between two writers. In this shimmering mosaic of a novel, a writer reflects on the final days of her friend's life....

This book focuses on the interactions between people, sheep and nature in the run country of Tasmania. It addresses the relationship between production and conservation in natural landscapes grazed by...

There is more to Frances Sinnett's secret pain than the loss of her children - including the author - to an orphanage. Battalions of sorrows begin when her grandfather at...

The book titled Football Grounds of Melbourne by the author Santo Caruso. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From the very beginnings of Intimate Opera Group in 1957 when the camaraderie of Putting on Opera kept a mob of dedicated amateurs operating on no money and gallons of...

A behind-the-scenes book about the Uluru Statement From The Heart, from the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, Professor Megan Davis and Patricia Anderson, AO. The Australian story began long before...

The story of the land rights battle of the Larrakia people for Kulaluk, near Darwin, in the 1970s.

A collection of quotations from notable Australians who have suffered major public defeats or setbacks, yet in some manner, carried the day. From Ned Kelly's words at his sentencing, to...

Raymond Priestley was the first salaried Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. It was a time of great upheaval, as Australian universities reshaped and reasserted themselves after the Great Depression....

The book titled Far From Where? by the author Finnane Antonia. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

When hunters and gatherers arrived in Australia many tens of thousands of years ago, their burning, hunting, and vegetable gathering practices caused substantial change in the continent's vegetation. In the...

The book titled Always a Lady: Courageous Women of Colonial Australia by the author Nance Donkin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.