Australasian History

*WINNER of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2020: Non-Fiction* This book explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians who participated in Australian exploration enterprises in the early nineteenth century. These Indigenous...

The Battle for Australia stemmed the unprecedented Japanese advance from the north. The battle became a precarious fighting comeback at a time when Australia was naked to invasion. It loosened...

Over the years many books on Australian military history have given rise to a host of such 'zombie' myths - myths that refuse to die. A great many have a...

'His courage, determination, skill and his undoubtedly outstanding ability as a leader are an inspiration to his wing and worthy of the highest praise.' Extract from Distinguished Service Order citation...

Now updated to also include all our George Cross winners, VC has been considered a classic work of Australian military history ever since its first publication in 1963. Together with...

In early August with the failure of the August Offensive at Gallipoli the senior commanders still believed that victory was possible. To help prepare for a new offensive sometime in...

The book titled Honor by Fire: Japanese Americans at War in Europe and the Pacific by the author Lyn Crost. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

January 23, 1942, New Britain. It was 2:30 a.m., the darkest hour of the day and, for the defenders of this Southwest Pacific island, soon to be the war's darkest...

On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney , fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the...

True stories of Aussie courage and mateship from the annals of the RSL. Published to mark the centenary of the First World War and of the RSL in 2016, this...

The book titled A Land Half Won by the author Geoffrey Blainey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Aussie BBQ Bible is your guide to getting the best out of your barbecue - whether it's a modest charcoal stand-alone or a gas-burning beast with all the bells...

From the award-winning author and illustrator Simon Barnard comes an embellished version of Australia's first ever dictionary, published on its 200-year anniversary. In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian...

Five kids orphaned by a terrible accident ...a struggling family living in the most isolated spot on earth ...a single dad battling to cope in a house falling down around...

Carter's Price Guide to Antiques in Australasia, the company's flagship established in 1985, is produced from scratch each year and contains thousands of different items all with detailed descriptions, price...

The Ashes Test series between England and Australia has come to epitomise all that is great and exciting about the game of cricket. The series reached new levels of excitement...

Olive Pink: Artist, Activist & Gardener presents a superb selection of original paintings of the iconic flowers of the Central Australian region, alongside a fascinating biography featuring beautifully reproduced memorabilia...

The book titled Australia Street: A boy's-eye view of the 1920s and 1930s by the author John Kingsmill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book titled Sex and Thugs and Rock'n'Roll: A Year in Kings Cross 1963 1964 by the author Billy Thorpe. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia by the author Max Germaine. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Dust, Donkeys and Delusion examines and clinically debunks the myth that has grown up around Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the so-called `Man with the Donkey', the quintessential Australian `hero' of...

This beautiful true story illustrates how the forces of nature drive evolution. Nowhere elso on Earth is this tale better told than on the ancient land of Australia, a "land...

The book titled Key Guide to Australian Trees by the author Leonard Cronin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

For many years, the Tasmanian wilderness has been the site of a fierce struggle. At stake is the future of old-growth forests. Loggers and police face off with protesters deep...

A Season Like No Other: AFL 2020 explores how the AFL navigated a season that changed day-by-day for fans, for the clubs, and for the players and coaches. The 2020...

Victoria offers a jaw-dropping diversity of bushwalks through areas rich in natural wonders and colourful human history. Experienced travel writer Melanie Ball has hiked every track in this book for...

Fierce and lyrical, The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton is a story of survival, solitude and unlikely friendship. Most of all it is about what it takes to keep hope...

Reptiles killed Aubrey Broughill.But which ones?It took balls to become Australia's oldest stick-up man. In 60 years of crime Aubrey Grandpa Broughill had what it took. But when his body...

The book titled Melbourne City of Charm by the author Trevor Klein. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Slater's Australian Birdwatcher's Notebook by the author Peter Slater. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Bushwalking in Mount Warning, New South Wales: North East NSW and by the author Rob Blanch. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The Dam Busters, The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky were all written by Paul Brickhill, an Australian hero of WWII. 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of his birth...

Australian and New Zealand special forces are renowned for their bravery, their skill and their sense of duty - so much so that World War II Allied commanders turned to...

When Mrs Jerry Newsham read one of Australia's favourite books, "Over the Top With Jim", she liked it so much she sent it to the presenter of her favourite radio...

the European settlement of terra Australis was motivated by a desire to find somewhere to put people who didn t fit in. Right from the start Australia has taken that...

A must-read,The Lucky Country?Reinventing Australiachallenges us all to consider the kind of future we want for our country and communities. Can we reinvent The Lucky Country? In 1964, Donald Horne...

The History of Australia in 100 Objects is a fresh, accessible take on Australian history. It explores both well- and little-known stories through the objects of the time and the...

First Australians is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the...

The Everfresh studio is an explosive hub of creation and activity, inconspicuously located in Melbourne's inner-city suburb of Collingwood. Behind an unmarked factory door, Everfresh artists conceive, develop and collaborate...

The book titled William Wade by the author R.M. Williams. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In April 1977, the author set off from Alice Springs to cross 1700 miles of desert and bush with four camels and a dog. Before she could leave Alice Springs,...

Personal history plays an enormous role in the type of aesthetic choices that underlie home design and selection. An individual's environmental autobiography, a lifetime of environmental experiences, undoubtedly informs an...

Elephantine Boabs dot the Kimberley region of Western Australia; cattle rub against giant Bottle Trees and Ironbarks in Queensland, and Strangler Figs with 40-metre girths thrive in our northern rainforests....

You will LOVE this wonderfully warm-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny romantic comedy for fans of Sophie Ranald, Mhairi McFarlane and Sophie Kinsella . Emma Londstown spent her twenties travelling, and now...

Australia and New Zealand have a proud record of sending troops overseas to fight for Great Britain when conflicts have arisen over the years. This book chronicles the transporting of...

This book recounts the formation of the Women's Service Guilds in 1909, and their wide-ranging activities, primarily in Western Australia aswell as on the national and internatinal scene. It chronicles...

What woman today would accept losing her job or her nationality on marriage? What mother would accept that she had no custody rights to her children? Who would deny women...