Australasian History

Two husbands, four trials and one bloody execution: Winner of the 2015 Davitt Award for Best Crime Book (Non-fiction) -- the terrible true story of Louisa Collins. In January 1889,...

The book titled Spiderwatch : a Guide to Australian Spiders: A Guide to Australian by the author Bert Brunet. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The story of the people, the events and the ideas that shaped Australian foreign policy and gave Australia its identity in the eyes of the rest of the world. In...

Born in 1894, Albert Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with...

'This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us,...

Following training in Australia, Canada and the UK, Fred Riley flew Spitfires with No 130 (Punjab) Squadron RAF from October 1943 until December 1944. Flying the Spitfire Mk.V, he escorted...

Based on, and inspired by, the life and work of a man intrigued by the natural world. It is a synthesis of the results of many years of research on...

The book titled Timor 1942: Australian Commandos at War with the Japanese by the author Christopher C.H. Wray. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The Welsh people have been part of Australian society since white settlements began two centuries ago, and today, those of Welsh descent, such as and Kylie Minogue, have achieved worldwide...

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a revered legend of the development of Australia as a caring nation. However, few Australians are aware of the man who founded it-John Flynn-usually...

When Elspeth returns from New York to her hometown of Geelong, it's not for a holiday - it's because her mother has vanished. While her sister, Aoife, and Elspeth wait...

A unique book that combines an appreciation of Aboriginal art with contemporary theoretical concerns. On one level it is a beautifully illustrated book about contemporary Aboriginal art from the Central...

Original work that tells a story about cross-cultural encounters that will be a revelation to many readers. It shows how the connections between Aborigines and Australians have continued for centuries....

By addressing themes such as social and economic change, government policy and gender relations, this volume tackles the thematic complexities of sustainability. At the heart of this discussion lies a...

The book titled Australian Contemporary Drama by the author Dennis Carroll. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The wealth of rock art that proliferates in Western Arnhem Land in the northern part of Australia is of immense significance as evidence of the world's oldest continuous culture, featuring...

Desert Lake is a book combining artistic, scientific and Indigenous views of a striking region of north-western Australia. Paruku is the place that white people call Lake Gregory. It is...

The book titled Air War Pacific by the author Christopher Campbell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Facing North: A Century of Australian Engagement with Asia is the first book to assess the whole history of Australia's relations with Asia since Federation. This first volume presents a...

Sumner offers numerous, sometimes surprising, insights into all aspects of theatre life: acting, directing and the production process, the question of standards, the role of government, and of course the...

This book interprets the predicament faced by Australia's regional people from their own perspective and proposes a means by which they can act together to find a secure future under...

Designed for courses in visual art and critical theory, this analysis of the contemporary art scene in Australia concentrates on performance art.

Volume 1 of a three volume set containing Henry Handel Richardson's correspondence in its entirety. This three volume set marks the first time any Australian literary writer has had his/her...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...