Australasian History

This is a truly classic Australian story that captures part of our history that is vanishing. Tom was the mailman on one of the best known and loneliest tracks in...

A companion volume to the upcoming ABC TV series, this is a glorious celebration of the car in Australia over the last 100 years - how it changed us and...

The memoir of Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski DRIVEN is a memoir by distinguished Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski, with a particular focus on the cars he has loved and...

The long-awaited autobiography of one of Australia's finest sportsmen A key member of one of the greatest Australian teams in cricket history, and part of an exceptional bowling line-up that...

Aimed at nurses and health professionals training to care for Australia's growing aged population. This book does not attempt to proceed from a pathological interpretation of aging but rather views...

As anyone who's ever read Mark Dapin's column and features in Good Weekend knows, he's an immensely funny, acute and vivid observer of Australian life. In Strange Country, he takes...

'This book is a miraculous event.' - Elizabeth Gilbert, from the foreword A transformative path for women to reclaim their power in a world all too eager to strip it...

The beloved Australian classic, published in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics edition for the first time Miles Franklin's debut novel follows the vivacious and rebellious sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn - closely...

This guide to researching Australian history, designed to be easy to follow and informative, shows the beginner how to research and trace the history of houses, public buildings, industrial sites,...

Walter Burley Griffin is well known in Australia for his connection with the design of Canberra. Beyond Architecture reveals the place of Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony, both as...

Three powerful and engaging biographies of three former PM's wives - full of intrigue and revelation! Three powerful and engaging biographies of three former wives of Liberal prime ministers whose...

This beautifully photographed book enables the reader to step back in time, to a world when tall ships were the means by which continents were discovered, trade routes were opened...

A loving testament to the fact that blood isn't always what bonds us.'-Mia Freedman These days, families come in all shapes and sizes. They move from one state to create...

The perfect book for kids learning about Ned Kelly and his gang. The perfect book for kids learning about Ned Kelly and his gang. Ned Kelly was a notorious bushranger....

On 26 January the convict transports moved into their new home as a handful of Aborigines on the shore set up a horrid howl and indicated by angry gestures with...

The United States Special Forces, the Green Berets, were often regarded as the elite of the American forces and their mobile strike force, the 'Mike Force', was considered the elite...

This is the eighth volume of the popular Green Guide series initiating readers into the world of natures's deadly armoury. Discover poisonous fangs, venomous spurs, disease-laden body piercing, slicing jaws,...

An irresistible book for cricket fans - Australia's leading cricket writer on the national team, its stars and successes, opponents and adventures. In his latest collection of cricket writing, Gideon...

As a result of the 1965 Equal Wages Case, Aboriginal people in Australia's north were forced into unemployment and off their country into refugee camps on the fringes of the...

The book titled New Zealand: A Scenic Collection by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Media Unmade presents the definitive story of the decade in which big media in Australia was cut down to size - a decade that forever altered what had until then...

While the majority of Australians live close to the coast, the heart of our nation is still in the country, as spectacularly displayed in this collection of photographs by renowned...

For the first time Kel's Corner, a widely read column and a favourite on the Bellarine Coast, has been compiled in a single volume. Ken Davis's stories, as told to...

The book titled Aussie-Osities by the author Vane Lindesay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Songs of Australian Working Li by the author Therese Radie. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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 hilarious true adventures of two young vets dealing with all creatures (and humans!) great and small in country Australia. 'This is a wonderful memoir ... the only fault I...

The book titled This Day Tonight by the author Peach. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled On the Edge by the author MILLIKEN. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Offers a survey of the important developments in Australian art since 1968, critically assessing the interconnection of art and significant moments of social and cultural development.

The book titled Four Corners: Twenty-Five Years by the author Robert Pullan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is the how, where and why of adventure sports. It provides authoritative, up-to-date information on 23 activities including: abseiling, ballooning, bungy jumping, bushwalking, camel trekking, canoeing, canyoning, caving, cross-country...

The first social, cultural and environmental history of this World Heritage-listed site, The Reef is an effortlessly readable work by a born storyteller. There has never been a more critical...

The book titled Australian Women at War by the author Patsy Adam-Smith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

As the first Anzacs to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and among the last to serve in Afghanistan 100 years later, the men and women of the Australian...

Athol Gill sought to show that participation in community was integral to Christian descipleship. He recognized that individuals do not have the spiritual or material resources to maintain a lifestyle...