Australasian History

This volume presents the work of 42 artists from Australia and includes paintings, drawings, prints, mixed-media, glass and sculpture. Two works by each artist are featured in colour, with a...

The story is set in the city of Melbourne in the latter half of the 19th century, when it was growing rapidly, due to the gold flowing from Ballarat and...

Isolated in a small cell at Brisbane's maximum-security prison awaiting trial, Joe Tog composed a series of short narratives for his defence-barrister. The purpose was to overcome confusion with the...

Out of nowhere in 2004, this obscure religious sect burst on to the political stage in Australia. Almost unheard of until then, the Exclusive Brethren was suddenly spending up big...

Many changes have occurred in Aboriginal history in the last twenty years. This means not only that history has continued to happen since 1988. It also means that there have...

This essay about the art of government is part defence, part lament. In Political Amnesia, Laura Tingle examines what has gone wrong with our politics, and how we might put...

Mike Keenan's poignant memoir is a return to the bestselling territory of The Horses too are Gone In The Shadows of Horses, Mike Keenan shares the inside story of what...

At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying...

Nick Rains has photographed people and places across Australia for over 35 years, and in that time he's met people from many different walks of life - people living in...

Welcome to the revised edition of Dale Campisi's stylish guidebook, Melbourne Precincts ! Featuring 20 precincts across the city, this book is diverse but it does not seek to be...

One look at glamorous, glitzy and grand Sydney - and you'll fall in love. One read of Sydney Precincts by Chris Carroll and you'll know just which shops, cafes, restaurants...

The town that is now Alice Springs was a telegraph station when Doris Bradshaw Blackwell went there as a young girl in 1899. Doris Blackwell s father, Thomas Bradshaw, was...

p>This is a collection of true crime experiences from police officers, lawyers, journalists, criminologists, psychologists, criminals - and ordinary citizens who have stumbled upon the dark side or had crime...

WINNER OF A 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR ABIA Bestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars. This anthology has them all. With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa...

'The pace spirals and the twists multiply' S. R. WHITE , author of international bestseller Hermit The Dry meets The Hunting Party in this gripping thriller set in the isolated...

Ideas are at the heart of our politics. They are the means by which people are influenced and mobilised. Australian politics have been shaped by distinctive patterns of political thought...

Stop overpaying your taxes and start saving money! 101 Ways to Save Money on Your Tax?Legally! 2015?2016 sheds light on how you can increase your tax return by maximising your...

Simplify tax and save money with streamlined bookkeeping Small businesses are often just that-small. Bookkeeping may be done by a professional outside the company, but more often falls to an...

Jim Connelly revels in the histories and mysteries of his native Gippsland ( Round and About in Gippsland, Stories of old Gippsland, Growing up in Garfield ). Here he writes...

'Nadia Niaz dances worlds into being. Hers is a rich and heady poetry, unafraid to play with form, spun for us across contrasting worlds, languages, time, customs. It's a poetry...

Outback Vets is a walk on Australia's wild side, from the glistening coast to the dusty desert. Get to know these hard-working animal lovers as they ride, drive and fly...

They were the Australians who made American history. In the roaring days of the 1850s California gold rush, San Francisco was the most dangerous town in America, made so by...

In 1993, Kate Leeming became the first woman in history to cycle the breadth of the 'New Russia', completing the 13,400-km Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition to aid the children of Chernobyl....

This book shows how, through its characters, the ETU Victorian Branch has grown and how, as an organisation, it furthered and used its industrial and political clout to improve the...

Sustain: Groundbreaking Recipes And Skills That Could Save The Planet is an inspiring cookbook and beautifully designed manual of ideas to consider, practices to adopt and techniques to learn for...

Everyone has heard the cliches about Queensland politics: Queensland is 'different'. It's the 'Deep North'. Its state elections exemplify Pineapple Party Time. But what if those cliches are in fact...

After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well-placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide...

Reunited with their horses in Egypt after the shattering experience of Gallipoli (a story recounted in Terry Kinloch's earlier book, Echoes of Gallipoli), the Anzac mounted riflemen and light horsemen...

Whether veteran snipper or novice hacker, this common-sense handbook provides advice for every type of pruner.

Painting Culture tells the complex story of how, over the past three decades, the acrylic "dot" paintings of central Australia were transformed into objects of international high art, eagerly sought...

This text attempts to answer the most crucial questions asked surrounding youth suicide - why do so many young people resort to suicide, and what can family and friends do...

Did you know that, in 1934, the ABC developed 'synthetic' cricket, in which radio broadcasters gave a ball-by-ball description of the game, using sound effects to simulate the sound of...