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The Oxford Companion to Australian Film
The book also offers a thorough bibliography, a full list of AFI awards and a subject index providing easy access to relevant entries. The companion is intended both to celebrate...
Through The Wall
'This is a personal account of life at the top that will charm the general reader and the political tragic alike' Weekend Australian Anna Bligh knows something about hard knocks...
Conviction Of The Innocent
The presumption of innocence is the keystone of liberty. Yet it is constantly under attack and is liable to be whittled away, particularly in times of crisis. It is for...
Killing Time: Lunatic Soup
Andrew Fraser's bestselling and controversial true-crime memoirs are now being adapted into an exciting new television series called Killing Time! After being convicted and disbarred, Fraser became the confidant of...
The Outbackers: Travelling the Outback with the Uteman
Strewth! Are we there yet? People of all ages travel or dream of travelling around our outback areas by car/caravan/campervan and are keen to read about people who have actually...
New Australian Fiction 2024
A wartime hero refuses to pick up his weapon. Koalas begin a mass exodus. A writer finds her voice again. New Australian Fiction showcases the strength and diversity of Australian...
Australia's Pioneers, Heroes and Fools: the trials, tribulations and
Combining the heroic, the tragic, the bizarre and the humorous, Australia's Pioneers, Heroes & Fools takes you along the intriguing highways and byways of Australian exploration, focusing on the tricks...
Editor's Odyssey: A Reminiscence of Civil Service, 1945-1985
Recounts a bygone age when links to Britain were strong and the public service played a vital role in post-war Australian reconstruction. The book contains entertaining vignettes of many distinguished...
Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within
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On the streets, under the ground and on the information superhighway, radicals and rebels have made this town their own. The acclaimed Radical Melbourne revealed the hidden history of the...
Sir John Medley
Geoffrey Serle is a graduate of the University of Melbourne where he taught history before moving to Monash and the Australian National universities. He was general editor of the "Australian...
A Place to Remember: A History of the Shrine of Remembrance
On the 11th of November 1934 over 300,000 people gathered on the slopes of Melbourne's Domain to witness the dedication of the Shrine. It was the largest state war memorial...
Evatt
Herbert Vere Evatt, famous Australian lawyer, politician and intellectual, was one of the key Australian public figures of the twentieth century. In 1930, at the remarkably young age of thirty-six,...
Dragon's Tail: The Lucky Country after the China Boom: Quarterly Essay
In Dragon's Tail, Andrew Charlton shows that China's growth model is now reaching its limit, and the world's most populous economy faces a challenging transition. In Dragon's Tail, Andrew Charlton...
The Liberals
The Australian Liberal Party is in deep crisis. Losing the 'unloseable' election in 1993 gave it an unenviable record of five successive losses, nearly reversing the record of successes set...
Diamonds and Stones in an Era of Gold
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...
Behind the Exclusive Brethren
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...
101 Ways To Save Money On Your Tax - Legally! 2015-2016
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...
Spirit Country: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art
Jennifer Isaacs has been a close observer of the artistic renaissance across Aboriginal Australia since it began in the early 1970s. In Spirit Country she outlines the forces that propelled...
Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia
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This work reviews in detail the relations between mining and indigenous peoples in diverse national, political, and cultural settings. With case studies from five nations and covering gold, uranium, diamonds,...
If Matthew Flinders Had Wings
In a journey that took five years to complete, property magnate Richard Buxton circumnavigated Australia by air and sea in an effort to raise public awareness and funds for research...
A Companion to Theatre in Australia
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This authoritative alphabetical reference work covers every major development and significant figure in the history of Australian theatre, from the earliest colonial times to the present day.
Great Australian Sporting Moments
This book captures, both in words and stunning photographs, some of the biggest and most memorable moments in the history of Australian sport. They are moments that happened on the...
The Sirens
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Weyward Sisters separated by centuries. Voices that can't be drowned out. 'Beautiful and magnificent' Jennifer Saint, author of ARIADNE 'A profoundly moving and...
Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio
Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe...
Great Australian Mysteries: Bk. 2
Despite the veneer or ubrane ordinariness, Australia has never lost her reputation as a repository of mysteries. Learn what really happened the day evil stalked Adelaide oval, or what about...
Greg Miles - My Lucky Life
Biography of "The Voice of Australian Racing", Greg Miles, a must-read for horse racing and sports enthusiasts. Foreword by Bruce McAvaney. Greg Miles My Life Behind the Binoculars is a...
Reframing Darwin
"Reframing Darwin: Evolution and the Arts in Australia" is a book of essays about the impact of Darwinian thought on Australian art, science and culture, beginning with the voyage of...
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race
The worst disaster in recent ocean racing history began on Boxing Day 1998, a perfect summer day on Sydney Harbour. Among the starters was Sayonara, owned by Larry Ellison, the...
Chefs' Kitchens: Inside the Homes of Australia's Culinary Connoisseurs
Great food culture starts at home especially when it's from the chef's home kitchen and garden! Be inspired by this unique and visually stunning book, which takes a behind-the-scenes look...
The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles
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Richard Downing
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Robert Menzies, A Life
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The History of the Uniting Church in Australia: The First 25 Years
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Arthur Phillip: Australia'S First Governor
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One Hundred Years of Le Pine, 1891-1991
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