Australasian History

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...

The depth, nature and extent of the corruption revealed in the NSW police force by the Wood Royal Commission was astounding and appalling. Much of what was learned came from...

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...

In an unnamed, dead-end town in the heart of the outback, a young writer arrives to research small settlements that have vanished into oblivion. He finds the town's hotel empty...

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...

Dive into this New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war--from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. "Truly...

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,...

Champion swimmer, trailblazer and film idol - the adventurous life of our first Hollywood superstar, by the bestselling author of Sister Viv , Mrs Kelly , Hudson Fysh , Banks...

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Weyward: FOUR SISTERS, SEPARATED BY HISTORY, BOUND BY THE SEA 'Beautiful and magnificent' Jennifer Saint, author of ARIADNE 'A profoundly moving and rich...

When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their government as 'hostages...

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...

Few NRL players in the last decade have had the talent of Todd Carney. From his debut season with the Canberra Raiders where he was awarded 'Rookie of the Year'...

Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co-authors...

The book titled Different Voices: Gender and Politics in Australia by the author Elizabeth Van Acker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'At once lyrical and exacting, clear-sighted and deeply informed - a beautiful book.' Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction A fascinating natural history for fans of Underland by Robert...

When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their government as 'hostages...

'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me...

Santa can't visit until you're fast asleep, so snuggle up and read what happens on Christmas Eve when things don't go quite as planned. Featuring all new artwork by Lee...

p>The ANZAC tradition was forged on the killing fields of Gallipoli in 1915 and the legend grew throughout the decades at places such as Tobruk, Singapore, Kokoda and Long Tan....

Revisits Australian rock band silverchair's globally successful debut album Frogstomp (1995) and asserts that the band is not an imitation of American grunge nor an emblem of Gen X angst....

'I certainly am not going to be bullied by fundamentalist Christians' - Archbishop Peter Carnley throughout his career as Archbishop of Perth, Peter Carnley has raised issues that have challenged...

'At once lyrical and exacting, clear-sighted and deeply informed - a beautiful book.' Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction A fascinating natural history for fans of Underland by Robert...

'At once lyrical and exacting, clear-sighted and deeply informed - a beautiful book.' Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction A fascinating natural history for fans of Underland by Robert...

The captivating story of the first global cosmetics empire, the fascinating woman who built it, and the past she preferred to leave behind 'Because of Trumble's surgical precision, his empathy...

CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR THE CRICKET WRITERS' CLUB DEREK HODGSON BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR...

Secrets. Glamour. Lies. Your new favourite twisty thriller was written by INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Rebecca Heath A group of old friends. A grieving mother. A lying bride. Adele and Jason are...

'Come for the murder, stay for the almost-too-close-to-the-bone social satire. I loved it, but don't tell my neighbours I said so.' JACK HEATH, author of Kill Your Husbands 'Joanna Jenkins...

CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR - SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET SOCIETY - MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Meticulously researched and unputdownable... splendidly atmospheric' - THE TIMES 'A wonderful book... an...

Secrets. Glamour. Lies. Your new favourite twisty thriller was written by INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Rebecca Heath 'Pitch perfect!' Jo Furniss, author of All the Little Children A REMOTE ISLAND It's been...

The story of Australia's postal services now two hundred years old is the story of Australia itself. At first, a small huddle of colonists awaited letters from England, which most...