Australasian History

A personal account of how copyright protects Indigenous art There is the country non-Indigenous people can see, and then there is the country Indigenous people see that the rest of...

From Wall Street to the supreme court, how the world's largest banks control the money markets and crush competition In the 1980s and 90s, amid an explosion in international money...

Biography of John McEwen, leader of the Federal Country Party from 1958 to 1971 and a complex man. John McEwen, thirty-seven years a politician, twenty-three days a Prime Minister and...

There has never been a greater need for a sober, historically informed yet critical account of immigration policy in Australia. In this revised and updated edition, James Jupp, Australia's leading...

An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you...

SURVIVAL IN SINGAPORE is a gripping account of an untold story of Japanese-occupied Singapore, and a testament of courage, sacrifice and the resilience of the human spirit. 'Wonderfully evocative writing,...

The Pacific Islands remain for most people a region of obscurity or puzzlement. The attention of news media is attracted by atypical events such as political violence that contradict the...

The first draft of this book was written under a tree on the slope of a sandhill where, for several years, Englishwoman Pat Lowe shared a desert camp with her...

In many respects, Australia behaves as if it were still a colonial dependency. Our policies on foreign affairs, trade, human rights, and the environment seem to be uncritically allied to...

In 1906, at just 16 years of age, Angelina Criscillo left the tiny volcanic island of Stromboli off Sicily to travel to an even remoter island on the other side...

Souter describes in fascinating detail the years of rapid and dramatic change from federation in 1901 to the end of the Great War. A new cheaper edition published to coincide...

Here are some of the stories of the towering giants of World War II journalism: Wilfred Burchett, Richard Hughes, George Johnston, Alan Moorehead, Kenneth Slessor, Chester Wilmott and Lorraine Stumm....

Winner of the University Of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award A deeply personal exploration of Australia's colonisation past, present and future by one of Australia's finest contemporary authors. This is a...

The relationship between Australia and the royal family is complex and fascinating. We are drawn to the pure magic of palaces, celebrity romance and high-fashion, but it goes deeper. This...

This is the story of how Don Burke built his dream, transforming a bush block with virtually no soil - a barren rocky hillside in a dry rainshadow area -...

CENTRAL AUSTRALIA RAILWAY NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY "Outback Railwaymen Life on the Commonwealth Railways" explores the life and times of three extraordinary railways, through the recollections and humorous stories...

Not just a biography and much more than an illustrated book, this is a celebration of a mind and times that is as bold, entertaining and unique as the man...

Changing Employment Relations in Australia examines recent developments in industrial relations and human resource management. The core of the book consists of studies of six industries: airlines, automobile manufacturing, banking,...

A raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and the transformative power of love, from one of Australia's most captivating personalities 'Powerful, heartbreaking and beautiful ... a story of...

Through his writing, teaching and public speaking, Charles Birch has drawn attention to the relationship between science and religion and the ways in which they shape our attitudes to the...

From Richell Prize-winning debut author Susie Greenhill comes a tender and profoundly moving exploration of life and loss. In the early morning, Elena woke as Orla pulled back the doona...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 The powerful, untold story of two of the three members of iconic Australian band Silverchair. It all began in...

**Shortlisted for the 2021 Ned Kelly Award for True Crime** Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members....

From the dual success of Edwin Flack at Athens in 1896 to the aspirations of the current young Australian hopefuls, this is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to Australia s...

Out of Australia's total population of around nine million, an estimated seven million people turned out to catch a glimpse of the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. Sixty...

Melbourne's metropolis has had a long affinity with all things culinary. The cuisines that started the city's famous food scene - Italian, Greek, and Vietnamese - now exist alongside diverse...

As a schoolboy in suburban Sydney in 1952, Tom Keneally was a romantic. He had visions of following in his hero Chatterton's poetic footsteps. He dreamt of triumphing on the...

Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....

From Alex Price's on-field karaoke session to Rob Quiney's resurrection of a dead seagull and Shane Watson's formidably funny front pad, these are the moments of physical slapstick and verbal...

'A great book - storytelling with heart, and a testimony to truth.' - Tony BirchWhen a tragic bushfire puts two kids in hospital, Indigenous teenager Andrew knows the police will...

Who was Isabella Mary Kelly? Media sensationalism and colourful folklore labelled her a "wanton with a whip" and a "bitter sadistic hell-cat of a woman". Legends of her infamous adventures...

Release planned to coincide with the 2007 Federal Election, here is a brilliant photographic essay by award winning photojournalist Andrew Chapman which captures the changing scene of Australian political campaigns...

AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR A tale of two very different sisters whose 1890s voyage from London into remote outback Australia becomes a journey of self-discovery, set against a landscape of wild beauty...

As their neighbourhoods are blitzed by indiscriminate development bewildered suburbanites ask: How did we end up in this mess? With historical insight and characteristic candour Miles Lewis shows how planners...

Photographs of the people, wines and wine regions of Australia, with lists of all prominant producers by region.

June 30, 1999. Tim Fischer, Deputy PM and Leader of the National Party, rises in the House of Representatives to announce his resignation. Here was a politician at the height...

Wineries across the globe now regularly engage leading architects to create extraordinary, original constructions that complement the winemaking and tasting experiences. In Europe, world-renowned studios have rejuvenated winery and cellar-door...