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My Wife, My Daughter and Poor Mary Ann

My Wife, My Daughter and Poor Mary Ann

$20.00 AUD
Author: Beverley KingstonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thomas Nelson, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA poignant exploration of family dynamics and personal struggles, this book delves into the lives of...
Northam: An Avon Valley History

Northam: An Avon Valley History

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Author: Donald S. GardenBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the rich history of Northam and the Avon Valley, detailing the...
Camels and the Outback

Camels and the Outback

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Author: H.M. Barker; Preface By Geoffrey BlaineyBinding: HardbackPublished: Pitman & Sons, 1964, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the unique relationship between camels and...
Tatiara: The first 140 years 1845-1985

Tatiara: The first 140 years 1845-1985

$30.00 AUD
Author: Alan JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: District Council of Tatiara, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the history of the Tatiara region over its first 140 years,...
The Territory

The Territory

$40.00 AUD
Author: Ernestine Hill; Decorations by Elizabeth DurackBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1951, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Territory is a captivating exploration of Australia's Northern...
Power, Progress & Profit: A History of the Australian Accounting Profession

Power, Progress & Profit: A History of the Australian Accounting Profession

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Author: Rob LinnBinding: HardbackPublished: Historical Consultants, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive history of the Australian accounting profession, detailing its development and...
Seventy Five Years of Service: Rotary in Australia Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands 1921 - 1996

Seventy Five Years of Service: Rotary in Australia Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands 1921 - 1996

$30.00 AUD
Author: Paul HenninghamBinding: HardbackPublished: Rotary Down Under, Australia, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the history and impact of Rotary in Australia, Papua New...
Martin Cash: The Lucky Bushranger

Martin Cash: The Lucky Bushranger

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Author: Frank CluneBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1955, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis first edition hardcover features illustrations by Virgil Reilly and is...
EL DORADO OF THE OVENS GOLDFIELDS

EL DORADO OF THE OVENS GOLDFIELDS

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Author: Dudley SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: Research Publications, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the rich history of gold mining in the Ovens goldfields...
Trends In Australian Politics

Trends In Australian Politics

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Author: W. G. K. Duncan (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1935, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the evolving landscape of Australian politics in...
Report of the Twenty Ninth Meeting

Report of the Twenty Ninth Meeting

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Author: J.F. KeffordBinding: HardbackPublished: A.H. Pettifer Government Printer, 1953Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis report documents the proceedings and discussions held during the Twenty Ninth Meeting of...
What Next You Bastard: An Autobiography - Book Two

What Next You Bastard: An Autobiography - Book Two

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Author: Ken HallBinding: SoftbackPublished: WNYB, 2007Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn this second installment of his autobiography, Ken Hall delves deeper into his life experiences, revealing the...
Good and Mad Women: The Historical Construction of Femininity in Twentieth-Century Australia

Good and Mad Women: The Historical Construction of Femininity in Twentieth-Century Australia

$30.00 AUD
Author: Jill Julius MatthewsBinding: SoftbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 1984, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the historical representation of women in Australia during the...
Spinifex and Hessian: Women in North-West Australia, 1860-1900

Spinifex and Hessian: Women in North-West Australia, 1860-1900

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Author: Susan HuntBinding: SoftbackPublished: University of Western Australia Press, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the lives and contributions of women in North-West Australia during...
Iwenhe Tyerrtye: What It Means to Be an Aboriginal Person

Iwenhe Tyerrtye: What It Means to Be an Aboriginal Person

$60.00 AUD
Author: Margaret Kemarre Turner; Barry McDonald PerrurleBinding: SoftbackPublished: IAD Press, 2010Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the significance of Aboriginal identity and culture through...
From Pasta to Pavlova: A comparative study of Italian Settlers in Sydney & Griffith

From Pasta to Pavlova: A comparative study of Italian Settlers in Sydney & Griffith

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Author: Rina HuberBinding: HardbackPublished: UQP, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the experiences and contributions of Italian settlers in Sydney and Griffith, comparing their cultural...
Heidelberg Since 1836: A Pictorial History

Heidelberg Since 1836: A Pictorial History

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Author: Cyril Cummins (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Heidelberg Historical Society, Victoria, 1982, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a pictorial history of Heidelberg, capturing its development...
Time Without Clocks

Time Without Clocks

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Author: Joan LindsayBinding: HardbackPublished: F.W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd., 1962, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerTime Without Clocks is a reflective work by Joan Lindsay...
The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne

The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne

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Author: Graeme DavisonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1984, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn this classic work of Australian social history, Graeme Davison explores the economic, political,...
Fourteen Journeys Over the Blue Mountains of New South Wales 1813-1841

Fourteen Journeys Over the Blue Mountains of New South Wales 1813-1841

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Author: George MackanessBinding: HardbackPublished: Horwitz - Grahame, 1965Condition remarks:Book: Ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book compiles fourteen significant journeys made over the Blue Mountains of New...
Too Good to Be True: Inside the Corrupt World of Christopher Skase

Too Good to Be True: Inside the Corrupt World of Christopher Skase

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Author: Lawrence Van Der PlaatBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, Australia, 1996, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the life and actions of Christopher Skase, a...
Saint Ned: The Story of the Near Sanctification of an Australian Outlaw

Saint Ned: The Story of the Near Sanctification of an Australian Outlaw

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Author: Dunstan, KeithBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Australia, 1980Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life of Ned Kelly, a notorious Australian outlaw, delving into his...
From the Prophets Deserts Come; The Struggle to Reshape Australian Political Culture

From the Prophets Deserts Come; The Struggle to Reshape Australian Political Culture

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Author: Boris FrankelBinding: SoftbackPublished: Arena Publications, 1992Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the evolution of Australian political culture and examines how various ideological movements have...
Saving Puffing Billy: The First Decade 1955 - 1965

Saving Puffing Billy: The First Decade 1955 - 1965

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Author: David Bourke (Editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Puffing Billy Preservation Society, 2015Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSaving Puffing Billy is a fascinating story of public sentiment for the railway,...
Work Hard, Play Hard: The Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) 1913-1988

Work Hard, Play Hard: The Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) 1913-1988

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Author: LCDR I. J. Cunningham RANBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the history and evolution of the Royal Australian...
Sweet & Simple Pleasures

Sweet & Simple Pleasures

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Author: Brian McKinlayBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins Dove, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustralian Entertainment In Colonial Times.
Athenaeum Club, Melbourne : A New History of the Early Years 1868-1918

Athenaeum Club, Melbourne : A New History of the Early Years 1868-1918

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Author: Paul De ServilleBinding: HardbackPublished: The Athenaeum Club, Melbourne Victoria, 2013Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive history of the Athenaeum Club in Melbourne,...
The Elders Explosion: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Progress from Elder to Elliott

The Elders Explosion: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Progress from Elder to Elliott

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Author: Tim HewatBinding: HardbackPublished: Bay Books, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the evolution and progress of the Elder family over one hundred and fifty...
Champions of Enterprise: Australian Entrepreneurship 1788-1990

Champions of Enterprise: Australian Entrepreneurship 1788-1990

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Author: Max Hartwell and Jaqui LaneBinding: HardbackPublished: Focuss Books, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the history of entrepreneurship in Australia from 1788 to 1990, highlighting...
The Pit: By the author of THE STONING, "The crime debut of the year"

The Pit: By the author of THE STONING, "The crime debut of the year"

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"Outback noir has a new star" Mark Sanderson, The Times"A rising star of crime fiction" Joan Smith, Sunday Times"Delivers another larger-than-life, take-no-prisoners slice of outback noir. A truly original writer"...
Looking For La Perouse

Looking For La Perouse

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The Genesis of a Policy: Defining and Defending Australia's National Interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57

The Genesis of a Policy: Defining and Defending Australia's National Interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57

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Invisible: New Zealand's history of excluding Kiwi-Indians

Invisible: New Zealand's history of excluding Kiwi-Indians

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Classic Aussie Christmas: A high-contrast board book (Black and White for Babies, #7)

Classic Aussie Christmas: A high-contrast board book (Black and White

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Your baby loves black and white at Christmas! The NEW book in the bestselling Aussie animal babies series. New bubs see the world differently, and this high-contrast board book is...
Return to Vietnam: An Oral History of American and Australian Veterans' Journeys

Return to Vietnam: An Oral History of American and Australian Veterans' Journeys

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Citizens' Bargain

Citizens' Bargain

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More Great Australian Outback Police Stories

More Great Australian Outback Police Stories

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Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN...
Tested: The remarkable power of resolve - reflections and conversations on leadership and resilience from Pat Cummins with Julia Gillard, Nedd Brockmann, Prof. Richard Scolyer, and others

Tested: The remarkable power of resolve - reflections and

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Australia's Test Cricket Captain in conversation with remarkable leaders and achievers - from Julia Gillard to Dennis Lillee. When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28,...
The Boomers: A biography

The Boomers: A biography

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From heartbreak to triumph: how our national basketball team went from misfits to superstars The Boomers' Olympic triumph in Tokyo was possibly the most celebrated bronze medal in Australian sporting...
A People's Counsel

A People's Counsel

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Mr and Mrs Gould: The extraordinary true story about the life of Australia's greatest naturalists and explorers, from the award winning bestselling author and LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025

Mr and Mrs Gould: The extraordinary true story about the life of

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The grand story of the famous 'Birdman' John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important...
Banjo: The remarkable life of Australia's greatest storyteller, most beloved poet and author of The Man From Snowy River, from the bestselling author of MRS KELLY, BANKS and SISTER VIV

Banjo: The remarkable life of Australia's greatest storyteller, most

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The remarkable life of Australia's greatest storyteller 'A detailed and sympathetic account ... fascinating' - The AustralianA.B. 'Banjo' Paterson is rightly recognised as Australia's greatest storyteller and most celebrated poet,...
Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin - a biography of one of the most influential and recognisable Australians from the award-winning historian and author of CURTIN and CHIFLEY

Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin - a biography of one of the most

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From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, the iconic PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds fresh light on the formative...
Max Dupain: A portrait of the new landmark biography of Australia's most iconic photographer from leading curator and award-winning author of OLIVE COTTON

Max Dupain: A portrait of the new landmark biography of Australia's

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From multi-award-winning writer Helen Ennis comes the first ever biography of the photographer Max Dupain, the most influential Australian photographer of the 20th century and creator of many iconic images...
I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective

I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective

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THE #1 TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. WINNER OF 2021 DANGER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONHere...
Batty's Bush Bible: How to do Australia, a hilarious travel & survival guide for aspiring adventurers from the beloved co-creator of Bush Mechanics, perfect for readers of BACK ROADS

Batty's Bush Bible: How to do Australia, a hilarious travel & survival

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From the director of the wildly popular Bush Mechanics and Black As - a can-do guide for your next outback adventure filled with practical advice, ripper yarns and road-trip tips....
The Boomers: A biography

The Boomers: A biography

$34.99 AUD$27.99 AUD
From heartbreak to triumph: how our national basketball team went from misfits to superstars The Boomers' Olympic triumph in Tokyo was possibly the most celebrated bronze medal in Australian sporting...
Over This Backbone

Over This Backbone

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'an impressive debut that takes readers on a physical and mental journey, shoulder-to-shoulder with this lovable protagonist. It explores the human experience, the Australian landscape, and where these two fascinating...