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The Ghan: Australia's Grand Rail Journey
Welcome aboard one of the great train journeys of the world. Beginning in Adelaide, you will embark on the trip of a lifetime on The Ghan, visiting all the attractions...
First Knowledges Songlines: The Power and Promise
'Let this series begin the discussion.' - Bruce Pascoe 'An act of intellectual reconciliation.' - Lynette Russell Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures...
Habitat: A practical guide to creating a wildlife-friendly Australian
In a world where suburban nature is declining and diversity is shrinking, Habitat is a practical guide for those of us who want to encourage insects, reptiles, frogs, birds and...
Bullying of Staff in Schools
In Australia there is a dearth of research on the phenomenon of staff bullying in schools. This book aims to assist school employees to understand this phenomenon of staff bullying,...
What the Frack? Everything You Need to Know about Coal Seam Gas
Australia has a new $60billion-plus industry. Suddenly it seems, coal seam gas is being foundeverywhere: under homes, under farms, under forests. Communities across thecountry are up in arms and governments...
Where to See Birds in Victoria
Where to See Birds in Victoria features the very best places in Victoria for seeing birds. Despite being Australia's smallest mainland state, its varied landscapes provide habitat for more than...
Sydney Birds and Where to Find Them
Sydney Birds and Where to Find Them features the 30 top bird-watching localities in and around Sydney. These birding hot spots stretch from Tuggerah Lakes on the Central Coast to...
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...
The Great Barrier Reef
The real Great Barrier Reef is not just a single clown fish or a colony of branching stag horn coral. Nor is it simply the crystal clear water, cocktails and...
150 Years Melbourne Zoo
Times change and so too, do zoos. Gone is the menagerie mentality. The cigarette-smoking Orang-utan or monkey tea-parties are things of the past. Feeding gorillas peanuts in return for a...
Rails To Old Walhalla
Nestled deep in the hills of the Great Dividing Range, 140 km east of Melbourne, lies the romantic gold town of Walhalla. Situated in a narrow twisting valley, Walhalla is...
The Beer Lovers Guide to Australia
The Beer Lovers Guide to Australia is a beautifully presented coffee-table book that doubles as a travel guide. Everything you need to know about beer in Australia -- where, when,...
Theatre of the Impossible: Puppet Theatre in Australia
This book looks at the work of Australian puppeteers over the last 50 years, with particular emphasis on developments in the 1970s and '80s. Puppet theatre enjoyed a worldwide resurgence...
A Companion to Theatre in Australia
$50.00 AUD
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.
Multiethnic Australia: Its History and Future
After once trying to keep its population white and predominantly British, Australia reversed course. Since 1947 it has absorbed five million immigrants from some 240 countries and places around the...
Irena: The Irena Hatfield Story
On April 19, 1985 someone murdered Christopher Kevin Hatfield in the lounge room of his home. He was shot four times in the temple and once in the chest. His...
Walsh Street: The Cold-Blooded Killings That Shocked Australia
In Walsh Street, Australia's most famous criminal family comes to life. A powerful Melbourne crime family. A teenage protected witness. The killing of two policemen. Terror. Violence. Loyalty. On a...
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...
Hilda Rix Nicholas
$200.00 AUD
Hilda Rix Nicholas was an accomplished artist who set out to carve a place for herself alongside the most important male painters in Australia between the wars. Hilda Rix Nicholas...
The Melbourne Street Art Guide
The Melbourne Street Art Guide is the essential reference to the who, what, why and where of Melbourne's dynamic street-art scene. Focused on the art, politics, people and places which...
The New Atlas of Australian Birds
The culmination of the largest continent-wide survey of birds in the world, The New Atlas of Australian Birds documents the seasonal distribution and breeding maps for over 650 bird species....
The Open Garden: Australian Gardens and Their Gardeners
The Australian continent holds an extraordinary range of different climates and conditions which have resulted in richly varied gardens. The Open Garden tells the story of forty-six gardeners, from a...
White Noise
Fifteen-year-old Emma is woken up by her dad's nightmares. Again. On Friday evenings they go running at East Point Reserve to escape. Escape the ripples of grief that still chase...
Bank Robbery for Beginners
They were tagged Dumb and Dumber by the US media in a story that made headlines - and jokes - around the world. Two Australian boys on a working holiday...
The Ballad of Les Darcy
An Australian hero torn between family and country 'Put Les Darcy in a uniform and the men of Australia will march to hell behind him.' that was the message trained...
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia
From tiny gobies to the giant barramundi, this compact volume provides in-depth coverage of nearly 300 species - every fish known to inhabit fresh water on the Australian continent. Every...
Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution
Stray Feathers showcases some of the remarkable adaptations of Australian birds. A brief introduction describes how evolution shapes form and function, followed by a series of vignettes illustrating the wondrous...
H.M. Bark Endeavour: Updated Edition
Here, in one accessible volume, is Ray Parkin's highly acclaimed and multi-award winning study of Captain James Cook's Endeavour. This incomparable book is a unique account of a great journey-Endeavour's...
Truth of the Matter
On Remembrance Day, 1975, the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, sacked the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict, as...
Lucky City
Ballarat was not a typical goldfield. The lava flows that created the fertile Western District of Victoria helped to bury the original streams and reefs so that there was little...
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...
Not Just Black and White
Told with honesty and humour,Not Just Black and Whiteis an extraordinary memoir about two women determined to make sure history is not forgotten. Two remarkable women tell an inspirational story...
The Lucky Escape
'It whisked me away on a much-needed holiday' Beth O'Leary 'I can't remember the last time a book made me forget I had a phone' Stacey Halls 'What an absolute...
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...
Bye-Bye Charlie: Stories from the Vanishing World of Kew Cottages
Kew Cottages has long been an iconic symbol for many Australians. Opened in 1887 by the Victorian Government, it was Australia's first and largest specialised institution for people with intellectual...
