Australia

Everyone has heard the cliches about Queensland politics: Queensland is 'different'. It's the 'Deep North'. Its state elections exemplify Pineapple Party Time. But what if those cliches are in fact...

Whether veteran snipper or novice hacker, this common-sense handbook provides advice for every type of pruner.

Painting Culture tells the complex story of how, over the past three decades, the acrylic "dot" paintings of central Australia were transformed into objects of international high art, eagerly sought...

This text attempts to answer the most crucial questions asked surrounding youth suicide - why do so many young people resort to suicide, and what can family and friends do...

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...

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,...

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,...

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 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...

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 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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

In this gorgeous and compact book, Samantha Martin - the 'Bush Tukka Woman' - shares her knowledge and love of bush tukka as taught to her by her mother and...

'Frog-scaping' is the increasingly popular art of transforming a backyard into a welcome habitat for local native frogs. This charming book provides essential advice on tadpole raising, frog identification, frog-spotting...