The Mallee: A Journey Through North-West Victoria (HB) by Adam McNicol (Text by, Photographer); Erin Jonasson (Photographer); Phil Campbell (Designed by, Photographer); Andrew Chapman (Photographer); Noel Butcher (Photographer); Melanie Dove (Photographer); Heather Ewart (Foreword by); Jaime Murcia (Photographer)

$59.99 AUD

Category: Australia

Between 1880 and 1930, a series of schemes brought thousands of settlers to Victoria’s Mallee region. At the same time, a number of railway lines were constructed through the area, with towns constructed approximately every 10 miles. Now, almost a century after the settlement schemes ended and the depop ulation of the Mallee began, a team of Australia’s best rural documentary photographers, along with writer Adam McNicol, who grew up in the Mallee town of Manangatang, retrace the railway lines to see what remains. The result is a stunning photo book, containing over 150 full colour images. 'The Mallee: A journey through north-west Victoria' is a portrait and celebration of the small communities that dot north- west Victoria and the people who call them home. The book, which has a foreword by 'Backroads' presenter Heather Ewart, captures life in the small towns of the Mallee and on the farms that surround them. One particular focus is the growing interest in the area from tourists, who in recent years have flocked to the Silo Art Trail and Lake Tyrrell, breathing new life into a region becoming famous for its brilliant sunsets and hospitable locals. ...Show more

JAN VENNIK THE DUTCHMAN AT EUREKA by DAVIS

$14.95 AUD

Category: Australia

Ballarat Views by Dorothy Wickham

$16.99 AUD

Category: Australia

A pictorial history of the City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, including Grand views, city buildings, Sebatopol, Ballarat east, Wendouree and Eureka inlcluding many beautiful photographs never before published.

Ballarat Clarendon College One Hundred and Fifty Years by phil roberts

$50.00 AUD

Category: Australia

One Hundred and Fifty Years - History

Ten Delightful Tales: Merry Christmas from Ballarat by Doug Bradby

$9.99 AUD

Category: Australia

Mining Mud and Medals by Di Campbell (Research by); Damien Finlayson; Simon Jacks; Janice Newton; Clare Gervasoni (Index by); Yvon Davis ((various roles)); Michael Taffe 10th

$33.00 AUD

Category: Australia

Members of the Australian Mining Corps were commonly known as 'tunnellers'. They worked continuously in wet and muddy conditions, under constant enemy threat in often narrow tunnels, under no man's land.The Ballarat Electorate has enjoyed a long history connected with mining and many men with mining exp ertise enlisted during WWI, to join the Australian Mining Corps. Mining Mud & Medals, seeks to highlight the role of the men who served in the Australian Tunnelling Corps during WW1, especially those from the Ballarat Electorate. Mining Mud & Medals is a project of the Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc ...Show more

Back Roads: The Scenic Route by Heather Ewart

$39.99 AUD

Category: Australia

From the ABC Back Roads team, Australia's inspiring rural communities in splendid, vivid colour During the five years it has been appearing on our screens, ABC TV's Back Roads has taken us across Australia, through scorched deserts, along sapphire coasts, up breathtaking mountains and over gentle, roll ing plains. It has shown us the rugged landscapes, the resilient communities and the extraordinary individuals who make a life in those areas outside the big cities. In this book, we capture in vivid colour some of our favourite people and places. Full of glorious photos that show us the spirit, purpose, difficulties and humour of outback life, this book is a tribute to the surprising characters, the rarely told stories and the sometimes beautiful, sometimes strange places that exist along the back roads of our extraordinary country. ...Show more

Black Summer: Stories of Loss, Courage and Community from the 2019-2020 Bushfires by Michael Rowland (Editor)

$34.99 AUD

Category: Australia

Told by ABC journalists who were on the ground and broadcasting during our worst ever fire season, spearheaded by Michael Rowland The bushfires that burnt across Australia from June 2019 to February

Australia A Land of Diversity by Geoff Ross

$15.99 AUD

Category: Australia

Geoff Ross is an acclaimed Australian landscape photographer. From his base in Australia, he travels around the world seeking to capture through his own eyes inspiring photographs of the world's spectacular landscapes. His New Zealand landscape books have become best sellers in their respective categori es.'Australia - A Land of Diversity' is a compact photographic coffee table book which contains 96 pages of colour images showing many notable landscapes of Australia.The range of images is far reaching across Australia, and the book shows many of the highlights of this often harsh, but unique country. From the tropical beaches, cool high country, stunning waterfalls, fern and palm covered rainforests, to the outback deserts and gorges, Australia has something for everyone. It is a country that one can get totally immersed in, and very few people would not be impressed by its vastness, where you can easily find solitude amongst the nature of your choosing.This is a book that will appeal to anyone who loves unspoilt natural landscapes. ...Show more

RE: THINK

$12.50 AUD

Category: Australia

Gold Off To The Diggings by Geoff Hocking

$39.99 AUD

Category: Australia

Through Hocking's easy to read narrative style, we learn of the rollicking days on the goldfields - from California to Australia. Each chapter tells a different story - bushrangers on the diffings, hordes of Chinese also seeking riches under the Southern Cross, to the women of the goldfields including t he notorious Lola Montez and her spider dance. There are times of unrest. The Great Meeting of Diggers, The Red Ribbon Rebellion and Eureka - the diggings saw the birth of the Australian character of mateship, hardship, seperation from loved ones, triumph over adversity, and for many, riches beyond their wildest dreams. Gold led to the economic boom times in Australia and saw Melbourne become the wealthiest city in the world. After his two earlier books on gold, this greatly expanded edition by Hocking, with its lively prose and over 300 illustrations provide us with a most outstanding and beautiful resource for anyone with an interest in early Australian history and the magic of gold. ...Show more

Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

$22.99 AUD

Category: Australia

Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia's past is required. ...Show more