The Red Chief by Ion Idriess
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australia
The Aboriginal legend of the Red Kangaroo, Cumbo Gunerah (1680-1745), who as a result of his bravery becomes leader of the Gunnedah tribe. The story originated from Stan Ewing's diary who spoke to King Bungaree (1780-1830), the last Aboriginal chief of the Gunnedah tribe in New South Wales.
Around the Sheds by Andrew Chapman
$24.99 AUD
$39.95 (37% off)
Category: Australia
From Andrew Chapman, the best-selling author of Woolsheds, comes a stunning new photographic book exploring the world around the sheds - the shearers, the roustabouts, the dogs, the dunnies and the sheds themselves. On his photographic odyssey, Andrew Chapman takes us on a visual journey where much has ...Show more
Paradise in Chains: The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia by Diana Preston
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australia
Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony. The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3, ...Show more
Lake Eyre: A Journey to the Heart of the Continent by Paul Lockyer; John Bean (Photographer); Gary Ticehurst (Photographer)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Lake Eyre occupies a vast mythological and real landscape - its basin makes up one sixth of the Australian continent and it is the 'inland sea' so many early exploreres died trying to disover. But for most of the time the lake is empty, a vast salty desert plain. Only once in a generation when the great ...Show more
Pub Yarns by Colin Whelan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Each of these outstanding country, bush and outback pubs has a unique story to tell about its surroundings,its neighbours and about its customers, both regular and occasional. Author and photographer Colin Whelancrosses Australia on his motorbike to visit these disappearing icons of outback Australia. H ...Show more
Black Saturday - That's Not the End of the Story by Peg Fraser
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australia | Series: History of Australia Ser.
The Victorian bushfires of February 2009 captured the attention of all Australians and made headlines around the world. One hundred and seventy-three people lost their lives, the greatest number from any bushfire event in this nation's history. In the wake of this tragedy much media and public commentar ...Show more
Australia's Granite Wonderlands: Rock of Ages' Intriguing Landscapes and Life by Ian Bayly
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australia
This book is a celebration of landscape and life, and is a visual feast with 137 colour photographs. Granite landforms have fascinated people the world over from the earliest of times. Australias Granite Wonderlands provides an engaging account of the history, biology, beauty and recreational potential ...Show more
Kosciuszko by Nick Brodie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, is a dangerous place. Evan Hayes was an ordinary Australian battler. Hardworking, likable. Laurie Seaman was a world-wise American. Adventurous, affluent. When this athletic pair of cross-country skiers disappeared into the wilds of Kosciuszko they left a ...Show more
Australia Day by Stan Grant
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Australia is poised at a critical moment of its history - but the time to act is now. Since publishing Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan knows ...Show more
Bible in Australia by Meredith Lake
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australia
WINNER AUSTRALIAN HISTORY 2019 PM'S PRIZE The revelatory story of the Bible in Australia, from the convict era to the Mabo land rights campaign, Nick Cave, the Bra Boys, and beyond. Thought to be everything from the word of God to a resented imposition, the Bible has been debated, painted, rejected, tr ...Show more
A History of Victoria - Second Edition by Geoffrey Blainey
$48.95 AUD
Category: Australia
A History of Victoria is a lively account of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria, from the arrival of the first Aboriginal peoples through to the present day. In his inimitable style, Geoffrey Blainey considers Victoria's transformation from rural state to urban society. He speculate ...Show more
Dust by Daniel Craig
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Photographer Daniel Craig captures the personalities of Western Australia's north - the hardworking men and women of the outback - and the excitement of the muster. This snapshot of life on a cattle station depicts the harsh beauty of the Pilbara in images of dusty light, denim, leather and grit.