Australian Women War Reporters : Boer War to Vietnam by Jeannine Baker
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Why do Australians know the names of Charles Bean, Alan Moorehead and Chester Wilmot, but not Agnes Macready, Anne Matheson and Lorraine Stumm? This is the hidden story of Australian and New Zealand women war reporters who fought for equality with their male colleagues and filed stories from the main ...Show more
Australians: A Short History by Thomas Keneally
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative that brought to life the vast range of characters who have formed the Australian national story. Here these volumes are brought together for a sto ...Show more
Between the Dances by Jacqueline Dinan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australia
The start of World War II changed women's lives and their place in society forever. Thousands of women ventured where few had gone before - into the services and workplaces previously considered the sole preserve of men. In preparation for this book Jacqueline Dinan interviewed over three hundred women ...Show more
Boundless Plains to Share: Australia's Agribusiness Partnership with Asia - Century 21 by Keiron Costello
$59.95 AUD
Category: Australia
Boundless Plains to Share is the broadest contemporary compendium ever published on Australian agriculture and agribusiness. It provides an expansive outlook on the burgeoning food trade with Asia, and also charts future opportunities and challenges. Boundless Plains to Share is a visual and ideas feast ...Show more
Call of the Outback: The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Hill by Van Velzen Marianne
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australia
The incredible life story of the original nomadic writer, Ernestine Hill.
Classic Pubs of Victoria by Stephane Bowker; David Bowker
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Lavishly illustrated with striking and fascinating full-colour photographs, Classic Pubs of Victoria features an eclectic collection of historic watering holes. The accompanying text portrays a short history of each establishment along with any unusual aspects, such as happenings, famous patrons and eve ...Show more
Damned Whores and God's Police by Anne Summers
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and else ...Show more
Enterprise Risk and Ruin: The Stage-Coach and the Development of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania by Steven Walker
$40.00 AUD
Category: Australia
Steven Walker is a retired F111 pilot who restored a coaching inn at Oatlands, studied for a PhD and wrote the most entertaining and informative history of Tasmania more or less all at once. The stage-coach was major 19thC infrastructure and its development is the story of communication, growth and entr ...Show more
Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia by Rob Mundle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australia
FLINDERS brings to life the fascinating story of this exceptional maritime explorer - from the drama of epic voyages and devastating shipwrecks; his part in the naming of Australia; his cruel imprisonment by the French on Mauritius for six long and harrowing years; the heartbreaking separation from his ...Show more
The Forgotten People by Damien Freeman; Shireen Morris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australia
" The Forgotten Peoplechallenges the assumption that constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians is a project of the left in Australia. It demonstrates that there may be a set of reforms that can achieve the change sought by indigenous leaders, while addressing the critical concerns of consti ...Show more
Girt - Gift Edition by David Hunt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australia
In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of 'felony of ...Show more
Great Australian Working Dog Stories by Angela Goode
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australia | Series: GREAT AUSTRALIAN STORIES
Uncomplaining, tough and loyal, they are the only workers that never go on strike or hit the grog. Working dogs deserve every bit of praise they get! With infectious enthusiasm, they leap on to the back of the ag bike to start the day's work. You'll get no argument from people on the land that these t ...Show more