A Clear Flowing Yarra by Harry Saddler
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australia
A passionate, evocative love letter to an iconic waterway, and an opportunity to appreciate the natural beauty right on our doorsteps. They say you can't step in the same river twice, and it's true that the Yarra has been hugely changed - but this book is a glorious and timely reminder that things can ...Show more
The Fires Next Time: Understanding Australia's Black Summer by Peter Christoff
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australia
Following a three-year drought and during the hottest and driest year on record, a flume of scorching air set the Australian continent aflame. Australia's Black Summer fires were unprecedented. Over six months in 2019-20 they burned more than ten million hectares of Australia's southern and eastern fore ...Show more
Memoirs from the Corner Country: The Story of Mary Hunt by Harold Hunt
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australia
‘Nanna was an imposing woman. She was large and dark, with strong arms and silver hair that fell to her waist ... Her scars bore testament to her physical adventures...yet she remained the epitome of femininity and strength.’ — Gail Hunt, youngest daughter of Harold and Nellie HuntThe Corner Country is ...Show more
Line of Blood: The Truth of Alfred Howitt by Craig Horne
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australia
'In reading the book, parts of Howitt's character made my skin crawl, but the uncovering of his life was revelatory ... I believe the publication of Line of Blood will be at a very pertinent time' -Bruce PascoeLine of Blood- The Truth of Alfred Howitt tells the full story of Australia's so-called 'ables ...Show more
Australia's Outback: Photographs from the Australian Geographic Image Collection by Australian Geographic
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australia | Series: Australian Geograph Ser.
There's no signpost or map reference, nor any border to cross - even though it covers several million square kilometres. In the end, the genius of The Outback is that you can't pin it down. To get there you have to head inland and keep travelling. You'll recognise it when it happens, but before you do, ...Show more
Endeavour - Encounters, Stories and Objects of the Ship That Changed the World by Janine Flew
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australia
HMB Endeavour sailed for just 14 years, but its name reverberates through history. This book examines why it is still charismatic and controversial, 250 years later.There are many views of Endeavour. To some, it is a great ship of exploration and science, a symbol of the Age of Enlightenment. To indigen ...Show more
Prospecting for Gold by Ion Idriess
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australia
The classic self-help manual for would-be prospectors of gold in Australia.
A Farming Life: Tales of resilience from inspiring rural women by Liz Harfull
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Bestselling author Liz Harfull shares fascinating true stories of rural Australian women, showcasing the passion, tenacity and resilience required to make a life on the land. Making a living on the land in Australia can be tough at the best of times, but the last few years of seemingly endless droughts, ...Show more
Sludge: Disaster on Victoria's Goldfields by Susan Lawrence
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Everyone knows gold made Victoria rich. But did you know gold mining was disastrous for the land, drowning it in floods of sand, gravel and silt that gushed out of the mines? Or that this environmental devastation still affects our rivers and floodplains? Victorians had a name for this mining waste- 's ...Show more
More Great Australian Outback Towns & Pubs Stories by Bill Marsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australia | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has been on yet another adventure, this time gathering more stories from outback towns and pubs; from the green fields of Tasmania to the vast red sands of Simpson Desert.The unique characters of the outback will touch your heart as Swampy presents all the drama and delight of life i ...Show more
They're Racing at Manangatang by Adam McNicol (Introduction by); Noel Butcher (Photographer); Andrew Chapman (Photographer); Jaime Murcia (Photographer)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australia
A beautifully produced photo book celebrating 100 years of racing at Manangatang. Features the work of acclaimed documentary photographers Noel Butcher, Andrew Chapman and Jaime Murcia.
Fighting Spirit by VARIOUS
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Australia's Black Summer of 2019-20 will never be forgotten. The tragedy of lost lives, homes, livelihoods, land and wildlife, and the subsequent rallying of courageous communities across the country are captured in this unique photographic tribute to the fighting spirit of the people of Australia. Incl ...Show more