Into the Loneliness: The unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates by Eleanor Hogan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
An original and riveting biography of two of the most singular women Australia has ever seen.Daisy Bates and Ernestine Hill were bestselling writers who told of life in the vast Australian interior. Daisy Bates, dressed in Victorian garb, malnourished and half-blind, camped with Aboriginal people in Wes ...Show more
Saving Bunji: The Story of a Girl, a Rescued Kangaroo Joey and the Passion That Led Her to Fight for Change by Brinkley Davies
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A stunningly photographed memoir for anyone with even a passing interest in the fate of our wildlife and environment. Written by eco-warrior Brinkley Davies (230k+ on Instagram, 20k+ Youtube), Founder of the Balu Blue Foundation, Saving Bunji will be beloved by fans of Penguin Bloom and the activism of ...Show more
Lessons From History: Leading Historians Tackle Australia’s Greatest Challenges by Edited by: Carolyn Holbrook, Lyndon Megarrity, David Lowe
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In Lessons from History leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present.Does history repeat itself in meaningful ways, or is each problem unique? Does a knowledge of Australian histor ...Show more
The Women Who Changed Country Australia: Celebrating 100 years of the Country Women's Association of New South Wales by Liz Harfull
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A compelling and thoroughly researched account of the CWA of NSW - its beginnings, its remarkable achievements and the indomitable women who have driven each one of its many successes.
Australia According To Hoges: Laugh out loud yarns and stories from a legendary iconic Australian and author of the hilarious bestselling memoir THE TAP DANCING KNIFE THROWER by Paul Hogan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
'We're not perfect, but we're working on it' -- Hoges' love letter to Australia Paul Hogan's ancestors were a couple of Irish blow-ins who arrived in the colony of New South Wales by boat, with a little assistance from the judges of the Old Bailey. Blow-ins from everywhere have been coming ever since, ...Show more
Aboriginal Australians: a History Since.. by Richard Broome
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for powe ...Show more
Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Second Edition by Arthur Bill
$79.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
'The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia has a place on the work table of every Australian student, on the coffee table of every Australian home and on the desk of every Australian political representative.' Senator Patrick Dodson The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia is a unique tool for expl ...Show more
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart Part adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, The Songlines is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. This singular book, which was a New York Times bestseller ...Show more
River of Gold by Hector Holthouse
$22.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
The Wild Days of the Palmer River Gold Rush "What with cannibal blacks, pig-tailed Chinamen in thousands, lynch-law hangings, gambling dens, shanty towns, murders, grog-shops and Italian opera singers, the Palmer River Goldfields - properly spun out - should provide enough television material for genera ...Show more
Instant Aussie: Australia in a Nutshell by Foster Jason
$19.98 AUD
Category: Australiana
Instant Aussie is an informative and fun way to truly immerse yourself in fair dinkum Aussie culture without ever having to leave the comfort of your own home.The ideal gift for travellers, or relatives and friends back home.Instant Aussie covers ...all the important topics of Australia s foundation and ...Show more
The Rock: Looking into Australia's 'Heart of Darkness' from the Edge of Its Wild Frontier by Aaron Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holds up a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbing and revealing. The Rock explores the failings of our nation's character, its unresolved past and its uncertain future from the vantage point of its most northerly outpost, Thursday Isla ...Show more
High Country Huts & Homesteads: A Celebration of Australia's Historic Mountain Shelters by Craig Lewis, Cathy Savage
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Lavishly illustrated with beautiful full-colour photographs, High Country Huts is a nostalgic collection of abandoned mountain homesteads, shearers huts, travellers shelters and many other lonely structures. The text portrays a short history of each hut along with many fascinating accompanying stories! ...Show more