End of an Era by Len Beadell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Len Beadell's team had to contend with flat tyres and broken gear boxes as well as all the natural difficulties of the outback as they endeavoured to build three highways in one year! On one forward reconnaissance Beadell discovered a small group of Aborigines who had never before seen a white person, a ...Show more
Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Eureka Stockade - The Unfinished Revolution In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind. Henry Lawson wrote poems about it, its symbolic ...Show more
Born In 1973? What Else Happened? by Ron Williams
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Category: Australiana
This is the fourth of the 1970s and the 35th book overall to be released in a series of 35 about life in Australia, one for each year from 1939 to 1973. They describe happenings that affected people, real people. The whole series, to coin a modern phrase, is designed to push your buttons, to make you re ...Show more
Justice in Kelly Country: The Story of the Cop Who Hunted Australia's Most Notorious Bushrangers by Lachlan Strahan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Part way through the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening him: 'he would not ask me to stand he would shoot me first like a dog'. Those few fateful words have echoed through Australian history as the cause of much bloodshed and violence. They marked Anthon ...Show more
The Australian Women's Weekly: Celebrating 90 Years of an Australian Icon by The Australian Women's Weekly
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
On the morning of June 10, 1933, newspaper sellers were struggling to keep up with demand as a new periodical flew off the shelves. Two large headlines clamoured for attention on the cover- "Equal Social Rights for Sexes!" cried one, while the second, "What Smart Sydney Women Are Wearing," was accompani ...Show more
Defiant Voices: How Australia’s Female Convicts Challenged Authority 1788–1853 by Babette Smith
$24.00 AUD
$49.99 (51% off)
Category: Australiana
Between 1788 and 1868, approximately 25,000 women were transported to Australia. For nearly 200 years, there has been a chorus of outrage at their vulgarity, their depravity and their promiscuity. Babette Smith takes the reader beyond this traditional casting of convict women, looking for evidence of th ...Show more
Untold Truths: A Journey to A 'Will of Courage' by Selina Win Pe
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
This is a story of extraordinary resilience. It is about one persons irresistible dedication to rural and remote communities, and to supporting local, right across Australia. Selina Win Pe has a heart of gold that carries so much love for so many others. Her commitment to bush people is endless and enti ...Show more
Our Country: A Pictorial Journey Through Australia by AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Is there anything more vivid than the Australian landscape? A canvas rich in colour, burnished by intense light and spectacularly varied. Its landscapes both intimate and expansive, and if we train our attention, we see it is full of secret life. Our Country is a work of imagination, grounded in the mos ...Show more
Born In 1972? - What Else Happened? by Ron Williams
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Category: Australiana
1972. It was "Time" for a change in Federal Government as Whitlam brought Labor back from the dead, and in our relations with China. Number 96 won the TV credits, women got equal pay for equal work, and call-up of Nashos ended. Israelis were killed at the Munich Olympic Games. Plan hijackers were now be ...Show more
Jeedara: One Alliance, One Ancient People and an Expedition for the Greataustralian Blight by SEA SHEPHERD AUS
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Operation Jeeedara was an expedition to showcase to the world what we would all lose if BP were allowed to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. The expedition entailed sending Sea Shepherd's vessel and crew as part of the Great Australian Bight alliance.This wonderful book details their journey, ...Show more
Central Station: True Stories of Outback Life - the Good, the Bad and the Dusty by Central Station Blog
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Meet the people who live and work on Australia's most remote cattle stations, from the Kimberley in WA to northern Queensland, as they share their stories in their own words. Have you ever wondered what it's like living hundreds of kilometres from the nearest supermarket? Or having a million-acre backya ...Show more
Grog A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years by Tom Gilling
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The marines on the First Fleet refused to sail without it. Convicts risked their necks to get hold of it. Rum built a hospital and sparked a revolution, made fortunes and ruined lives. In a society with few luxuries, liquor was power. It played a crucial role, not just in the lives of individuals like ...Show more