The Passion of Private White by Don Watson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
From the bestselling author of The Bush, the highly acclaimed story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an isolated clan in north-east Arnhem Land – a unique window into Australia’s deep past and precarious present, by one of our master storytellers. ‘How to sum up this story? It’ ...Show more
A Liberal State: How Australians Chose Liberalism over Socialism 1926-1966 by David Kemp
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A Liberal State- How Australians Chose Liberalism over Socialism 1926-1966 explores the revival of Australian political liberalism after the Great Depression of the 1930s and its sweeping domestic political triumph after World War II over utopian socialism. The fourth title in a landmark five-volume Au ...Show more
John Büsst: Bohemian artist and saviour of reef and rainforest by Iain McCalman
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Büsst. A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Büsst.Award-winning historian Iain McCalman reveals the little-known story of influential Australian conservationist, John Büsst. Known to his enemies as ‘The Bingal ...Show more
Listen by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Listen.And you will hear the voices of Ancestors.Speaking to us.Guiding us.Leading us on the path to knowledge of culture, of Country.To reconciliation.Listen.Listen encourages the reader to reflect on the importance of listening and truth-telling in response to Australia's complex history. The poetic w ...Show more
Indigenous Australia For Kids For Dummies (PB) by Larissa Behrendt
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
A comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects of Indigenous Australian history and culture. Indigenous Australia For Kids For Dummies is here to enlighten you about the history, struggles and triumphs of the diverse peoples that make up Australia's Indigenous communities. Did you know t ...Show more
Murder at Myall Creek: The trial that defined a nation by Mark Tedeschi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
One of the most shocking murder trials in Australia's legal history, and the tribulations of the man who conducted it. In 1838, eleven convicts and former convicts were put on trial for the brutal murder of 28 Aboriginal men, women and children at Myall Creek in New South Wales. The trial created an eno ...Show more
Justice in Kelly Country: The Story of the Cop Who Hunted Australia’s Most Notorious Bushrangers by Lachlan Strahan
$32.99 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
Consent of the People: Human Dignity through Freedom and Equality 1966-2022 by David Kemp
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Australian Liberalism Ser.
David Kemp's masterly account of the story of Australian liberalism after MenziesConsent of the People- Human Dignity through Freedom and Equality 1966-2021 explores how Australia's founding Enlightenment ideals were embodied in democratic institutions and shared values, and shaped into a unique nationa ...Show more
Drinking In The Rivers Vol I The memorable pubs and unforgettable characters of the Murray and Edward Rivers by Colin Whelan
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Since time immemorial rivers have been the arteries of Australia's red heart and the river defined not just the landscape but also the people. Colin Whelan travelled to many memorable pubs along the Murray and its branch, the Edward. So many of these hotels are both rich in their own character and filed ...Show more
One Thousand Cuts: Life and Art in Central Australia by Rod Moss
$59.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Thirty years ago Rod Moss made his home in the stark beauty of Australia's Centre. Since then, his place in Alice Springs and the traditional lands of the Arrernte has been deepened by his enduring intimacy with the families of Whitegate camp on the town's eastern fringe. In this frank and powerful illu ...Show more
Out of the Blue by Richard Woldendorp; John McDonald (Foreword by)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australia is a country of diverse landscapes that seem endless. The flat plains of the outback give way to undulating mountain ranges, serpentine rivers and rugged coastlines.Through striking photographs Out of the Blue explores Australia's natural history and how the continent evolved. From the weather ...Show more
Stranger Country by Monica Tan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Tracks meets Wild in this account of Chinese Australian journalist Monica Tan's 6 month odyssey though outback Australia. 'Will I ever really belong to this country? As a Chinese Australian? As a non-Indigenous Australian? . . . I was 32 years old and barely knew the country of my birth. It was time to ...Show more