Great Australian Journeys by Graham Seal
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A fascinating collection of some of Australia's most dramatic journeys from the 19th and early 20th century: epics of exploration, survival and tragedy, stories of mystery and romance, and of discovery and loss.
Pub Yarns by Colin Whelan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Each of these outstanding country, bush and outback pubs has a unique story to tell about its surroundings,its neighbours and about its customers, both regular and occasional. Author and photographer Colin Whelancrosses Australia on his motorbike to visit these disappearing icons of outback Australia. H ...Show more
Victoria (A Photographic Study) by Neil Lovett; Steve Parish (Photographer)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Award-winning photographer, Steve Parish has captured the spirit of Victoria in hundreds of full colour photographs. This elegant, 160-page hardcover book covers Melbourne; Melbourne's Bays and Peninsulas; the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges; Phillip Island, Gippsland and the Lakes District; the High ...Show more
What Does a Farmer Look Like by Kim Storey
$69.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
What does a farmer look like? Kim Storey has travelled around Australia and given us snapshots of different farmers and farming families. Kim writes:Have you ever searched in google for "what does a farmer look like?".....wow! All I found were old men with beards, wearing overalls and holding a pitch ...Show more
How Good's Australia by Betoota Advocate
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
It's been a tough few years. We've had three prime ministers in four years, a scandalous ball-tampering scandal, our own #Metoo moments (Defamation laws apply*) - the Murray-Darling fish kills and, worst of all, the cancellation of both the NRL and AFL footy shows.In this penetrating and incisive book, ...Show more
Events that Shaped Australia-Updated Ed: The events in this book have all, in a significant way, shaped our history, attitudes and culture by Waterkeyn; Lewis; Baldersone; Bowan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
The events in this book have all, in a significant way, shaped our history, attitudes and culture. Not many nations can remember their own birthday, in Australia’s case 1 January, 1901 – the first day of the twentieth century. So it’s perhaps not surprising that many visitors to the Antipodes express wo ...Show more
True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture by Terri Janke
$44.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius — nobody’s land, free to be taken. True Tracks is a ground-breaking work that paves the way for the respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous knowledges and cultures. Combining real-world cases and personal stories, award-winning Meriam/Wuthathi lawyer D ...Show more
Failed Ambitions: Kew Cottages and Changing Ideas of Intellectual Disabilities by Lee-Ann Monk; David Henderson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The history of Melbourne's Kew Children's Cottages (1887- 2008) is the challenging story of an institution that failed its residents - and it is vividly relevant to today, when the rights of people with disabilities are the subject of a royal commission. Those with an intellectual disability were histor ...Show more
Wandering with Intent: essays by Kim Mahood
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
To essay means to try, to endeavour, to attempt -- and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an approach to life. In these finely observed and probing essays, award-winning artist and writer Kim Mahood invites us to accompany her on the road and into the remote places of Aust ...Show more
Australia Remember When by Bob Byrne
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Remember grabbing a copy of the late edition afternoon paper from the paper boy? Watching a Graham Kennedy skit on TV? Did you buy a 45rpm single or a 33rpm album at your local record shop? And play it on your record player? If you answered yes to any of these questions chances are you are part of the B ...Show more