1788

by Tench Watkin, Tim Flannery (Ed)

Watkin Tench sailed to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. In his late twenties, a captain of the marines, he was insatiably curious about the new British colony of Australia. In his four years in the country, he wrote two books about the ...

ISBN: 9781921520044

Binding: Paperback

$25.95

1788: Text Classics

by Watkin Tench

<b> Introduced by Tim Flannery </b> <i> do not hesitate to declare that the natives of New South Wales possess a considerable portion of that acumen, or sharpness of intellect, which bespeaks genius.</i> In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore ...

ISBN: 9781921922312

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$12.95

1942

Australia's Greatest Peril

by Bob Wurth

<p>This is the real story of the genuine and terrifying threat the Imperial Japanese Navy posed to Australia in 1942.</p><p>On the beautiful Inland Sea of Japan &#8211; the heartland of the Imperial Navy &#8211; and in frenetic wartime Tokyo, ...

ISBN: 9780330426046

Binding: Paperback

$24.99

44 Days

75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia

by Michael Veitch

In March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port Moresby for 44 days when Australia truly stood alone against the Japanese. This group of raw young recruits scrambled ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk fighters to an extraordinary and

ISBN: 9781489348166

Binding: CD-Audio

$49.95

44 Days

75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia

by Michael Veitch

In March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port Moresby for 44 days when Australia truly stood alone against the Japanese. This group of raw young recruits scrambled ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk fighters to an extraordinary and

ISBN: 9781489348173

Binding: CD-Extra

$49.95

A Boy's Short Life

The true Story of Warren Braedon / Louis Johnson

by Anna Haebich

Warren Braedon, named by his adoptive parents Louis St John Johnson, was taken from his mother in Alice Springs at just three months old. Told he had been abandoned, Louis’s adoptive parents, Bill and Pauline Johnson raised him in a loving ...

ISBN: 9781742585079

Binding: Paperback

$17.99

A Cargo of Women

Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal

by Babette Smith

New edition of the bestselling history that traces the chequered story of 100 women transported together in 1829 to Sydney. Includes new information on the women and treatment of convicts, and new illustrations. ...

ISBN: 9781741755510

Binding: Paperback

$35.00

A Concise History of Australia

by Professor Stuart Macintyre

<p>Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how

ISBN: 9781139903837

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$34.10

$29.03

A Concise History of Australia

by Stuart Macintyre

<p>Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 225 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how

ISBN: 9781316440773

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$27.50

$23.42

A Concise History of New Zealand

by Philippa Mein Smith

<p>New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. ...

ISBN: 9781107703407

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$36.30

$30.90

A Forger's Progress

The Life of Francis Greenway

by NewSouth

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ISBN: 9781742241821

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$29.99

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A Fortunate Life

by A.B. Facey

Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine ...

ISBN: 9781743136690

Binding: CD-Extra

$44.95

A Game of Our Own

The Origins of Australian Football

by Geoffrey Blainey

Today Australian Rules football is a multi-million-dollar business, with superstar players, high-profile presidents and enough scandals to fill a soap opera. The game has changed beyond recognition – or has it? <br><br> In <i>A Game of Our ...

ISBN: 9781921825774

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$11.99

A Handful of Sand

The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off

by Charlie Ward

Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia heralded a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. Now, after many years of research, A Handful of Sand ...

ISBN: 9781925377187

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$23.95

$20.45

A History of Canberra

by Nicholas Brown

<p>Designed as an 'ideal city' and emblem of the nation, Canberra has long been a source of ambivalence for many Australians. In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown challenges these ideas and looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the

ISBN: 9781316144138

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$34.10

$29.03

A History of New Zealand Literature

by Mark Williams

<p>A History of New Zealand Literature traces the genealogy of New Zealand literature from its first imaginings by Europeans in the eighteenth century. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the growth of, and challenges to, a ...

ISBN: 9781316545201

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$145.20

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A History of Tasmania

by Henry Reynolds

<p>This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives of both Indigenous Tasmanians and British ...

ISBN: 9781139366113

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$36.30

$30.90

A History of Victoria

by Geoffrey Blainey

<p>A History of Victoria is a lively account of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria, from the arrival of the first Aboriginal peoples through to the present day. In his inimitable style, Geoffrey Blainey considers Victoria's ...

ISBN: 9781107290006

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$34.10

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A Journey Travelled

Aboriginal - European relations in Albany and the surrounding region from first contact to 1926

by Murrary Arnold

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ISBN: 9781742587011

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$21.59

$17.37

A Little America in Western Australia

The US Naval Communication Station at North West Cape and the Founding of Exmouth

by Micheal Ondaatje & Anthony Barker

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ISBN: 9781742587288

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$38.88

$31.12