The Menzies Watershed - Liberalism, Anti-Communism, Continuities 1943-1954 Volume 2 by Zachary Gorman
$50.00 AUD
Category: australian history
The eleven years that passed between the 1943 and the 1954 elections were arguably some of the most pivotal in Australian history. This was a period of intense political, policy and strategic transition, which saw a popular Labor Government and its state-led vision for post-war reconstruction toppled b ...Show more
Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero, new edition by Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements
$32.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and ’30s, Tongerlongeter and his allies led the most effective frontier resistance ever mounted on Australian soil. They killed or wounded some 354 — or 4 per cent — of the ...Show more
Shadowline: The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok by Seumas Spark (Editor); Jacquie Houlden (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: australian history
In September 1939, Britain declared war on Germany, and the life of Uwe Radok, a young German-born engineer working in Scotland, changed forever. Classified as an ‘enemy alien’, Uwe was deported to Canada on the Arandora Star. When the ship was torpedoed, drowning more than 800, Uwe and his brothers sur ...Show more
Bone and Beauty: The Ribbon Boys' Rebellion Of 1830 by J. M. Thompson
$32.99 AUD
Category: australian history
October 1830 Rebelling from years of maltreatment and starvation, a band of Ribbon Boys liberate eighty convicts from Bathurst farms and lead them inland towards freedom. Governor Darling, fearing that others would also rise up, sends the 39th Regiment in pursuit. Three bloody battles follow, but to who ...Show more
Ninu Grandmothers’ Law by Nura Nungalka Ward
$45.00 AUD
Category: australian history | Series: WARD NURA NUNGKALKA
This is my knowledge. It has been handed down to me from my grandmothers and grandfathers, my mothers and my fathers. I am sharing it with you because I want people to know about my life. Ninu Grandmothers' Law is a definitive account of a traditional lifestyle and way of thinking. Accompanied by except ...Show more
Simply Ing by Helen Ing Nellie; Margaret O'Brien (As told by)
$17.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Born Ellie Nellie on an Aboriginal reserve in Western Australias south west, she was nicknamed Ing by her family. Removed from her loving parents under government policy at the age of five, Ing was placed in a mission and denied her heritage. Her name was changed to Helen, and she needed all her strengt ...Show more
Rooted: An Australian History of Bad Language by Amanda Laugesen
$32.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Bugger, rooted, bloody oath...What is it about Australians and swearing? We've got an international reputation for using bad language (Where the bloody hell are ya?) and letting rip with a choice swear word or two has long been a very Aussie thing to do. From the defiant curses of the convicts and bullo ...Show more
Everything You Need to Know about the Voice by Megan Davis, George Williams
$27.99 AUD
Category: australian history
In late 2023 Australians will vote in a referendum on enshrining an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the Constitution. What benefits will the Voice bring? And what was the journey to this point?Everything You Need to Know About the Voice to Parliament, written by co-author of the Uluru Statement from t ...Show more
Bush Life: Stories from the beating heart of rural Australia
$36.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Told through the camera lens of ten exceptional photographers, Bush Life explores the vibrant world of creative living that exists beyond our city limits. There's an authenticity to bush life - an appreciation of raw beauty, simple rituals and genuine people. A grit and resilience that's both bolstering ...Show more
The Drover's Wife: A Collection by Frank Moorhouse
$34.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Since Henry Lawson wrote his story 'The Drover's Wife' in 1892, Australian writers, painters, performers and photographers have created a wonderful tradition of Drover's Wife works, stories and images.The Russell Drysdale painting from 1945 has become an Australian icon.Other versions of the Lawson stor ...Show more
Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: australian history
The must-read story of the boy from Brisbane who became a wartime hero and aviation trailblazer. In an action-packed life, the indomitable 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier amid the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron - for which he ...Show more
Falling Backwards - Australian Historical Fiction and the History Wars by Jo Jones
$39.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Some stories are hard to tell. During a period known as the Australian Wars, consideration of the national past was vexed, contested territory. There was marked vitriol - to an unprecedented extent - in public debate about the "reality" and interpretation of the events of colonisation. This study invest ...Show more