Corners of Melbourne by Robyn Annear
$35.00 AUD
Category: australian history
Melbourne's favourite historian, as seen in the acclaimed documentary, The Lost City of Melbourne, takes us on an unorthodox tour of the city's streets and corners, telling stories about the events and people that have made these the most interesting places to be.What better defines a city than its stre ...Show more
The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace by Sam Roggeveen
$32.99 AUD
Category: australian history
In the wake of a shift in the global power balance, how can Australia best protect itself?Amid China's rise and America's decline in Asia, what will happen to Australia?In this authoritative account, defence expert and insider Sam Roggeveen questions the claim that Australia is vulnerable to China's mil ...Show more
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
$24.99 AUD
Category: australian history
What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world?This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schr dinge ...Show more
Gamu: The Dreamtime Stories Life & Feelings of Big Bill Neidjie by Sarah George
$69.95 AUD
Category: australian history
Illustrated stories given by Big Bill Neidjie and assembled by Sarah George.
Walk With Us: Welcome to Our Country by Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing
$24.99 AUD
Category: australian history | Series: Welcome to Our Country Ser.
Walk With Us is inspired by the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and invites readers to find out more about the First Nations Country where they live. From Australian of the Year Adam Goodes, former journalist Ellie Laing, and Barkindji illustrator David Hardy. Harvey and Mum are heading to their favour ...Show more
A Record in Bone Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bone and Tooth Artefacts by Michelle C. Langley
$54.95 AUD
Category: australian history
Bone and tooth tools and ornaments have been made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for at least 46,000 years, using some of the oldest technologies in the world. Despite their beauty, sophistication and ubiquity, archaeologists and other researchers have overwhelmingly focused on the sto ...Show more
The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation by Julianne Schultz
$34.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Publisher of Griffith Review, Professor Julianne Schultz challenges our notions of what it means to be Australian and asks timely and urgent questions about our national identity. Maybe because Australia has been so rich for so long, complacency and entitlement, rather than innovation and aspiration ha ...Show more
Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking by Tyson Yunkaporta
$35.00 AUD
Category: australian history
The award-winning author of Sand Talk returns with a formidably original yarn with Indigenous thought leaders from around the globe. Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta's bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on contemporary society. It was, said Melissa Lucashenko, 'an extraordinary invitation into the w ...Show more
Aboriginal Words of Australia by Reed A W
$19.99 AUD
Category: australian history | Series: Aboriginal Library
Is Kangaroo an Aboriginal word? What does brolga mean? Many of the words Australians use every day have their origins in some of the hundreds of Aboriginal languages once spoken across the land. this book is a fascinating reference for anyone interested in knowing more about the original inhabitants of ...Show more
Maar Bidi: Next Generation Black Writing by Elfie Shiosaki (Editor); Linda Martin (Editor)
$24.99 AUD
Category: australian history
In this beautifully crafted, evocative and poignant anthology of prose and fiction, a diverse group of young black writers are encouraged to find strength in their voices and what is important to them. maar bidi is a journey into what it is to be young, a person of colour and a minority in divergent and ...Show more
Hanging Ned Kelly: Elijah Upjohn, the Hangmen and the Underbelly of Colonial Australia by Michael Adams
$22.99 AUD
Category: australian history
A fresh, unique take on Ned Kelly - a fascinating, entertaining and kaleidoscopic look at the society that shaped him in life and death When it came time to hang Ned Kelly, the job fell to shit-shoveller-turned-quack-doctor-turned-drunken-chicken-thief Elijah Upjohn. Such is life indeed. Hanging Ned Kel ...Show more
The Dreaming Path: Indigenous Thinking to Change Your Life by Paul Callaghan
$24.99 AUD
Category: australian history
Tired of going around in circles? The Dreaming Path has always been there, but in the modern-day world, it can be hard to find. There are so many demands on us family, health, bills, a mortgage, a career that it can be hard to remember what's most important- you. It's time to reconnect with your story. ...Show more