Kimberley Bush Food: Edible Plants of the Kimberley Region of Western Australia by Madison King, John Horsfall
$50.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
In an effort to preserve the traditional knowledge of bush food, authors Madison King and nurse educator, John Horsfall, have documented over 350 species of plants and fungi that were regularly gathered by the Indigenous peoples of the Kimberley region before and after colonisation.Kimberley Bush Food i ...Show more
Retro Sydney by Collis Ian
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Retro Sydney is a fantastic visual throw- back to the Harbour City in the 1950s and 60s, with never before seen images gathered by vintage photograph collector Ian Collis. Breathtaking photos of Sydney’s most valuable landmarks provide a retrospective insight into the architecture, automobiles, fashions ...Show more
Gurawul the Whale An ancient story for our time by Max Dulumunmun Harrison
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
‘When I was 10 years old, I was given Gurawul’s story by my grandfather Muns…in the dirt…they made me promise to go to the southern land and search for the whale dreaming. I had no idea what it meant or that it would take me 70 years to keep it.’ — Uncle Max HarrisonMore than 70 years ago, the ancient l ...Show more
Australia 1872 - How Bernhard Holtermann Turned Gold into a Unique Photographic Treasure by Christoph Hein
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
- How a lump of gold went down in photographic history- Previously unpublished UNESCO World Heritage-listed photos- More than 150 impressive photosBernhard Otto Holtermann emigrated from Hamburg to Australia in 1858 as a destitute young man, where, in 1872, he unearthed the largest lump of gold in the w ...Show more
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes by Steve Morton
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian desert ...Show more
World of Birds: A stunning photographic celebration of the planet's birdlife by New Holland Publishers
$25.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
World of Birds is a photographic celebration of the diversity of the planet’s feathered inhabitants. Covering the very common to the extremely rare, from tiny hovering jewel-like hummingbirds to plunge-diving gannets, the 300 images illustrate more than 200 of the world’s 230 bird families and show the ...Show more
Number 96: 50th Anniversary Album
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
It was raunchy, it was riotous and it was a revelation. It was called Number 96 and soon after making its spectacular debut on our TV screens in 1972 it became the hottest show around. Since then it has earned its reputation as one of the most iconic TV shows ever produced anywhere in the world. To cele ...Show more
My Love Must Wait by Ernestine Hill
$23.00 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
Talks about the life and love of Matthew Flinders and the woman he had to leave behind. Flinders is in search of high adventure, abandoning his wife for uncharted seas, exotic tropic islands, and the loneliness and living hell of six years captivity on a French island. This is a story about romance and ...Show more
Australias Most Decorated Woman: The Story of Joice Loch (Blue Ribbons Bitter Bread) by Susanna de Vries
$40.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Jocie Loch was an extraordinary Australian. She saved countless lives post World War 1 in Poland, Serbia and Greece. During World War 2 she worked under cover for Britain and saved the lives of refugees in Poland and Romania. Jocie Loch was an extraordinary Australian. She saved countless lives post Wor ...Show more
Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water's Edge by Hamylton Sarah M.
$100.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East. They have been viewed as a bedrock of coastal livelihoods, as uncharted and perilous nautical hazards, as valuable natural resources, and as unique, natural ...Show more
A Guide to Australian Rocks Fossils Landscape: More than 200 amazing geo-sites and landforms, from meteor craters to fossil beds by Russell Ferrett
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
This book contains information on hundreds of amazing and intriguing ‘geosites’ based around rocks and landscapes in Australia, from world-famous iconic places such as Uluru to lesser-known but no less impressive attractions. It is written in everyday English and lavishly illustrated with photos and dra ...Show more
Old Vintage Melbourne, 1960-1990 by Chris Macheras
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
A sequel to Old Vintage Melbourne, this collection invites you again to turn back time and revisit the diverse past of the much-loved city of Melbourne. This captivating compilation of photographs taken between 1960 and 1990 provides a fascinating glimpse of a time that is familiar and yet different, w ...Show more