Darwin's Armada by Iain Mccalman
$26.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Darwin's Armanda is both a gripping adventure story and a brilliantly enlightening work of history, for the first time portraying the Darwinian revolution as a collective enterprise forged in Australasia. Four remarkable men: Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Wallace, did what one ...Show more
Journeys to the Interior by Nicolas Rothwell
$32.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Australia's centre and north are a world apart from its big coastal cities. Here one finds unique natural wonders, visionary art, original thinkers and, sometimes, distilled despair and death. In Journeys to the Interior, Nicholas Rothwell travels deep into the northern realm, combining the storytelling ...Show more
Under the Influence: a History of Alcohol in Australia by Ross Fitzgerald and Trevor Jordan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A unique look at Australian history as seen through the perspective of the influence of alcohol. Extremely readable and well researched-this book shows how the patterns for alcohol use (and abuse) can be traced back to the very early days of white settlement in Australia. Discover what our attitude to a ...Show more
Australians: Origins to Eureka: Volume 1 by Thomas Keneally
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Australians
Secondhand. The first volume of a unique 3-volume history of Australia where people are always centre stage, from bestselling author Thomas Keneally who brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. Volume 1 will tell the story of Australia's Aboriginal inhabitants and ...Show more
1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet by David Hill
$20.00 AUD
Category: Australian
"An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this. Set against the backdrop of Georgian England with its peculiar mix of elegance, prosperity, progress and squalor, the sto ...Show more
Australia's Birthstain: The Startling Legacy of the Convict Era by Babette Smith
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Babette Smith traces the stories of hundreds of convicts over the 80 years of convict transportation to Australia, and rewrites the story of Australia's convict foundations, revealing the involvement of British politicians and clergy in creating a birthstain that reached far beyond convict crimes.
The Celebrated George Barrington by Nathan Garvey
$64.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A major new work of Australian history and literary studies. George Barrington (c.1758-1804), gentleman pickpocket, convict, and sometime constable in the penal settlement of New South Wales, was the most famous inhabitant of the Australian colonies at the turn of the nineteenth century. His fame rested ...Show more
1788 by Watkin Tench
$25.95 AUD
Category: Australian
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 early settlement which were bestsellers in their day. These a ...Show more
A Stout Pair of Boots: A Guide to Exploring Australia's Battlefields by Peter Stanley
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian
From the Western Front to the Burma-Thailand railway, Kokoda to Gallipoli, the essential guide for travellers to the places where Australian armed forces fought overseas.
The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia by Bruce Pascoe
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australian
An introduction to Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; their history and their cultures. Conveniently pocket-sized, its attractive design, lucid writing and beautiful illustrations provide a wide-ranging but accessible introduction to Indigenous Australia.
Breaking the Bank : An Extraordinary Colonial Robbery by Carol Baxter
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
It was the largest bank robbery in Australian history. On Sunday 14 September 1828, thieves tunnelled through a sewage drain into the vault of Sydney's Bank of Australia and stole 14 000 in notes and cash - the equivalent of $20 million in today's currency. This audacious group of convicts not only defi ...Show more
A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History by Malcolm Prentis
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Provides an overview of Australian Aboriginal history from creation stories involving the Dreaming through to Aboriginal cultural and political activity in the 21st century. Its alphabetically arranged entries include biographies, historical events, pioneering work by anthropologists, historical controv ...Show more