The Story of Australia's People Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia by Geoffrey Blainey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The vast continent of Australia was settled in two main streams, far apart in time and origin.The first came ashore some 50,000 years ago when the islands of Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea were one. The second began to arrive from Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. Each had to come to term ...Show more
Rainforest Country by Stanley Breeden, Kaisa Breeden
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Few places in Australia are of such pivotal ecological importance as the tropical rainforests of northeast Queensland. Stunning in their diversity and vigour, they are all that remains of the great Gondwana forests that once covered the continent. As well as a spectacle of great beauty, they tell the st ...Show more
Big Things Grow: A Memoir of Teaching on Country in Wilcannia by Sarah Donnelley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
An inspiring memoir about passion, music and community within a remote outback town, from the winner of the 2020 ARIA Award for Music Teacher of the Year. This red dirt, it takes a hold of you. The blue skies, the sunsets, the starry nights, the river... Country holds onto you. Then you meet the people ...Show more
The Story of Australia's People Vol. II: The Rise and Rise of a New Australia by Geoffrey Blainey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australia is indeed made up of many peoples, and together their story is one of high drama, courage and resilience. When the first Europeans crossed the world to settle the vast southern continent that became known as Australia, it was almost unknown. Over time it revealed itself to be a land of reward, ...Show more
Mr and Mrs Gould: The extraordinary true story about the life of Australia's greatest naturalists and explorers, from the popular award winning author of bestsellers SISTER VIV and FLINDERS by Grantlee Kieza
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The grand story of the famous birdman John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who together revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important naturalist expeditions in history - from the bestselling author of Flinders, Banks, Mrs Kelly and The Remarkable Mrs ...Show more
Graft: Motherhood, Family and a Year on the Land by Maggie MacKellar
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A gorgeously written reflection, set in Tasmania, on motherhood, farming, nature and home. In my mind I walk over the land. I run my hands through the grass as if it were the hair on my head. I dig my fingers into the dirt as if the soil were the crust of my skin. Combining pages of her diary, kept thro ...Show more
Trauma Trails: Recreating Song Lines: The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in Indigenous AustraliaTrauma by Judy Atkinson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Taking readers into the depths of sadness and despair and into the heights of celebration and hope, this disturbing account details the trauma suffered by Australia's indigenous people and the resultant "trauma trails" spread throughout the country.
Australian Ghost Stories by James Phelps
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Haunting true crime stories of the supernatural and paranormal Forget Amityville, Annabelle and even the Connecticut home that inspired The Conjuring - the most haunted home that world-famous ghost hunter Lorraine Warren ever stepped foot in was a three-bedroom brick home in Gladesville, Sydney. In hi ...Show more
Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David Hunt
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Winner, 2014 Indie Award for Non-Fiction Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have m ...Show more
Kosciuszko: The incredible life of the man behind the mountain by Anthony Sharwood
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Heroes are hard to come by - but there's one man whose legend has stood the test of two centuries, and whose name sits on Australia's highest peak. Tadeusz Kosciuszko: freedom fighter, friend of Thomas Jefferson and champion of liberty on two continents. Bestselling author Anthony Sharwood finds out why ...Show more
A Matter of Taste: The Australian Women's Weekly and Its Influence on Australian Food Culture by Lauren Samuelsson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Meticulously researched and beautifully presented, A Matter of Taste takes you on an entertaining, nostalgic and insightful culinary journey through Australian food, culture and history. Since its inception in 1933, The Australian Women's Weekly has been Australia's highest-selling women's magazine, in ...Show more