Warrior A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier by Libby Connors
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Connors lays down the hard truth. Not all our warriors were Anzacs. Not all our wars were just.' - John Birmingham, author and columnist In the 1840s, white settlement in the north was under attack. European settlers were in awe of Aboriginal physical fitness and fighting prowess, and a series of deadly ...Show more
Post-God Nation by Roy Williams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
At the time of Federation 98% of Australians identified themselves as Christians. Now only 5% regularly go to Church. The reasons for this steep decline in faith are broad - they include the failings of the Church itself; its relentless negativity and hypocrisy as well as misunderstandings about what be ...Show more
Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials by Andrew Lynch
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Over ten years after Australia's first national laws were enacted to combat the threat of terrorism, yet more anti-terrorism laws were passed in the Australian Parliament in late 2014. The first laws were often introduced in great haste and were stunning in scope and number. The latest laws are similarl ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land : An Aboriginal History by Murray Johnson; Ian McFarlane
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-rangin ...Show more
Under the Colony's Eye: Gentlemen and Convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869 by CASTRIQUE SUE
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd by Quentin Beresford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in the state of Tasmania and its largest private landowner. Most of its profits came from woodchipping, mainly from clear-felled old-growth forests. A pulp mill was central to its expansion plans ...Show more
Bearing Witness the Remarkable Life of Charles Bean and the Legend He Created by Peter Rees
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Charles Bean was Australia's greatest and most famous war correspondent. He is the journalist who told Australia about the horrors of Gallipoli and the Western Front. He is the historian who did so much to create the Anzac legend and shape the emerging Australian identity in the years after Federation. ...Show more
Aboriginal Fables and Legendary Tales by A. W. Reed
$17.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
How did snakes become poisonous? Why are there black swans only in Australia? Learn a bout the powerful Rainbow Snake, red and black flying foxes, the Eagle-hawk and the Medicine-man in these incredible tales of the Dramtime. So much of traditional Aboriginal storytelling teaches us about the animal wor ...Show more
Aboriginal Legends - Animal Tales by Reed A W
$23.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
A.W. Reed. Why are there black swans only in Australia? How did snakes become poisonous? Learn about the powerful Rainbow Snake, red and black flying foxes, the Eagle-hawk and the Medicine Man in these incredible tales of the Dreamtime. A unique collection of stories for those interested in learning mor ...Show more
Tasmania's Convicts by Alison Alexander
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
To the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land, it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells the history of the men and women transported to what became one of Britain's most notorious convict colonies. Following the lives of do ...Show more
Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War by Joan Beaumont
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac 'legend'. But it was also a war fought by the families at home. Their resilience in the face of hardship, their stoic acceptanc ...Show more