Mateship: A Very Australian History by Nick Dyrenfurth
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A 'mate' is a mate, right? Wrong, argues Nick Dyrenfurth in this provocative new look at one of Australia's most talked-about beliefs. In the first book-length exploration of our secular creed, one of Australia's leading young historians and public commentators turns mateship's history upside down. Did ...Show more
The First Dismissal by Luke Slattery
$10.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Penguin Specials
While violent revolution and social upheaval rocked Europe, far away in New South Wales, Governor Lachlan Macquarie was sowing the seeds for the Australian idea of the 'fair go'. Macquarie was a reformer and an emancipator. He believed that a person's worth - be they gentry, infantry or convict - lay in ...Show more
Mrs Mort's Madness by Suzanne Falkiner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Four days before Christmas in 1920, Dorothy Mort shot her lover dead in cold blood. The tragic end to her affair with dashing young doctor, cricket star and War hero, Dr Claude Tozer, scandalised Sydney. Dorothy's respectable husband was devastated. Following a trial that mesmerised the public and sent ...Show more
Australia 1901 - 2001: A Narrative History by Andrew Tink
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'So tightly packed were the crowds lining Sydney's streets on 1 January 1901 that they resembled a dense well-tended hedge. Early morning showers had followed a thunderstorm the previous evening and many carried umbrellas as they waited for the procession. Planning for this New Year's Day had been going ...Show more
Australian Tragic: Gripping Tales from the Dark Side of Our History by Jack Marx
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian
These are stories of catastrophe and misfortune, intrigue and passion, betrayal and tragedy, some you may think you know - others, you have never heard of - but all will capture your imagination.They range across our past and our present: the heartbreaking story of the fire at Luna Park; the unstoppable ...Show more
To Build a Bridge, Glebe Island, Sydney, Australia by David Moore
$75.00 AUD
Category: Australian
During three years David Moore documented the entire construction process of Sydney's cable-stay Glebe Island Bridge (now known as the Anzac Bridge). In this book he explores some of the subjects he feels most passionate about: the aesthetics of man-made forms; the integrity of labour; and the beauty of ...Show more
Wild Bleak Bohemia by Michael Wilding
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Meticulously using contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries, Michael Wilding tells the story of three troubled geniuses of Australian writing and their world of poetry and poverty, alcohol and opiates, horse-racing and theatre, journalism and publishi ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 56: Clivosaurus: The Politics of Clive Palmer by Guy Rundle
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
Who is Clive Palmer, and what does his ascent say about Australia's creaking political system?In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, examining his rise to prominence, his beliefs, his deals and his politics - not to mention his poetry. Rundle shows that neither the government nor the media ...Show more
Coral : A Pessimist in Paradise by Steve Jones
$25.00 AUD
Category: Australian
While writing this book, Steve Jones had beside him the coral brooch that his sea captain grandfather brought back across the Indian Ocean. This simple object is a starting point for a dazzling narrative that touches on a number of the most important issues facing us today. Following in the footsteps of ...Show more
The Great Barrier ReefHistory, Science, Heritage by James Bowen
$47.95 AUD
Category: Australian
One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometers in a maze of coral reefs along Australia's northeastern coastline. Until now, no biographer has brought the fascinating story behind its mystique into public view. This book provides a comprehensive cultural a ...Show more
Torres Strait IslandersCustom and Colonialism by Jeremy Beckett
$48.95 AUD
Category: Australian
The Torres Strait Islanders are Australia's 'other' indigenous minority. Their experience of colonialism and their reaction to their position in Australian society provides a striking counterpoint to that of the Aborigines. The author applies many years of study and work among the Torres Strait Islander ...Show more