Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg by Carol Baxter
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
He was the gentleman bushranger...she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady. 'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt before he shouted the bar with the inn keeper's own profits. Driven into banditry by injustice, this colonial Robin Hood, magnificent ...Show more
Great Australian CWA Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Put your hand up if you think the CWA is a tea-and-scones group of women who sit around tables and chat away. Wrong! Well, they do make the best jams and scones in the whole world, but as these stories reveal, these big-hearted, fun-loving, practical women are the backbone of communities throughout Aust ...Show more
Historic and Significant Bridges of Australia by Don S. Mcmahon
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Included in this study are most of the convict built structures that were used for bridges, including: * Stone Arch Bridges * Brick Bridges up until 1880 if they had not been greatly modified * Metal Bridges up until 1880 * Concrete Bridges up until 1910 * Bridges that have historic or constructional si ...Show more
Mine-field: The Dark Side of Australia's Resource Frenzy by Paul Cleary
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
'It is not a case of governments and companies putting royalties and profits before people; instead it is as though people don't matter at all ...' In Mine-Field, Paul Cleary counts the true cost of Australia's mineral addiction. Whether it be coal-seam gas, LNG or coal mega-mines, a resources rush is h ...Show more
Around the Sheds by Andrew Chapman
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
From Andrew Chapman, the best-selling author of Woolsheds, comes a stunning new photographic book exploring the world around the sheds - the shearers, the roustabouts, the dogs, the dunnies and the sheds themselves. On his photographic odyssey, Andrew Chapman takes us on a visual journey where much has ...Show more
The Great Barrier Reef by Len Zell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
A breathtaking book capturing the unique beauty and diversity of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
A History of Antarctica by Stephen Martin
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
During fifty years of involvement with 'the great south land', thousands of Australians have shared the experience of the grandeur and deprivations of this forbidding continent with their counterparts from many nations. This history was first published in 1996 and has now been revised and expanded by th ...Show more
The Landing At ANZAC, 1915 (#12 Australian Army Campaigns) 2nd ed. by Chris Roberts
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference | Series: Australian Army Campaigns S.
The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 challenges many of the cherished myths of the most celebrated battle in Australian and New Zealand history - myths that have endured for almost a century. Told from both the ANZAC and Turkish perspectives, this meticulously researched account questions several of the claims of ...Show more
Great Australian Outback School Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference | Series: Great Australian Stories
Fabulous yarns and memories of going to school and teaching in the Outback. If your teacher commuted to school in a plane; if you had to watch out for rogue bulls rather than traffic; if your daily pick-up was done by a horse - you probably went to an outback school. this collection of more than sixty s ...Show more
A Savage History: The Story of Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans by John Newton
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Nothing prepares you for your first sight of the worlds largest mammal. Celebrated, revered, studied and increasingly watched for pleasure rather than hunted, whales hold particular allure. Humans have always been in awe of them, but for much of history we have been compelled to dominate and kill them t ...Show more
Great Australian Horse Stories by Anne Crawford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Great Australian Horse Stories brings to life true stories - funny, poignant and sometimes dramatic - of horses from all over the nation, spanning generations. Outback legends. Loyal carthorses. Spectacular high jumpers. Trusty stock horses. Horses that have defied the odds to win - or just to live. Wit ...Show more
My Country by Dorothea MacKellar
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference | Reading Level: 4+
<p>My Country is regarded by many Australians as the universal statement of why they love their land. The illustrations in this text are by award-winning fine artist Andrew McLean.</p>