Snow, Fire and Gold - Bill Spargo and Evelyn Piper's Life in the Australian Mountains by Stephen Whiteside
35.00 AUD
Category: Canberra
Stephen Whiteside knew that Spargo's Hut in the Australian mountains near Mt Hotham had been abandoned for many years. However, when he first visited it in 1982, he got a shock. It looked like it was still inhabited. Could he have been mistaken? Closer inspection revealed that it was, indeed, abandoned. ...Show more
A Vision Splendid : How the Griffins Imagined Australia's Capital by National Archives of Australia
11.95 AUD
Category: Canberra
This booklet includes reproductions of the 12 exquisite watercolour drawings by Marion Mahony Griffin that formed Walter Burley Griffin's winning entry in the 1912 competition for the design of Australia's capital. Features also an essay by leading Griffin scholar Christopher Vernon on the history of th ...Show more
'the Best System of Trenches in Australia' - World War I Training Site, Duntroon Trench Warfare and Bombing School, Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, Canberra by Mark Butz
20.00 AUD
Category: Canberra
History under your feet: This is the story (so far) of one of the most surprising finds in the history of Canberra - a World War I trench system within sight of Australia's Parliament House. Through 1916-17 hundreds of Army officers and senior NCOs from across the country participated in the Trench Warf ...Show more
International Treasures - Canberra's Embassies by Dorothy Hart & Isla Patterson
45.00 AUD
Category: Canberra
Canberra’s Diplomatic Corps had its beginnings in 1936 when the United Kingdom appointed their first High Commissioner to Australia. Soon after Canada and the United States followed. The United States built their embassy in the form of a southern mansion and started a trend for overseas missions to refl ...Show more
A National Treasure - Celebrating the Life and Achievements of Larry Sitsky by Jeanell Carrigan AM and Rita Crews OAM
45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Not just a biography, this book traces the family history from Sitsky's childhood in China, the family's emigration to Australia, his studies at the NSW Conservatorium, the inspiration for his many works and his teaching at the Canberra School of Music, ANU of which he was a foundation member. With defi ...Show more
Canberra City Suburbs & South Coast Map 248 8th ed by UBD Gregory's
11.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: City Map Ser.
The latest edition of the Canberra city and suburbs map has been fully revised and updated. With suburban coverage of Canberra and Queanbeyan and a Canberra and south coast regional map and towns index covering north to Murrumbateman, east and along the coast from Nowra to Eden, south to Bombala and wes ...Show more
CANBERRA Britain's First Jet Bomber by KEY. PUBLISHING
56.99 AUD
Category: Military
While the history of the jet engine and the development of Britain's first jet fighter are well known, the evolution of a jet-powered bomber is a story that is less well charted, even though its creation was undoubtedly as important as the fighter's - if not more so. English Electric's Canberra bomber ...Show more
Map - Geology of the ACT
11.99 AUD
Category: Travel
1:100,000 scale full colour geology map of the ACT which includes a summary of the geological history and setting of the ACT, including the background of significant geologists and buildings of the area. Bordering photographs detail significant geological formations and their locations. Published by Ge ...Show more
Scenes From the Mall
34.95 AUD
Category: Canberra
A photographic body of work from an exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre in 2023-2024 featuring portrait photography, some accompanied by hand written autobiographical notes, or people in Canberra's own Belconnen Mall in the years 1989 and 1990 by photographer Spiros Coutroubas. Printed on thick glossy p ...Show more
Australian Carillonists: Respect for the Past and a Vision for the Future by Melissa Bray
24.99 AUD
Category: Canberra
Australian Carillonists tells the stories of the musicians who play Australia's three carillons. Located in Bathurst, Canberra and Sydney, Australia's carillons are unique musical instruments containing bronxe bells that are played with 'fists and feet'. These huge instruments can make some remarkable m ...Show more
100 Canberra Houses PB Edition by Alan Roberts; Tim Reeves
39.95 AUD
Category: Canberra
The first paperback edition of a book which has been popularall over Australia. Tim Reeves and Alan Roberts have carefully selected a diverse array of private and public dwellings from the first 100 years of Canberra. They reveal the social history and context of each home, and the innovation and foresi ...Show more
Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT by Lachlan M. Copeland, Gary N. Backhouse
49.99 AUD
Category: Field Guides
This comprehensive guide describes the 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT. This region covers the richest area for wild orchids in Australia and includes over 500 species of seasonal ground orchids and 62 species of evergreen tree and rock orchids. Orchids found in this region inc ...Show more