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The Botanical Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper
65.00 AUD
Category: Art
William T. Cooper was one of the world's most esteemed bird painters. In his paintings, birds nibble at plump red berries, they rest on twisted vines and branches covered with lichen, and they clutch forest fruits and leaves in their claws. These botanical details, the backdrops to his bird portraits, a ...Show more
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper
64.99 AUD
Category: Art
William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created many individual paintings of various species that appealed to him, especially birds of paradise, cockatoos and hornbills. These paintings were often large with a broad techn ...Show more
Frank by Jordie Albiston
24.99 AUD
Category: NLA General
In Frank, Jordie Albiston has combined daily snapshots from Australian photographic pioneer Frank Hurley’s Antarctic diaries into a moving poetry collage. This volume, comprising about 120 poems, offers a portrait of Hurley as photographer and as man, at the end of the heroic era of exploration. Albisto ...Show more
Botanical Inspiration: Nature in Art and Illustration by Victionary
60.00 AUD
Category: General
A world without plants is a world without life, both literally and figuratively. Besides forming the very basis of human survival on Earth, they are also an important source of creative inspiration, ingenuity, and expression. From scientific explorers like Sir Joseph Banks who travelled across the globe ...Show more
FUNGAL INSPIRATION: Art and design inspired by wild nature by Victionary
65.00 AUD
Category: General
When one speaks of the beauty of Mother Nature, lush leaves and bright blooms in the sun often come to mind. However, there is so much charm to be found in her lesser-noticed side, sprouting silently in the places people rarely look at. The fungi family, for example, is full of intriguing species in a v ...Show more
Galah: Stories of life outside the city by Annabelle Hickson
69.99 AUD
Category: Photography
It can be easy to assume nothing much happens beyond the city, if that's all you've known. But that, of course, is far from the truth. Here, across six themed chapters, journalist Annabelle Hickson shares a different perspective on life in regional Australia, featuring stories from the coast to the fa ...Show more
Australian Film, 1900-1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production by Andrew Pike
40.00 AUD
Category: Film
Revised edition of this 1980 publication, considered the bible of reference works to the films of this era. Pike and Cooper's work discusses almost five hundred films made during the first eight decades of film-making in Australia. Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush provides a new foreword.
Unsung: A Compendium of Creativity by Kate Ceberano
10.00 AUD
Category: Music
A beautiful illustrated memoir from beloved Australian musician Kate Ceberano, featuring her inspirational song lyrics, stories, paintings and embroidery, and celebrating four decades of songwriting and recording on the release of her 30th album. Kate Ceberano is used to a hush descending as she draws ...Show more
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Classroom 2 by Kylie Neagle (Editor)
54.95 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Classroom 2 suggests effective and meaningful ways to integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures into the daily life of any teaching and learning environment. The book guides you through ways to encourage students to genuinely ...Show more
Sundressed: Natural Fibres and the Future of Fashion by Lucianne Tonti
32.99 AUD
Category: Fashion
Why beautiful clothes in natural fibres are the answer to fashion's climate crisis Fashion is ready for a revolution. Many brands claim to be 'sustainable', but they are not. Far too many clothes are produced - and in ways that harm the Earth. The solution? Regenerative farming of natural fabrics such ...Show more
Glimpses of Graeme: Reflections on the work of Graeme Murphy by Michelle Potter
45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A collection of writing by Michelle Potter on the career of dancer, choreographer and director Graeme Murphy. It consists of reviews and stories written over several decades for a number of newspapers, theatre magazines, journals, books and electronic sources.
52 Weeks of Socks, Vol. II: More Beautiful Patterns for Year-round Knitting by Laine
36.99 AUD
Category: Crafts | Series: 52 Weeks Of Ser.
From knitting experts Laine, 52 Weeks of Socks, Vol. II is a colourful, abundant and even more versatile book on patterns than its bestelling predecessor. The patterns, contributed by a diverse group of 47 talented designers from all over the world, are clear, approachable and graded into three sizes, a ...Show more