Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories by National Library National Library of Australia
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA Publications
Stories of migration are very much part of the Australian experience. In most homes in Australia, you will find a bookcase, mantelpiece or shelf with a display of family photos. Intimate galleries chronical the individuals, both young and old, who populate the family tree. Sometimes the images reach bac ...Show more
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
36.99 AUD
Category: Australian
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and a complex and controversial legacy debated to this day. On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the ...Show more
Australians (Volume 3): Flappers to Vietnam by Thomas Keneally
36.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Australians
'A loving history of the Australian people' - Sydney Morning Herald..'.displays historical literacy, and plenty of humanity, empathy and compassion, all qualities rare in our public culture to be cherished when we find them.' - Weekend Australian. As in the two previous volumes of Australians, Thomas Ke ...Show more
Australians: From Eureka to the Diggers: Volume 2 by Thomas Keneally
36.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Australians
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life. Immigrants and Aboriginal resistance figures, bushrangers and pastoralists, working men and pioneering women, arti ...Show more
Australians: Origins to Eureka: Volume 1 by Thomas Keneally
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The first volume of a unique history of Australia where people are always centre stage, from bestselling author Thomas Keneally who brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story.
Australians: A short history by Thomas Keneally
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative that brought to life the vast range of characters who have formed the Australian national story. Here these volumes are brought together for a sto ...Show more
Across Great Divides: True Stories of Life at Sydney Cove by Susan E Boyer
26.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Across Great Divides, true stories of life at Sydney Cove will appeal to all readers, young, old and in-between, who love to be immersed in a good read, while learning new things. The stories will no doubt make you wonder, what would I have done? Across Great Divides, true stories of life at Sydney ...Show more
Flying Stations II - The Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm 1998 - 2022 by Desmond Woods (Editor)
75.00 AUD
Category: Military
Flying Stations II is a chronology of the last quarter-century of Australian Fleet Air Arm activities and events from 1998 until 2022. Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the FAA on 3 July 2022, it follows the original 1998 volume of Flying Stations which chronicled the fir ...Show more
The CAC Boomerang - Australia's Own WWII Fighter by Don Williams
36.95 AUD
Category: Military
The CAC Boomerang has a unique place in Australian aviation history, being the nation's only home designed and produced fighter.The design was born in dark days at the start of the Pacific War when the RAAF possessed not a single modern fighter and the southwards conquest of Japanese forces seemed unsto ...Show more
Outdoor Games for Today's Kids by Helen Topor 10th
40.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A guide for parents, educators and recreation leaders to encourage children in their care to play popular traditional games outdoors as a means of combatting childhood obesity.The games come with easy-to-follow instructions and were inspired by the play of child migrants in Benalla Migrant Camp, Victori ...Show more
The Frontier Below by Jeff Maynard
24.99 AUD
Category: History
Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see the ocean when we look at the water that blankets more than two thirds of our planet. We only see the entrance to it. Beyond that entrance is a world ...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