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What does the first poetry in Australia, written by the Judge who declared the land terra nullius, tell us about the singular nature of colonialism ...
History, geopolitics, blood feuds and the ingredients of a successful Australian armed intervention.
In 2003 Australia conceived, financed and led a Pacific-wide intervention into Solomon ...
Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize,
The Age Book of the Year
'James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and ...
'This moving story of thousands of cast away children is a vital part of our nation's history.' -David Hill, author of The Forgotten Children ...
Inside Australia's most venerable book publishing house.
Australia's oldest university press is also one of our best known and most trusted publishers. Founded ...
In 1788, Great Britain founded a colony in Australia to swallow up its criminals. And swallow them it did - more than 160,000 men and ...
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Longlisted, 2023 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award **
Longlisted, The 2023 Australian Political Book ...
Yes, Sydney can be vulgar, corrupt, facile, ugly, brash and mindlessly hedonistic, but it is also visually beautiful, sensual, playful, dynamic, with a sense of ...
Sydney Harbour has been a defining feature for the people who have lived around it for millennia: a means of communication, a barrier, a resource ...
The cities - Perth, Australia, and Aberdeen, Scotland - have received relatively little attention as specific geographical-cultural locales. Often perceived as industrial, isolated and lacking romantic association ...
This is the second DFAT volume on PNG's independence. The first volume, Documents on Australian Foreign Policy: Australia and Papua New Guinea, 19701972: The ...
The book provides a pre-settlement historical account of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in their Indian Ocean context. The project began as a ...
How did Menzies develop as the giant of Australian politics?
Sir Robert Menzies is a towering figure in Australian history. As the nation's longest-serving ...
Winner, 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards, Australian History Prize **
Shortlisted, 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Australian History Prize ...
Highly Commended in the 2022 NSW Premier's History Awards
Some generations are born unlucky. Australians who survived the horrors of the Great War and ...
