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The extraordinary story of how Dutch sailors found Australia and an English pirate almost beat Captain Cook
Rob Mundle is back on the water with ...
John Rickard's Australia: A Cultural History, first published in 1988, is still the only short history of Australia from a cultural perspective. It has ...
The Ascent to Power, 1996 takes a critical look at the Howard Government's rise to power; its policies and priorities, successes and shortcomings in ...
Australia's extensive coastline has a rich and diverse maritime history. In Search of Fish and Fortune celebrates the history of fishing and pearling as ...
The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller.
'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When ...
In this book, ten Australian-born women talk about their childhood. Two world wars, the Great Depression, terrible epidemics like diphtheria and polio. Death was often ...
Australia's war-time Prime Minister, John Curtin, has a heroic status in Australian political history folklore. He stood up to British Prime Minister Churchill and ...
Here is the definitive story of the most divisive episode in Australia's history-the dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor government.In her award-winning biography ...
Australia and the Rhodesian Problem 1961-1972 draws on both published and unpublished records from the National Archives of Australia to document Australia's attitudes and ...
Since the arrival of the First Fleet there have been Gypsies in Australia, yet their experiences have never been included in any official histories. In ...
The sixties was a decade of safari suits, shift dresses, capri pants, and
droopy moustaches. Of multi-purpose French onion soup, junket, tripe, and Bloody
Marys ...
A fresh, spirited and engaging biography of a fascinating and influential woman who was absolutely instrumental in shaping modern Australia - but whose influence and importance ...
In the late 1970s, 2000 Vietnamese arrived in Australia by boat, fleeing persecution. Their arrival presented a challenge to politicians, but the way the Fraser ...
Winner, Kiriyama Prize 2004
Winner, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2004
Winner, Best History Book, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards ...
