1956: The Year Australia Welcomed the World by Nick Richardson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
An engrossing account of a pivotal year in Australia's history.This book debunks one of the hardiest cliches in Australian history- that the 1950s was a dull decade, when the nation seemed only interested in a quiet life, a cup of tea, and a weekend drive. The truth is that, by the time the '60s came ar ...Show more
The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: POTATO FACTORY
Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteen ...Show more
First Footprints: The epic story of the First Australians by Scott Cane
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Australia's northern coast. They were the first oceanic mariners and this great southern land was their new home. Gigantic mammals roamed the plains and enormous crocodiles, giant snakes and goannas nestled in the estuaries and savannahs. First Fo ...Show more
Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air, and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly u ...Show more
The Way We Were by Alan J. Whiticker
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Australian life has seen many changes in the last century. We have gone from scattered colonies to federated nation, from bush pioneers to suburbanites, and along the way there have been fascinating shifts in how we dress, eat, travel, entertain ourselves and bring up our families. The Way We Were cover ...Show more
Charles Kingsford Smith and those Magnificent Men by Peter Fitzsimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: good-very good
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is one of Australia's most beloved heroes. In an action-packed life, the indomitable 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier among the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front, to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron - for which he won the Military Cross ...Show more
We Came by Sea: Celebrating Western Australia's Migrant Welcome Walls by PETERS, NONJA
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The Words That Made Australia - How a Nation Came to Know Itself by Manne Robert
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: good
This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches. Instead it presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be. These are the essential statements - from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - that take us from federati ...Show more
Outback by Scott Bridle
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Helicopter pilot and photographer Scott Bridle offers a unique view of the vast cattle stations and raw natural beauty of outback Australia. Traversing Queensland, the Northern Territory and South Australia, his aerial shots - often captured one-handed while flying his chopper - reveal anew the vast exp ...Show more
Fifty Machines That Changed the Course of History by Eric Chaline
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Some of the most significant advances in the past two centuries have been made in the fields of science and technology. From Stephenson's 'Rocket' to Sony's 'Walkman', mechanical devices have helped to define our culture and to transform the way we live our lives. More recently, their reach has extended ...Show more