That'd Be Right: A Fairly True History of Modern Australia by William McInnes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Part memoir, part personal history of Australia over the last thirty years, this is a biographical trip told through sport, families and the author's own experiences. He weaves in and around the events that have held a fascination for Australia. Some of these events would be considered momentous, some s ...Show more
The Man Who Invented Vegemite by Jamie Callister
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
"Vegemite is perhaps Australia's most enduring cultural icon. But how did this pungent, salty black paste, which for most of us is how we start the day, come to be created? Cyril Callister was a passionate scientist and innovator, and his story is inextricably bound with that of our country through the ...Show more
Am I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is Australia so obsessed with notions of identity? Anita Heiss, successful author and passionate campaigner for Aboriginal literacy, was born a member of the Wiradjuri nati ...Show more
Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia - Woodlark, in the Trobriands Group - that young scientist found himself ghost-whisperi ...Show more
Outback Heroines by Sue Williams; Georgie Parker (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Horse-whispering, crocodile-hunting and single-handedly changing an 80-kilo flat tyre on a road train in 40-degree heat...there is nothing these modern-day outback women can't do. But when it comes to hardship and heartbreak, they've endured far more than their fair share. Living and working in some of ...Show more
Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family by Gabrielle Carey
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Two literary lives defined by storytelling and secrets. As her mother Joan lies dying, Gabrielle Carey writes a letter to Joan's childhood friend, the reclusive novelist Randolph Stow. This letter sets in motion a literary pilgrimage that reveals long-buried family secrets. Like her mother, Stow had gro ...Show more
The Smallest Things: Thoughts on Making a Happy Family by Angela Mollard
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Childhood, Mum had once said to me, is not preparation for life, it is life. But in the tussle between home and work I'd forgotten what a privilege it is to be a parent - to have in my hands and heart two small souls I have for only a short time to guide and teach and enjoy. If I pressed on, driven by d ...Show more
Making Soapies in Kabul by Trudi-Ann Tierney
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
On an impulse, Trudi-Ann Tierney, Sydney producer and former actress, goes to Kabul to manage a bar. She quickly falls into the local TV industry, where she becomes responsible for producing a highly popular soapie. Trudi's staff are hugely inexperienced. They include Habib, the Pashto poet who wants to ...Show more
Optimism: Reflections on a Life of Action by Bob Brown
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian
"It is a fortunate life if a person feels more optimistic than ever before. That's me." - Bob Brown // Bob Brown, former Senator and Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens, is one of Australia's most thoughtful and recognized public figures. Since his retirement from public life in 2012, Bob has ...Show more
An Outback Nurse by Thea Hayes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Thea Hayes trained as a Nurse in Sydney in 1959. A year later she was catapulted out of the safety of her city life into the unknown world of the Outback.Thea knew nothing of the place she was soon to call home, Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, the second largest property in the world under ...Show more
Fabulous Fred: The Strife & Times of Fred Cook by Paul Amy
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Fred Cook is one of the great Melbourne stories that combines the life of a true legend of football with exploits of true crime! Fred was a champion footballer who started his career with Footscray in the VFL and then went to Port Melbourne where, in the 1970s he enjoyed fame akin to a pop star. He was ...Show more