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Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests ...Show more
The Mallee: A Journey Through North-West Victoria (HB) by Adam McNicol (Text by, Photographer); Erin Jonasson (Photographer); Phil Campbell (Designed by, Photographer); Andrew Chapman (Photographer); Noel Butcher (Photographer); Melanie Dove (Photographer); Heather Ewart (Foreword by); Jaime Murcia (Photographer)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Between 1880 and 1930, a series of schemes brought thousands of settlers to Victoria’s Mallee region. At the same time, a number of railway lines were constructed through the area, with towns constructed approximately every 10 miles. Now, almost a century after the settlement schemes ended and the depop ...Show more
Celebrating Echuca-Moama - A Pictorial Record by Echuca Historical Society Members ((various roles))
$22.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
A photographical record of local scenes, of boats, buildings and locations in Echuca and Moama
PS Adelaide - Paddlesteamer PS Adelaide by Helen Coulson OAM
$10.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
The story of PS Adelaide upon the 150th anniversaryof her launching at Echuca
Back Roads by Heather Ewart; Karen Michelmore (As told to)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A road trip around Australia, discovering towns and communities outside the mainstream - and the colourful inhabitants whose grit and humour will uplift and inspire you. Discover the resilient and inspiring people who live outside big Australian cities - and indeed off the beaten track altogether. Defi ...Show more
Woolsheds (Volume #2 HB) by Andrew Chapman (Photographer); Tim Lee
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A photographic documentary of the wool industry across Australia and New Zealand, featuring the work of renowned photographer Andrew Chapman.
James Cook: The Story Behind the Man who Mapped the World by Peter Fitzsimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
HE STORY BEHIND THE MAN WHO MAPPED THE WORLD The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost ma ...Show more
Conserving the Past for the Future - Echuca Historical Society 1960-2020 by Echuca Historical Society Inc. (Editor, (various roles))
$30.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
This is the story of the founding of the society and the years of work and collecting that makes the Echuca Historical Society of today.Stories of the people involved and the projects undertaken, buildings saved and now heritage listed for our future.
Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A killing. A hidden history. A story that goes to the heart of the nation. When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934 - the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokunnuna by white policeman Bill McKinnon, and subseque ...Show more
Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians by National Museum of Australia
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
The Story of Cook and 1770 marks the first moment of British contact with the east coast of the continent we now know as Australia. It is one of our nation's origin stories, although remembered very differently by Anglo-Australians and by Indigenous Australians. Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of C ...Show more
Pride in Defence: The Australian Military and LGBTI Service Since 1945 by Noah Riseman; Shirleene Robinson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Since the Second World War the Australian military has undergone remarkable transformations in the way it has treated lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex service members- it has shifted from persecuting, hunting and discharging LGBTI members to embracing them as valued members who enhance t ...Show more
Dingo Bold - The Life and Death of K'gari Dingoes by Rowena Lennox
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Dingo Bold is a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between people and dingoes. At its heart is Rowena Lennox's encounter with a dingo on the beach on K'gari (Fraser Island), a young male she nicknames Bold. Struck by this experience, and by the intense, often polarised opinions expressed ...Show more