Headhunters of the Coral Sea by Ion Idriess; Tom Thompson ((various roles), Editor, Preface by, Designed by)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
The story of the capture of the two Lamars (reincarnated natives), as the white boys were called, is one that has been handed down in legend among the Torres Strait islanders. After Idriess, years later, learned in civilised society the other part of the story - that the two boys, Jack Ireland and Will ...Show more
Born in 1966?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories in engaging, conversational style, such as Vietnam, conscription, and Joern Utzon. A great gift for hard-to-buy for 50 year old relatives and friends; entertaining, instructive and charming.
A Fortunate Life by A B Facey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
First sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer, farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then being rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy. He survived Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, lost a son in the Second World War ...Show more
Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Eureka Stockade - The Unfinished Revolution In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind. Henry Lawson wrote poems about it, its symbolic ...Show more
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Growing Up
Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile ...Show more
Born in 1952?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Born in Series
This is the third of the 1950s and the ninth book overall to be released in a series of 30 about life in Australia - one for each year from 1939 to 1968. They describe happenings that affected people, real people. The whole series, to coin a modern phrase, is designed to push your buttons, to make you r ...Show more
Echuca: A History by Susan Priestley
$25.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
A fully revised and expanded edition takes up the story of Echuca to the end of 1994 when it became incorporated into the Shire of Campaspe. This Murray town has twinned with its old New South Wales rival, Moama, to become a thriving regional centre using its romantic and colourful past as the basis of ...Show more
Born In 1972? - What Else Happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
1972. It was "Time" for a change in Federal Government as Whitlam brought Labor back from the dead, and in our relations with China. Number 96 won the TV credits, women got equal pay for equal work, and call-up of Nashos ended. Israelis were killed at the Munich Olympic Games. Plan hijackers were now be ...Show more
A Record in Stone : The Study of Australia's Flaked Stone Artefacts by Simon Holdaway and Nicola Stern
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Provides a comprehensive investigation into the different ways in which archaeologists use flaked stone artefacts as a basis for reconstructing the distant human past. This book describes the range of flaked stone artefact forms recovered from Australian archaeological sites.
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by one of Australia's greatest storytellers. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who eve ...Show more
The Call - 3rd Edition by Martin Flanagan
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Thomas Wentworth Wills is an Australian Icarus. Having grown up among the Djabwurrung people in western Victoria, he was sent to the Rugby school in England. Returning in 1856, he promptly revolutionised colonial cricket and opened the door for the evolution of the indigenous game we know as Australian ...Show more
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and Other Impolite Terms as Used by the Convicts of the British Colonies of Australia with Additional True Stories, Remarkable Facts and Illustrations by Simon Barnard
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by reoffending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intensions. Convict clerk James Hardy Vaux came up with a useful idea: a dictionary of slang and other terms used by convicts. And so, in ...Show more