Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
The story of Australia?s most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration- Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton.Sir Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, remains Australia?s greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, his Australasian Antarctic Expedition le ...Show more
Dictionary of Contemporary Slang by Tony Thorne
$24.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this fully updated fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contempor ...Show more
The Commando by Ben McKelvey
$49.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
On 22 June 2013, Corporal Cameron Baird was a 2nd Commando Regiment Special Forces soldier when he led his platoon into a known Taliban stronghold to back-up another Australian unit under heavy fire. In the prolonged firefight, Cameron was mortally wounded. In 2014, Cameron's bravery and courage under ...Show more
Ned Kelly by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Historians still disagree over virtually every aspect of the eldest Kelly boy?s brushes with the law. Did he or did he not shoot Constable Fitzpatrick at their family home? Was he a lawless thug or a noble Robin Hood, a remorseless killer or a crusader against oppression and discrimination? Was he even ...Show more
Gallipoli by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA | Reading Level: very good
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail. Turkey regards the victory to this day as a defining moment in its hist ...Show more
Disasters That Changed Australia by Richard Evans
$34.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Australian history is full of disasters and colossal debacles. Some are natural but many more are man-made, results of individual or collective stupidity, poor choices, short-sightedness or outright greed. In "Disasters that Changed Australia", historian Richard Evans nominates the disasters that have b ...Show more
Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with your Country by Bruce Pascoe
$39.95 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
A wide-ranging, personal and powerful work that resonates with historical and contemporary Australian debates about identity, dispossession, memory, and community. Ranging across the national contemporary political stage, this book critiques the great Australian silence when it comes to dealing respec ...Show more
Blank Canvas by Robert Hollingworth
$29.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Renowned abstract artist, the curmudgeonly octogenarian GilesPaumen, is the head of a family of artists, each of whom he considersless talented than himself. His son Laurence is a conceptualartist and lecturer, code for the fact that, unlike his father, he cannotpaint at all. However, granddaughter Soph ...Show more
True Blue Guide to Australian Slang by Jenny Hunter
$15.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
"The True Blue Guide to Australian Slang Australians are known for their informality and laid-back nature and this is reflected in the liberal use of colourful and amusing slang. The True Blue Guide to Australian Slang is an A-Z journey through the words, expressions and cultural idiosyncrasies that mak ...Show more
Old Melbourne Postcards by Fred Mitchell
$16.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Box of 20 Cards120 x 100 x 30 mm
Australia's Beer Posters by BANNENBERG MICHAEL
$89.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
This large, beautiful book is the culmination of 30 years of research and work in beer advertising. Michael Bannenberg worked on the CUB account and created many iconic Australian beer brands and their advertising campaigns. It was while exploring these brands that he was exposed to the diverse range of ...Show more