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Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia 2nd Ed by Bill Arthur
$79.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
'The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia has a place on the work table of every Australian student, on the coffee table of every Australian home and on the desk of every Australian political representative.' Senator Patrick Dodson The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia is a unique tool for expl ...Show more
An Afternoon of Time - Tales of the Great Ocean Road and Country Victoria by Don Charlwood
$24.95 AUD
Category: HISTORY
Two stories have been added to this new edition to make twelve beautifully told and entertaining tales of rural life in Western Victoria during the 1930s. Four of the stories centre on the Otway Forest and the Great Ocean Road of that time. The other eight stories tell of farming and community life in t ...Show more
Fromelles: Australia's Bloodiest Day at War by Carole Wilkinson
$19.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Series: The\Drum Ser.
The first shots were fired at 11 a.m. on the 19th of July 1916. The Battle of Fromelles lasted less than 24 hours. When the battle was over, more than 5000 Australian soldiers had been killed, wounded or taken prisoner - more soldiers died at Fromelles than in the Boer, Korean and Vietnam wars combined. ...Show more
People of the River: Lost Worlds of Early Australia by Grace Karskens
$39.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British.
Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth by Paul Ham
$45.00 AUD
Category: HISTORY
The intervening century, the most violent in human history, has not disarmed these pictures of their power to shock. At the very least they ask us, on the 100th anniversary of the battle, to see and to try to understand what happened here. Yes, we commemorate the event. Yes, we adorn our breasts with po ...Show more
The Colony: a History of Early Sydney by Grace Karskens
$45.00 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Reading Level: General Adult
The Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city. From the sparkling beaches to the foothills of the Blu ...Show more
True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia Volume 2 by David Hunt
$32.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
First there was Girt. Now comes . . . True GirtIn this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling history, David Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier. This was the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, Caroline Chi ...Show more
History of the World Map by Map (HB) by DK,
$49.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
Much more than a history atlas, this book drops you right in the heart of the action, as 130 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the race for space. After the foreword written by renowned broadcaster and historian Peter Snow ...Show more
Don'ts for Golfers by Sandy Green
$7.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
Don'ts for Golfers was first published in 1925, as part of a series that included Blanche Ebbutt's Don'ts for Husbands and Don'ts for Wives. This pocket-sized facsimile edition contains hundreds of tips for golfers of all abilities. The advice, ranging from technique and fashion to etiquette on the cour ...Show more
Battles That Changed History by DK
$39.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
From the fury of the Punic Wars to the icy waters of Dunkirk, relive 5,000 years of world-changing combat with this guide to the most famous battles in history, including a foreword from TV presenter and historian Tony Robinson. This military history book takes you on a journey through the battlefields ...Show more
Heroes by Stephen Fry
$35.00 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Reading Level: good
Mortals and Monsters Quests and Adventures Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fl ...Show more
THE ARCHIVE by Esther Leslie (Translator); Ursula Marx (Editor); Gudrun Schwarz (Editor); Michael Schwarz (Editor); Erdmut Wizisla (Editor); Walter Benjamin
$39.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
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