Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship (HB) by Joan Beaumont (Editor); Allison Cadzow (Editor)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
After decades of silence, Serving Our Country is the first comprehensive history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's participation in the Australian defence forces. While Indigenous Australians have enlisted in the defence forces since the Boer War, for much of this time they defied racist ...Show more
Island Nurses by Leonie Howie
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island-so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, no street lig ...Show more
Miniature Moss Gardens: Create Your Own Japanese Container Gardens (Bonsai, Kokedama, Terrariums and Dish Gardens) by Megumi Oshima; Hideshi Kimura
$29.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals | Reading Level: General Adult
Miniature Moss Gardens presents expert advice and techniques from Japan, the birthplace of miniature gardening. In Japan, moss is revered for its sublime colors and textures, inspiring gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Moss can be found everywhere--in your garden, in crevices between stones, and in cr ...Show more
The Last Crocodile Hunter by Bob Irwin; Amanda French
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Bob Irwin's extraordinary life as a wildlife pioneer, father to wildlife warrior Steve and founder of Australia Zoo, told in his own words.
Wreck of the Barque Stefano off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A grandson recounts the story of his grandfather's experiences as a shipwrecked sailor on a barren cape of Australia, where he and another survivor almost starved to death before being rescued by Aborigines.
Outback Heroines by Sue Williams; Georgie Parker (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
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
The Dogs That Made Australia by Guy Hull
$33.99 AUD
Category: History
Hunter. Worker. Legend. The untold story of the dog's role in building a nation. The Dogs That Made Australia pays tribute to the dogs that gave their all for our prosperity: the fearless hounds that saved fledgling colonies from famine; the courageous heelers and tireless collies that powered the rise ...Show more
Rusted Off: Why country Australia is fed up by Gabrielle Chan
$34.99 AUD
Category: General
Telling the story of Australia as it is today, Gabrielle Chan has gone hyper-local. In Rusted Off,she looks to her own rural community?s main street for answers to the big questions driving voters. Why are we so fed up with politics? Why are formerly rusted-on country voters deserting major parties in g ...Show more
Error Australis by Ben Pobjie
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
We're obsessed with reality television these days yet we so often neglect the greatest reality of all: the reality of our nation, and how it came to be. In Error Australis, TV columnist, comedian and history buff Ben Pobjie recaps the history of Australia from its humble beginnings as a small patch of r ...Show more
The Last Post by Emma Campbell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
Every day hundreds of people gather at the Australian War Memorial to hear a personal story of love, loss, service and sacrifice. The Last Post profiles some of the 102,800 soldiers whose names are listed on the Memorial's Roll of Honour; it explores how and why we commemorate, and the role of the Austr ...Show more
ANZAC Sniper: the Untold Story of One of Australia's Greatest Soldiers by Roland Perry
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
The extraordinary story of Stan Savige - from Gallipoli marksman to WWII General and the founder of Legacy 'Stan Savige had been on Gallipoli for just two weeks, in the trenches firing at Turks less than 20 metres away. But Sniper's Ridge was a different proposition. Killing took on another dimension. ...Show more
Ralph Doubell: Do Not Worry, It Is Only Pain: The Story of Australia's Last Male Olympic Track Champion by Michael Sharp
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
On the biggest day of his sporting life, he ran the perfect race. 'Beautifully executed right through,' is how the BBC's David Coleman called Doubell's 800 metres live. The Mexico City Olympics in 1968 were highly controversial, but Doubell pushed that turmoil from his mind. His winning time would have ...Show more