The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay: The 1942 Bombing of Broome, and its Tragic Aftermath by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
The Japanese attack on Broome is the second most deadly air raid on Australia soil in our history and yet it's almost entirely overlooked. On 3 March 1942, nine Japanese Zero planes strafed the small town planning to destroy the aerodrome and American planes. With no notice, the townsfolk could only put ...Show more
First Footprints: The epic story of the First Australians by Scott Cane
$38.99 AUD
Category: History
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Australia's northern coast. They were the first oceanic mariners and this great southern land was their new home. Gigantic mammals roamed the plains and enormous crocodiles, giant snakes and goannas nestled in the estuaries and savannahs. First Fo ...Show more
Mariners Are Warned! : John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843 by Marsden Hordern
$43.99 AUD
Category: History
" John Lort Stokes was commissioned by the British Hydrographic Office in 1837 to survey and chart unknown parts of the Australian coastline. He was the last Royal Navy surveyor to hold such a roving commission as had Matthew Flinders and Phillip Parker King before him. The voyage lasted six years and h ...Show more
Batavia by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Bataviais the greatest story in Australia?s history and history comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons.The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mu ...Show more
Dead Men's Silver: The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter by Hugh Edwards
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
This is a romantic story of shipwreck hunting, with pieces-of-eight, Dutch ducatons, German talers, Burgundian crowns, and Spanish silver dollars lost and recovered from the sea floor. Edwards has been recognised as the 'primary finder' of the wreck of the Batavia, upon which his best-selling book Islan ...Show more
He Rode Alone by Joan Brockman
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
George Julius Brockman (2 January 1850 – 29 August 1912) was a prominent explorer and pastoralist in the Gascoyne and Kimberley regions of Western Australia. Born in 1850 at Guildford, George was the seventh son of Robert Brockman and brother of Charles Samuel Brockman.Brockman Snr was a settler in ...Show more
Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
$35.99 AUD
Category: History
The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Hudson Fysh, Lawson and Banjo. Bangka Island, 1942: Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-s ...Show more
The Ship That Never Was by Adam Courtenay
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia's best-loved storyteller. In 1823, cockney sailor and chancer James Porter was convicted of stealing a stack of beaver furs and transported halfway around the world to Van Diemen's Land. After several escape attempts from ...Show more
History Mysteries: The Lost Explorer by Mark Greenwood
$12.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
In 1848 the famous explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out on an epic journey. His aim is to cross Australia from east to west, but he never reaches his destination and no one from his expedition is ever seen again. Countless search parties set out to look for the expedition but no trace is ever found. Unti ...Show more
More Great Australian Outback Towns & Pubs Stories by Bill Marsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has been on yet another adventure, this time gathering more stories from outback towns and pubs; from the green fields of Tasmania to the vast red sands of Simpson Desert.The unique characters of the outback will touch your heart as Swampy presents all the drama and delight of life i ...Show more
Songlines: The Power and Promise (First Knowledges) by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly
$24.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: First Knowledges
Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather ...Show more