Convict Colony: The Remarkable Story of the Fledgling Settlement That Survived Against the Odds by David Hill
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the New World of the 18th century was dotted with failed colonies, and New South Wales nearly joined them. ...Show more
Starting Out With Natives by Murray John / Fagg Wrigley
$29.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals
Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned gardener, this book will help you choose species to suit your area and your garden. The plants featured have been selected for different zones around Australia. Each plant is photographed, and information is given on its size, habit, flowering season, hardiness, ...Show more
Sex, Thugs and Rock 'n' Roll - A Year in Kings Cross 1963-1964 by Billy Thorpe
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Reflections by rock musician, Billy Thorpe. Details his experiences as a teenager living and working in Kings Cross, Sydney during 1963 and 1964. Describes the formation of the musical group 'The Aztecs' and their rapid rise in popularity during this time.
Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Ava has just landed a job as a reporter in Gubinge, a tiny tropical town in Australia's north.Gubinge has a way of getting under the skin. Ava is hooked on the thrill of going hand-to-hand with barramundi, awed by country, and stunned by pindan sunsets. But a bitter collision between a native title grou ...Show more
The Snowy: A History by Siobhán McHugh
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The Snowy - A History tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels. This classic, prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project. The Snowy Scheme was ...Show more
Australia's Funniest Yarns by Graham Seal
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
Australians traditionally like their humour irreverent, crude and with very sharp teeth.Remember the one about the strange whining sound heard at airports as planes from Britain landed? This was the whingeing of Pommy migrants dissatisfied with what they found in Australia. Or how about the Citizenship ...Show more
The Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier by Mark Dunn
$32.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were swept ashore near present day Newcastle. They were taken in by the Worimi people, given Aboriginal names and started families. Thus began a long and at times dramatic series of encounters between Aboriginals and convicts in the second settlement in ...Show more
The Tap Dancing Knife Thrower: My Life -- Without the Boring Bits by Paul Hogan
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
The icon and legend at last tells his story his way - without the boring bits Paul Hogan first appeared on our screens in 1971 as a 'tap dancing knife thrower' on channel 9's New Faces. The then father of four and Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger from Granville did it as a dare, but when the network's switc ...Show more
Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians by National Museum of Australia
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The Story of Cook and 1770 marks the first moment of British contact with the east coast of the continent we now know as Australia. It is one of our nation's origin stories, although remembered very differently by Anglo-Australians and by Indigenous Australians. Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of C ...Show more
Best Australian Trucking Stories by Jim Haynes
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The trucker's job-so vital to our nation's everyday life-makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories.This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humour, tragedy and fascinating history of their world, proving once again that truth is often stranger, funnier and more inspir ...Show more
Australian Geographic Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Australia by Peter Rowland, Rachel Whitlock
$24.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals | Series: Naturalists' Guides
Photographic identification guide to the 280 species of butterfly most commonly seen in Australia, perfect for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from Australia's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, ...Show more
Still by Matt Nable
$34.99 AUD
Category: Crime and Thriller
Darwin, Summer, 1963. The humidity sat heavy and thick over the town as Senior Constable Ned Potter looked down at a body that had been dragged from the shallow marshland. He didn't need a coroner to tell him this was a bad death. He didn't know then that this was only the first. Or that he was about t ...Show more