Unmaking Angas Downs: Myth and History on a Central Australian Pastoral Station by Shannyn Palmer
39.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
A new work of history that seeks to unmake mythologies of pioneers, pastoralism and possession in the Northern TerritorySome stories dominate how we see and interpret a place, while others are obscured from view. Angas Downs is a pastoral station in Central Australia, but pastoralism is only a fraction ...Show more
Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia by Jim Haynes
34.99 AUD
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Australia's most amazing characters of the convict age. In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women w ...Show more
Corners of Melbourne by Robyn Annear
35.00 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Melbourne's favourite historian, as seen in the acclaimed documentary, The Lost City of Melbourne, takes us on an unorthodox tour of the city's streets and corners, telling stories about the events and people that have made these the most interesting places to be.What better defines a city than its stre ...Show more
Her Sunburnt Country: The Extraordinary Literary Life of Dorothea Mackellar (HB) by Deborah FitzGerald
55.00 AUD
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The first definitive biography of Australian poet and writer Dorothea Mackellar, author of the celebrated poem ‘My Country.’ 'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains…’ Though many Australians know lines from Dorothea Mackellar’s classic poem ‘My Country’ by heart, very little has been writt ...Show more
A Clear Flowing Yarra by Harry Saddler
29.99 AUD
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A passionate, evocative love letter to an iconic waterway, and an opportunity to appreciate the natural beauty right on our doorsteps. They say you can't step in the same river twice, and it's true that the Yarra has been hugely changed - but this book is a glorious and timely reminder that things can ...Show more
The Catch: Australia’s Love Affair With Fishing by Anna Clark
32.99 AUD
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In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bat shop and a boat ramp. In laundries and garages around the country, fishing rods are strung up waiting for their next outing. Walk over a bridge, look across to a wharf and there will be people casting a line. Many people have a special fishing spot, and ...Show more
A Farming Life: Tales of resilience from inspiring rural women by Liz Harfull
34.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Bestselling author Liz Harfull shares fascinating true stories of rural Australian women, showcasing the passion, tenacity and resilience required to make a life on the land. Making a living on the land in Australia can be tough at the best of times, but the last few years of seemingly endless droughts, ...Show more
The Crossing: A Memoir of Love, Adventure and Finding Your Own Path by Sophie Matterson
34.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
An epic story of leaving everything behind to find purpose, adventure and love, by crossing 4750km of rugged Australian terrain with five wild camels. I had always felt like I was looking for 'more' in my life. I couldn't quite define what this 'more' was, but I knew the camels were a part of it. In 202 ...Show more
The Remarkable Mrs Reibey by Grantlee Kieza
34.99 AUD
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The cross-dressing horse thief who became Australia's first female business tycoon In 1791, teenage runaway and sometime horse thief Mary Reibey narrowly escaped the English gallows with transportation to the brutal new penal colony at Sydney Cove. It was the beginning of a 60-plus year story of bravery ...Show more
Three Sheets to the Wind by Adam Courtenay
34.99 AUD
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How a motley crew of merchant seamen walked 500 miles to save 7000 gallons of rum by the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was. When Campbell & Clark, Scottish merchants based in India, dispatched an Indian ship hurriedly renamed the Sydney Cove to the colony of NSW in 1797, they were hopin ...Show more