Flavours Of The South West

$24.95 AUD

Category: Local Area

Eucalypts of Western Australia - the South-West Coast and Ranges by Malcom French; Dean Nicolle; Ian Roberts (Illustrator); Annett Boerner (Editor)

$49.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

A Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Local Government - An Architectural and Political History of Margaret River by Linton Hodsdon

$30.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

The Guide is an authoritative account of how Margaret River evolved from a bridge ( built in 1894 AD ) over a river, in an unfashionable corner of the western spiral arm of the British Empire, into an international icon of fine wine, good food and environmental awareness ¿and particularly how the last 5 years of the 20thcentury changed the place forever ( or atleast for the 50 years of the Coles supermarket carpark lease ! ) or until good governance is won.This fascinating and riveting story tells of the great efforts the people of a small village applied to building a sustainable community from the sleepy little backwater of the 1960s into an internationally famous town in the 1990s, and of the Bureaucratic Raiders who sought to indebt the community to the will of economic overlords and ecological vandals. Evidence of incompetence, corruption and negligence is detailed to explain how the systems of Local Government were used to thwart the efforts of a trusting community. May the Guide be of use to anybody seeking to positively participate in their local government. Democracy is self-determination, with respect and equality for the individuals within a community ¿ appreciate it and exercise it, or loose it ! Architecture, history, legislation, politics, sociology, town planning and optimizing the luxury of Spaceship Earth. We are trim-tabs of sustainability ¿ seek to keep it balanced. ...Show more

Lighting Up The Capes by Ann Storrie

$34.99 AUD

Category: Local Area

Whale Sharks - Giants of Ningaloo Reef

$45.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

Christian Fletcher Down South

$25.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

Busselton Heritage Trail

$10.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

BUSSELTON 1830-1850 : OUTSTATION ON THE VASSE by RODGER JENNINGS

$27.99 AUD

Category: Local Area

Ngala Wongga, Cultural Significance of Languages in the Goldfields by Martine perret (Artist, Photographer, Produced by); Gary Cooper (Artist, Foreword by)

$65.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

My native language is French and I'm a photojournalistby profession. Since first visiting Australia and now living in the Margaret River region of Western Australia, I have felt a deepconnection to the landscape of this vast country. Outside ofmy work as a United Nations peacekeeping photographer,I deci ded to focus on more personal projects, on my artphotography.In July 2015 I decided to fly over the salt lakes of the WesternAustralian Goldfields to photograph a series called'Gungurrunga Ngawa' (Look Above), as a sequel of sortsto my earlier books and the exhibition From Above, whichcaptured aerial views of the south west region of WesternAustralia.I wanted to do more than aerial views, I wanted to tell abigger story; to draw attention to the need to preserve at riskIndigenous languages in Western Australia's Goldfields.So, I also chose to document some of the last remainingspeakers of this region, in a way that expressed theirphysical and cultural connections to their land.The project developed over 18 months, during which Idrove over 25,000km - between my home in MargaretRiver to and from the Goldfields' towns of Kalgoorlie,Norseman, Laverton and Wiluna - and spent five months,on and off, on the ground with local Indigenous Elders,gaining their trust, listening to their stories, recording andphotographing. I came to appreciate how intertwined theirlanguage is to the land and to their cultural wellbeing; and Iglimpsed the ominous impact of when a language dies out.Over that time - on the land, in the skies and on the road- my ambition grew and a wider project emerged: 'NgalaWongga' (Come Talk).The aerial photographs and the portraits came together withaudio and visual recordings, culminating in a multi-sensoryinstallation exhibition which opened on 20 September 2016at the Kalgoorlie Goldfields Arts Centre. It was the result ofmany collaborations, but most importantly with the localIndigenous speakers - who gave of themselves and toldtheir stories of land and language. ...Show more

Wednesday's Garden

$35.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

Australia Day by Stan Grant

$22.99 AUD

Category: Local Area

As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can really look away. There are the hard questions we ask of ourselves on Australia Day. Since publishing his critically acclaimed, Walkley Award-winning, bestselling memoir Talking to My Country in early 2016, S tan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan knows this is not where the story ends. In this book, Australia Day, his long-awaited follow up to Talking to My Country, Stan talks about reconciliation and the indigenous struggle for belonging and identity in Australia, and about what it means to be Australian. A sad, wise, beautiful, reflective and troubled book, Australia Day asks the questions that have to be asked, that no else seems to be asking. Who are we? What is our country? How do we move forward from here? Praise for Talking to My Country: 'A story so essential and salutary to this place that it should be given out free at the ballot box' The Australian 'Deeply disturbing, profoundly moving' Hobart Mercury 'Grant will be an important voice in shaping this nation' The Saturday Paper Talking to My Country won the 2016 Walkley Book Award and the Special Award at the 2016 Heritage Awards, and was shortlisted in the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards, the Nib Waverley Library Awards and the 2017 ABIA Awards. ...Show more

West - Photographs of Western Australia by Christian Fletcher (Photographer)

$50.00 AUD

Category: Local Area

Photographs from award winning Western Australian photographer, Christian Fletcher. This stunning 160 page hard cover book features beautiful photographs from around Western Australia,