The Censor's Library by Nicole Moore
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
For much of the twentieth century, Australia banned more books and more serious books than most other English-speaking or Western countries, from the Kama Sutra through to Huxley's Brave New World and Joyce's Ulysses. The Censor's Library is the first comprehensive examination of Australian book censors ...Show more
Wanganella and the Merino Aristocrats by Timothy Lee
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
If Australia's economy was said to ride on the sheep's back, it was mostly the broad back of the robust Peppin merino. From the inhospitable plains of southern Australia emerged a wool-producing merino that would change the face of world agriculture and commerce. Wanganella (pronounced Won-ga-nella) is ...Show more
The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes. Since the nation's birth in 1901, twenty-seven politicians have sat in Australia's driving seat. Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for Bob Menzies. Whatever the length of their term, each prime minister has ...Show more
Glenrowan by Ian W. Shaw
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
The siege of Glenrowan is more than just an Australian legend. The 41 hours when the Kelly Gang took over Ann Jones' Glenrowan Inn and held the police at bay have become a part of the Australian psyche. Most people know the bare bones of the story, but few know the names and actions of some of those wh ...Show more
Documents That Shaped Australia: Records of a Nation's Heritage by John Thompson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Spanning more than 400 years, from the first documented sighting of the Southern Cross in 1516 to the Rudd Government's national apology to the Stolen Generations, this anthology presents in chronological form a richly varied spectrum of 100 historical documents that, like pieces in a mosaic, contribute ...Show more
Richard Spencer: Napoleonic War Naval Hero and Australian Pioneer by Gwen Chessell
$79.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs | Series: Staples South West Region publication series
Captain Sir Richard Spencer RN was a 19th century man of action. He was adventurous, resourceful, and devoted to those in his care. He is remembered today as the early Government Resident of the fledgling settlement in Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. Albany was a shanty town when the shi ...Show more
Australia's Natural Disasters by Richard Whitaker
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
This is a fascinating chronicle of the ferocity of nature and the dramatic effects it has on this country and its people. Disasters covered include Cyclone Tracy, the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, the mass rescue at Bondi Beach, and the devastating hail storm that struck Sydney's East.
Australian Voices by Ariana Klepac
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Australian Voices presents a broad social history of colonial, predominantly European, Australian life, focusing on the ordinary and the everyday, through the words of Australians of the time and a handful of visitors. This atmospheric anthology comprises letters and diary entries, memoirs and reminisce ...Show more
You're Leaving Tomorrow: Conscripts and Correspondents Caught Up in the Vietnam War by Malcolm Brown
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
The Vietnam conflict was an event that bitterly divided Australian society. While many people supported the government's military response to the perceived threat posed by expasionist communism, many others violently opposed our participation in the war and took their opposition to the streets. The serv ...Show more
Australian Shipwrecks: A Pictorial History by Peter Christopher
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
This publication brings together a unique collection of stories and photos. The book is not just about the lost ships, but contains tragic and often heroic stories of the men, women and children aboard them, and in some cases, their rescuers.
Capital Melbourne at the Centre of the World 1901 -27 by Kristin Otto
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
In 1901 the Australian colonies came together to form a new nation which, for the next twenty-six years, was governed from Melbourne. It was a small city, a place where people knew each other - not just the people who mattered, but those who didn't yet - where small changes loomed large and the import o ...Show more
Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia by James Bell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious 'C.P.', a young woman with whom he hoped o ...Show more