Victory on Gallipoli - and Other What-ifs of Australian...
Thepast is irreversible, but imagination is unlimited. With ...
Creating Australia: Changing Australian History
Creating Australia: Changing Australian History - University...
The Use and Abuse of Australian History
The Use and Abuse of Australian History - University textboo...
Imagining Australia: Australian History VCE Units 3 & 4...
Imagining Australia: Australian History VCE Units 3 & 4 - Un...
The Oxford Companion to Australian History
The Oxford Companion to Australian History - University text...
Turning Points in Australian History
Turning Points in Australian History - University textbook f...
Where is Dr Leichhardt?: The Greatest Mystery in Austra...
Where is Dr Leichhardt?: The Greatest Mystery in Australian ...
Intimacy, Violence and Activism: Gay and Lesbian Perspe...
Intimacy, Violence and Activism: Gay and Lesbian Perspective...
Making Australian History: Perspectives on the Past Sin...
Making Australian History: Perspectives on the Past Since 17...
What's Wrong with ANZAC?: The Militarisation of Austral...
What's Wrong with ANZAC?: The Militarisation of Australian H...
Transport - An Australian History
Genocide and Settler Society - Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History
often new, probing and rich examinations of the takeover of a continent by white Anglos and the long-term impact
the book is replete with detailed and meticulously sourced information on the scope, scale and persistence of the cruelty and violence involved actual and structural over a 200-year period
there is a great deal in this excellent volume that demands grounds for deep reflect...
Australian Lives - An Intimate History
`Life is long. When youre forty-eight, theres been a lot of stuff thats happened (laughs). Its got elements of comedy and there are elements of heartache and drama and thriller and its got so many things in it. Rhonda King, born 1965 `I really like the idea that in maybe a hundred years someone could listen and hear about my life to learn about what living in 2012 or 2013 was like. Th...
What's Old is New Again - An Australian Icon Preserving Taste for over 100 years
Whats Old is New Again celebrates the 100th anniversary of Australian icon Fowlers Vacola and captures the very best of Australias food preserving history. Together with some of Australias most-loved chefs, we take you on a delicious journey from Matt Wilkinsons old family recipe for Yorkshire pickled onions to Andrew McConnells inspired baby iceberg lettuce salad with pink grapefruit, a...
Great Australian Scams, Cons and Rorts - A Book of Dodgy Schemes and Crazy Dreams from the Bush to the City
Australian history is
so curious and strange, that it
does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies
It is full of surprises, and adventures, and incongruities, and contradictions, and incredibilities; but they are all true, they all happened. Mark Twain Australia is the birthplace and setting of some of the wildest, craziest and least-likely-to-succeed cons and rorts in ...
Sport of Queens - Women in Australian Horse Racing
Gender equality in sport is a hot issue of our time, with the womens league in AFL being pushed this year and the prominence of issues surrounding gender equality in sport maintaining a bright spotlight in the media. Sport of Queens reveals the history of women in Australian horse racing from Wilhelmina Bill Smith who secretly rode as a man at race meetings across North Queensland in the 194...
Ednapedia - A History of Australia in a Hundred Objects
Dame Edna Everage, Australias most famous and funniest export, tells the history of her homeland in 100 objects. Its very rare that we see the emergence of a completely original idea in the world of books. Dame Edna Everages masterly history of Australian civilization is one such idea, and, possums, you will never think of historical writing in the same way again. From our dainty gu...
Great Australian Scams, Cons And Rorts - A book of dodgy schemes and crazy dreams from the bush to the city
Australia is the birthplace and setting of some of the wildest, craziest and least-likely-to-succeed cons and rorts in history. From the cleverest double-crosses to the most unlikely and maddest schemes, master storyteller Jim Haynes reminds us that weve never been shy of pulling a trick or two. So how did a clever bushman who couldnt lie straight in bed steal a thousand head of cattle an...
Tasmanian Aborigines - A History Since 1803
Lyndall Ryans new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence. It is a book that will inform and move anyone with an interest in Australian history. Professor Henry Reynolds, University of Tasmania A powerful and insightful historical account about a unique island and its First peoples, their dispossession and their str...
Australia Gone Wild: Australian Geographic's greatest animal stor
For more than 30 years; Australian Geographic has been showcasing Australiaâs unique natural history through the words and images of the nationâs finest writers and photographers. This brand new 224-page hard cover compendium brings together over 40 of the best stories spanning the natural world from the smallest of invertebrates to the creatures that inhabit the waters that surround us ...
Looking for Blackfellas' Point - An Australian History of Place
Blackfellas Point lies on the Towamba River in south-eastern New South Wales. As the river descends rapidly from its source on the Monaro plains, it winds its way through state forest, national park and farming land. Around twenty-five kilometres before it reaches the sea, just south of Eden, it passes through Towamba, the small village in which Mark McKenna now owns eight acres of land. Marks...
A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport
When it comes to sport, Australians are mad. Completely, irrationally insane. Its the closest thing we have to a culture. From Don Bradmans singular focus to Steven Bradburys heroic not falling over, sport has shaped our sense of self. But how did we get here? Part history, part social commentary and a lot of nonsense, Titus OReily, Australias least insightful sports writer, explains. Co...
Australian History In 7 Questions
If there are genuine questions about Australian history, there is something to puzzle over. The history ceases to be predictable and dull. From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australias past and present. Hirst asks and answers questions that get to the heart of Australias hi...
Exiles at Home - Australian Women Writers 1925-1945
Exiles At Home traces the lives of a generation of Australias women writers through letters, diaries, notebooks and the memories of their contemporaries. Invaluable to all readers seriously interested in the history of Australian literature. Weekend Australian At the end of the 1920s Christina Stead had left Australia and was poised to write Seven Poor Men of Sydney. In London Miles Fra...
Inside the Vault - The history and art of Australian coinage
Celebrating the history and art of Australian coinage for the first time, Inside the Vault uncovers the fascinating story of the nations currency. Bestselling author Peter Rees traces significant events the Rum Rebellion, the gold rushes of the 19th century, the opening of the Royal Australian Mint, the introduction of decimal currency in 1966 and their effect on Australias coinage. Lavi...
The Best Australian Trucking Stories
The truckers job so vital to our nations 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 inspiring than fiction. The unlikely yarns and tales, collected by Jim Haynes, quickly trans...
Great Australian Stories - Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales
Great Australian Stories is true to its title as it wanders from bush track to spooky hollow, follows the path of yowies and bunyips, searches for Lasseters Reef, meets Dad and Dave and, on a different path, Henny-Penny, and then rambles into the cities where just as many entertaining characters are ready to tell their stories. From the foreword by Warren Fahey Australia has a rich tradi...
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
The first book in a new series that will explore Australias role in the Great War.From the earliest days of the Great War, Australians volunteered to fight in the air warfares newest arena, and one that would transform the nature of military operations. In the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps and with Britains flying services, Australian airmen fought in campaigns that spanned the...
Great Australian Journeys - Gripping Stories of Intrepid Explorers, Dramatic Escapes and Foolhardy Adventures
Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller Warren Fahey AM Australias history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers and mysterious disappearances in far flung places. From perilous sea voyages to the distant south land, to forays across vast deserts on horseback, they are stories of endurance and misadventure, survival and loss. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered togeth...
Great Australian Journeys - Gripping Stories of Intrepid Explorers, Dramatic Escapes and Foolhardy Adventures
Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller Warren Fahey AM Australias history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers, and mysterious disappearances in far flung places. From perilous sea voyages to the distant south land, to forays across vast deserts on horseback, they are stories of endurance and misadventure, survival and loss. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered toget...
The Death and Life of Australian Soccer
In The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, Joe Gorman chronicles the rise and fall of Australias first national football competition. Drawing on archival research and numerous interviews, he reveals the sports vibrant multicultural history, while also taking an unflinching look at the issues that plague the game. Timely and fascinating, The Death and Life of Australian Soccer is no ordinary ...
Oxford Australian Curriculum Atlas Years F-2
The Oxford Australian Curriculum Atlas F-2 provides engaging coverage of all of the Years Fâ2 geography; history and science Australian Curriculum content.The professional support expands this coverage; providing practical and inquiry-based activities; along with digital interactve topic introductions to introduce students to new concepts and information. The atlas introduces maps and th...