Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
From the twice-winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Scary Monsters is an affecting, profound and darkly funny exploration into racism, misogyny and ageism.
A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Reading Level: 12+
The 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women. the 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women It is 1915. War is being fought on a horrific scale in the trenches of France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen-year-old New Zealander Midge ...Show more
Alan Joyce and Qantas: The Trials and Transformation of an Australian Icon by Peter Harbison; Derek Sadubin
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Alan Joyce & Qantas - The Trials and Transformation of an Australian Icon is the fascinating, unauthorised story of Alan Joyce's meteoric rise and turbulent 15-year tenure as the CEO of Qantas. The twists and turns of the last 15 years of the Qantas story contains all the ingredients of a corporate ...Show more
Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: . | Reading Level: 14+
The year is 1788, and in the newly created colony at Sydney Cove is struggling for survival. Seen through the eyes of the colony's only surgeon and Nanberry, the Aboriginal boy adopted by Surgeon White who finds himself uncomfortably between two worlds, it is a new perspective on Australia's earliest da ...Show more
Tilda by Sue Whiting
$17.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
L.M. Montgomery meets Ruth Park in a story of friendship, hope and resilience. You have a big heart. And people blessed with a big heart have a choice to make. Do they fill that heart with light and love or do they fill it with darkness and hate? This is your choice to make, Matilda. Make it wisely. T ...Show more
A Great Escape by Felice Arena
$16.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Reading Level: 9
It's a great escape, but will Peter survive it?When Peter's family leaves for a trip across the border, he stays behind. So when the government builds a wall through the city, guarded by soldiers, tanks and ferocious dogs, he's trapped. Everyone says he might never see his family again. But Peter has a ...Show more
Australias Greatest Inventions and Innovations by Christopher Cheng; Lindsay Knight
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian History
"In conjunction with the Powerhouse Museum comes this comprehensive guide to Australia's most innovative inventions as well as their amazing creators. Full of facts, photos and fun surprises for curious kids and grown-ups alike.Imagine a world without wi-fi or clothes lines or lawnmowers or Vegemite or ...Show more
Australia’s Bridges by Alison Hideki
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Engineering Marvels of Australia contains the stories of the design and construction of some of Australia's major feats of engineering. Some of Australia's bridges hydro-electric power stations railways and communications structures were built at times when much of the technology we take for granted tod ...Show more
Bushranger's Boys: 1841 (Do You Dare?) by Alison Lloyd
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: Do You Dare? Ser.
Do you dare confront a bully? Steal to protect someone? Hide a bushranger? When Jem comes across a well-dressed bushranger in the hills behind his home, at first he's afraid. But William Westwood is no ordinary thief, and he's not much older than Jem himself. The two become friends, along with Jem's ma ...Show more
Carly Mills Pioneer Girl - Superstar! by Jane Smith; Pat Kan (Illustrator)
$12.50 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: Carly Mills Pioneer Girl Ser.
When Carly Mills goes to Melbourne with the school choir, she gets more than she bargained for: a trip back in time and a chance meeting with a mischievous little girl who might just grow up to be the world famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba. If Carly is to help the little girl achieve her dream, sh ...Show more