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When Chairmen Were Patriots by Elizabeth Fysh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Fergus McMaster started with nothing and with his brothers built a sprawling pastoral empire in western Queensland. Following his return from World War I, a chance meeting outside Cloncurry with Lieutenant Paul McGinness took him on a new path. With Lieutenant Hudson Fysh, the three men followed the ...Show more
STORIES OF THE SOUTHSIDE VOL 2 by ROBERTS, BERYL
$17.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Bjelke Blues by Edwina Shaw
$25.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Anthology of short stories by various writers, telling some of the serious, silly, and surreal aspects of life in Queensland during the politically turbulent 1960s-80s.
Under the Lino - The Mystery the History the Community by Caylie Jeffrey
$30.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
The story of an historical discovery under the flooring of a 1912 Brisbane Queenslander that turned into a major collaborative community project, tapping into Queensland's history all the way back to its separation from NSW. Iconic Brisbane provides many cameos throughout this fascinating story, togethe ...Show more
Adventures with Agitators by Paul Richards
$30.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Adventures with Agitators is a tribute to the resilience, determination, patience and tolerance of the Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders of Queensland. In a series of short yarns about their battles in the justice and political systems, this book exposes the cruelty and hypocrisy of the ru ...Show more
All We Coud Do - Queensland Flu Stories 1918-20 by Matthew Wengert (Foreword by, Editorial Coordinator); Pamela Rushby; Margaret Cook; Peter Cook; Edwina Shaw; Andrea Baldwin; Janet Reid; Roz Glazebrook; Samantha Faulkner; Rita Metzenberg; Duncan Richardson (Editor); Nicky Boynton-Bricknell (Editor); Caitlin Morgan (Cover Design by); Michael McDermaid (Cover Design by); Jill Barker; Steve Capelin; Glenn Davies; Brian Davies
$20.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Anthology of short stories by various writers about the 'Spanish Flu' epidemic in Queensland. Each story is based on real people in real places. The first stories are about Queenslanders who died of the 'Flu' before the disease reached Queensland--including a soldier from Maryborough who died in France, ...Show more
Brisbane Bricks by Virginia Russell (Cover Design by, Designed by, By (photographer)); Joanne Heath (By (photographer))
$45.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
An ecclectic photographic narrative of brick buildings in Brisbane, Australia, old and new
A River with a City Problem by Margaret Cook
$32.95 AUD
Category: Queensland History
When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followe ...Show more
Eccentric Voices - A Scrapbook of Brisbane Cultural History 1965-1995 by Anne Jones (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Queensland History
16 essays and a timeline of the period 1965-95, illustrated with photos, news clippings and ephemera about Brisbane culture
Our Inside Voices: Reflections on COVID-19
$25.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History