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The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$16.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, m ...Show more
The Suicide Bride: A Mystery of Tragedy and Family Secrets in Edwardian Sydney by Tanya Bretherton
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of the acclaimed THE SUITCASE BABY - shortlisted for the Ned Kelly and Nib awards - comes the chilling story of a charlatan, a murder-suicide, and a family tree so twisted that it sprouts monsters. Whenever society produces a depraved criminal, we wonder: is it nature or is it nurture? W ...Show more
The Sundowners by Jon Cleary
$14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Australian Classics
The epic tale of the outback Australian family, the Carmodys. The Carmodys live in the outback, travelling around, shearing, droving, making ends meet and looking for that one special place they can settle down in. Along the way, Paddy, his wife Ida, and their son, Sean, meet some of the most memorable ...Show more
The Timeless Land by Eleanor Dark
$14.99 AUD
$22.99 (34% off)
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Australian Classics
The year 1788: the very beginning of European settlement. These were times of hardship, cruelty and danger. Above all, they were times of conflict between the Aborigines and the white settlers. Eleanor Dark brings alive those bitter years with moments of tenderness and conciliation amid the brutality an ...Show more
The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41 (#2 Australian Army Campaigns) 2nd ed. by Glenn Wahlert
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Australian Army Campaigns S.
While the North African campaign has been studied in detail over the years, much of this study has been dedicated to the battles between the British 8th Army and Rommel's Afrika Korps. There has been little serious study of Wavell's campaign against Italian forces in 1940- 41, nor of the role played by ...Show more
They Came to Australia - Explorers Before European Settlement by Joel Weston
$24.95 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Australian Geographic History
A new series about early Australian history, written specifically with the new Australian History Curriculum in mind. The stories of the many European explorers - Tasman, Hartog, Cook and more - whose voyages brought them to the Australian continent before 1788. Learn what motivated them, and how they m ...Show more
To Constitute a Nation - A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution by Helen Irving
$35.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Studies in Australian History Ser.
This imaginative and resonant book looks at the constitution as a cultural artifact. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is so ...Show more
To Kokoda (#14 Australian Army Campaigns) by Nick Anderson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military History | Series: Australian Army Campaigns Ser.
When the Japanese war machine swept through South-East Asia in early 1942, it was inevitable that conflict would reach Australian territory on the island of New Guinea. The ultimate Japanese target was Port Moresby. Conquering the capital would sever communication between Australia and her American ally ...Show more
To the Top End: Our Trip Across Australia by Roland Harvey (Illustrator)
$15.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Roland Harvey Australian Holidays Ser.
This fabulous Roland Harvey holiday book explores some of the most spectacular landscapes of Australia. Full of adventure, mishaps, and madcap activity, this is a hilarious, entertaining and delightful companion to At the Beach, In the Bush and In the City.
Trump in Asia : Australian Foreign Affairs issue 2 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
'We've hidden behind a hope that American power and resolve will again prevail. Trump tears away any excuse for wishful thinking.' MICHAEL WESLEY The second issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the United States' sudden shift from the Asia Pivot to America First. It provides insights into Do ...Show more
Vietnam (My Australian Story) by Deborah Challinor
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
Here we are, fighting alongside the so-called mightiest nation on earth with all the firepower you could ask forjets, B52s, tanks, gunships, rockets, napalm, you name itand the VC are creeping around with a rifle each and we still can't beat the buggers! And it's getting worse, not better. It's 1969. Th ...Show more
Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth by Lisa Nicol
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
Vincent is an ordinary boy - he lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary town. But Vincent's life changes dramatically when he meets young Florence from The Grandest Hotel on Earth. From shining shoes next to a dirty train station, to working in a hotel where your wildest dreams can come true, Vincent ...Show more