Remembering Aboriginal Heroes by John Ramsland, Christopher Mooney
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
During the 1940s and '50s in Australia there rose to prominence many icons of Aboriginal descent, representative of the culture of the day and of their own people. Some permanently influenced the minds of Australians and remain famous to this day. Others have been unjustly forgotten.Albert Namatjira was ...Show more
Across Great Divides: True Stories of Life at Sydney Cove by Susan E Boyer
$26.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Across Great Divides, true stories of life at Sydney Cove will appeal to all readers, young, old and in-between, who love to be immersed in a good read, while learning new things. The stories will no doubt make you wonder, what would I have done? Across Great Divides, true stories of life at Sydney ...Show more
Whispering Wire: Tracing the Overland Telegraph Line through the heart of Australia by Rosamund Burton
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
"Interweaving history and travel, this entertaining story traces one woman’s journey tracing the 3200 km Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin. Constructed between 1870 and 1872, the line transformed Adelaide into Australia’s communication hub, connecting the continent with the rest of the wor ...Show more
A Farming Life: Tales of resilience from inspiring rural women by Liz Harfull
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Bestselling author Liz Harfull shares fascinating true stories of rural Australian women, showcasing the passion, tenacity and resilience required to make a life on the land. Making a living on the land in Australia can be tough at the best of times, but the last few years of seemingly endless droughts, ...Show more
Letters From the Emu War by J A Bryden
$22.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS LETTERS FROM THE EMU WAR tells the story of the Great Emu War of 1932 from the unique perspective of those who won. Follow Edward R Long-toe, William J Whistlebeak, John Feathers and others through their adventures before, during and after the war. Read Journal entries, newspaper ...Show more
Australian Bush Cooking 3/e: Recipes for a Gourmet Outback Experience by Craig Lewis, Cathy Savage
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Boiling Billy Ser.
From roasts to rissoles, salads to savouries and dampers to deserts, Australian Bush Cooking will help bring a tempting new twist to your camp cooking whether its on an open fire, on a gas cooker or in your caravan or campers kitchen. The easy and tempting recipes have all been planned for simplicity as ...Show more
A Secret Country by John Pilger
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
"EXPATRIATE JOURNALIST and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A SECRET COUNTRY, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high political drama."
The Flying Vet: The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a female vet and farmer in the remote Australian outback, perfect for fans of Muster Dogs and Back Roads by Ameliah Scott
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a female vet and farmer in the remote Australian outback, perfect for fans of Muster Dogs and Back Roads. "The inspiring story of the intrepid Dr Ameliah Scott - the Flying Vet extraordinaire - and the animals and community of the Australian outback. Ame ...Show more
The Kelly Hunters by Grantlee Kieza
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
When Ned Kelly and his band of young tearaways ambushed and killed three brave policemen in a remote mountain camp in 1878, they sparked the biggest and most expensive manhunt Australia had seen. The desperate search would end when Kelly and his gang, wearing suits of armour, tried to derail a train bef ...Show more
Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking by Tyson Yunkaporta
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
The award-winning author of Sand Talk returns with a formidably original yarn with Indigenous thought leaders from around the globe. Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta's bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on contemporary society. It was, said Melissa Lucashenko, 'an extraordinary invitation into the w ...Show more
Noongar Bush Tucker: Bush Food Plants and Fungi of the South-West of Western Australia by Vivienne Hansen, John Horsfall
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from disease, with more exercise, less stress and supportive communities. Today, in Aboriginal communities all over Australia, there are higher instan ...Show more
Nabbing Ned Kelly: The Extraordinary True Story of the Men Who Brought Australia’s Notorious Outlaw to Justice by David Dufty
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
David Dufty goes back to the records to uncover the real story of the police officers who pursued the Kelly Gang. This pacey account of the capture of the Kelly Gang reads like a detective story. He lurched through the smoke, his armour glinting in the moonlight, and started shooting. To the weary men ...Show more