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Great Anzac Stories: The men and women who created the digger legend

by Graham Seal

Stories of heroism, suffering and endurance - and also humour - from the main wars in which Australians have fought.


Great Moments in Australian History

by Jonathan King

From the early Dutch explorers to the gold rushes, Federation to the wars of the last century and the Victorian bushfires of recent times this magnificently illustrated volume details sixty-five of the most...


Edmund Barton

by Geoffrey Bolton

Few Australians know the name of their first Prime Minister, yet without Edmund Barton Australia might not have become a Commonwealth in 1901. Engaging and thoroughly researched, this biography is the first...


The Valley: A story from the heart of the land

by Michael McKernan

A history of rural Australia across two centuries, told through the eyes of the people who have lived and worked in a small valley in rural New South Wales.


A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour

by Peter Grose

In May of 1942, the war seemed very far away to most Sydneysiders - until the night the three Japanese midget submarines crept into the harbour and caused an unforgettable night of mayhem, high farce, chaos...


With Healing Hands: The untold story of Australian civilian surgical teams in Vietnam

by Gary McKay & Elizabeth Stewart

Over 450 Australian civilian professionals volunteered and went to Viet Nam during the war to help the civilian population. This is their story.


A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal

by Babette Smith

New edition of the bestselling history that traces the chequered story of 100 women transported together in 1829 to Sydney. Includes new information on the women and treatment of convicts, and new illustrations....


Aboriginal Victorians: A history since 1800

by Richard Broome

The fascinating and sometimes horrifying story of Aborigines in Victoria since white settlement, from one of Australia's leading historians.


The Strength of a Nation: Six years of Australians fighting for the nation and defending the homefront in World War II

by Michael McKernan

A compelling and passionate account of Australians in World War II, both on the home front and on the battle fronts.


Curtin's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's greatest prime minister

by John K Edwards

A fresh and thoughtful look at one of Australia's greatest prime ministers, John Curtin.


The Life and Death of Harold Holt

by Tom Frame

The first full length biography of Australia's most enigmatic prime minister.


The Cruel Legacy: The HMAS Voyager Tragedy

by Tom Frame

Forty years after the collision between the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Sydney in which 82 men lost their lives this is the story of Australia's largest peacetime naval disaster, the men involved,...


Freedom Ride: A freedom rider remembers

by Ann Curthoys

This is the story of Australia's historic Freedom Ride, the 1965 bus journey into the heart of the country to fight racism, from one who was there. ;


Canberra

by Paul Daley

Canberra, Australia, is a city of orphans. People arrive temporarily for work, but stay when they discover the unanticipated promise and opportunity Canberra has to offer. An exploration of the city Australia...


Nothing But Gold: The Diggers of 1852

by Robyn Annear

Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, and within a year the infant colony was transformed from a sump for convicts to a Land of Opportunity. Robyn Annear's lively history describes in detail life on the...


Where the White Man Treads - Across The Pathway Of The Maori

by , W. Otorohanga

Originally published in 1928, this book is a comprehensive study of the Maori people and their inner lives, customs and beliefs, written by one who lived amongst them during a time before modern western civilisation...


The Best Australian Sea Stories: Our land is girt by sea

by Jim Haynes

A dazzling collection of writing about the sea - from first-hand accounts of ocean voyages to stories by Banjo Paterson and Mark Twain - from Australia's most successful Australiana author.


A Sappers' War: How the legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats fought the Vietcong

by Jimmy Thomson & Sandy MacGregor

They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. This is the story of the Sappers in Vietnam.


Hell's Battlefield: The Australians in New Guinea in World War II

by Phillip Bradley

The first single volume history to cover all the battles fought by the Australians against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea.


The True Story of Ned Kelly's Last Stand

by Paul Terry

Using science, history and family lore to unearth a new understanding of how a legend was made this is the full story of the most famous siege in Australian history - the man and the myth; the people great and...