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Politics with Purpose: Occasional Observations on Public and Private Life

by Lindsay Tanner & Paul Kelly

Written by Lindsay Tanner—whose parliamentary career spans 18 years, culminating in his position as the minister for finance and deregulation in the Rudd–Gillard governments—this edited selection of his...


Larrikins: A History

by Melissa Bellanta

Australia has often been said to possess a “larrikin streak,” from the Stiffy and Mo cartoons and the true-blue Crocodile Hunter to the characters in the silent film The Sentimental Bloke. When it first...


Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri Calling

by Doreen Kartinyeri & Sue Anderson

An Aboriginal insider's view into Australia's Hindmarsh Island Affair, this remarkable record tells the personal narrative of key Ngarrindjeri spokeswoman, the late Doreen Kartinyeri. Chronicling her victorious...


Whispers of This Wik Woman

by Fiona Doyle

This absorbing and personal account of Wik activist Jean George Awumpun offers a rare understanding of Aboriginal identity and traditional land. To illustrate her proud Alngith Wikwaya beginnings, Awumpun's...


Farewell, Dear People: Biographies of Australia's Lost Generation

by Ross McMullin

For Australia, a new nation with a relatively small population, the death of 60,000 soldiers during World War I was catastrophic. This book seeks to retrieve the stories of the extraordinary individuals who...


Beyond White Guilt: The Real Challenge for Black-White Relations in Australia

by Sarah Maddison

A deeply provocative call for white Australians to take personal responsibility for the ongoing impact of colonisation on Aboriginal Australians. Sarah Maddison's bold and original take on the running sore of...


Dot.Bomb Australia: How we wrangled, conned and argie-bargied our way into the new digital universe

by Kate Askew

The inside story of the internet boom and bust, of the business deals which made headlines, and the colourful cast of characters behind them.


One Law for All?: Aboriginal People and Criminal Law in Early South Australia

by Alan Pope

In the planned colony of South Australia, Aboriginal people were to be British subjects, held accountable for their actions by English law and fully entitled to its protection. The reality, however, failed to...


Black Swan: A Koorie Woman's Life

by Eileen Harrison & Carolyn Landon

A frank and powerful memoir of the life of an Aboriginal woman, from her early years on the Lake Tyers mission to discovery of her talent as a painter.


The Forgotten General: New Zealand's World War I Commander Major-General Sir Andrew Russell

by Jock Vennell

The biography of one of New Zealand's greatest military leaders, whose story has remained untold until now.


The Cruel City: Is Adelaide the Murder Capital of Australia?

by Stephen Orr

Why is it that Adelaide - a beautiful city of churches and lush gardens, a place renowned for its support of the arts and culture - has become better known as the epicentre of some of Australia's weirdest and...


Bravest: Australia's Greatest War Heroes and How They Won Their Medals

by Robert Macklin

From the Boer War to the war in Vietnam, Bravest tells the story of 15 Australian war heroes and how they won the highest medals awarded for bravery.


Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal

by David Owen & David Pemberton

A fascinating look at this most famous Australian of marsupials.


Both Sides of the Wire: The Memoir of an Australian Officer Captured During the Great War

by William Cull & Aaaron Pegram

This is Bill Cull's unforgettable story of his experiences in WW1: he fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front where he was captured by the Germans and was a POW until the end of the war.


Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas

by Lucy Frost

From the crowded tenements of Edinburgh to the Female Factory nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington, dozens of Scottish women convicts were exiled to Van Diemen's Land with their young children. This is a...


Waltzing Matilda: The Secret History of Australia's Favourite Song

by Dennis O'Keeffe

An expose of two cover-ups: one the death of a swagman by a billabong; the other, a torrid affair between Banjo Paterson and his fiancee's best friend, and how the two events come together in Australia's best-loved...


Australia and China at 40

by James Reilly & Jingdong Yuan

To mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and the People’s Republic of China, expert writers from both countries have come together to analyze their relationship, addressing the...


Born in Hope: The Early Years of the Family Court in Australia

by Shurlee Swain

The Family Law Act of 1975 and the establishment of the Family Court of Australia in the following year aimed to revolutionize the settlement of marital disputes. But the court quickly became the focus of hostility,...


The Australian Army in World War I

by Robert Fleming & Mike Chappell

The Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I is worthy of celebration. Some 400,000 Australians volunteered for active duty, an astonishing 13 per cent of the entire (white) male population,...


New Zealand As It Might Have Been 2

by Stephen Levine

A mix of short stories and commentaries—some whimsical, some grim—this work of creative conjecture offers a perceptive and positive new slant on significant New Zealand events and personalities. With a modest...