Convict Orphans by Lucy Frost
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Many thousands of abandoned children were treated as free labour in late 19th century Australia, yet their stories have been hidden until now, even to their descendants. Lucy Frost's painstaking research has uncovered what really happened to the convict orphans. 'This moving story of thousands of cast ...Show more
An Amazing Australian Road Trip (HB) by Jackie Hosking
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A rambunctious romp of a family road trip around Australia looking for the right place to celebrate Aunty's birthday with a cake.An everyday Aussie family leaves their Melbourne home, makes for the Great Ocean Road and finds themselves on the journey of a lifetime to every state and territory of Austral ...Show more
From Kinglake to Kabul by Neil Grant
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Students from Diamond Valley College and the International School of Kabul share their stories: "There is dirt on my face. I do not care about anything else in the world except for what I am writing." - Paige Dwyer. "After twenty-five years, my father and uncle have moved back to Afghanistan. My father ...Show more
Best Walks East of Melbourne: Including West Gippsland, Yarra Ranges, Dandenongs, Phillip Island,and Wilsons Promontory by Craig Sheather
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Woodslane Walking Guides
Includes 40 eastern Victorian walks from Phillip Island to Ninety Mile Beach. Walk notes are accompanied by accurate full-colour maps, and snippets about local history and wildlife add colour and interest to the walking experience. Over 100 full-colour photos complement the text and provide a clear sens ...Show more
Pandemic - The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20 by Ian W. Shaw
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world by Brett Mason
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells their story. In this fast-paced and compelling book, Brett Mason reveals how two childhood friends from Adelaide – physicist Mark Oliph ...Show more
Salt: Selected Essays and Stories by Bruce Pascoe
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
A collection of stories and essays by the award-winning author of Dark Emu, showcasing his shimmering genius across a lifetime of work. Bruce Pascoe has been described as a 'living national treasure' and his work as 'revelatory'. This volume of his best and most celebrated stories and essays, collected ...Show more
Ultimate Walks & Hikes: Australia by Laura Waters
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Ultimate Ser.
Ultimate Walks & Hikes: Australia is your inspirational and practical guide to 40 of the best walking tracks across Australia. Author Laura Waters has hiked thousands of kilometres to put together her ultimate list of walking tracks in all states and territories. Whether you're looking for a bite of ...Show more
Ned Kelly by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Historians still disagree over virtually every aspect of the eldest Kelly boy?s brushes with the law. Did he or did he not shoot Constable Fitzpatrick at their family home? Was he a lawless thug or a noble Robin Hood, a remorseless killer or a crusader against oppression and discrimination? Was he even ...Show more
Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with your Country by Bruce Pascoe
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A wide-ranging, personal and powerful work that resonates with historical and contemporary Australian debates about identity, dispossession, memory, and community. Ranging across the national contemporary political stage, this book critiques the great Australian silence when it comes to dealing respec ...Show more
Growing Up Asian in Australia by Alice Pung (ed)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Growing Up
Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of food, festivals and traditional dress. The food is h ...Show more
Hiking the Overland Track: Tasmania: Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park by Warwick Sprawson
$47.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
This guidebook covers the iconic Overland Track in Tasmania's stunning Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. The well-maintained 80km route from Cradle Valley to Lake St Clair is described over seven stages, along with optional sidetrips to the area's many accessible peaks including Mt Ossa, Tasm ...Show more