Unstable Relations - Indigenous People and Environmentalism in Contemporary Australia by Eve Vincent (Editor); Tim Neale (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
The 1970s witnessed the emergence of a global environmental movement in response to rampant resource extraction. This moment gave rise to a celebrated 'green-black alliance' between environmentalists and Indigenous groups in Australia. However, in recent years, this relationship has come under increased ...Show more
Sleeps Standing - Moetu by Witi Ihimaera; Hemi Kelly
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Both fiction and fact, this fascinating book is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the Battle of Orakau. During three days in 1864, 300 Maori men, women and children fought an Imperial army and captured the imagination of the world. The battle marked the end of the Land Wars in the Waikato and resulted in v ...Show more
The 99th Koala by Kailas Wild
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
In last summer's devastating fires, Kangaroo Island lost half of its koala population, with many more left injured and starving. This is the inspiring and sometimes confronting story of someone who went to help and ended up a koala dad. When Kailas Wild - arborist by trade and conservationist at heart ...Show more
At Home in Australia by Peter Conrad
$59.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Peter Conrad’s special gift is that of the great writer - to make the particular of intense personal concern to each of us. Here he gives his own deeply felt account of a nation’s history and his brilliant word-pictures are inspired by over 200 photographs from the collections of the National Gallery of ...Show more
THE WEATHER WATCHERS : 100 YEARS OF THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY by David Day
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Australia's capricious climate has tested its inhabitants for centuries. For a colony of farmers, knowing what the weather might bring was a matter of great importance. This title brings to life the history of the Bureau of Meteorology, from its inception in 1907 to the modern day.
Gold!: The Fever That Forever Changed Australia by David Hill
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Australia's incredible gold rushes of the mid- to late-1800s produced tremendous wealth and ensured the financial survival of the struggling Australian colonies. Not only that, they also tripled the country's small population, were the last nail in the coffin for convict transportation, subverted the hi ...Show more
Dark Emu-Black Seeds: Agriculture..(5CD)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing - behaviors inconsistent with the ...Show more
The Way We Were by Alan Whiticker
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Australian life has seen many changes in the last century. We have gone from scattered colonies tofederated nation, from bush pioneers to suburbanites, and along the way there have been fascinatingshifts in how we dress, eat, travel, entertain ourselves and bring up our families.The Way We Were covers k ...Show more
Rogue Forces: An explosive insiders' account of Australian SAS war crimes in Afghanistan by Mark Willacy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award's Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction. Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders’ story of how some of Australia’s revered ...Show more
Sydney Harbour Bridge ID Chart: ID chart by New Holland Publishers
$7.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Sydney Harbour Bridge is a landmark of Australia. The Bridge, along with the nearby Sydney Opera House, offers a breathtaking view of Sydney and is considered an iconic image of both the city and Australia as a whole. This easy-to-use fold-out chart illustrates the Sydney Harbour Bridge and identifies k ...Show more
Error Australis by Ben Pobjie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
We're obsessed with reality television these days yet we so often neglect the greatest reality of all: the reality of our nation, and how it came to be. In Error Australis, TV columnist, comedian and history buff Ben Pobjie recaps the history of Australia from its humble beginnings as a small patch of r ...Show more
Australia at the Venice Biennale: A Century of Contemporary Art by Kerry Gardner
$79.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Before the winds of World War I blew Europe apart, a rowdy and radical group of Australian artists would gather in the salons of Paris and London to embrace new ways of painting and seeing the world. By 1914 twelve of them had shown their works at the Venice International Exhibition, now known as the Ve ...Show more