Ancient Australia Unearthed by Alethea Kinsela
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Ancient Australia Unearthed draws on archaeology to map 50,000 years of Australia's ancient past. It traces the evidence that is etched into the skin of this country to unearth the rich and complex history of this unique island continent. This text collates and presents existing research and available r ...Show more
An Outback Nurse by Thea Hayes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Thea Hayes trained as a Nurse in Sydney in 1959. A year later she was catapulted out of the safety of her city life into the unknown world of the Outback.Thea knew nothing of the place she was soon to call home, Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, the second largest property in the world under ...Show more
An Outback Life by Mary Groves
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
"All I could think of as my heart thumped in my chest and the rumble of 900 stampeding buffalo rocked my vehicle was, 'Strewth! Am I in trouble now!' " In An Outback Life, Mary Groves describes the heart-breaking isolation, the hard work and the rises and falls in her family fortunes as they battle to s ...Show more
An Outback Life. Images and Stories from Those Who Live and Work in Remote Communities. by Paula Heelan
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Mira Ser.
From the high plains to the bush, heart-warming stories and stunning photography of our wide brown land, and the people and animals who live there.An award-winning photographer, Paula Heelan captures the beauty, drama and romance of the outback in this stunning book, as she takes a look at what life is ...Show more
An Incredible Race of People : A Passionate History of Australia by Bob Katter, Jr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
"In 1988, Queensland politician Bob Katter Jnr was, at short notice, called upon to officiate and entertain the King and Queen of Spain. At dinner the three discussed Australian white settlement and our forebears, prompting Queen Sofia to remark, 'What an incredible race of people you are.' Today Bob Ka ...Show more
Amazing Grace: Great Australian Bush Priest Stories by Bill Marsh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Great Australian stories of faith and friendship in outback Australia, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh - bestselling author of Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories and Great Australian CWA Stories. 'The term "Bible bashing" took on new meaning in our household ...Mum used to suffer from ...Show more
PetRescue's Amazing Dog Stories : True Tales of Second-chance Dogs and the Lives They Changed by Vickie Davy
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Every dog has a tale...This uplifting collection brings together over 100 original stories of canine survival, loyalty and unconditional love. These dogs have overcome troubled backgrounds to bring joy, companionship and adventure to the lives of their new families. There's Fudge, who braved a house fir ...Show more
Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea by Stephanie Owen Reeder
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
This is an exciting tale of the courage of 16-year-old Grace Bussell, an ordinary teenage girl who is thrust into an extraordinary situation when a steamship runs aground near her home on the south-west coast of Australia in 1876. Using eyewitness accounts and other historical documents of the time, the ...Show more
Amazing Aussie Bastards by LAWRENCE MONEY
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Amazing bastard (colloquial), n: a bloke who does stuff that other bastards wouldn't try in a month of Sundays We've all met them, or at least read about them - men who drive faster, climb higher, build and invent and triumph over impossible odds. Journalist Lawrence Money has assembled a collection of ...Show more
Alice Springs: From singing wire to iconic outback town by Stuart Traynor
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
In 1870 a colonial government, on the brink of collapse, made an audacious move. South Australia's squabbling politicians briefly put aside their differences and took the bold decision to run an iron wire to the middle of nowhere and beyond. Stringing the Overland Telegraph Line across the silent heart ...Show more
Akubra Handcrafted History by Neil Montagnana-Wallace; Val Montagnana-Wallace (Editor); Rairu Rebolledo (Designed by); Bounce Books (Prepared for Publication by)
$69.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
What comes to mind when you think of that Australian icon, Akubra? Part story, part myth, but 100 per cent icon. This book goes behind the icon. It explores the rich heritage of the five generations of family that have created the world's greatest fur felt hat-making business.
After Before Time by Robbi Neal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Stories of life from a remote Aboriginal community that sing with vivid and simple life, truth and power. At the end of 2008, Robbi Neal and her family travelled to the other end of mainland Australia to a remote Aboriginal community. They planned to stay for twelve months. Seven years later, they are ...Show more