A Doctor's Dream by Buddhi Lokuge
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
When Dr Buddhi Lokuge embarked on a $5 million program to eradicate an infectious and debilitating disease and realised the entire program was unworkable. By listening to community elders, he discovers a better way forward, and new hope for children and their communities. An inspiring David and Goliath ...Show more
100 Aussie Things We Know and Love by Bunny Banyai
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
100 Aussie Things We Know and Love puts the Australian way of life under a forensic lens, vigorously examining the socio-political underpinnings of the Australian character. Nah, just kidding! We'll just take you on a whistle-stop tour through the country's greatest people, places, animals, food, events ...Show more
100 Stories from the Australian National Maritime Museum by Australian National Maritime Museum
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
From a small silver medallion beautifully engraved by a First Fleet convict to the 119-metre Royal Australian Navy destroyer, HMAS Vampire, in 20 years the Australian National Maritime Museum has built an incredibly diverse collection of more than 130,000 items. Here, the museum's curators reveal the f ...Show more
Australia's Asia: From Yellow Peril to Asian Century by David Walker
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
To imagine that we confront Asia for the first time in the twenty-first century is to deny our history and the self-awareness that comes from understanding that we have been here before. Asia appears throughout modern Australian history as a source of anxiety or hope. Generic Asia has been imagined, vis ...Show more
Aerial Australia by Nick Rains
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
There's nothing like the thrill of looking out of an aeroplane window and seeing the world from above. In Aerial Australia, Nick Rains' photographs present Australia in a way that it's rarely seen, revealing a whole new side of its beauty. The book offers sweeping views of Australia's cities; dramatic g ...Show more
Wrecks on the Reef by Ross Anderson
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Forty historic shipwrecks lay scattered among the reefs at Port Phillip Heads. The Heritage Council of Victoria has researched these wrecks and this book is the result of that research. The circumstances, environment and remains of shipwrecks have been described with informative, factual text, photograp ...Show more
The Undertakers' Mother by Denise Tobin Shine
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
The Undertakers' Mother is a biographical novel about two people who were raised on opposite sides of the world and who were married because one of them was in great need. In 1889, newly-married Thomas and Maria Tobin arrive in Marvellous Melbourne from Ireland. They settle in South Melbourne among many ...Show more
True Blue Guide to Australian Slang by Jenny Hunter
$9.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
"The True Blue Guide to Australian Slang Australians are known for their informality and laid-back nature and this is reflected in the liberal use of colourful and amusing slang. The True Blue Guide to Australian Slang is an A-Z journey through the words, expressions and cultural idiosyncrasies that mak ...Show more
The Best Australian Trucking Stories by Jim Haynes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humor, tragedy, and fascinating history of their world. The trucker's job—so vital to everyday life—makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories that will make you laugh and cry, and keep you on the edge of your seat. These weird ...Show more
Stepping off: Rewilding and Belonging to the South-West by Thomas M. Wilson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
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Simpson and the donkey by Peter Cochrane
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The simple tale of Simpson and his donkey is the pre-eminent legend of heroism. It is the story of a humble water-carrier, a rescuer of wounded men, a tale of compassion, stoic persistence, with a tragic end. His tale is an integral part of the Anzac story. Across time, a simple tale can acquire a compl ...Show more