Banjo Patterson: Great Australian Poet by A. B. Patterson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
A.B. Paterson loved the bush and wrote as bush folk would. It is this that made his poetry popular with them as well as city dwellers. His works still echo with the crack of whip and thunder of hoof. His characters are real and live on the page, belonging to the true tradition. The Banjo and his words w ...Show more
Melbourne and Victoria: Australia's Southern Jewel by New Holland Staff
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
As Australia's second-largest and most cosmopolitan city, Melbourne is bursting with life. The capital is celebrated for its cultural and sporting events, as well as its shopping districts and amazing restaurants, and is the ideal gateway to the many attractions of the state of Victoria. Within a few ho ...Show more
Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories by Jim Haynes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising. The result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history and yarning to mates a ...Show more
The Dandenong Ranges by Nick Anchen
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
The charms of the Dandenong Ranges - the majestic call of the lyrebird, steam whistles in the distance, the unmistakable smell of the forest after rain, the colours of spring and autumn, the timeless atmosphere of the Cuckoo Restaurant...The Dandenong Ranges are a series of ridges and gullies of great n ...Show more
Henry and Banjo by James Knight
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Today most of us know that Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo' Paterson were famous writers. We know about Matilda, Clancy of the Overflow and the Man from Snowy River; The Drover's Wife, While the Billy Boils and Joe Wilson and his mates, but little else. Here, in a compelling and engaging work, James Knig ...Show more
Men and their Sheds (HB) by Craig Wetjen
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Intricate and illuminating, the photographs in this book showcase the very private relationship between a man and his shed - a place to shelter not just from the rain but also from the ups and downs of daily life. The shed is as much a mental release as it is a physical one.Photographer Craig Wetjen tra ...Show more
Martha Needle: The spellbinding story of Australia's most infamous femme fatale by Brian Williams
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
The extraordinary Martha Needle was not only the most treacherous poisoner inAustralian history she clearly stands out as one of the nation's worst murderessesof all time. And from an international perspective, she still ranks among the world'smost prolific female killers.In her day, Martha was as big a ...Show more
Tales from Bush Graves by Anne Alloway; Roberta Morrison
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
It will never be known just how many men, women and children have died and lie buried in the bush. Many of the deaths were not registered, and they are known only because the local paper reported on them. It was not the selector who lost his life, but usually men who had no idea how harsh the country co ...Show more
Contesting Australian History: Essays in Honour of Marilyn Lake by Joy Damousi (Editor); Judith Smart (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Australian History Ser.
One of Australias leading scholars and a highly distinguished professor of history, Marilyn Lake forged a career that spanned several decades across a number of universities. Her books have significantly advanced our understandings, not only of Australian social, cultural and political history but also ...Show more
Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901 by Tim Rowse
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
As Australia became a nation in 1901, no one anticipated that 'Aboriginal affairs' would become an on-going national preoccupation. Not 'dying out' as predicted, Aboriginal numbers recovered and - along with Torres Strait Islanders - they became an articulate presence, aggrieved at colonial authority's ...Show more
The Outback by Boolarong Press
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
This collection of short stories about the Outback is the result of the inaugural writing competition for the Outback Writers Festival held in Winton on 21, 22, 23 June 2016.