The Battle for Australia by Bob Wurth
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
The Battle for Australia stemmed the unprecedented Japanese advance from the north. The battle became a precarious fighting comeback at a time when Australia was naked to invasion. It loosened subservient ties to Britain and strengthened co-operation and dependence on the US. It was fought in Malaya, Si ...Show more
Adelaide : Updated Edition by Kerryn Goldsworthy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: City Ser.
Consisting of a painting, a frog cake, a landmark, a statue, a haunting newspaper photograph, a bucket of peaches, pink shorts in parliament, concert tickets, and tourist maps, this book is a museum of sorts--a personal guide to the city of Adelaide, Australia, through a collection of iconic objects. Th ...Show more
Darwin : Updated Edition by Tess Lea
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: City Ser.
Razed to the ground four times in its short history, the city of Darwin, Australia, has picked itself up out of the debris to not only rebuild but grow. Darwin has known catastrophes and resurrections; it has endured misconceived projects and birthed visionaries. To write about her home town, Tess Lea w ...Show more
St Andrews: A Village Built On Gold by St Andrews P.S.
$22.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
Salamaua 1943 by Phillip Bradley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: Australian Army Campaigns Ser.
Between the end of the Kokoda campaign in January 1943 and the start of the New Guinea offensives at Lae in early September 1943, the Australian Army was engaged in some of the most intense and challenging fighting of the war for the ridges around Salamaua. Following the defeat of the Japanese offensive ...Show more
Lies, Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation by Claire G. Coleman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
'This is a difficult piece to write. It cuts closer to the bone than most of what I have written; closer to my bones, through my blood and flesh to the bones of truth and country; there is truth here, not disguised but in the open and that truth hurts.' In Lies, Damned Lies acclaimed author Claire G. ...Show more
The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay: The 1942 Bombing of Broome, and its Tragic Aftermath by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
The Japanese attack on Broome is the second most deadly air raid on Australia soil in our history and yet it's almost entirely overlooked. On 3 March 1942, nine Japanese Zero planes strafed the small town planning to destroy the aerodrome and American planes. With no notice, the townsfolk could only put ...Show more