Paradise Mislaid: In Search Of by Whitehead,Anne
$32.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
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
Charles Bean by Ross Coulthart
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
On the eve of the centenary of Gallipoli, Ross Coulthart tells the real story of the iconic Australian war correspondent. CEW Bean's wartime reports and photographs mythologised the Australian soldier and helped spawn the notion that the Anzacs achieved something nation-defining on the shores of Gallipo ...Show more
Smuggled: A history of illegal journeys to Australia by Ruth Balint, Julie Kalman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
‘The sea was rough, waves a few metres, falling on top of us. We were just waiting and hoping and praying that we were going to make it.’ – Taozen, proud Australian, proud HazaraSmuggled offers a previously unseen glimpse into the dangerous and shadowy world of people smuggling. It shares harrowing true ...Show more
Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War by Phillip Deery
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
In the wake of the Second World War and the realisation that the Soviet Union had set up extensive espionage networks around the world, Australia responded by establishing its own spy-hunting agency- ASIO. By the 1950s its counterespionage activities were increasingly supplemented by attempts at counter ...Show more
Where is Dr Leichhardt?: The Greatest Mystery in Australian History by Darrell Lewis
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Australian studies
The vast deserts of Outback Australia hold many secrets, but there is one great mystery which stands out among all others the mystery of the lost Leichhardt expedition. In April 1848 Ludwig Leichhardt and six other men set out westward from the Queensland frontier, heading for Swan River settlement in W ...Show more
Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas by Harrison Christian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me happily captive to the very last page.' Dava Sobel, author of LongitudeA mission to collect breadfruit from Tahiti becomes the most famou ...Show more
Australian Light Horse: The campaign in the Middle East, 1916-1918 by Phillip Bradley
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Throughout history, mounted troops have been known as elite men of arms and the Australian Light Horse is a part of that legendary tradition. Part cavalry and part infantry and often recognised by the emu feathers in their slouch hats, the light horsemen were described by the official historian, H.S. Gu ...Show more
Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story by Kate Legge
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A love cradled by nature's greatest architecture- a national parkHe was an Austrian immigrant; she came from Tasmania. He grew up beside the Carinthian Alps; she climbed mountains when few women dared. Their honeymoon glimpse of Cradle Mountain lit an urge that filled their waking hours. Others might ha ...Show more
Vegemite: The True Story of the Man Who Invented an Australian Icon by Jamie Callister
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Published to coincide with Vegemite's 100th anniversary, the fascinating true story of the man who invented Australia's most enduring cultural icon, fully revised and updated. 'An amazing yarn' Sydney Morning Herald Today Vegemite is recognised around the world, but when the salty black paste was first ...Show more
The Little Book of the Sydney Opera House Tales from the Iconic Sails by Orange Hippo!
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: The\Little Book Of... Ser.
Discover the story behind Australia's number one tourist destination. Full of facts and quotes.
The Eagle in the Mirror by Jesse Fink
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of an Australian-born intelligence officer accused by some espionage experts of being the traitor of the century- Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest serving ...Show more