The Dig Tree: the Story of Burke and Wills: The Extraordinary Story of the Burke and Wills Expedition by Sarah Murgatroyd
$32.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Burke and Wills are as legendary as Ned Kelly or Gallipoli in the Australian consciousness - in 1860, they set out from Melbourne to cross the continent for the first time. With extraordinary endurance and courage, they succeeded, only to perish at Cooper Creek. A gripping account of their travails, wit ...Show more
Racers of the Deep by Ralph Neale
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The Yankee Clippers and Bluenose Clippers on the Australian Run 1852
It Happened in a Holden - A Celebration of the Holden by Paddy O'Reilly
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The Holden rolled into our lives in 1948 and has been firmly rooted in the Australian psyche ever since. The FJ, the EH, the Torana, the Kingswood, the panel van, the Monaro, the ute - each car is like a tuning fork for eras of Australian family, city and bush life. Almost every Australian has a Holden ...Show more
Yarra: A History of Melbourne's Murky River by Kristin Otto
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Kristin Otto has produced a moving and surprising exploration of the history and meaning of Melbourne's Yarra river and those who have lived and worked on it. Yarra celebrates a river that has inspired and sustained generations. It was John Wedge, Batman’s private surveyor, who named the Yarra Yarra. I ...Show more
Inside Outside: Life between two worlds by Riemer, Andrew
$16.45 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Imprint Lives Ser.
Autobiographical account of the changes observed in Australian society in the years following World War II as experienced by the author and his family after leaving Hungary. The author's return to Budapest in 1990 prompts comparisons to the situation in Australia.
The Story Within - An Anthology of Fiction and Non-Fiction: a Genre Approach by Elaine Robins; Peter Robins
$25.25 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Designed to help students to identify the different genres they encounter in their reading, to explore and discuss their findings, to become aware of how 'readings' of texts are constructed by gender, background and cultural influences, and to become aware of alternatives to the 'dominant' reading. Exam ...Show more
The Big Book of Great Australian Bush Yarns by Graham Seal
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Two of Graham Seal's bestselling collections of stories from around Australia, now in one volume.
Back on the Block - Bill Simon's St by SIMON Bill
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Stolen, beaten, deprived of his liberty and used as child labour, Bill Simon's was not a normal childhood. He was told his mother didn't want him, that he was 'the scum of the earth' and was locked up in the notorious Kinchela Boys Home for eight years. His experiences there would shape his life forever ...Show more
Old-Timers by Sandy Thorne
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
In Old-Timers jillaroo cum opal miner cum bush humourist, Sandy Thorne, has assembled 20 vital snapshots of Australian life that tantalise with their energy, originality and genuine pioneering spirit. Meet Jenny Marshall, contract musterer, ex-amateur jockey, known as 'F...kin' Jenny' after her favourit ...Show more
Kimberley Stories by Sandy Toussaint (Editor)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
There are a thousand ways to connect to country. Kimberley Stories is one of them. Once known, never forgotten, the Kimberley gets under your skin. Kimberley Stories tunes readers into one of Australia's most intriguing and exotic regions via the work of talented authors and artists. Interweaving fictio ...Show more