Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
29.99 AUD
35.99 (16% off)
Category: Australian History
The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Hudson Fysh, Lawson and Banjo. Bangka Island, 1942: Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-s ...Show more
The Big Scrub Rainforest: A Journey Through Time by Big Scrub Landcare
60.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
The Many Lives of Barry Humphries (PB): A Treasury of Reminisces by Rowan Dean
32.99 AUD
34.99 (5% off)
Category: Australian Biography
Actor, comedian, raconteur, writer, poet, painter, songwriter, music lover and one of the most gifted artists of the last century, Barry Humphries was an Australian global superstar. In this affectionate tribute, Rowan Dean, one of the last people to spend time alone with his friend Barry, reminisces th ...Show more
Abandoned New South Wales by Shane Thoms
23.99 AUD
24.99 (4% off)
Category: Australiana
Discarded architectural legacies, the abandoned factories, homes and public places of New South Wales, are small footnotes of history. Here, the past and present clash to reveal a handful of small vignettes that whisper the secrets of those who came to live and dwell. Here are clues that speak of the fo ...Show more
Griffith Review 84: Attachment Styles
26.80 AUD
27.99 (4% off)
Category: Australian Writing & Language | Series: Griffith Review Ser.
The attachments we form shape our experience of the world and our understanding of who we are. ‘Hell is other people', wrote Jean-Paul Sartre, his point being less about misanthropy and more about how entwined our self-perception is with the ways in which others perceive us. And alongside our personal r ...Show more
Innovation : Knowledge and Ingenuity (First Knowledges) by Ian J McNiven, Lynette Russell
23.99 AUD
24.99 (4% off)
Category: Indigenous Australians | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
'Deeply insightful, sensitive and passionate. An inspiring, meticulous picture of the innovations that have made us the world's oldest living culture.' - Larissa Behrendt'Another fascinating volume in this landmark Australian publishing series.' - Richard FlanaganWhat do you need to know to prosper as a ...Show more
A Fortunate Life by A B Facey
28.50 AUD
29.99 (4% off)
Category: Australiana
First sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer, farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then being rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy. He survived Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, lost a son in the Second World War ...Show more
Australia - A Beautiful Continent: A beautiful continent by New Holland Publishers
18.99 AUD
19.99 (5% off)
Category: Australiana
This book features Australia at it’s best; a land of great diversity and contrast. This book covers our fascinating outback to our beautiful coastlines, glorious beaches and rugged landscapes along with our majestic islands that makes Australia a country so unique. Covering all states, this chunky littl ...Show more
Country: Future Fire, Future Farming (First Knowledges Series) by Bruce Pascoe, William Leonard Gammage
23.99 AUD
24.99 (4% off)
Category: Indigenous Australians | Series: First Knowledges
What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmen ...Show more
Cry Me a River by POSSELT Steve
18.95 AUD
19.95 (5% off)
Category: Australiana
The account of one man's journey to the heart of Australia's water crisis. Steve Posselt put everything on the line to paddle or drag a kayak from Brisbane to Adelaide down the full length of the Darling and lower Murray so he could see first hand what is happening to Australia's rivers. Along the way h ...Show more