Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia by Jim Haynes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australia's most amazing characters of the convict age. In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women w ...Show more
Shearing in Victoria's Western District by Tracey Kruger
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
This book includes photographs and a brief history of 160 working woolsheds that were photographed by Tracey Kruger over a 2 and a half year time frame.
Prospecting for Gold by Ion Idriess; Tom Thompson ((various roles), Editor, Designed by)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Imprint Classics Ser.
'I felt certain there must be gold in those hills, Jack', wrote a prospector to Ion Idriess, 'but I know very little about the game.' And so Jack Idriess wrote Prospecting for Gold in 1931. This is the 21st edition and known throughout Australia as the classic self-help manual for would-be prospectors.T ...Show more
More Great Australian Outback Yarns by Bill Marsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A collection of the funniest yarns and most colourful characters from the bestselling 'Great Australian Stories' series from beloved storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh.
Old Vintage Melbourne, 1960-1990 by Chris Macheras
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
A sequel to Old Vintage Melbourne, this collection invites you again to turn back time and revisit the diverse past of the much-loved city of Melbourne. This captivating compilation of photographs taken between 1960 and 1990 provides a fascinating glimpse of a time that is familiar and yet different, w ...Show more
Great Australian Ambos Stories by Bill Marsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Yeah, while some of my stories are quite gory, others can be very enlightening. Though, in hindsight, the best outcomes are when the patient pulls through. It's then that you know you've done your job, and you get a bit of a buzz out of that. Put the sirens on and get ready to hit the road, because fact ...Show more
100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places by Ben Pobjie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
From the ghostly black horse of Sutton Forest to the butcher of Adelaide Street, a haunted Brisbane lift to the chilling experiments carried out by Doctor Blood of the North Kapunda Hotel, Australia abounds in spooky stories that are all unnervingly based in fact and tied to real places to visit or avoi ...Show more
Old Vintage Melbourne by Chris Macheras
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
An enchanting collection of annotated historical images and contemporary photographs, revealing the change and development that Melbourne has experienced over the years. In 1835, as he walked the sacred grounds of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations, John Batman wrote in his d ...Show more
Sh*t Towns of Australia by Rick Furphy; Geoff Rissole
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The hilarious guide to the shittest towns in Australia.
Born in 1957? by Ron Williams
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Born in Series
This is the eightth of the 1950s and the fourteenth book overall to be released in a series of 30 about life in Australia - one for each year from 1939 to 1968. They describe happenings that affected people, real people. The whole series, to coin a modern phrase, is designed to push your buttons, to mak ...Show more
100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places by Ben Pobjie
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In 100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places, Ben Pobjie communes with the spirit world to reveal Australia's most spooky stories. From the ghostly black horse of Sutton Forest to the butcher of Adelaide Street, a haunted Brisbane lift to the chilling experiments carried out by Doctor Blood of the ...Show more
Vic Bar: A History of the Victorian Bar by Peter Yule
$69.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
In 1841 in Port Phillip's new Supreme Court a young Redmond Barry argued that the evidence against two Tasmanian Aboriginals accused of murder was quite insufficient for conviction-to no avail. In January 1842 the first execution took place in front of 3000 spectators. Four decades later, the eminent Re ...Show more