Around the Boree Log (and) The Parish of St Mels by John O'Brien
$17.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O'Brien sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land, and at the Church upon the Hill that is the centre of their lives.
Secrets of Aboriginal Healing by Gary Holz; Robbie Holz (As told to)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A guide to the 60,000-year-old healing system of the Aborigines revealed through one man's journey to overcome multiple sclerosis - Written at the request of the Aboriginal people the author stayed with - Explores the use of dreamtime, spirit guides, and telepathy to discover and reprogram the s ...Show more
The Women Who Changed Country Australia: Celebrating 100 years of the Country Women's Association of New South Wales by Liz Harfull
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A compelling and thoroughly researched account of the CWA of NSW - its beginnings, its remarkable achievements and the indomitable women who have driven each one of its many successes.
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
Keeping Them Honest: the case for a genuine national integrity commission and other vital democratic reforms by Stephen Charles QC AO Charles, Catherine Williams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A revealing and compelling case by Australia's foremost integrity advocate for a strong national body to expose political corruption, uphold accountability, and restore trust - and why the country needs it now. Over the last few years, instances of the federal government spending taxpayers' money to ga ...Show more
The Murranji Track: Ghost Road of the Drovers by LEWIS, DARRELL
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Abandoned Melbourne: Lockdown by Gavin John
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Abandoned Melbourne shows Melbourne vacant, with the CBD’s places and spaces, customarily buzzing, rendered motionless and without life during the 2020 Covid lockdown. Melbournian landscape photographer Gavin John turned his camera and his focus onto vistas of a different nature and reveals downtown Mel ...Show more
Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life by Judith Brett
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A brilliant collection of the best essays by award-winning writer Judith Brett, long revered by those in the know as Australia's brightest and most astute political commentator. Since the 1980s Judith Brett has been helping to shape Australians' conversations about politics, bringing a historian's eye ...Show more
Struggletown - Public and Private Life in Richmond 1900-1965 by Janet McCalman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
'The old Struggletowners, if they could see it now, would not believe their eyes.'In Struggletown, Janet McCalman takes us into the inner-city industrial working-class suburb of Richmond, in Melbourne, before the gentrification of the 1970s. This is a narrative richly informed by the voices and memories ...Show more
Don't Try This at Home - Our Life in the Outback by Anna Johnson
$25.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Symbols of Australia: Uncovering the stories behind the myths by Richard White (Editor); Melissa Harper (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australia is a land of symbols. The Southern Cross. The Sydney Opera House. The kangaroo. Vegemite. But what do they actually mean? Where do national symbols come from and what makes them popular? Why are some symbols so hotly contested? Does Australia have more than its fair share?Symbols of Australia ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Yarns: Volume 1 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. When he'd finished playing, a solemn silence fell as Brian and the gravediggers stared down into that three-quarter-filled hole. 'I must a ...Show more