Born in 1956?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Born in Series
This is the seventh of the 1950s and the thirteenth 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
Birdsville: My Year in the Back of Beyond by Evan McHugh
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
For a town with seventy residents (on a good day), Birdsville is remarkably well known - the Birdsville Track, the rodeo, the pub, the infamous races. With its ruggedness, inaccessibility and larrikin charm, this small town on the edge of the Simpson Desert has become a symbol of the great Australian ou ...Show more
The Best of Henry Lawson: An Illustrated Collection by LAWSON Henry
$9.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
This book of Henry Lawson's best poems reveals his gift for capturing the spirit of the Australia of his time and the character of its people.
The Best Australian Poems 2012 by John Tranter (Editor)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
'I was struck ... by just how many poems depended on the ancient devices of the storyteller ... Many have a lyrical or meditative feel, but most have a story to tell, captured in a brief glimpse of the meaning of life, or a dramatic climax.' -John Tranter In this impressive anthology John Tranter weave ...Show more
The Best Australian Stories 2012 by Sonya Hartnett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In The Best Australian Stories 2012, Sonya Hartnett compiles the year's most compelling short fiction from Australian authors. Well-known voices are juxtaposed with those of emerging writers, creating an eclectic and exciting blend of styles and themes. These stories are a marvellous introduction to Aus ...Show more
Australian Mongrel by David Darcy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australian Mongrel is a photographic exploration of Australia's relationship with this beloved icon. Renowned photographer David Darcy explores the lives of a diverse range of dogs from the land down under, from working dogs to suburban canines, Aboriginal camp dogs to the ordinary Aussie mongrel. Accom ...Show more
All the Days After by Sue Gunningham
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
All the Days After is a personal and revealing account of how it feels to be one of the many affected by a major natural disaster. It was still hot. The soft drink cans would have to be cooled before Barry could open them. I wished I had brought some ice in a little Esky to keep them cool. Still, I had ...Show more
Aboriginal Tales of Australia by Reed A W
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
A collection of 20 stories of fable and folklore that have been told by Aboriginal tribes all over Australia for thousands of years. There are stories such as Why Emus Cannot Fly and The Frog Who Caused a Flood.
A Sunburnt Childhood: The bestselling memoir about growing up in the Northern Territory by Toni Tapp Coutts
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Toni Tapp grew up on the massive Killarney Station, where her stepfather, Bill Tapp, was a cattle king. But there was no 'big house' here - Toni did not grow up in a large homestead. She lived in a shack that had no electricity and no running water. The oppressive climate of the Territory - either wet o ...Show more
100 Australian Poems You Need to Know by Jamie Grant
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
"A beautifully bound hardback that falls open in the hand, it is clearly and expansively designed, and full of fine etchings and drawings by Bridget Farmer" Peter Kenneally - The Age "Refreshing" "this volume will be welcomed" Barry Oakley - The Weekend Australian "Engaging, heartwarming, heart-breaking ...Show more
Aussie Aussie Aussie by Ben Pobjie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
If you think you know all about Australia's heroes (and villains), think again. In Aussie Aussie Aussie, Ben Pobjie burrows beneath the mythology to provide an intimate look at the Australians who helped make our nation great - as well as the ones who stopped us from being as great as we could have been ...Show more