Hudson Fysh by Grantlee Kieza
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings Hudson Fysh was a decorated World War I hero who not only founded Australia's national airline, Qantas, but steered it for almost half a century from its humble beginnings with two ...Show more
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
Welcome to Country (BB) (2022 edition) by Aunty Joy Murphy
$15.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Board Books
An Aboriginal ceremony of Welcome to Country is depicted in a stunning board book from two Indigenous Australians.Welcome to the lands of the Wurundjeri people. The people are part of the land, and the land is a part of them. Aboriginal communities across Australia have boundaries that are defined by mo ...Show more
Bush Tukka Guide 2nd edition by Samantha Martin
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In this second, refreshed edition of Samantha Martin's bestselling Bush Tukka Guide, readers will discover additional bush foods, recipes and updated information in a handy, field guide format. Known as the Bush Tukka Woman, Jaru woman Samantha was born into a long line of traditional hunters and gathe ...Show more
Aboriginal Fables and Legendary Tales by A. W. Reed
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
How did snakes become poisonous? Why are there black swans only in Australia? Learn a bout the powerful Rainbow Snake, red and black flying foxes, the Eagle-hawk and the Medicine-man in these incredible tales of the Dramtime. So much of traditional Aboriginal storytelling teaches us about the animal wor ...Show more
From Convict to Politician by Mary Lou Simpson
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
In order to assimilate, some ex-convicts changed their name, some told lies and others locked their past away. William Henry Groom faced this problem as he forged a new life in early Toowoomba, where he went into business, fell in love, married and had children. Ultimately, his wife and older children h ...Show more
Fighting Spirit by VARIOUS
$34.99 AUD
$49.99 (30% off)
Category: Australiana
Australia's Black Summer of 2019-20 will never be forgotten. The tragedy of lost lives, homes, livelihoods, land and wildlife, and the subsequent rallying of courageous communities across the country are captured in this unique photographic tribute to the fighting spirit of the people of Australia. Incl ...Show more
How They Fought by Ray Kerkhove
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few books available which explain, in detail, the modes of warfare First Australians applied during the Frontier Wars. How They Fought is ...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
Plants: Past, Present and Future (First Knowledges) by Zena Cumpston, Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Lesley Head
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
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. Plants are the foundation of life on Earth. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have always known thi ...Show more
Melbourne Remember When by Bob Byrne
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Remember dropping into the Coles Cafeteria on Bourke Street for a feast of rashers, sausages and mash, with gravy, from the bain marie? Or catching a 'red rattler' into the city? Eating a hot jam doughnut from the American Doughnut Kitchen van at the Queen Vic markets? If you answered yes to any of thes ...Show more
Super Snake by Gregg Dreise
$27.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture | Series: Scales and Tails Ser.
'You can’t have a rainbow without water. Dhurraluwi guuma-li — Come together! Wantima — Rise up! Woorri — Share.' Super Snake This is the first book in the new series by award-winning children’s book author Gregg Dreise and the first in a new square format. Told with heart and humour, Super Snake will b ...Show more