The Dodger by Duncan McNab
32.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
This presents a brilliant, behind-the-scenes account of disgraced former policeman Roger Rogerson, and the police culture that created him. It tells of the rise and fall of Rogerson's friendship with Neddy Smith, heroin dealer and murderer.
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Democracy Trilogy Ser.
Winner of the Stella Prize, 2014. The Eureka Stockade. It's one of Australia's foundation legends yet the story has always been told as if half the participants weren't there. But what if the hot-tempered, free-spirited gold miners we learned about at school were actually husbands and fathers, brothers ...Show more
A Guide to Spiders of Australia by Zborowski Paul
49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
This definitive guide to the subject offers a window into a fascinating world. Notorious species such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnel-web sit alongside less well-known but equally intriguing spiders such as the ant-mimics and net-casting spiders. The introduction covers spider structure, evolution, ...Show more
Free Schools by David Gillespie
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
David Gillespie has six kids. When it came time to select high schools, he thought it worth doing some investigation to assess the level of advantage his kids would enjoy if he spent the required $1.3 million to send them all to private schools. Shockingly, the answer was: none whatsoever. Intrigued, Da ...Show more
Aboriginal Tales of Australia by Reed A W
19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | 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.
Green Guide:Spiders of Australia by Terence Lindsey
19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Green Guide Ser.
This text is intended as an introduction to the habitats of the spiders of Australia, and to those Australian groups that are particularly common, interesting or significant to humans. Organized into behavioural categories, the five sections cover ancient spiders, roving spiders, sit-and-wait spiders, s ...Show more
Green Guide: Mammals of Australia by Terence Lindsey
18.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Australian Green Guides
Information is organized simply, with individual species or group entries describing key characteristics such as where they are found, food requirements and behavioural habits. Each entry is accompanied by a photograph and, where appropriate, distribution maps. A key feature of the text is the "gee whiz ...Show more
Murdoch's Pirates by Neil Chenoweth
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The inside story of the skullduggery at the heart of one the Murdoch empire's subsidiaries, NDS.
Coast: A History of the NSW Edge by Ian Hoskins
49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
From Eden to Byron Bay the New South Wales coast is more than 2000 kilometres long, with 130 estuaries, 100 coastal lakes and a rich history. This, the first history written of the New South Wales coast, traces our relationship with this stretch of land and sea starting millennia ago when Aboriginal peo ...Show more
The Explorers: Text Classics by Tim Flannery
12.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Text Classics
The explorers of Australia tell an epic story of courage and suffering, of dispossession and conquest, of a moving frontier between European invaders and the Aboriginal custodians of the continent. This compelling anthology documents almost four centuries of exploration and takes us into a world of dang ...Show more
Out of the Blue by Richard Woldendorp; John McDonald (Foreword by)
49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Australia is a country of diverse landscapes that seem endless. The flat plains of the outback give way to undulating mountain ranges, serpentine rivers and rugged coastlines.Through striking photographs Out of the Blue explores Australia's natural history and how the continent evolved. From the weather ...Show more
Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists by Vivien Johnson
39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists chronicles the beginnings of the Western Desert art movement and the phenomenal development of its founding art company over four decades. Through comprehensive and widely research biographies of more than 200 men and women the book illuminates lives balanced between fi ...Show more