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
Great Disasters in Australian History by Jonathan King
35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
From cyclones to sinking ships, from mine explosions to train crashes, faulty planes and bridge collapses, from the shooting in Port Arthur to the Bali bombing, from floods in the north to bushfires in the south, Australia has not been immune to the fickle finger of fate. No one expects cataclysmic even ...Show more
Kings Cross by Louis Nowra
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Louis Nowra burrows beneath the sensationalist Underbelly sex and sin narrative, revealing stories and a cast of characters some household names others little-known - that not even a writer could conjure up. Kings Cross is a no-holds barred place, where backpackers, prostitutes, strippers, chefs, mad me ...Show more
Australia The Photographers Eye by Nick Rains
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Award-winning photographer Nick Rains travels Australia with his camera, capturing the country's diverse landscapes and many moods. With this second edition including five additional touring regions, Australia: The Photographer's Eye displays Rains's stunning images of over 30 regions around the count ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 51: The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell by David Marr
19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay
Cardinal George Pell is the most prominent Catholic leader in Australia at a time when Church's handling of sexual abuse is being closely investigated. He is also the confessor of prime-minister-in-waiting Tony Abbott. A news-breaking and definitive portrait of Pell, at a time of maximum tension and scr ...Show more
Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Wildflowers by Leonard Cronin
35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
This is both a field guide for travelers and a reference book for the home library. It covers more than 590 wildflowers from all parts of the continent. Each species is beautifully illustrated and described in clear, concise language including leaves, flowers, fruit, flowering season, and habitat. There ...Show more
Destroying the Joint - Why Women Have to Change the World by Jane Caro (Editor)
29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A fabulously provocative collection by women ready to destroy the joint. In 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said a society needs the political participation of women to reach its full potential. Commentator Allan Jones reacted to his by saying- 'Women are destroying the joint . . . Honestly.' People ...Show more
Joyful Strains: Making Australia Home by Mark Dapin (Contribution by); Diane Armstrong (Contribution by); Chris Flynn (Contribution by); Kent MacCarter; Maria Tumarkin (Contribution by); Meg Mundell (Contribution by); Paola Totaro (Contribution by); Catherine Rey (Contribution by); Ali Lemerm; Alison Lemer (Editor); Arnold Zable (Foreword by); Alice Pung (Contribution by); Danny Katz (Contribution by); Amy Espeseth (Contribution by)
24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
These are stories about what they found, who they became and what they now think of Australia - stories that provide entertainment, perspective and cause to celebrate our increasingly diverse nation. This is an insightful, compelling and sometimes confronting collection for all Australians.Contributors ...Show more
Sydney360: Photographs by Con Hionis by Con Hionis
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Con Hionis Ser.
Sydney is a city that needs to be seen in the flesh, but failing that or as a memento of the wonder that you've experienced, Sydney 360 offers a spectacular way to view and experience her magic. Divided into six chapters covering Sydney Cove, beaches, Cockle Bay, architecture, suburban streets and stree ...Show more
Australians: From Eureka to the Diggers: Volume 2 by Thomas Keneally
35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Australians
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life. Immigrants and Aboriginal resistance figures, bushrangers and pastoralists, working men and pioneering women, arti ...Show more