Family Business Success Stories by Graeme Lofts
34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Family Business Success Stories tells the stories of eight of Australia's oldest and best-known family-owned businesses, all of them more than one hundred years old: A. H. Beard, Brown Brothers, Bulla Dairy, Coopers Brewery, Dymocks, Haigh's Chocolates, J.Furphy & Sons and Furphy Foundry, Samson Sad ...Show more
Cricketers at War by Greg Growden
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Aussie cricketing heroes who also fought for Australia during wartime 'That's nothing. Pressure is having a Messerschmitt up your arse.' Keith Miller, when asked if he felt under pressure while captaining the NSW cricket team. Numerous heroes of Australian cricket have also proved themselves on the ...Show more
Australia's Best Unknown Stories: And Tales You Thought You Knew... by Jim Haynes
22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
'Not only are there many things we don't know, we should never be too sure about the things we are sure we do know.'..From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this collection of classic Australian stories.the unknown, the forgotten, the surprising.. ...Show more
Bushranger Tracks II - Beyond the Legend by POWELL, GREG
26.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
There is more to Australia's bushranging history than Ned Kelly, Ben Hall and Captain Thunderbolt. Read about Martin Cash, the Wild Scotchman, Moondyne Joe, the Kenniff brothers and many other lesser known bushrangers, as well as the troopers who pursued them, from the colonial past of three states - Ta ...Show more
The Lizard Eaters: The Journey and Discovery of the Pintubi People by Douglas Lockwood
24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
In 1957, officers from the Welfare branch of Northern Territory Administration began patrolling the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts. Here they found the Pintubi people, who had never been in touch with white civilisation. In 1963 Douglas Lockwood, at that time the Melbourne Herald's correspondent, was in ...Show more
I, the Aboriginal: The Gripping Story of Waipuldanya, and His Journey to Become a Citizen of Both the Aboriginal and Whitefella Worlds by Douglas Lockwood
24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The autobiography, as told to Douglas Lockwood, of Waipuldanya, a full blood Aboriginal of the Alawa tribe at Roper River in Australia's Northern Territory. In his youth, Waipuldanya was taught to track and hunt wild animals, to live off the land and to provide for his family with the aid only of his sp ...Show more
We, The Aborigines by Lockwood Douglas
24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Stories of Aboriginal people culture, including Albert Namatjira. Tribes represented: Aranda , Djumindjung, Wailbri , Pitjentjarra Nongomeri , Iwaija , Jabu and Moola Boola Douglas Lockwood began writing books based on his own knowledge and experiences with the Aborigines of northern and central Austral ...Show more
Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Second Edition by Arthur Bill
79.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
'The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia has a place on the work table of every Australian student, on the coffee table of every Australian home and on the desk of every Australian political representative.' Senator Patrick Dodson The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia is a unique tool for expl ...Show more
Through Ice & Fire by Sarah Laverick
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The wild and desolate expanses of Antarctica have been the setting for many famous exploits and misadventures: a place where every decision has life-or-death consequences. The legendary tales of tragedy and triumph experienced by explorers such as Shackleton, Mawson and Scott continue to inspire to thi ...Show more
Birds of Australia by Hadden Don
16.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Country in Flight Australian birds are unique. In Birds of Australia, stunning photographs showcase the birds in intimate and breathtaking environments--from sea and shore birds to night birds, honeyeaters and fi nches. Nature photographer Don Hadden has captured over 100 birds in their native habitats. ...Show more
Radio Days by Peter Sheridan
70.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A unique and beautiful publication charting the history of the Bakelite radio in Australia. For the first time a photographic history from the '30s, '40s, and '50s, highlighting their art deco design and extraordinary range of colours. Impeccably researched by Peter Sheridan and Ritchie Singer, and publ ...Show more
Talking up a Legacy: Australian Prime Ministers and the Speeches We Remember Them By by Tom Clark
26.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction