Changing Fortunes - A History of the Australian Treasury by Paul Tilley
44.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Treasury has been at the centre of every major economic policy issue the Australian Government has faced, its role evolving from the government's bookkeeper at Federation in 1901 to the economic policy advising agency it is today. Throughout its history Treasury has been a robust and stable institution ...Show more
Journals of the First Fleet by Arthur Phillip; Arthur Philip; Watkin Tench; Bogdan Meunier (Editor)
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Islands by Australian Geographic
64.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A large-format photographic guide to Australia's islands
A Passion for Exploring by Josephine Bastian
44.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
'Australian history...does not read like history', Mark Twain complained in 1897, 'but like the most beautiful lies...It is full of surprises and adventures, incongruities, and contradictions, and incredibilities; but they are all true, they all happened.' He might have been thinking of Matthew Flinders ...Show more
Colony: Australia 1770 1861 / Frontier Wars by Cathy Leahy, Judith Ryan
80.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
This publication explores Australia's shared history. Featuring works from the National Gallery of Victoria and key collections throughout Australia, it highlights the multiple perspectives on our colonial history through new scholarship and first-person statements from contemporary artists. This volume ...Show more
The Sydney Language by Jaky Troy; Jakelin Troy
34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The Sydney Language was written to revive interest in the Aboriginal language of the Sydney district. It makes readily available the small amount of surviving information from historical records. Author, Professor Jakelin Troy refers to the language as the Sydney Language' because there was no name give ...Show more
Black Snake Real story of Ned Kelly by Leo Kennedy
24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts by Ben Pobjie
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Ned Kelly’s tin helmet looms large over Australia’s bushranging past, but what about all the unsung outlaws of the Australian bush? What about Black Caesar, who escaped his tyrannous British overlords four times and indeed invented the great Australian tradition of bushranging? Or Mad Dog Morgan who set ...Show more
Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific - Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 6 by Jonathan Pearlman
22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia's struggle to retain influence among its Pacific island neighbours as foreign powers play a greater role and as small nations brace for the impacts of climate change. Australia's Sphere of Influence explores the security challenges facin ...Show more
How to Defend Australia by Hugh White
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A brilliant and important book about Australia's future. Can Australia defend itself in the Asian century? How seriously ought we take the risk of war? Do we want to remain a middle power? What kind of strategy, and what Australian Defence Force, do we need? In this groundbreaking book, Hugh White cons ...Show more
Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull's demise and Scott Morrison's ascension by Niki Savva
37.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
'How good is this book! So much intrigue. So many revelations. Such a brilliant read.’Laurie OakesIn an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise succ ...Show more
The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Since 1901, thirty different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the G ...Show more