Every Mother's Son Is Guilty : Policing the Kimberley Frontier of Western Australia 1882-1905 by Chris Owen; Patrick Dodson (Preface by)
50.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
"This is a marvellous contribution by Chris Owen to the understanding of the role the Western Australian police force played in the colonial expansion into the Kimberley district of Western Australia."--Senator Patrick Dodson, Yawuru Elder ***Chris Owen provides a compelling account of policing in the K ...Show more
Australia's Original Languages: An introduction by R. M. W. Dixon
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: An Introduction
An introduction to the languages of Aboriginal Australia that explains their distinctive features accessibly for readers who have no previous experience with learning another language, and shows how language reflects traditional culture. 'A must read for all who would like to understand the languages a ...Show more
Bedlam at Botany Bay by James Dunk
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
What happened when people went mad in the fledgling colony of New South Wales? In this important new history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, we find out through the correspondence of tireless colonial secretaries, the brazen language of lawyers and judges and firebrand politicians ...Show more
Operation Babylift: The Incredible Story of the Inspiring Australian Women who Rescued Hundreds of Orphans at the End of the Vietnam War by Ian W. Shaw
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Orphan Babies of Vietnam War
In late March 1975, as the Vietnam War raged, an Australian voluntary aid worker named Rosemary Taylor approached the Australian Embassy seeking assistance to fly 600 orphans out of Saigon to safety. Rosemary and Margaret Moses, two former nuns from Adelaide, had spent eight years in Vietnam during the ...Show more
Original Australians (The) by Josephine Flood
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Aboriginal history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime, to the first contacts between Europeans and indigenous Australians, right through to modern times, it offers an insight in ...Show more
Botany Bay and the First Fleet: The Real Story by Alan Frost
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Now in one definitive volume, Botany Bay and the First Fleet is a full, authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia. In 1787 a convoy of eleven ships, carrying about 1400 people, set out from England for Botany Bay, on the east coast of New South Wales. In deciding on Botany Bay, British aut ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 74: The Prosperity Gospel: How Scott Morrison Won and Bill Shorten Lost by Erik Jensen
22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
What went wrong for Labor and how did Scott Morrison achieve his remarkable victory? In this dazzling report from the campaign trail, Erik Jensen homes in on the insecurities that drive Bill Shorten and the certainties that helped Scott Morrison win. He considers how each man reflects, challenges and co ...Show more
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse by Jess Hill
36.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Winner of the Stella Prize 2020. At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria's dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone counsellors receive a call every three minutes. Many women are repeat callers- on average, they will go back to an abusive partner eight times before leaving for good. ' ...Show more
The Suicide Bride: A Mystery of Tragedy and Family Secrets in Edwardian Sydney by Tanya Bretherton
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser.
From the author of the acclaimed THE SUITCASE BABY - shortlisted for the Ned Kelly and Nib awards - comes the chilling story of a charlatan, a murder-suicide, and a family tree so twisted that it sprouts monsters. Whenever society produces a depraved criminal, we wonder: is it nature or is it nurture? W ...Show more
The Catalpa Rescue: The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history by Peter FitzSimons
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history. New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the ...Show more
Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird by Gisela Kaplan
45.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY
The Australian magpie is one of our nation's most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people.Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, a leading authority on animal behavi ...Show more
The Snowy: A History by Siobhán McHugh
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
The Snowy - A History tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels. This classic, prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project. The Snowy Scheme was ...Show more