| Author: | Garry Linnell |
| Category: |
Australiana |
| Reading Level: | 3 Biography |
| Awards: | |
He fought Napoleon's army and survived. He was sent to the gallows and escaped the noose. Now he is in chains and on his way to the other side of the world. What happens next will become one of the most remarkable survival stories in history. The 19th century has just begun. T... read more
| Author: | Nick Anchen |
| Category: |
Australiana |
Melbourne underwent great changes in the decades following World War II, with rapid population growth and mass migration during the 1950s and ‘60s forever altering the face of the city.
Despite the changes, Melbourne in this period was of... read more
| Author: | David Hill |
| Category: |
Australiana |
The author of the magnificent bestselling account of the First Fleet returns to early Sydney to tell the story of the years that followed as it's never been told before.
| Author: | Katherine Wilson |
| Category: |
Australiana |
| Series: | Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser. |
At a time when the labour-market is failing as a source of security and identity for many, domestic tinkering is emerging as a legitimate occupation in a way we have not seen since pre-industrial times. In Australia, practices of repair, invention, bui... read more
| Author: | Rudi Paoletti |
| Category: |
Local History |
The book has been updated with references to Metal Detecting and the Laws of Do's and Don'ts of prospecting. It also contains many photos both old and new. Not only is it a modern representation of prospecting but also a history of the ways that will... read more
| Author: | Grantlee Kieza |
| Category: |
Australiana |
| Reading Level: | 3 Biography |
| Awards: | |
A lively and engaging portrait of a towering and complex figure of Australian colonial history. Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia's destiny, transforming the harsh, foreboding penal colony of New Holland into an agricultural powerhouse and ultimately a prosperous so... read more
| Author: | David L. Mearns |
| Category: |
Australiana |
She was the glory ship of the then fledgling Australian Navy: a modern, handsome cruiser which carried a wartime complement of 645 men. But then, on 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney encountered the German raider Kormoran i... read more
| Author: | Leo Kennedy |
| Category: |
Australiana |
Leo Kennedy is the great grandson of Sergeant Michael Kennedy and was raised in the shadow of his great grandfather's murder. Leo is a member of the Blue Ribbon Foundation, which supports police families and honours the memory of police killed in the line... read more
| Author: | Gwen Hardy |
| Category: |
Local History |
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