Round the Bend: The Creation, Destruction by Fire and Recovery of Tambreet Gardens by Esther Leahy
29.99 AUD
66.99 (55% off)
Category: Local History
On Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, uncontrollable bushfires in the state of Victoria, Australia burnt hundreds of thousands of hectares. Over a hundred and fifty lives were lost, more than 1,500 houses were destroyed, entire towns were left unrecognisable. As Tambreet hosts and avid gardeners Sean and ...Show more
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright
34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Democracy Trilogy Ser.
Winner of the Stella Prize, 2014. The Eureka Stockade. It's one of Australia's foundation legends yet the story has always been told as if half the participants weren't there. But what if the hot-tempered, free-spirited gold miners we learned about at school were actually husbands and fathers, brothers ...Show more
The Anderson Mines - Includes Stockholm Tar, Waterloo, the Pride, Knapping's Mines and Kitty Cane- Book 3 by Paoletti's Maps and Videos Pty Ltd (Produced by); Rudi Paoletti (Editor, Illustrator); Andrew Giles (Illustrator, Editor); Jeanette Paoletti (Illustrator)
24.99 AUD
Category: Local History
This publication is primarily based on my finds rather than a detailed historical paper. Decades of research and ground work goes into finding all these sites, and this publication is for those who wish not to pursue such a task, but rather use this as their guide to re-visit and explore the rich histor ...Show more
The Landy's Dream Group of Mines of Walhalla - Includes Wealth of Nations, Perseverance and Kitty Hawk Plane Crash- Book 4 by Paoletti's Maps and Videos Pty Ltd (Produced by); Rudi Paoletti (Editor, Illustrator); Andrew Giles (Illustrator, Editor); Jeanette Paoletti (Illustrator)
24.99 AUD
Category: Local History
This publication is primarily based on my finds rather than a detailed historical paper. Decades of research and ground work goes into finding all these sites, and this publication is for those who wish not to pursue such a task, but rather use this as their guide to re-visit and explore the rich histor ...Show more
Tiddalick the Frog Who Caused a Flood by Robert Roennfeldt
15.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Picture Puffins Ser. | Reading Level: From 5 To 99
Tiddalick was so thirsty that he drank up all the rivers and billabongs in the land. And the other animals had to find a way to get the water back.
The Story of Australia: First People-1805 by Australian Geographic
27.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: The\Story of Australia Ser.
Come with Australian Geographic on a story through time as we explore the early history of our nation, including the First Peoples of Australia and their culture, the arrival of the Europeans and the First Fleet, the development of the penal colony and the spread of European settlement and their documen ...Show more
The Kelly Hunters by Grantlee Kieza
34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
When Ned Kelly and his band of young tearaways ambushed and killed three brave policemen in a remote mountain camp in 1878, they sparked the biggest and most expensive manhunt Australia had seen. The desperate search would end when Kelly and his gang, wearing suits of armour, tried to derail a train bef ...Show more
The Good Old Days in Gippsland (HB) by Malcolm May
35.99 AUD
Category: Local History
Poetry about Gippsland from a bygone era, by Malcolm May. Illustrations by Magdalena Nocea. Beautifully illustrated poetry by someone who spent a lifetime in country Victoria and has chosen to celebrate it in this form.
Great Furphies of Australian History: What you really need to know - the truth behind the myths by Jim Haynes
32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Jim Haynes upturns some of the long-held myths of Australian history with surprising results. With all the skills of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes exposes some of the great myths of Australian history. Did you know that Portuguese and Spanish explorers probably found the east coast of Au ...Show more
Stories Beneath Our Feet - Exploring the Geology and Landscapes of Victoria and Surrounds by Leon Costermans (Illustrator, Maps by, Editor); Fons VandenBerg
94.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A 672-page book explaining the geological origins of southeastern Australia, attractively illustrated with over 1870 high quality photos, digital images, maps and diagrams. It doesn't assume any prior geological knowledge, but is written to appeal to land managers, teachers and senior students of enviro ...Show more
Thicker Than Water by Cal Flyn
35.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A compelling and beautifully written memoir about dark and shameful family secrets, and one young woman's pilgrimage to Australia to attempt to lay the past to rest. British journalist Cal Flyn was holidaying in her childhood home in the Highlands of Scotland, when she stumbled upon a dark family secret ...Show more