Author: | Cal Flyn |
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 ... read more
Author: | Paoletti's Maps and Videos Pty Ltd (Illustrator, Editor, Produced by); Rudi Paoletti (Editor, Illustrator) |
Category: |
Local History |
This publication is about the only marked grave at the Edward's Reef Burial Ground that of Christina Shaw.This is a diary written by Alec Shaw, Christina 's son and is an account of a fourteen-day journey made by Alec in 193... read more
Author: | John Adams |
Category: |
Local History |
The long awaited re-print of the brilliant book covering the Old Narracan Shire... which includes Walhalla, Aberfeldy, Donnelllys Creek, Tanjil, Hill End ,etc..A4 size rather than the old small format of A5.... soft cover with over 170 pages.... B&W with numerous old photographs added in as well.
Author: | Richard MacKay |
Category: |
Local History |
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Author: | PAOLETTI |
Category: |
Local History |
During the mid to late 1850s, gold miners were making their way up the Big and Goulbourn Rivers, striking payable ground at regular intervals. This provides a pictorial history of this rich mining area which today is known as Wood's Point.
Author: | Krista Bell |
Category: |
Australiana |
When Harley's baby homing pigeon, Lofty,is taken away to help the army in World War II, Harley is devastated. Lofty is re-named Number 371 and flies hundreds of miles of long-distance missions behind enemy lines. Meanwhile, Harley contracts polio and is confined to his bed
Author: | Peter Fitzsimons |
Category: |
Australiana |
The must-read story of the boy from Brisbane who became a wartime hero and aviation trailblazer. In an action-packed life, the indomitable 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier amid the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front to taking to... read more
Author: | Jennifer Cossins |
Category: |
Australiana |
From the award-winning creator of A-Z OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS comes a stunning non-fiction picture book for boys and girls with a love of animals and a thirst for all things encyclopaedic. This exquisite full-colour picture book is packed with interesting facts and is pe... read more
Author: | Lonely Planet |
Category: |
Australiana |
Series: | Travel Guide Ser. |
Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Australia is your passport to 60 escapes into nature. Stretch your legs away from the city by picking a walk that works for you, from just a couple of hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Stroll vine-striped hillsides, disco... read more
Author: | Robert Roennfeldt |
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.
Author: | Victor Steffensen |
Category: |
Australiana |
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Delving deep into the Australian landscape and its alarming state of devastation, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of Indigenous fire practices, includi... read more