2,917円 The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WW1. A largely Australian force commanded by the brilliant John Monash, fought what has described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and planes operate...

1,848円 As a young teacher graduate, Brian Pearson and his family move to North Westland in New Zealand. He becomes the sole teacher in a small sawmilling settlement in the remote valley just west of the main divide known as the Kopara. Brian also explores the historical struggles of the pioneer settlers...

900円 'TRANSPORTADO - A HISTÓRIA DO PIONEIRO' Com base na vida real de George Smith, a história conta como ele se voltou para o crime, teve sua sentença de morte comutada à vida nas colônias e surgiu de começos humildes para se tornar um proprietário de terras australiano pioneiro e rico. Chegando na c...

1,635円 Born on a Hunter estuary, NSW, island in 1857, James Clark was orphaned at age two, arrived penniless in Brisbane ten years later, and never looked back. Starting out in Torres Strait at 23, he became the dominant figure in Australia’s pearlshelling industry, The Pearl King. Then, with a young pa...

1,635円 Queensland’s oldest cold case has been a mystery for over 60 years. It is widely accepted that the murder of Betty Shanks in 1952 at Wilston ended the age of innocence in Brisbane. Despite an extensive investigation and widespread media coverage over the years no one has ever been charged with th...

2,556円 Hunter. Worker. Legend. The untold story of the dog's role in building a nation. The Dogs That Made Australia pays tribute to the dogs that gave their all for our prosperity: the fearless hounds that saved fledgling colonies from famine; the courageous heelers and tireless collies that powered th...

6,076円 This book tells the story of Terania Creek – the world’s first direct action blockade in defence of a forest, occurring in Australia in 1979. Contrary to claims that the Australian counterculture was a mere imitation of overseas models, the Australian movement, coalescing with a home-grown enviro...

1,814円 San Francisco, 1849: a place gripped by gold fever, swarming with desperate men come to seek their fortune. Among them are former convicts, Australians quick to seize control in a town without masters, a town for the taking. Into this world steps an Australian boy in search of his mother. Just tw...

421円 The mysterious Russian invasion hoax that shook colonial New Zealand. New Zealand, January 1873, in a sparsely populated coastal community on Wellington’s south coast, the peaceful lives of Owhiro Bay residents were shattered with the discovery of two brutal and senseless murders. Under cover of ...

10,769円 Managing Their Own Affairs explores how Deaf organizations and institutions were forged in Australia during the early 20th century. During this period, deaf people challenged the authority of the dominant welfare organizations, or Deaf Societies, which were largely controlled by hearing people an...

607円 Family history research has been one of Brendas passions for the past twenty years. Finding the diaries of Albert Moore in the War Memorial was a particularly exciting find. As a result she wanted to tell the story of ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives. Brenda has been married to Peter...

607円 This book documents the lives of twenty-one women on soldier settler blocks in New South Wales after World War II. Their stories relate how they came to live on virtually virgin land and lived in tents and sheds with no electricity and no running water. They established their homes and worked sid...