Man on a Mission: The Australian Bicentennial National Trail by Ian Padgham
$44.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
When Ian and Robyn started on their epic 5,330 kms packhorse journey there were many unknowns. There had been little time to prepare due to the approaching winter which brings ice 8 snow to the high country. But after a busy few weeks, here they were at the southern end of Australia's National Trail in ...Show more
Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia by Jim Haynes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australia's most amazing characters of the convict age. In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women w ...Show more
100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places by Ben Pobjie
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
In 100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places, Ben Pobjie communes with the spirit world to reveal Australia's most spooky stories. From the ghostly black horse of Sutton Forest to the butcher of Adelaide Street, a haunted Brisbane lift to the chilling experiments carried out by Doctor Blood of the ...Show more
Bush Nurses by Annabelle Brayley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
It takes something special to be a bush nurse working in rural and remote Australia. These remarkable women patch people up and keep them alive while waiting for the doctor to arrive. They drive the ambulances, operate the clinics and deliver the babies. They are on call around the clock and there are n ...Show more
1835: The Founding of Melbourne & the Conquest of Australia by James Boyce
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize, The Age Book of the Year 'James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential that never fails.' -David Marr With the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent ...Show more
Born in 1964?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
This is the fourth of the 1960s and the 26th book overall to be released in a series of 32 about life in Australia - one for each year from 1939 to 1970. They describe happenings that affected people, real people. The whole series, to coin a modern phrase, is designed to push your buttons, to make you r ...Show more
Born in 1946?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories in engaging, conversational style, such as war brides, rationing, polio and TB. A great gift for hard-to-buy for 70 year old relatives and friends; entertaining, instructive and charming.
Born in 1944?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Born in 19XX? What Else Happened? Ser.
This is the fourth of the 1940s and the fifth book overall to be released in a series of 32 about life in Australia - one for each year from 1939 to 1970. They describe happenings that affected people, real people. The whole series, to coin a modern phrase, is designed to push your buttons, to make you ...Show more
Born in 1971?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories, such as compulsory seat belts, winds of political change, first withdrawal of our troops from Vietnam and the introduction of McDonalds and one-day cricket in Oz.
Born in 1968?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
ABOUT THESE SERIES ....But after that, I realised that I knew very little about these parents of mine. They had been born about the start of the Twentieth Century, and they died in 1970 and 1980. For their last 50 years, I was old enough to speak with a bit of sense. I could have talked to them a lo ...Show more
Born in 1961?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Over the past 17 years the author, Ron Williams, has written this series of books that present a social history of Australia in the post-war period. They cover the period for 1939 to 1970, with one book for each year. Thus there are 32 books. To capture the material for each book, he worked his way thr ...Show more
Born in 1960?: What else happened? by Ron Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
MORE INFORMATION ON THESE BOOKS Over the past 13 years the author, Ron Williams, has written this series of books that present a social history of Australia in the post-war period. They cover the period for 1939 to 1968, with one book for each year. Thus there are 30 books. To capture the material for ...Show more