The Red Centre - Australian Geographic Guide by Katrina O'Brien
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories by Henry Lawson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
One of the great observers of Australian life, Henry Lawson has become part of the Australian national psyche, and his short stories and verse have come to affect how Australian's view their country.Yet at his best Lawson transcends even the very bush, the very outback, the very up-country, the very pub ...Show more
Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra by Bruce Pascoe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
'Sometimes you need to repeat something a hundred times before a bell rings in the colony.' From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story about the consequences and responsibility of disrupting Australia's history. When Dark Emu was adopted by Australia like a new anthem, Bruce ...Show more
Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
$35.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Hudson Fysh, Lawson and Banjo. Bangka Island, 1942: Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-s ...Show more
Yeah, Nah!: A celebration of life and the words that make us who we are by William McInnes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Join bestselling Australian storyteller William McInnes as he reflects on Australia's way of life and gives us his own take on our colourful and colloquial way with words. Whether we are bunging it on or behaving like a drongo, Australians have a turn of phrase for every situation that helps us. Our lin ...Show more
Wild Love: The ambitions of Adelaide Ironside by Kiera Lindsey
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Kiera Lindsey uncovers the life of the talented and exuberant colonial painter Adelaide Ironside, following in her footsteps from the shores of Sydney harbour to the leading artistic circles of Europe. Colonial lasses were expected to marry at 16, but she wanted to be an artist, not a wife, and she had ...Show more
Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled by Kate Fullagar
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
The first dual biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both. Bennelong and Phillip were leaders of their two sides in the first encounters between Britain and Indigenous Aus ...Show more
Australia's Trail-Blazing First Novelist: John Lang by Sean Doyle
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
'Writer, journalist, barrister, larrikin'Who was the first Australian novelist?John Lang, born in a Parramatta pub in 1816 with the convict 'stain' upon him, was a singular character. The first native-born person to have a novel published, he was also a newspaperman, a classical scholar and translator, ...Show more
Homeland Heroes - From Australian Disasters Heroes Are Born by Mal Walden
$25.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australia's favourite newsman, Mal Walden, continues his theme of unique Australian stories with Homeland Heroes. This is a tribute to those who have demonstrated incredible bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds. Out of disasters, heroes are born. Homeland Heroes pays tribute to o ...Show more
A Clear Flowing Yarra by Harry Saddler
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A passionate, evocative love letter to an iconic waterway, and an opportunity to appreciate the natural beauty right on our doorsteps. They say you can't step in the same river twice, and it's true that the Yarra has been hugely changed - but this book is a glorious and timely reminder that things can ...Show more
Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award by David Marr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result - a soul-searching Australian history. This is a richly detailed sa ...Show more
Transcendence: 50 Years of Unforgettable Moments at the Sydney Opera House by Ashleigh Wilson
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
A singer overwhelmed by his crowd. A dancer on ice above sea. A teenage girl, later to become a virtuoso conductor, jolted by the sound of a symphony.Two filmmakers exchange vows on their opera set. A photographer hears a Cistercian echo in the sails. And one night, after a Verdi curtain call, an audien ...Show more