Australasian & Pacific history books

Here is the Story of Corporal Horrie, mascot for the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion, as originally told by his owner...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from New Zealand Hough one of the parts of the earth best fitted for man, New Zealand was probably about...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute, Vol. 39: Part VII; June, 1908 H. R. H. The president: The...  Read More >>

John Howe CHALMERS left Scotland and eventually reached New Zealand in the 1870s where he took up dairying, specialising...  Read More >>

New South Wales was from its origins uniquely connected with the criminal law. The second volume of A History of...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Progress of New Zealand, in the Century Part I, which deals with the history of New Zea land up...  Read More >>

Braided Waters sheds new light on the relationship between environment and society by charting the history of Hawaii’s...  Read More >>

No chemist, no bank, no library, even in primary or secondary school, and no mains electricity until the writer...  Read More >>

The remarkable photographs collected and discussed here for the first time shed new light on the history of Australia's...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R. N Yet up to this time his biography has not been written....  Read More >>

Challenging the straightforward view of the Anzac obsession as a kind of nationalistic military Halloween, it shows...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources Colonization, * that is the occupation...  Read More >>

Excerpt from A Residence in Tasmania: With a Descriptive Tour Through the Island, From Macquarie Harbour to Circular...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Life and Times of Sir George Grey, K. C. B The two great events which have taken place during the...  Read More >>

Excerpt from A Geography of Tasmania The want of a Geography of Tasmania has long been felt by teachers. Examiners...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Where Socialism Failed: An Actual Experiment IN his introduction to The Socialist Movement, Mr. J....  Read More >>

Excerpt from Kidnapping in the South Seas: Being a Narrative of a Three Months' Cruise of H. M. Ship Rosario From...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, for 1870 This paper is...  Read More >>

Travel Diary Journal, Traveler's Notebook, Marshall Islands Flag Diary for Fans and Marshallese Patriots. Great...  Read More >>

Travel Diary Journal, Traveler's Notebook, Papua New Guinea Flag Diary for Fans and Papua New Guinea Patriots. Great...  Read More >>

Travel Diary Journal, Traveler's Notebook, Kiribati Flag Diary for Fans and Kiribati Patriots. Great Kiribati Gift,...  Read More >>