Australasian & Pacific history books

For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch’s family: the story of the...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Narrative of the Recent Voyage of Captain Ross to the Arctic Regions, in the Years 1829-30-31-32, and...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Thirty-Three Years in Tasmania and Victoria: Being the Actual Experience of the Author, Interspersed...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Tahiti the Golden In Tahiti every mountain crag and dimpled valley has its tradition to enhance the...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Discovery of Australia The explorer's task is indeed an arduous one, oftentimes ill-requited and...  Read More >>

Excerpt from A Statistical Account of the New Colonies of Australia, 1895-6, Vol. 6 The increase of population from...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Essays on Early Ornithology: And Kindred Subjects Narration of his travels, would have left to posterity...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Excerpt from 1803-1876, the Passing of the Tasmanian Race One on the crania of the natives of Victoria) is intimately...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Gold Fields of the Klondike: Fortune Seekers' Guide to the Yukon Region of Alaska and British America...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

Excerpt from One of England's Little Wars Most recent authoritative statements on the subject being notoriously...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Thirty Years of Colonial Government, Vol. 1: A Selection From the Despatches and Letters of the Right...  Read More >>

The world cannot continue on its current destructive course. Things have to change or there will be no world left...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Maritime Discovery, Vol. 2 of 2: A History of Nautical Exploration From the Earliest Times Don Luis...  Read More >>

The island occupied by HMAV Bounty's descendants later became home to a fraud who, with no official remit, became...  Read More >>

In October 1878, Victorian Police were instructed to find the Kelly Gang, using the first ever photo I.D.; but the...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

Excerpt from The Naval Pioneers of Australia The printing by the New South Wales Government of the Historical Records...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Cassell's Picturesque Australasia, Vol. 1 The Approaches to the City - The Heads - The Harbour - The...  Read More >>