Australasian & Pacific history books

Excerpt from Soldiering Fifty Years Ago: Australia in the Forties Duties. Well I recall the first time I acted as...  Read More >>

'It's a bit of a haven. It's a paradise for sure. Close to utopia for me.' - Abbe May  Read More >>

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An account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans by Edward...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Explorers of Australia: And Their Life-Work In presenting to the public this history of those makers...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Norvegia Expedition and Bouvet Island Reuter to publish a statement to the effect that a sole...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Captain Cook James cook was born in the little village of Marton, in that part Of Yorkshire known as...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Australia and New Zealand Prior to my departure for Australia, one evening at the Union League Club...  Read More >>

Publisher: Kiwi Publishers Publication date: 1851 Description: Descriptive outline in three parts, the six settlements,...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska: With Maps and Illustrations, 1894 Department...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Northmost Australia, Vol. 1 of 2 HE Cape York Peninsula, forming, as it does, the link binding the...  Read More >>

Excerpt from History and Traditions of the Maoris of the West Coast, North Island of New Zealand Prior to 1840 This...  Read More >>

Excerpt from History and Traditions of the Maoris of the West Coast, North Island of New Zealand Prior to 1840 This...  Read More >>

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The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller.  Read More >>

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Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast. But almost a century ago, the first flights...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Journals of John McDouall Stuart During the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862: When He Fixed...  Read More >>

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Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast. But almost a century ago, the first flights...  Read More >>