Australasian & Pacific history books

A personal account of how copyright protects Indigenous art There is the country non-Indigenous people can see,...  Read More >>

This book chronicles the journeys and adventures of tough Queensland pioneers who blazed trails and carved out a...  Read More >>

Widely regarded as a major Australian artist, Rosalie Gascoigne first exhibited in 1974 at the age of fifty-seven....  Read More >>

This book uses Māori Kaupapa (a Māori approach, practice) to provide unique insights toward the anthropological...  Read More >>

Who and I? I am Thomas Toke, alias Thomas Tookey, alias Thomas Toak. I was born in England, transported to Sydney,...  Read More >>

Growing up in the 1930s is the first-hand recollections of a young Australian boy's life during the Great Depression...  Read More >>

Waimea, Hawai?i, inhabited by humankind for more than twelve centuries, has been home to Parker Ranch for 175 storied...  Read More >>

A generous and insightful glimpse into the private life and creative process of a giant of Australian landscape...  Read More >>

The historical conquest that shaped the modern AFL In the shadow of the impending Second World War, a battle for...  Read More >>

Highlighting the diversity of musical practice that flows though Australia, this book places the music of Aboriginal...  Read More >>

Histoire des isles Marianes (History of the Mariana Islands), was published in Paris in 1700 with authorship attributed...  Read More >>

Highlighting the diversity of musical practice that flows though Australia, this book places the music of Aboriginal...  Read More >>

Stories, essays and speeches from one of Australia's foremost writers and thinkers David Marr is the rarest of...  Read More >>

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A major new national history of Aotearoa New Zealand  Read More >>

Yarra Birrarung- Artists, Writers and the River is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Yarra Birrarung-...  Read More >>

For readers interested in the history of science, Indigenous studies, Latin American studies, and studies of empire...  Read More >>

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art stares into the dark heart of Australia's brutal colonial history...  Read More >>

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This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal...  Read More >>

In the summer of 2019, a group of kia'i, or protectors made up of kanaka 'oiwi (Native Hawaiians) and their allies...  Read More >>

Maebh Long and Matthew Hayward identify the local innovations and international networks that spurred Pacific literature’s...  Read More >>

Stevenson's Shrine: The Record of a Pilgrimage, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human...  Read More >>

This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal...  Read More >>

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