Australasian & Pacific history books

Australians love dogs - big dogs, little dogs, fluffy couch potatoes and hardy working dogs. In fact, we have one...  Read More >>

During 2022 artist Lachlan J McDougall painted a series of everyday file folders in bold, expansive colour fields...  Read More >>

Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human...  Read More >>

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt Neuseelands! Tauchen Sie ein in die reiche Geschichte, die vielfältige Kultur...  Read More >>

Both colonial and postcolonial historical approaches often sideline New Zealand as a peripheral player. This book...  Read More >>

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'An intimate and generous conversation about our modern yet deep history, and an invitation for respect and understanding.'...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance Part provocateur,...  Read More >>

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Shortlisted for the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance Part provocateur,...  Read More >>

"Paul Maher's exhibition ""Window on a City"" explores the near and far aspects of our world, drawing focus on the...  Read More >>

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Slater had in his possession all of the symbols and marks of this ancient language which gave him the ability to...  Read More >>

Located in Waimea on the Big Island of Hawai’i, Parker Ranch is not only one of the US’s largest cattle ranches...  Read More >>

In the time of the greatest turmoil the world had ever encountered, three-hundred-and-twenty-five prisoners of war...  Read More >>

1864. Cornwall. After the Agricultural Revolution, Benjamin and Emma Bowden decide to emigrate. They are pawns in...  Read More >>

The Bungalow began in 1914, as a tin shed in the small colonial outpost of Alice Springs. It was built initially...  Read More >>

"""He was going to kill somebody from the age of 10. It was built into him... I knew he was on a one-way trip. I...  Read More >>

This book is a Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial...  Read More >>

A saga of exceptional valour in World War II by Australian volunteers in the Royal Navy. Their service was diverse...  Read More >>

Between 2013 and 2022, Tony Abbott begat Malcolm Turnbull, who begat Scott Morrison. For nine long years, Australia...  Read More >>

Between 2013 and 2022, Tony Abbott begat Malcolm Turnbull, who begat Scott Morrison. For nine long years, Australia...  Read More >>

The award-winning authors of this small book with a big heart delve into Te Papa's collections of over 1600 badges...  Read More >>

In the 1980s there was a kind of magic to the mixtape. They could be anything its creator wanted. The mixtape was...  Read More >>

The battle for Māori land and livelihoods  Read More >>