Australasian & Pacific history books

Exploring encounters of laws, people and place in Australia since 1788, this ground-breaking volume traces the development...  Read More >>

On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future. In the years that John...  Read More >>

Telling the story of the RAAF's No 1 Fighter Wing, composed of both Australian and British spitfire pilots, Darwin...  Read More >>

Bain Attwood re-examines the historical treatment of indigenous peoples' sovereignty and property rights in Australia...  Read More >>

Explores and examines the reports of Indigenous peoples by the early European explorers of Australia.  Read More >>

Spanning six decades from the formation of the Save the Children Fund in 1919 to the International Year of the Child...  Read More >>

This book explores the fin de siècle, an era of powerful global movements and turbulent transition, in Australia...  Read More >>

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"The compelling story of South Australia's disgraced former chief forensic pathologist and the legal scandals in...  Read More >>

This inspiring Australian story of Reg Pascoe's life is rich with humour and fascinating anecdotes of rural life....  Read More >>

The Native Tribes of Central Australia is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks...  Read More >>

The extraordinary rise, devastating fall and enduring legacy of an Australian icon Henry Lawson captured the...  Read More >>

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This is the untold story of a remote garrison of Allied soldiers on New Guinea during WWII who stood up to the Japanese...  Read More >>

Much has been assumed and written about missionaries, with them often bearing the brunt of the criticism of Australia's...  Read More >>

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"Slight revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--European University Institute, 2010) originally presented under...  Read More >>

The story of the complex and crucial relationship between Australia and China, charting the highs and lows through...  Read More >>

Based on the true events of 19th century Australia's most enigmatic mathematician The Possibly True Story of Martin...  Read More >>

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS By Forest Ways In New Zealand...  Read More >>

"From 1841 to 1925, central New Zealand's Blind Bay (now Tasman Bay) was enlivened by the white sails of a ""mosquito...  Read More >>

In 100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places, Ben Pobjie communes with the spirit world to reveal Australia's...  Read More >>

Abuse, misunderstanding, and discrimination against Chinese on the Australian goldfields and how these anti-Chinese...  Read More >>

Separating the bulldust from the bush poetry, Ryan Butta reveals a gritty alternative history that defies the standard...  Read More >>