Australasian & Pacific history books

The book """" Australia, its history and present condition; containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies,...  Read More >>

"This book traces the author's settler-forebears and their migration to new lives in Australia. They sailed...  Read More >>

What is juggling? For the purposes of this history, juggling is broadly defined as the manipulation of objects....  Read More >>

Nahona`ara—means 'facing the `ara', the place where the southeast winds meet the land just west of Point Cruz. Nahona`ara...  Read More >>

As a journalist, Stewart Cockburn was instinctive and fearless. The 16-year-old copy boy who started at the Adelaide...  Read More >>

ASALH 2023 Book Prize Winner A lively living history of anti-colonialist movements across the Atlantic, Pacific,...  Read More >>

Graeme Ratten reflects upon his life within the medical field of Obstetrics and Gynecology over an eighty year journey....  Read More >>

This book is a philosophy and historical footnote that uses the author's life experiences in Australia. It mainly...  Read More >>

Traditional Chinese edition of The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World...  Read More >>

A unique overview of sniping throughout the First and Second World War. Draws on a breadth of material, including...  Read More >>

An amusing look at the alternative paths that Australian history might have taken. The What If histories of Australia...  Read More >>

The moving and evocative story of Napier Waller’s masterpiece – the Hall of Memory – the spiritual heart of the...  Read More >>

Prolific Gippsland author, Jim Connelly, digs into the past to find twenty tales of intrigue and adventure, bringing...  Read More >>

Previous edition: Milton: Wiley Publishing Australia, 2011.  Read More >>

Dr Paul Roe is a historian with a foot either side of Australia's Great Dividing Range. One foot planted in suburban...  Read More >>

This book covers the direct ancestors of the Turbit family back to the first to arrive in Australia. It covers 18...  Read More >>

The story of the thousands of Indonesians who came to Australia during World War 2 as evacuees from the Netherlands...  Read More >>

Liz Tynan, the award-winning author of Atomic Thunder, reveals the little-known story of Emu Field, the first British...  Read More >>

Across Melanesia, the ways in which people connect to land are being transformed. Melanesian peoples are becoming...  Read More >>

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A world in upheaval; two lives lived under stress … This story is set in the social and political landscape of pre–...  Read More >>

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Full of misadventure and mystery, Men Without Country is a sweeping history of exploration and rebellion in the...  Read More >>

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"Fielding described his ""Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon as ""the production of the most disagreeable hours which...  Read More >>