Australasian & Pacific history books

A POWERFUL TRUE STORY OF GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION During the global financial crisis of 2009, three ordinary Australian's...  Read More >>

An innovative account of prisoners of war and internment camps around the Pacific basin during the Second World...  Read More >>

There was only one survivor of the ill-fated Burke and Wills Expedition from Melbourne to the north coast of Australia...  Read More >>

A POWERFUL TRUE STORY OF GOVERNMENT CORRUPTIONDuring the global financial crisis of 2009, three ordinary Australian's...  Read More >>

An entertaining romp through Australian history that celebrates the badass sheroes we were never taught about in...  Read More >>

The Wollongong music scene is now well and truly on the map, thanks to Hockey Dad, the Yours and Owls Festival and...  Read More >>

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This book profiles over 300 vintage or veteran commercial and government vessels built prior to 1970 that are of...  Read More >>

A collection of poems surrounding the struggles of being stuck in a toxic relationship, the journey of developing...  Read More >>

Georgina Stones shines a light on a forgotten chapter in the early life of one of Australia's most infamous outlaws,...  Read More >>

The lower Georges River, on Dharawal and Dharug lands, was a place of fishing grounds, swimming holes and picnics...  Read More >>

With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, Gallipoli and the Middle East provides a...  Read More >>

Music and World-Building in the Colonial City investigates how nineteenth-century migrants to Australia especially...  Read More >>

Drawing on extensive archival research and personal accounts, this book places feminists at the forefront of a new...  Read More >>

A bold and expansive history that traces the changing and contested project of Australia's national story. You will...  Read More >>

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

The award-winning account of the early years of communism in Australia, written by one of Australia's most highly...  Read More >>

A comprehensive narrative history of building and design styles in Australia, from traditional Aboriginal gunyahs;...  Read More >>

An updated edition to Cooking with the Oldest Foods on Earth, including brand new bush food recipes from Indigenous...  Read More >>

By interrogating the roles of eight individuals intimately involved in the conduct of the Cold War, and drawing...  Read More >>

During the darkest days of the Holocaust, Europe's Jews faced annihilation. In faraway Melbourne, immigrants Leo...  Read More >>

On a sunny afternoon in November 2010, a massive explosion rocked the underground Pike River coal mine, deep in...  Read More >>

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Offers a rich account of language and shifting cross-cultural relations on a Christian mission in northern Australia...  Read More >>