Australasian & Pacific history books

Revered and reviled, reptiles have slithered, glided, crawled, and climbed their way through the human imagination...  Read More >>

A special 90th anniversary edition of the definitive story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the world's most...  Read More >>

The long awaited second volume in Stuart Macintyre's definitive history of the Communist Party of Australia.  Read More >>

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Examines the rich history of Irish experiences on land and at sea, offering new perspectives on migration and mobility...  Read More >>

This book presents inspiring stories of young men who opposed military conscription in Australia in 1950-1959 and...  Read More >>

"The New Zealand Resettlement Storybook is an introductory narrative to encourage relationship building between...  Read More >>

"The New Zealand Resettlement Storybook is an introductory narrative to encourage relationship building between...  Read More >>

At the heart of this book is friendship, together with the relevance of Foley's life to the work that she makes,...  Read More >>

Featuring a wealth of previously unpublished correspondence, Panopticon versus New South Wales and other writings...  Read More >>

Featuring a wealth of previously unpublished correspondence, Panopticon versus New South Wales and other writings...  Read More >>

The first detailed history of imperial and national honours in Australia, Honouring a Nation tells the story of...  Read More >>

This book offers the first in-depth enquiry into the origins of 135 Indigenous Australian objects acquired by the...  Read More >>

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Samoans had been engaged in economic and cultural exchange long before Germans and Americans arrived on the islands....  Read More >>

Janice Johnson held a deep interest in the history of Camden. She left a manuscript consisting of a series of articles...  Read More >>

A classic in its own right, this personal and public memoir by one of Australia's most observant and genial writers...  Read More >>

This book is the first of its kind to investigate the ongoing significance of industrial craft in deindustrialising...  Read More >>

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Presents the experiences of two burgeoning cities and the Irish people that helped to establish what it is 'to be...  Read More >>

The life and times of Elizabeth Rymes, convicted in the Old Bailey in 1789 at the age of 15, sentenced to transportation...  Read More >>

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He was just an eighteen-year-old boy from Rockhampton and his story was yet to unfold. How could he possibly know...  Read More >>

Colonial anthropology, creative practice and migrant ethnography combine in Paul Carter's Translations to produce...  Read More >>