Australasian & Pacific history books

This story of William Effingham Lawrence, Tasmanian pioneer, and his family, is the completion of a sixty-five...  Read More >>

Through Fire and Water tells the story of HMS Ardent, from Christmas 1981 in Amsterdam to her sinking in Falkland...  Read More >>

In 1897, as a white oligarchy made plans to allow the United States to annex Hawai'i, native Hawaiians organized...  Read More >>

In 1897, as a white oligarchy made plans to allow the United States to annex Hawai'i, native Hawaiians organized...  Read More >>

Jessica A. Schwartz examines the seventy-five years of Marshallese music developed in response to the United States’...  Read More >>

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The disturbing experience of psychological infanticide reflects the darkest aspect of the wounding of the Sacred...  Read More >>

This edited collection invites the reader to enter the diverse worlds of Australia’s migrant and minority communities...  Read More >>

Discusses the roadside checkpoints that were set up by Maori to protect communities during the nationwide COVID-19...  Read More >>

This is the story of Australia's unique donkey breed, an animal that was vital to the opening-up of colonial Australia...  Read More >>

Three weeks after Imperial Japan’s surrender, five men dressed in baggy khaki uniforms stared at the camera.  Read More >>

To dull Australian males of a certain political profile, the explorers were the great heroes, going out into the...  Read More >>

Within the context of the Impressionist tradition and the antiquity of Australian Aboriginal art, plein air painting...  Read More >>

A landmark book about four remarkable museum expeditions that contributed to a recovery of Maori society. This beautifully...  Read More >>

In 1897, as a white oligarchy made plans to allow the United States to annex Hawai'i, native Hawaiians organized...  Read More >>

Melinda Hinkson follows the experiences of Nungarrayi, a Warlpiri woman from the central Australian desert, as she...  Read More >>

The disturbing experience of psychological infanticide reflects the darkest aspect of the wounding of the Sacred...  Read More >>

Melinda Hinkson follows the experiences of Nungarrayi, a Warlpiri woman from the central Australian desert, as she...  Read More >>

The book opens with a biography by Peter's wife, the Reverend Vicky Cullen, offering the reader an insight into...  Read More >>

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War remembrance and sport have become increasingly entwined in Australia, with AFL and NRL Anzac Day fixtures attracting...  Read More >>

From the wild jazz clubs of Prohibition-era LA to Indigenous women discovering a new world of black resistance,...  Read More >>

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Jim Haynes upturns some of the long-held myths of Australian history with surprising results.  Read More >>

The era was by turns fab, groovy, cool, far out, way-out, hip, boss, outta sight, right-on and a blast, man: enough...  Read More >>