Australasian & Pacific history books

Tells the life story of E.W. Cole, a colourful and much loved figure of 19th century Melbourne. Best remembered...  Read More >>

Goodna Girls tells the story of children incarcerated in Wolston Park Hospital, an adult psychiatric facility in...  Read More >>

In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and survival against all...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive overview of capital punishment in the Australian colonies for the very first...  Read More >>

A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River....  Read More >>

Spinning the Secrets of State addresses thesequestions by investigating historical case studies developed from...  Read More >>

This study provides a cultural history of Australia and nuclear power. The author examines the country’s role as...  Read More >>

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On an April morning in 1875, the whaleship Catalpa lay at anchor in the harbor at New Bedford, ready for sea. Although...  Read More >>

Dispossession and the Making of Jedda (1955)' brings together a history of race relations, pastoral boom and film-making....  Read More >>

Mr Idriess writes of it all, and writes of it as if he had been with them. What a romance! What a story! It is packed...  Read More >>

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The Confident Years records the buoyant era between the hard-won victory of World War I and the deep setbacks of...  Read More >>

"Daisy May Bates, CBE (born Margaret Dwyer; 16 October 1859 - 18 April 1951) was an Irish-Australian journalist,...  Read More >>

"Daisy May Bates, CBE (born Margaret Dwyer; 16 October 1859 - 18 April 1951) was an Irish-Australian journalist,...  Read More >>

This edited collection explores how migrants played a major role in the creation and settlement of the British Empire,...  Read More >>

This book is volume two of the writings of David Sissons, who first established his academic career as a political...  Read More >>

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Butcher, Baker, His-Story Maker is a verse novella, a lyric meditation on family and place. The lens of kitchen...  Read More >>

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The couple settled at Wake Robin and developed a plan to buy land on Sonoma Mountain for ranching. Upon reading...  Read More >>

This book explores China from the time of Mao’s rule to the crisis that unfolded at Tiananmen Square in 1989, through...  Read More >>

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