Australasian & Pacific history books

Inside the forbidding stone walls of New Zealand’s most infamous gaol  Read More >>

Few Australians realize that of the 62,000 Anzac soldiers who died in the Great War, over one-third are still listed...  Read More >>

The Haunts of Adelaide: History, Mystery and the Paranormal is researched and written by award-winning historian,...  Read More >>

"In 2004 Australian artist Peter Bonner embarked on a period of intense drawing. He drew in New York, the American...  Read More >>

'Aunty Hilda was a born countrywoman, tuned in to Mother Nature from the start, with a keen eye for detail, character...  Read More >>

Australian rural memoir of merino breeder Reginald Gatacre of Claverley in the Riverina; friend to the wealthy Falkiner...  Read More >>

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A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen child, musical and lyrical genius, and leader.  Read More >>

Bill and Beat Swann married in Hillston in 1926. Battling farmers during the twentieth century, their story is one...  Read More >>

The history of Australia's intelligence operations in the early 20th century reveals the dark underside of Australian...  Read More >>

After sixty-five years under New Zealand control, the Cook Islands adopted the United Nations push for self-government...  Read More >>

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From 1820 to 1920, more than 60 prophets arose in New Zealand leading distinctive movements in response to the message...  Read More >>

"Step back to a time where New Zealand is vast, exotic and undiscovered. The romance of becoming a ruler, possibly...  Read More >>

Long a fire continent, Australia now finds itself on the leading edge of a fire epoch.  Read More >>

What the Colonists Never Knew paints a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up Aboriginal in Sydney, alongside...  Read More >>

Designed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of State of Origin, this work delves into the childhood factors that...  Read More >>

Examines two intertwined historical processes: the development of a Hawai'i-based pan-Oceanian policy and underlying...  Read More >>

Explores what a generation of anthropologists experienced during their first visits to the field at a time of momentous...  Read More >>

With a dry sense of humour and the odd tear in his eye, Michael O'Brien tells the tale of his family and the world...  Read More >>

Covers an early little known but hard fought Pacific War campaign. Classic amphibious operation.  Read More >>

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

With the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the last of that generation who lived through it are slowly...  Read More >>

After sixty-five years under New Zealand control, the Cook Islands adopted the United Nations push for self-government...  Read More >>

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