Australasian & Pacific history books

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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and Other Impolite Terms as Used by the Convicts of the British Colonies of Australia with Additional True Stories, Remarkable Facts and Illustrations

James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang...

Author: Simon Barnard
ISBN: 9781923058033
Format: Paperback
$29.99

From the award-winning author and illustrator Simon Barnard comes an embellished version of Australia’s first ever...  Read More >>

Magnuson Stevens: 1976-2000 As Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Fisherman

Magnuson Stevens: 1976-2000 As Seen Through the Eyes...

Author: Daniel C Marvin ,  Kimberly O'Bryant
ISBN: 9798218322571
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Astorian, Dan Marvin, retired commercial fishing Captain and current volunteer at Columbia River Maritime Museum...  Read More >>

Richard Dunn: Thinking Pictures

Richard Dunn: Thinking Pictures

Author: Christina Davidson ,  Anne Marie Freybourg
ISBN: 9783735608598
Format: Hardback
$163.01

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Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: The Archaeology of Ancient Hawai‘i

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: The Archaeology of Ancient...

Author: Patrick Vinton Kirch ,  Mark D. McCoy
ISBN: 9780824894498
Format: Paperback
$126.69

The first edition of Feathered Gods and Fishhooks was the pioneering synthesis of ancient Hawaiian civilization...  Read More >>

The Locked-up Country: Learning the Lessons from Australia's Covid-19 Response

The Locked-up Country: Learning the Lessons from Australia's...

Author: Tom Chodor ,  Shahar Hameiri
ISBN: 9780702266379
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A timely analysis of Australia's response to the pandemic, which asks what have we learned?  Read More >>

Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia

Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia

Author: Jim Haynes
ISBN: 9781761470370
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Corners of Melbourne

Corners of Melbourne

Author: Robyn Annear
ISBN: 9781922790453
Format: Hardback
$35.00

Beloved Melbourne historian Robyn Annear takes us on an unorthodox tour of the city's streets and corners, telling...  Read More >>

Wheels within Wheels: A history of Sydney's bus service 1930-1990

Wheels within Wheels: A history of Sydney's bus service...

Author: Peter Hughes
ISBN: 9781923065413
Format: Paperback
$155.63

Wheels within Wheels takes a unique look at how and why Sydney's bus services developed: political and economic...  Read More >>

Imagining Australia: A history of our nation through music, film, literature & art

Imagining Australia: A history of our nation through...

Author: Loretta Barnard ,  Ingeborg Van Teeseling
ISBN: 9781923065338
Format: Paperback
$67.98

Imagining Australia is a story of our nation, told by the artists who made it what it is today. Writers, painters,...  Read More >>

Pioneers in Australasia

Pioneers in Australasia

Author: Harry Johnston Ball
ISBN: 9789357723275
Format: Paperback
$68.64

Pioneers in Australasia, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that...  Read More >>

Working Holiday in Australia: A Personal Journey

Working Holiday in Australia: A Personal Journey

Author: Sarah Cloete Jones
ISBN: 9798223289654
Format: Paperback
$31.68

"Embark on a journey of a lifetime as you delve into the pages of ""Working Holiday in Australia: A Personal Journey.""...  Read More >>

Another Australian Eagle

Another Australian Eagle

Author: John P F Lynch
ISBN: 9780648944638
Format: Paperback
$58.05

Three friends enlist in WW1 and find their niche in life. Jimmy seeks to become an aircraft maintenance engineer...  Read More >>

Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS and HUDSON FYSH

Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures...

Author: Grantlee Kieza
ISBN: 9780733341557
Format: Hardback
$45.00

The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map In 1810, Matthew Flinders made...  Read More >>

Australia: Everything You Need to Know

Australia: Everything You Need to Know

Author: Noah Gil-Smith
ISBN: 9798868218477
Format: Paperback
$26.37

"Embark on an extraordinary adventure through the captivating world of Australia with our text-only masterpiece,...  Read More >>

Vikings of the Sunrise

Vikings of the Sunrise

Author: Te Rangi Hiroa Sir Peter Buck ,  Paora Paul Tapsell
ISBN: 9781990042492
Format: Paperback
$100.89

- One of the greatest accounts ever of Pacific settlement - Author ranks as one of the leading thinkers of his generation...  Read More >>

The History of the Solomon Islands: Hidden Treasures of the South Pacific

The History of the Solomon Islands: Hidden Treasures...

Author: Einar Felix Hansen ,  Nanise Leweniqila
ISBN: 9798864529690
Format: Paperback
$21.09

"Embark on a captivating journey through the heart of the South Pacific with ""The History of Solomon Islands.""...  Read More >>

The 1972 Parramatta Jail Glossary: An Edition with Commentary

The 1972 Parramatta Jail Glossary: An Edition with Commentary...

Author: Bruce Moore
ISBN: 9780645955002
Format: Paperback
$52.77

In 1972 a group of prisoners at Parramatta Jail in Sydney put together a glossary of prison words and phrases. The...  Read More >>

Lani: Captive Woman: A Hawaiian Queen Defies the Ways of Her Ancestors

Lani: Captive Woman: A Hawaiian Queen Defies the Ways...

Author: Tincho Schmidt ,  Daniel Pouesi
ISBN: 9798867819446
Format: Paperback
$31.68

"Her name, Keopuolani, meant The Gathering of the Clouds of Heaven. Her father, King Kiwalao of Hawaii, called her...  Read More >>

Forging Identities in the Irish World: Melbourne and Chicago, 1830-1922

Forging Identities in the Irish World: Melbourne and...

Author: Sophie Cooper
ISBN: 9781474487108
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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

Country Jumper in Marshall Islands

Country Jumper in Marshall Islands

Author: Claudia Dobson-Largie
ISBN: 9798867499204
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Introducing COUNTRY JUMPER, a young world traveler, with an engaging personality. He will guide readers on a tour...  Read More >>

An Illustrated Journey of Cookie & Co: Wow!! We did it. Driving across the world in 152 days with Cookie & Co

An Illustrated Journey of Cookie & Co: Wow!! We did...

Author: Michael Owen Perkins
ISBN: 9781805412298
Format: Paperback
$60.69

"Embarking on an incredible adventure as we traverse the world in celebration of the By-Centenary of Australia 1788-1988,...  Read More >>

Being the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513–1641

Being the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning...

Author: Nino Vallen (Pacific Office of the German Historical Institute Washington, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9781009322072
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Being the Heart of the World offers a timely reflection on the relationship between mobility and identity-making...  Read More >>

Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison

Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of...

Author: James Phelps
ISBN: 9781460764138
Format: Paperback
$34.99

'Pentridge was a place of murder and mayhem. A bluestone hell. The worst prison Australia has ever seen.' Andrew...  Read More >>

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