Australasian & Pacific history books

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The Catalpa Rescue is the gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history...  Read More >>

Part two in the Democracy Trilogy by the internationally-renowned and Stella Prize-winning author of The Forgotten...  Read More >>

The secret and dangerous operations of Australia's Pacific War Catalina crews told for the first time.  Read More >>

A little known story of two Australian battalions abandoned in Java during World War II and the heroes who kept...  Read More >>

Seven shots ring out in the silence of Victoria’s rolling Barrabool Hills. As the final recoil echoes through the...  Read More >>

A vivid, salutary study of Australia's little-known participation in the post-war occupation of Japan.  Read More >>

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One Hundred Days that Mapped a Nation marks this historic occasion by looking at Cook's intrepid journeys to New...  Read More >>

A revelatory biography of Australia's longest-serving prime minister.  Read More >>

History, Power, Text: Cultural Studies and Indigenous Studies is a collection of essays on Indigenous themes published...  Read More >>

Recalling a spirit of intellectual risk and respect, in this collection, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars,...  Read More >>

Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani is a collaborative study of 78 temple sites in the ancient moku of Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern...  Read More >>

The first book-length study of schooner-based pearling, this book explores the floating station system and the men...  Read More >>

Everyday Revolutions is unique in its focus not on the activist or legislative achievements of the women's and gay...  Read More >>

The story of Aurora Australis, Australia's only Antarctic icebreaker,...  Read More >>

Over the following eight years, almost 2,500 Scots were selected and assisted by the St. Andrew's Immigration Society...  Read More >>

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In March 1945 Reg Cleworth, a navigator on PBY Catalina seaplanes flying out of Darwin, went missing in action....  Read More >>

Pine Gap is a top secret American spy base on Australian soil, but how much do we really know about it?  Read More >>

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

The story of Australia's last bushranging gang - the murderous Kenniff gang  Read More >>

This visually stunning publication highlights the importance of an ocean that covers very nearly a third of the...  Read More >>

This guide is relevant, useful, and broad enough to clinically educate participants and observers of aborigine policing...  Read More >>

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