Australasian & Pacific history books

This book follows the life trajectories of Chinese Australians who arrived to participate in Chinese nation building...  Read More >>

It explains how and why skulls and other bodily structures of Indigenous Australians became the focus of scientific...  Read More >>

This book reveals the business history of the Australian Government Clothing Factory as it introduced innovative...  Read More >>

Now in one definitive volume, Botany Bay and the First Fleet is a full, authentic account of the beginnings of modern...  Read More >>

As Beijing steps up its global engagement under General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and President...  Read More >>

*Winner of the Australian History Prize in the NSW Premier's History Awards 2020*  Read More >>

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People would have known about Australia before they saw it. Smoke billowing above the sea spoke of a land that lay...  Read More >>

In recent times, the Asia-Pacific region has far surpassed Europe in terms of reciprocal trade with the US, and...  Read More >>

The little-known yet fascinating story of when two of the most iconic aircraft of World War II dueled in the skies...  Read More >>

The frontier outlaws who defied the authorities on the wild Australian frontier in the Victorian era, and the Crown...  Read More >>

An exemplary investigation into music and sustainability, Singing and Survival tells the story of how music helped...  Read More >>

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This report documents an effort to help countering violent extremism (CVE) program directors and policymakers place...  Read More >>

The Battle for Australia erupts on the south-east coast of Australia. This book is the story of the SS Iron Crown,...  Read More >>

This is the remarkable story of one brave Australian who answered his country's calling and who demonstrated courage...  Read More >>

Foucault and Family Relations analyzes notions of property in rural Australia during the colonial period and how...  Read More >>

Recollections of the 40 year history of a pub crawl commemorating one of Brisbane's grand old pubs, demolished in...  Read More >>

Le Visage Des Choses Numéro Huit. Un peu de linéaire A, et des conclusions de recherches sur l'arabe ancien, les...  Read More >>

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Vanuatu is a country in the South Pacific between Australia and Fiji. It has preserved traditions passed from generations...  Read More >>

John Julian is the story of a farmer and his young wife who left Cornwall in 1843 to start a new life in Australia....  Read More >>

The Snowy: A History tells theextraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of theworld's engineering...  Read More >>

In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Tokyo served as a host city for a vital community of Australian artists, many of...  Read More >>