Australasian & Pacific history books

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Consolations of Insignificance: A New Zealand Diplomatic Memoir

Consolations of Insignificance: A New Zealand Diplomatic...

Author: Terence O'Brien
ISBN: 9781776921393
Format: Paperback
$68.61

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Vagrant Lives in Colonial Australasia: Regulating Mobility, 1840-1910

Vagrant Lives in Colonial Australasia: Regulating Mobility,...

Author: Catharine Coleborne
ISBN: 9781350252691
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Investigating the history of vagrants in colonial Australia and New Zealand, this book provides insights into the...  Read More >>

The Trans-Australia Wonderland

The Trans-Australia Wonderland

Author: A.G. Bolam
ISBN: 9781923024694
Format: Paperback
$24.95

The first book written on the natural history of life on the Nullabor Plain, was written by station-master A. G....  Read More >>

A Very Secret Trade: The dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania

A Very Secret Trade: The dark story of gentlemen collectors...

Author: Cassandra Pybus
ISBN: 9781761066344
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Author of the bestselling Truganini, Cassandra Pybus has uncovered one of the darkest and best kept secrets in Australian...  Read More >>

The Sweet Air of Freedom: Convict Frayne's Narrative of Politics, Sex, Religion and Violonece

The Sweet Air of Freedom: Convict Frayne's Narrative...

Author: Rob Wills
ISBN: 9781923068827
Format: Paperback
$44.00

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Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate

Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate...

Author: C A Monckton
ISBN: 9789357966887
Format: Paperback
$66.42

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The Cranbourne Meteorite

The Cranbourne Meteorite

Author: Sean Murphy
ISBN: 9781923068728
Format: Paperback
$49.95

After an astonishing astronomical discovery is made near Melbourne, two scientists jostle for possession of the...  Read More >>

Colour Me Blak

Colour Me Blak

Author: Sam Cook
ISBN: 9798894438962
Format: Paperback
$52.77

A conscious colouring-in book for the young and young at heart. 50 pages of First Nations Australian illustrations...  Read More >>

The Body Collected in Australia: A History of Human Specimens and the Circulation of Biomedical Knowledge

The Body Collected in Australia: A History of Human...

Author: Eugenia Pacitti
ISBN: 9781350373723
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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The Great New Zealand Lockdown: A diary of life during Covid-19

The Great New Zealand Lockdown: A diary of life during...

Author: Kimberly Stewart
ISBN: 9780473530365
Format: Paperback
$39.87

On the 28th of February 2020, New Zealand has its first confirmed case of Covid-19. By the 26th of March, the country...  Read More >>

Hard by the Cloud House

Hard by the Cloud House

Author: Peter Walker
ISBN: 9781991016713
Format: Paperback
$79.20

An eagle, and its place in our history. The legend of Pouakai, aka the extinct Haast's Eagle, takes Peter Walker...  Read More >>

Through Central Borneo; An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917

Through Central Borneo; An Account of Two Years' Travel...

Author: Carl Lumholtz
ISBN: 9789357935661
Format: Paperback
$59.72

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Should We Fall to Ruin: New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds.

Should We Fall to Ruin: New Guinea, 1942. The untold...

Author: Harrison Christian
ISBN: 9781761153938
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Benang: From the Heart

Benang: From the Heart

Author: Kim Scott
ISBN: 9781760993467
Format: Paperback
$35.99

Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Benang- From the Heart follows Harley, who was raised in a culture...  Read More >>

Lawyer, Miner, Sailor, Dreamer

Lawyer, Miner, Sailor, Dreamer

Author: John McCormack ,  Gavan McCormack
ISBN: 9780645836141
Format: Paperback
$60.69

This book is the autobiography of John McCormack (1933-2022), who practised Law in Melbourne, then abandoned it...  Read More >>

The Nameless Names: Recovering the Missing Anzacs

The Nameless Names: Recovering the Missing Anzacs

Author: Scott Bennett
ISBN: 9781761381089
Format: Paperback
$39.99

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Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra...

Author: Julien Louys ,  Paul C H Albers
ISBN: 9781760466312
Format: Paperback
$126.69

This book presents a revised view of the history of palaeontological and archaeological research as well as field...  Read More >>

Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle

Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle

Author: Carmel O'Shannessy ,  Wanta Steven Patrick Pawu-Kurlpurlurnu Jampijinpa
ISBN: 9781743329481
Format: Paperback
$80.00

"Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle documents a ceremonial song cycle situated within the traditional kurdiji ""shield""...  Read More >>

TRACY - 50 Years, 50 Stories

TRACY - 50 Years, 50 Stories

Author: Richard Creswick ,  Derek Pugh
ISBN: 9780645737417
Format: Paperback
$35.00

Cyclone Tracy demolished Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory when it struck during the night of Christmas...  Read More >>

Ka Māno Wai: The Source of Life

Ka Māno Wai: The Source of Life

Author: Noreen K. Mokuau ,  S. Kukunaokalā Yoshimoto
ISBN: 9780824893644
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Dedicated to the mo`olelo (stories) of fourteen esteemed kumu loea (expert teachers) who are knowledge keepers of...  Read More >>

The Making and Remaking of Australasia: Mobility, Texts and ‘Southern Circulations’

The Making and Remaking of Australasia: Mobility, Texts...

Author: Professor Tony Ballantyne (University of Otago, New Zealand) ,  Victoria Haskins (University of Newcastle Australia)
ISBN: 9781350264212
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This book explores the emergence of ‘Australasia’ as a way of thinking about the culture and geography of this region....  Read More >>

The Inevitable Hour: "From Kokoda to Kure (Volume 6. of ""the Doctors at War"" Series)"

The Inevitable Hour: "From Kokoda to Kure (Volume 6....

Author: Robert Likeman
ISBN: 9781925043785
Format: Hardback
$70.00

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Catch the Wind: From the Nullarbor to the Far Northwest in '68

Catch the Wind: From the Nullarbor to the Far Northwest...

Author: Bruce Lowery
ISBN: 9780975641835
Format: Paperback
$51.74

Propelled by the collapse of an intense love affair, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lowery sets off from his home in the...  Read More >>

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