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Cover of Susannah Holmes & Henry Kable, Australia's First Dynasty Family
by Michael Chandler
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013

The Marines of the First Fleet were the keeper of law and order upon the original settlement of the convict colony at Port Jackson in 1788. However only six years later one Henry Kable was appointed to the position of Chief Constable of the colony.   Henry Kable createda number...
Cover of Australian History in 7 Questions
by John Hirst
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016

If there are genuine questions about Australian history, there is something to puzzle over. The history ceases to be predictable—and dull. From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australia's...
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Special

The untold story of Australia's Holden

by John Wright
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008

The FJ Holden. It's an unmistakable, much loved and unique symbol of Australia - right up there with the pavlova, Don Bradman's baggy green, or Christmas on the beach. But how did it get this way? Exactly how did an American car company so accurately grasp Australia's automotive pulse to create...
Cover of House Sitting in Australia
by L.H.M. Cody
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

In this ebook, Laura shares the fascinating story of how she and her fiancé House Sat around Australia for nine months. Through honestly telling their story, readers can see what House Sitting is really like and, perhaps more importantly, learn from their mistakes. Apart from sharing the couple's...
Cover of Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories
by Jim Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016

Did you know that in 1932 the Australian army was called out to wage war on an invading army of 20,000...emus? Or that the first royal personage to arrive in Australia was the King of Iceland and he came as a convict? And how about the spooky phenomenon of the mischief-making Guyra Ghost? From...
Cover of There Were Three Ships
by Christopher Richards
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014

Three shiploads of settlers sail for a magnificent, isolated bay to establish a Utopia.But Australia, the oldest continent, settled by Europeans less than 100 years before, strikes back at the intruders through its climate, terrain and first people.Here in full for the first time is the story of the...
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Quarterly Essay 20 A Time for War

Australia as a Military Power

by John Birmingham
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005

In A Time for War: Australia as a Military Power, John Birmingham ponders the Australian way of war. After East Timor and Bali, a combination of primal fear and primal ambition has transformed attitudes to our region, to security and to war as an instrument of politics. Australian defence policy has...
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Warrior Elite

Australia’s special forces Z Force to the SAS intelligence operations to cyber warfare

by Robert Macklin
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015

A compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the future. From the co-author of SAS Sniper. Warrior Elite is a unique and compelling account of Australia's...
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Wesleyan-Holiness Churches in Australia

Hallelujah under the Southern Cross

by Glen O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

Most Wesleyan-Holiness churches started in the US, developing out of the Methodist roots of the nineteenth-century Holiness Movement. The American origins of the Holiness movement have been charted in some depth, but there is currently little detail on how it developed outside of the US. This book...
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Flinders

The Man Who Mapped Australia

by Rob Mundle
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012

The fascinating story of the exceptional maritime explorer, Matthew Flinders - the man who put Australia on the map. Shipwrecks, storms, death and danger - Matthew Flinders encountered it all on his courageous quest to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline. From...
Cover of Inventing Australia
by Richard White
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1981

'White sets himself a most ambitious task, and he goes remarkably far to achieving his goals. Very few books tell so much about Australia, with elegance and concision, as does his' - Professor Michael Roe 'Stimulating and informative. an antidote to the cultural cringe' - Canberra Times 'To...
Cover of Peeps at Many Lands: Australia
by Francis Fox
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Overview of Australia around 1900. Chapters include: Australia Its Beginning, Australia of Today, The Native, The Animals and Birds, The Australian Bush, and The Australian Child.
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Australia, Canada, and Iraq

Perspectives on an Invasion

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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2015

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chrétien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war. When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was intensely controversial. While a few of America's partners, like Australia, joined in the war, many,...
Cover of Australia and China at 40
by James Reilly, Jingdong Yuan
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012

To mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and the People’s Republic of China, expert writers from both countries have come together to analyze their relationship, addressing the question on many Australian minds: How should Australia respond to the seemingly unstoppable...
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