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Grog

A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years

by Tom Gilling
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016

The story of grog is the story of Australia. This is how it all began. Even before James Squire set sail as a convict aboard the First Fleet, liquor was playing its part in shaping the colony-to-be. Who was entitled to it and who wasn't; who could make and sell it and who couldn't; and how...

CEO Guide to Doing Business in Australia

by Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

The objective of this book CEO Guide To Doing Business In Australia is to provide you with basic knowledge about Australia; an overview of its economy, business culture, potential opportunities and an introduction to other relevant issues. Novice exporters in particular will find it a useful starting point.

Camping around Western Australia

by Explore Australia Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

Camping around Western Australia is the best guide to recreational camping on the market, with over 350 campsites across the state, including in national parks, state forests, off highways and in caravan parks. Each camping area has a description of the site, directions on how to get there, as well as...

Australian Travel Guide

by Daniel Hardie
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013

The Australian Travel Guide gives you an insight of what it’s like to travel and visit Australia as well as many of the popular tours that can make for one adventurous weekend. Covered in the Australian Travel Guide is a full state by state guide of what there is there is to do and see…...

Sydney and around (Rough Guides Snapshot Australia)

by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014

The Rough Guide Snapshot to Sydney is the ultimate travel guide to this area of Australia. It leads you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from the Sydney Opera House to Bondi Beach and the Mardi Gras to the Blue Mountains. Detailed...

Explorations in Australia [Illustrated]

1. EXPLORATIONS IN SEARCH OF DR. LEICHARDT AND PARTY. 2. FROM PERTH TO ADELAIDE, AROUND THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT. 3. FROM CHAMPION BAY, ACROSS THE DESERT TO THE TELEGRAPH AND TO ADELAIDE. WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE CONDITION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

by John Forrest, G. F. Angas, Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013

CONTENTS. CHAPTER 1. Previous Expeditions into the Interior. Attempts to Discover a Route between South and Western Australia. Eyre's Disastrous Journey. Leichardt, the Lost Explorer. The Latest Explorations. CHAPTER 2. FIRST EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF LEICHARDT. CHAPTER 3. SECOND EXPEDITION....

Denny Day

The Life and Times of Australia's Greatest Lawman – the Forgotten Hero of the Myall Creek Massacre

by Terry Smyth
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016

Captain Edward Denny Day - the only law 'from the Big River to the sea' - was Australia's greatest lawman, yet few have heard of him. This is his story. Once there was a wilderness: Australia's frontier, a dangerous and unforgiving place where outlaws ruled the roads and killers were hailed...

The Original Australians

The story of the Aboriginal People

by Josephine Flood
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2019

The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Aboriginal history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime to the first contact between Europeans and Indigenous Australians, through to the Uluru Statement, it offers an insight...

The Australian Exploration Anthology

Texts from William Dampier, Capt. Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Macdouall Stuart, John McKinlay, William Wills

by William Dampier, Captain. James Cook, Matthew Flinders
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017

The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills. This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia...

Intimate Strangers

Friendship, Exchange and Pacific Encounters

by Vanessa Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010

When Louis Antoine de Bougainville reached Tahiti in 1768, he was struck by the way in which 'All these people came crying out tayo, which means friend, and gave a thousand signs of friendship; they all asked nails and ear-rings of us.' Reading the archive of early contact in Oceania against European...

Interesting Australian Facts

by Matthew Grant
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014

<h2>Interesting Australian Facts</h2> <h2>Learn about Australia's Animals, Geography, History and People!</h2> Australia has a very interesting history, culture and people. Many of the facts contained within this book are not only interesting, but also highly...

Aliens, Ghosts and Vanishings

Strange and Possibly True Australian Stories

by Stella Tarakson
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016

Have you heard the most bizarre tales from around Australia? Did a UFO drag a family's car off the road in the middle of the outback? How did rocks rain from the sky in WA? And what became of the prime minister who went into the surf and was never seen again? Explore the strangest tales,...

Australia

by Heather DiLorenzo Williams and Warren Rylands
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018

Did you know that most of Australia is a desert? Most people in Australia live near the coast. Discover these and other interesting facts in Australia.

The Highway One Travel Companion: 1: Melbourne to NSW Border

by David Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2012

Australia's Highway One is a part of the life experience for most Australians.It's our great coastal highway, tracing out our coastline. Very many of us live on or near it and travel on some part of it every day. Pacific Highway, Princes Highway, Bruce Highway, A1, M1; it goes by...