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120 Great Golf Courses in Australia and New Zealand features the golf courses that should be on every golfers must-play list  from the towering sand hills of Tasmanias Barnbougle Dunes, to Alice Springs (the hottest course in the world), and across the Tasman Sea to the majestic cliff-tops of Cape Kidnappers...

Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and brought technology,...

Budget Rest Areas around South Australia is the most comprehensive directory of rest areas along South Australias major roads and highways. For every rest area, there is information on facilities, a photo and maps that pinpoint the exact location. Whether its to plan where you stop for a cuppa or to...

From one of our most respected and award-winning authors, Jackie French, comes a fascinating and fresh interpretation of Australian history, focusing on how the land itself, rather than social forces, has shaped the major events that led to modern Australia. to understand the present, you need to...

Australia's Kimberley was the cultural hub of the Ice Age world. Today, it holds within its bounds the world's largest collection of Ice Age figurative art, giving us vital clues to the origins of other cultures and civilisations right across the world. Back at a time when most of Europe lay...

The Unsavoury Tale of Alexander Pearce - The Convict Cannibal. Powerful and relentless, the hunger pursues you like a wild beast without respite. You can resist it for hours, even days, but it eventually overwhelms your reason with its desperate desire to be satisfied. Eat or be eaten ... that...

The Customs And Traditions Of The Aboriginal Natives Of North Western Australia by John G. Withnell A short amateur ethnography of the Northwestern Aborigines, primarily of historical interest. The object of this work is to preserve, before civilization has made them obsolete, the traditions...

Book 1: Jerry and the Orange'Jerry and the Orange Tree'is a wonderfully written story with many life messages. It teaches children about promises, not giving up, and sticking to plans. It's a true story about a young boy and his relationship with his grandma who lives on the other side...

Australia emerged from World War I into a decade of profound change, characterised by a revolution in behaviour amongst the young; by the first great age of consumerism; and by secret right wing armies and the growth of the Communist Party. As in the two previous volumes of Australians, Thomas...

Why is Australia's current attitude towards freedom of speech harmful to democracy? Australia is the land of the 'fair go'. But does this attitude extend to freedom of speech? Unlike the US, Australia has no Bill of Rights to protect our right to free speech, yet most Australians take this right...

There have been Lutheran schools in Australia for more than 170 years. This book examines the second 80 years of that history through a series of biographies of the pathfinders, those educational leaders who, on the basis of a rich tradition which had suffered some reversals, forged new directions...

Mike entered the tourism industry via scuba diving and built one of Australia’s first backpacker hostels. He has traveled extensively throughout Australia as a normal motorist and in off-road vehicles. This book was written to entertain and provide travel advice. Over fifty photographs.

A seasoned traveller, travel writer Andrew Stevenson is unafraid of the unconventional. Whilst most people visiting Australia tread the well worn path from the Sydney Opera House to Cairns up the East Coast, Andrew disappeared into the Australian outback in search of the original Australians - the...

The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Gold Coast-tweed : (Australia) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.