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Australia's Railways

by Ed Wright
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015

When the railways finally came to Australia, they created new towns and alleviated the isolation of the outback. In the cities they enabled the growth of commuter belt suburbs. Railways reached their pinnacle in the 1950s, but have been disadvantaged by sparse population, low density cities, motor vehicles,...

4WD Australia: The Best Short Getaways

by Rathbun, Linda Lee, Miller
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014

If you enjoy a short break or a holiday away from urban centres and want to journey into the real Australia, or if you are a more experienced 4WD enthusiast, then this book is for you! Linda and Steven selected getaways in each state and territory that the whole family can enjoy. For every 4WD trail...

A Beginners Guide to Backpacking in Australia

by Johnathan Ottway
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013

A very large country, Australia is ideal for backpacking but it can be a little challenging due to this size, along with the often hot temperatures and a number of challenging , dangerous animals to contend with. Moreover, deciding where to backpack is essential to avoid chewing up your budget and...

Ultimate Handbook Guide to Melbourne : (Australia) Travel Guide

by Tisha Sosa
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015

The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Melbourne : (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.

The Spy Catchers

The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963

by David Horner
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014

Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner tells the real story of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation, from shaky beginnings to the...

Imperial Theory and Colonial Pragmatism

Charles Harper, Economic Development and Agricultural Co-operation in Australia

by David J. Gilchrist
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017

This book considers the role played by co-operative agriculture as a critical economic model which, in Australia, helped build public capital, drive economic development and impact political arrangements. In the case of colonial Western Australia, the story of agricultural co-operation is inseparable...

Troubled Waters

Borders, boundaries and possession in the Timor Sea

by Ruth Balint
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005

Joint winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2003. Troubled Waters tells the story of Australia's northern waters and their dramatic transformation in the twentieth century from a backwater to the most militarised and fiercely guarded region in Australia. Once a bridge between two...

The Aborigines of Western Australia

by Albert F. Calvert
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012

The Aborigines of Western Australia By Albert F. Calvert Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946) wrote The Aborigines of Western Australia (1892) and Granada, Present and Bygone (1908). "Any attempt to fathom the depth of mystery which surrounds the history of the Australian Aboriginal must...

Australia—Where to Now?

What Bible prophecy reveals for the land down under

by Ron Fraser, Philadelphia Church of God
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013

Anglo-Saxons are a forgetful people. It was ever so, from their beginnings as a collection of tribes, morphing over time into the most influential of nations on Earth. So it is that in the great debate over whether or not Australia should become a republic, the true origins of the nation—the real...

Sense and Nonsense in Australian History

by John Hirst
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009

Sense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture. There are celebrated critiques of The Tyranny of Distance,...

Moving to Australia

by Damien Fellows
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016

Australia is a beautiful place to live and to raise a family it is also one of the most highly regulated and bureaucratic countries on the planet. If you are looking to move to Australia (and you won’t regret it once you do) there are many considerations that you take into account from a...

Moving to Australia

by Damien Fellows
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016

Australia is a beautiful place to live and to raise a family it is also one of the most highly regulated and bureaucratic countries on the planet. If you are looking to move to Australia (and you won’t regret it once you do) there are many considerations that you take into account from a...

Ultimate Handbook Guide to Brisbane : (Australia) Travel Guide

by Neida Hussein
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015

The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Brisbane : (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.

You Daughters of Freedom

The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World

by Clare Wright
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018

For the ten years from 1902, when Australia’s suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright’s epic new history tells the story of that victory—and of Australia’s role in the subsequent international...