Australia Oceania category: 2401 books
by John Wright
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
This book tells the story of two people who seized the opportunity to roam the highways and byways of Eastern Australia for several years, living as closely as possible to the nomadic Gypsy lifestyle while bringing the rich cultural heritage of the landless Romani to a wide variety of non-Romani people.Kate,...
by Cal McCarthy, Kevin Todd
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
The 'Neva' sailed from Cork on 8 January 1835, destined for the prisons of Botany Bay. There were 240 people on board, most of them either female convicts or the wives of already deported convicts, and their children. On 13 May 1835 the ship hit a reef just north of King's Island in Australia and...
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Melbourne is voted one of the best city in the world. It's beautiful, mixture of modern and historical buildings.
You can go back to understand the history of Australia from this city, and travel to view the magnificent scenery of Great Ocean Road.
If you decided to travel to Melbourne,...
Let the Bums Burn
Australia's Deadliest Building Fire and the Salvation Army Tragedies
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
In 1966 a fire ripped through Melbourne's William Booth Memorial Home for destitute and alcoholic men. Although it remains Australia's deadliest building fire, it is, like the 30 men who died in that fire - forgotten. This shocking narrative describes the inferno's origin and progression, the slowly...
Born in the Cattle
Aborigines in cattle country
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
The Aboriginal stockman in cowboy hat, brightly coloured shirt, jeans and riding boots, is a familiar sight in much of outback Australia. Yet, white Australia has largely excluded Aborigines - men and women - from its national legends.
Born in the Cattle tells the story of Aboriginal involvement...
by Jennifer Monahan
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
A postal employee escapes the 9-5 starts her own business and saves enough money to go to Australia for two months to celebrate the new millennium. This is her story.
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Camberra (Australia) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
by Selwa Anthony, Sue Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The Spirit of Australia is a positive thinking book for the whole country! A celebration of everything Australian, this little ebook is an inspirational guide for the nation, which shows how people can make a difference - to themselves, their community and their country - and keep the spirit alive.
The Secret Cold War
The Official History of ASIO, 1975-1989
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to play out across the world.
Until now, few would have known of the surprising extent of clandestine...
Out of the Silence
The history and memory of South Australia's frontier wars
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
When South Australia was founded in 1836, the British government was pursuing a new approach to the treatment of Aboriginal people, hoping to avoid the violence that marked earlier Australian settlement. The colony's founding Proclamation declared that as British subjects, Aboriginal people would...
Australia 19012001
A Narrative History
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Andrew Tink’s superb book tells the story of Australia in the 20th century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. It was a century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the depression, balanced by extraordinary achievements in sport, science, and the arts. Tink’s story is driven...
The Bushrangers
Australia's greatest self-made heroes
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
From the first convict runaways to the spectacular showdown that ended Ned Kelly's career, Evan McHugh delivers true tales of daring exploits and�audacious deeds.
These are incredible stories of the men - and women - who achieved fame not just by what they did, but by the way they did it....
by Silas Flint
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
A dispute about who owns garbage? A court case over who gets to operate San Quentin Prison? A fight regarding use of a church pew? Bizarre as these examples sound, each was a real court case in either the United States or Australia, in which the government took private property. In clear, simple language...
Scorched Earth
Australia's secret plan for total war under Japanese invasion in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
In 1942 the threat of Japanese invasion hung over Australia. The men were away overseas, fighting on other fronts, and civilians were left unprotected at home.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Japanese advance south, Prime Minister Curtin ordered state governments to prepare. From...