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  This book provides you with more than 70 articles written by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson. These articles were published in various newspapers and magazines, over the period 1890 to 1920.   The collection covers most of the newsworthy events of that time, including The Boer...

Ellen Clacy was 20 years old when she and her brother travelled from England to the Australian goldfields in 1852. This was at the start of the ‘gold rush’, when thousands of people from around the world were arriving at the gold ‘diggings’. Ellen went back to England in 1853, and her book...

#1 best-selling guide to Fiji*** Lonely Planet ***Fiji***is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Say bula to the locals at a dance ceremony; trek to hidden waterfalls on 'Garden Island' Taveuni or ride a bamboo...

#1 best-selling guide to the South Pacific*** Lonely Planet South Pacific is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Laze on New Caledonia's white sand beaches; learn traditional dance in Tahiti or hike through Fiji's...

Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s New Zealand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Glide through turquoise waters past pods of orcas in Bay of Islands; try black-water...

At the age of twenty-six, Chantal Simons, born and raised in the Netherlands, can no longer contain her adventurous spirit. Having seen enough of everyday life, she makes the bold decision to take to the roads of the vast Australian continent on her 250CC motorbike, lovingly known as the ‘Chook...

MINING engineer lands on the FIJI Islands, coming from Europe -- Switzerland - Italy - Greece - Spain -- and via SOUTH AFRICA  - AUSTRALIA -- Fremantle, Perth's Port in OZZI's West - Melbourne - KING Island, in the Bass Strait between TASMANIA and Victoria - then the 'luxury' Immigration CAMP of...

Pagan Portals: Australian Druidry works as a supplement to the study of Druidry and other nature-based spiritual paths as practiced in Australia. The seasons, animals, plants and ancestral histories of the land in Australia are quite different from those of the Celtic lands where Druidry originates....

An Australian travel classic. Reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, Wings of the Kite-Hawk will seduce and enthrall; it will force you out of the comfortable chair and into the wilds of the bush. Wings of the Kite-Hawk is a set of linked journeys into the Australian landscape: its past...

First published in 1833. "When I first determined on committing to the press a detailed account of the two expeditions, which I conducted into the interior of the Australian continent, pursuant to the orders of Lieutenant General Darling, the late Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, it was simply...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I. GENERAL MAP CHAPTER II. MAP OF THE RIVERS BOGAN AND MACQUARIE CHAPTER III. MAP OF THE RIVERS NARRAN, CULGOA, AND BALONNE TO ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE, — SHOWING ALSO THE ROUTE HOMEWARD,...

A chronological account the main periods and events in the Australian story that traces the forces that have shaped the nation from the coming of the first Aborigines to the election of the Abbott government in 2013. The content is political, social and economic, showing how these strands of Australian...

A collection of powerful, true stories of Aboriginal life This anthology brings together 15 memoirs of growing up Aboriginal in Australia and includes works from Kim Scott, Australia's first indigenous Miles Franklin winner; bestselling author Sally Morgan; and the critically acclaimed artist, author,...

This work investigates the roots and evolution of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the circumstances that have shaped Australian maritime policy since WWII. Its primary purpose is to provide present day policy experts with historical insights useful to the planning of future relationships with...