Australia Oceania category: 2401 books

Australians have become increasingly visible outside of the country as speakers and actors in radio and television, their media moguls have frequently bought up foreign companies, and people around the world have been able to enjoy such Australian productions as The Flying Doctors, Neighbours, and...

'To hear the story of a person who has lived long and well is a privilege beyond price. It is a strange and wonderful process to delve into another person's life; strange because we usually focus on our own lives, not others, wonderful because to discover another is to uncover a treasure.' Marg Carroll...

This is the third book in the War Letters 1914-1918 series. It is based on the letters of Frederick Muir, a 21 year-old Australian who joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in the first weeks after war was declared in August 1914. His letters cover the leaving of Australia, the training...

Twenty personal essays from a community writing group about the Victorian city of Kingston, Australia. Their observations and experience span several decades and the book celebrates Mordialloc Writers' 20th anniversary.

Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource explores the rich experience and the trials and tribulations of hopeful Anglo-Celtic pilgrims headed to Australia and New Zealand aboard migrant ships in the late 19th century. From daily routines to matters of...

"Headaches. Dizziness. Can't sleep. Bad dreams (never have been released). The rice jungle had some compensation to some of us who just don't seem to make a success of our return." —Robert, A Returned POW This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian...

Imaginative and cerebral, this volume recounts the fantastic history of the antipodes—namely Australia and New Zealand—from the Western perspective over the course of the past five millennia. Tracing the fiction underlying the fact in the tales of, among others, Marco Polo, John Mandeville, and...

He was the gentleman bushranger . she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady. 'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt before he shouted the bar with the inn keeper's own profits. Driven into banditry by injustice, this colonial Robin Hood,...

A History of Victoria is a lively account of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria, from the arrival of the first Aboriginal peoples through to the present day. In his inimitable style, Geoffrey Blainey considers Victoria's transformation from rural state to urban society. He speculates...

Budget Rest Areas around Victoria is the most comprehensive directory of rest areas along Victorias 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 find a budget-friendly...

This is the story of a family whose journey through time has spanned the heights of wealth and power, the lows of adversity, and along the way has produced some remarkable people and an enduring spirit. The de Marisco family came from Anglo-Norman aristocracy. They benefitted handsomely from...

Did you know that Australians were actually the first in the world to: * put wine in cardboard casks * explore both the Arctic and Antarctic by air * invent a portable pacemaker * manufacture and market the one-piece bathing suit * develop the wire-guided missile? Australians...

Set in a seaside Resort Town on the Queensland Coast of Australia amid the glitz and glamour of a millionaire's playground, a tale of exploitation by the wealthy of the disenfranchised, the homeless, the pensioners and the labourers.  Of drug dealers, thieves, addicts and street workers. Based on a true story.

This is the second edition of a book originally published in 1987. It is a history of post WW2 Soldier Settlement in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.From the introduction: 'After getting out of the army in 1945-46 we were left to our own devices and were a bit lost. That was when...