Australia Oceania category: 2401 books
Desert Boys
Australians at war from Beersheba to Tobruk and El Alamein
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
'As gritty as it is real. An amazing book about ordinary Australians made extraordinary by the times they lived through . . .' - Peter FitzSimons
About 1300 Australians died in the desert campaigns of World War I, while another 3500 died in North Africa and the Middle East during World War...
The Baby Farmers
A chilling tale of missing babies, shameful secrets and murder in 19th century Australia
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
'The book's power stems from its devastating details; Cossins establishes a tone so vivid it's reminiscent of Dickens.' Publishers Weekly
In October 1892, a one-month-old baby boy was found buried in the backyard of Sarah and John Makin, two wretchedly poor baby farmers in inner Sydney. In...
Angels in the Outback
The Australian Inland Mission
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Just before World War I when the Australian outback suffered with the decline of its goldmines and the hard times on its pastoral runs, a young Victorian arrived to see how he could help. The white inhabitants of Central Australia were few, and were rarely if ever visited by clergymen, doctors or nurses....
A Deep Sense of Wrong
The Treason, Trials and Transportation to New South Wales of Lower Canadian Rebels
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1995
In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried by court martial. Convicted of treason, their properties forfeited...
by Gavin Souter
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
When Sydney Observed was first published in 1965 (under the title Sydney), and illustrated throughout with the striking photographs of Quintin F. Davis, it won instant and rapturous praise from reviewers across Australia and beyond.Within the space of a few years it came to be regarded as the best single...
Nothing But Gold
The Diggers of 1852
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 1999
Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, and within a year the infant colony was transformed from a sump for convicts to a Land of Opportunity. Robyn Annear's lively history describes in detail life on the diggings: the mud of winter and dust of summer, the pluckiness of the women and children, the...
by Paul L'Estrange
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
'Filled with humour, emotion and gratuitous sex...'
'A refreshingly honest insight into the mind of a young man.' '...what travelling for the twenty-somethings is really like!' 'Engaging, funny and risqué...' 'Funny, entertaining, filthy...' '...travelling, with kinky parts thrown in...
by Lee Mylne
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Pubs are an integral part of Australias history, providing a stopping point for many thirsty travellers seeking a cold beer, a meal or a bed for the night. And what better way to learn about the place youre passing through than at the bar or on the verandah of a pub that has been welcoming travellers...
by Jennifer Duke
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
While Australia's 'Harbour City' may be known for throwing another "shrimp on the barbie", Sydney is actually a surprisingly vegan-friendly city with a number of exclusively vegan restaurants, cafés and shops, and even more non-exclusive establishments that cater to vegans' needs.
The...
The Big Smoke
New Zealand Cities, 18401920
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Unlike in Europe, North America, Australia and elsewhere, urban history has never been sustained as a distinct field of scholarship in New Zealand. This is surprising, considering that since the early twentieth century most New Zealanders have lived in towns and cities 86 per cent were urban in 2014....
by Thomas Booth
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Each time I see a new place I privately play the game of, "Would I be happy living here permanently?" My reactions for Fiji, mostly happy ones, aren't based entirely on Fiji's miles of white beaches, her rattling palms, the variety of her villages, or the dramatic hill country. I can find these things...
by Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Explore the bustling, cosmopolitan playground of Sydney or dive in to a wonderland of coral gardens and colorful sea life. Discover an adventure-lover's paradise with Moon Sydney & The Great Barrier Reef. Inside you'll find:
Strategic itineraries ranging from five days to two weeks, with...
by Frank Bongiorno, Nick Dyrenfurth
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Australian Labor Party (ALP)-one of the oldest labor parties in the world and the first to form a government-this short and lively book recounts ALP’s history from its origins during the late 19th century through present day. The book details the party’s...
The Protectors
A journey through whitefella past
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
On 13 February 2008 Kevin Rudd and Brendan Nelson gave two very different apology speeches to the Stolen Generations. Rudd alluded to racism, eugenics and the immorality of past policies. Nelson spoke of benign intentions, goodness and the hurt felt by those accused of wrongdoings. Both cannot be...