Boolarong Press: 63 books

Part two of Curlew Enigma. With a cache of stolen gold bars Buster McDonald sets out to build on the start he's been given by the exploits of the Elijah Henry gang. Just as his plans seem to augur well, he's faced with the hard decision whether to intervene to prevent a massacre by the local Aboriginal...

Now back in Brisbane, John met up with a host of the characters who worked at the saleyards - stockmen, buyers, agents, clerks, butchers, contractors, a stock inspector, a journalist and a market reporter as well as a vendor who sold cattle there in 1933, and recorded all their stories to come up...

The story starts in Turkey in 1915 during the First World War at Kouvouklie, a village near Bursa in Asia Minor. My father was only a little boy when he saw his father momentarily before he escaped from the Ottoman Turkey prison in Bursa. His only crime was his Christian faith. He disappeared into the...

In 1969 the streets of Brisbane are rocked by a violent street demonstration against the Vietnam War. Two teenagers, Griff and Mia, take centre stage in the incident. In the following months, they find themselves positioned on opposite sides of a love triangle that is about to be torn apart following...

This book raises the provocative question: Are we in danger of becoming a morally bankrupt people "who have had it too easy for too long?" In the context of a continuing international "war against terror" and other ideological or military conflicts, a global economic crisis...

Newly self-diagnosed Coffeeholic Claire moves to Cairns to escape a failed long term relationship and to open the coffee shop of her dreams. But things are not as glamorous as she imagines. The coffee plantation is a dusty farm, the cafe is a tin shed behind a Hills Hoist, and the tall, quiet man who...

Alf Howard sailed with legends of the heroic era of Antarctic exploration and became a legend in his own lifetime. He was the last surviving member of Sir Douglas Mawsons 1929-1931 British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) and was also the last survivor to have served...

Henry Plantagenet Somerset's Trombone's Troubles depicts the first three decades of his life, including his early childhood days with his family in India at the time of the Indian Mutiny, his schooldays at Wellington College and his years spent as a jackeroo and a station manager in Queensland. Through...

No Ordinary Girl is about an Australian woman’s ambition to achieve her greatest sporting dream. Her autobiography recaptures her journey from learning to swim through to receiving a silver paralympic medal in the presence of family and friends at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The story...

One man’s path to discovery and the breakthrough that saved thousands of lives. From the slums and religious indoctrination of northern England to front-line research institutions worldwide, stem cell pioneer Robert Tindle’s relentless curiosity led him to a remarkable career in fields as disparate...

Councillor when he seizes an opportunity to become a political figure himself. One act of treachery propels him up the ladder and into the murky world of Labor Party manoeuvrings as Kevin 07 looks like becoming Australia’s next Prime Minister. A shocking tragedy and stroke of luck on Lawrence’s...

Shot down over the North African desert, Flight Lieutenant Owen Stanley is repatriated to his home town, Brisbane. It’s 1942 and the Japanese are threatening the Australian mainland. But Stanley has problems closer to home. Amid the friction created by the American presence he has been assigned...

Kevin Crowe was a rugby union player and World War II veteran. This book tells the story of his life as a rugby player in Queensland from the 1940s, and his career as a referee and rugby administrator. He played 110 first grade games for New Farm and represented Queensland, Australia XV and Brisbane.

Betrayals plots the destinies of three people of very different backgrounds and personalities as they live their lives in Ipswich, Brisbane, Canberra, Vietnam, Oxford, Moscow and, ultimately, Bucharest. Each is profoundly affected by, and has an important role in the machinations of the great powers...