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Two Old Men Dying by Tom Keneally
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Australian
Learned Man is the child of humankind as we know it; of those who are thought to have travelled from the Rift Valley in Africa and to ancient Australia.Shelby Apple is an acclaimed documentary-maker. After making films about Learned Man's discovery, in Vietnam and back home in the Northern Territory, Sh ...Show more
Unbranded by Herb Wharton
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: UQP Black Australian Writers Ser.
From the riotous picnic races to the famous Mt Isa rodeo, from childhood in the yumba to gutsy outback pubs, Unbrandedpresents a strikingly original vision of Australia. With a rollicking cast of stockmen, shearers, barmaids and tourists, this novel is the story of three men. Sandy is a white man; Bindi ...Show more
Vietnam (My Australian Story) by Deborah Challinor
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
Here we are, fighting alongside the so-called mightiest nation on earth with all the firepower you could ask forjets, B52s, tanks, gunships, rockets, napalm, you name itand the VC are creeping around with a rifle each and we still can't beat the buggers! And it's getting worse, not better. It's 1969. Th ...Show more
Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth by Lisa Nicol
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Australian
Vincent is an ordinary boy - he lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary town. But Vincent's life changes dramatically when he meets young Florence from The Grandest Hotel on Earth. From shining shoes next to a dirty train station, to working in a hotel where your wildest dreams can come true, Vincent ...Show more
Waiting for the Past by Les Murray
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Australian
Les Murray's new volume of poems - his first in five years - continues his use of molten language. From 'The Black Beaches' to 'Radiant Pleats, Mulgoa', from 'High Speed Trap Space' to 'The Electric, 1960', this is verse that renews and transforms our sense of the world. 'No poet has ever travelled lik ...Show more
Waltzing Matilda by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson; Desmond Digby (Illustrator)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Story Book | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
This ballad of the sheep-stealing swagman is known the world over. Here, with 'Banjo' Paterson's original lyrics and Freya Blackwood's stunning ochre-toned paintings, we are treated not just to the swagman's story, but to the story of the shearers' strikes of the time, of the squatter's family, and of t ...Show more
War by Carol Fallows
$39.95 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: Australian Memories in Black and White S.
Commemorates the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. This collection of stills from the Cinesound and Movietone Newsreel Archive, captures Australians at war as they fought at home and abroad for their country.
Who Am I? (My Australian Story) by Anita Heiss
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
I woke up this morning and I couldn't stop crying, cos this place is not my home, even though everyone says it is. When I was a little girl Mum would always hug me when I cried and tell me everything would be all right. Who's gunna hug me here? Mary lives with the Burkes, but they're not her real family ...Show more
Win Fast by Siimon Reynolds
$24.99 AUD
Category: Self Help | Series: Australian
Win Fast is both the success book for our times, and for those who have no time. We are all crazily busy. Yet many of us know that we still need to take the time to learn how to get better. Better at productivity. Better at achievement. Better at running our minds and bodies in the optimum way to enhanc ...Show more
Wooleen Way: Renewing an Australian Resource by David Pollock
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Australian Memoir
The outback conjures many images that the Australian psyche is built upon. Its grand vistas of sweeping dusty plains and its evocation of a tough pioneering spirit form the foundation of our prosperous culture. But these romantic visions often hide the stark environmental, economic, and social problems ...Show more