Albert Park: Bridport Street and Beyond by Middle Park and Albert Park History Group
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Who would have thought that Vegemite originated in Albert Park? Or that 30 private ladies colleges would be established in this small suburb? Or that we would be home to three moving picture theatres one of which included not just a Hammond electric organ, but also the Hawaiian drinking room, copied ...Show more
Mean Streak by Rick Morton
35.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
From award-winning journalist and writer Rick Morton comes Mean Streak, the gripping, utterly compelling and horrifying story of how, over the course of four and a half years, Australia's government turned on its most vulnerable citizens. Robodebt was the automated debt recovery system, in which close t ...Show more
Australian Ghost Stories by James Phelps
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Haunting true crime stories of the supernatural and paranormal Forget Amityville, Annabelle and even the Connecticut home that inspired The Conjuring - the most haunted home that world-famous ghost hunter Lorraine Warren ever stepped foot in was a three-bedroom brick home in Gladesville, Sydney. In hi ...Show more
Warrior Soldier Brigand: Institutional Abuse within the Australian Defence Force by Ben Wadham, James Connor
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Please be advised that the contents of Warrior, Soldier, Brigand depict first person accounts of institutional abuse that readers may find distressing. Questions of institutional abuse have been at the centre of numerous royal commissions, inquiries and reviews of the clergy, the police and defence for ...Show more
Personal Politics: Sexuality, Gender and the Remaking of Citizenship in Australia by Leigh Boucher, Barbara Baird, Michelle Arrow, Robert Reynolds
36.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The achievement of marriage equality in Australia in 2017 was hailed by many as the crowning event of a fifty-year story of hard work by activists, which began with campaigns to decriminalise sex between men in the early 1970s. In that same five decades, feminist activism, including campaigns for aborti ...Show more
Broken Heart: A True History of the Voice Referendum by Shireen Morris
36.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The inside story of the 2023 Voice Referendum, from Yes to No In late 2023, Australians voted No to recognising Indigenous peoples through a constitutional Voice. Broken Heart unpacks the true complex history of the referendum, illuminating how an alliance with constitutional conservatives fractured un ...Show more
Trams of Melbourne - The Utlimate Handbook by Aymeric Perfrement; Warren Doubleday (Editor); Mal Rowe (Photographer, Editor)
42.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
In conjunction with: The Melbourne Tram Museum Trams of Melbourne is your ultimate companion to the intricate tapestry of Melbourne's iconic tram network. Delve deep into the world's largest and longest serving tram system, unraveling over 160 years of history, innovation, and cultural significance ...Show more
Golden Gang by Shaw, Ian W
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Atop the hierarchy of Australian bushrangers sits Ned Kelly – the ultimate outlaw, and just below him, the tragic figure of Ben Hall, who joined a gang led by a man whose name today is less well known, but who in his day was much more famous than Hall or any other bushranger – Frank Gardiner. Mastermind ...Show more
Love Across Class by Eve Vincent, Rose Butler
35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Explore how people from different class backgrounds meet, live with and love one another. What does it mean to partner across class difference? This lucid and original book is the first to explore cross-class relationships in contemporary Australia, a society long-invested in the myth of egalitarianism ...Show more
Buckham's Bombers: The Australian airmen who hunted Hitler's deadliest battleship by Mark Baker
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The untold story of one of the finest Australian air crews in World War II, and one of the most dangerous missions of the war in Europe. Bruce Buckham was captain of one of the finest Lancaster crews in Bomber Command in World War II. The Australians were famous for their exploits in the air and infamou ...Show more
Krithia: The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli by Mat McLachlan
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Gallipoli is the defining battlefield in Australian history and identity, yet the tale of the Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story. It is, however, one of the most poignant and tragic tales of World War I, now brought to light by bestselling military ...Show more
Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin by Emily O'Gorman
40.00 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
How have people and wetlands shaped each other in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin? What counts as a wetland, especially in Australia, the driest inhabited continent on earth? In the name of agriculture, urban growth and disease control, humans have drained, filled or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 ...Show more