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Archival photographs of Perth have been carefully matched with specially commissioned colour photos to reveal the past and present of this fascinating city.
Perth Then ...
From convicts building their own prison to an arena inspired by an 'unsolvable' puzzle, discover the quirky stories behind some of Perth's most notable ...
In 1901 Federation transformed Western Australia from an independent colony to a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Perth gained the status of capital ...
He fought Napoleon's army and survived.
He was sent to the gallows and escaped the noose.
Now he is in chains and on his ...
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history. New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators ...
The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle ...
A lively and engaging portrait of a towering and complex figure of Australian colonial history.
Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia's destiny, transforming ...
This second edition has been brought up to date following the latest developments in the state. The human history of Western Australia, as of all ...
'Mowed them down wholesale!'
With these words, a judge summed up the last great punitive massacre of Aboriginal people in Australia.
Coniston, Central Australia, 1928 ...
The story of Australia in the middle decades of the 20th century - from 1930 to 1980 - is one of dramatic contrast; of dark days and ...
In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by reoffending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and ...
Now in his late-eighties, and listed by the National Trust as a 'Living Treasure', in Before I Forget Geoffrey Blainey reflects on his humble beginnings ...
Revised and Updated, with analysis by the ABC's Antony Green.
Veteran political journalist Peter Kennedy has spent nearly fifty years observing twelve Premiers of ...
A Free Country- Australians' Search for Utopia 1861-1901 tells how Australians, inspired by their new democracy, attempted to use their freedom to build a society ...
