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Shortly after the Second World War, five Australians, all government officials, experienced first-hand the revolt of Asia. The European colonial system disintegrated and powerful new ...
The astonishing life of Ned Kelly's mother
While we know much about the iconic outlaw Ned Kelly, his mother Ellen Kelly has been largely ...
In this new history of the Australian Workers' Union, prominent author Nick Dyrenfurth traces the fortunes of the nation's oldest continuously operating trade union ...
What will the future of work, social freedom and employment look like? In an era of increased job insecurity and social dislocation, is it possible ...
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award
Lion & Kangaroo is one of Australia's great works of history, a rich chronicle of the nation's ...
This unforgettable story has become an Australian classic describing how an Australian bush girl saved the lives of 1,000 Polish and Jewish children in ...
Winner of the ACT Book of the Year Award Shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize and CHASS Australia Prize
It was the era of Hawke ...
B.A. ('Bob') Santamaria was perhaps the most polarising figure of post-war Australian politics, saint to some and the reverse to others. Brilliant orator, prolific ...
The enigmatic figure of Pemulwuy, the Darug leader who dared to rebel against white settlers, haunts the story of the early colonisation of New South ...
A biography of unprecedented expedition under sail
The role of the sailor through history should never be underestimated. Over centuries battles were won and new ...
The Second Rush is a history of the minerals boom in Australia over the half-century from the early 1960s to the end of the China ...
In Forensics and Police through Time, forensic advances, developments in policing and major related events are presented side by side in Australian history. When in ...
'A fascinating read' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Aren't remote South Pacific islands supposed to be paradise? Perhaps, from a distance, Norfolk Island looks a peaceful place ...
Australians, Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam, gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative ...
'Australian history... does not read like history', Mark Twain complained in 1897, 'but like the most beautiful lies... It is full of surprises and adventures ...