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In 1855 talented astronomer and scientist Charles Todd had a dream to build a telegraph line across Australia to connect it to the world. This ...
As Australian social work education approaches its centenary in 2029, it is clear that much of the history of the profession has been forgotten or ...
Exposing Captain Starlight's twisted life of crime and deceit.
Who was 'Captain Starlight'?
When a respectable public servant dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, the ...
British Australia- a search for family.
A great-aunt's bequest - a 200-year-old grandfather clock - sends historian Graeme Davison on a journey deep into his father ...
The acclaimed history of colonial Tasmania
'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' -Tim Flannery
Almost half of ...
While British soldiers and settlers colonised Australia, French scientists continued to explore its coastlines and study its strange flora and fauna.
First published in 2007 ...
In 1940, anthropologist Norman Tindale published his attempt at listing all Australian Aboriginal groups at the time of European settlement, based on his fieldwork and ...
'One of the most illuminating books ever written on Australian history.'-The BulletinIn "The Tyranny of Distance", an Australian classic that has been continuously in ...
Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia . . .
In this hilarious history, David ...