Very few guidebooks have stood the test of time, but Explore Australia - now in its 36th edition - covers more of the country than any other Australian guidebook. You'll find details on over 700 regional towns, including information on local and nearby att... read more

Telling the story of Australia as it is today, Gabrielle Chan has gone hyper-local. In Rusted Off,she looks to her own rural community?s main street for answers to the big questions driving voters. Why are we so fed up with politics? Why are form... read more

Who?d be mad enough to go travelling to some of the most isolated places in the world in a beaten-up old truck? Meet John 'Roothy' Rooth, Australia's best-known bush mechanic.In a country where a little trip is thousands of kilometres and a busy place means someone's been the... read more

Accompanied by Michel Lawrence's new and revealing portraits, Melinda Williams has recorded the lives of more than 100 of Australia's most prominent artists, writers, sportspeople, scientists, and contributors. Some are household names and others,... read more

Gargantuan gags, goofs and giggles for your favourite fella, with royalties donated to support men's mental health Knockabout brothers Gus and Steve Worland know a good joke when they hear one, and this smorgasbord of their favourite g... read more

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In Blue Lake,David Sornig examines how the 8km-square zone to the west of central Melbourne became the city's blind spot. Once a fertile wetland with a large blue saltwater lagoon, it passed through various incarnations- from bon... read more

A New History of the Irish in Australia In 1986, Patrick O'Farrell published a landmark book, The Irish in Australia. This was an important volume given that after the English, the Irish were the largest population in Australia between 1788 and 1945... read more

The focus of Saltwater People - Sydney's Southern Beaches is on the shoreline - that high energy intersection between sea and land where waves, whipped-up by wind and storms, sometimes thousands of kilometers out t... read more

From the First Nation caregivers who healed, birthed and nursed for millennia to the untrained and ill-equipped convict men and women who cared for the sick in the fledgling colony of New South Wales, nursing has been practised in Australia since ... read more

Featuring trusted Hema mapping for all of Australia, the Hema Road & 4WD Handy Atlas is the definitive travel guide for tourers and adventurers. Hema atlases feature more information useful to travellers, including 4WD tracks, campsites, caravan parks, r... read more

Uncomplaining, tough and loyal, they are the only workers that never go on strike or hit the grog. Working dogs deserve every bit of praise they get! With infectious enthusiasm, they leap on to the back of the ag bike to start the day's work. You'll ge... read more