Victorian Railways: The Spirit of Blue & Gold by NICK ANCHEN
$99.95 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Victorian Railways The Spirit of Blue & Gold explores a bygone era, from the days when the Victorian Railways was considered crucial to the fortunes of the state and when the railways was far more than just a transport business it was a great railway family, where employees were treated as valued me ...Show more
The Best Australian Yarns: And Other True Stories by Jim Haynes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Best Australian Yarns is a substantial and definitive collection of factual and fanciful Aussie stories, humor, and anecdotes--the result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history, and yarning to mates and other colorful characters from all parts of Australia.This collection includes ...Show more
Lasseter's Last Ride - An Epic of Central Australian Gold Discovery by Ion Idriess
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
With Foreword by Herbert Basedow, M.D., B.Sc., author of The Australian Aboriginal, extracts from Lasseter's Diary and Letters and photographs of the 1930 Expedition. Morning Post (London) - "Perhaps the greatest of Australia's real life epics." Otago Daily Times (NZ) - "One almost finds it difficult ...Show more
The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation by Julianne Schultz
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Publisher of Griffith Review, Professor Julianne Schultz challenges our notions of what it means to be Australian and asks timely and urgent questions about our national identity. Maybe because Australia has been so rich for so long, complacency and entitlement, rather than innovation and aspiration ha ...Show more
The Coast: A Journey Along Australia's Eastern Shores by Chris Hammer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
"From the winner of the ACT Book of the year Award for his first book, The River, comes this celebration of the Australian seascape, from its natural grandeur to the quirky individualism of those who live beside it. It is also the heartfelt and pertinent story of the issues facing our coast today and th ...Show more
Railways and Australian Identity by Keith Hallett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Railway lines are typically shown on maps as permanent, however many lines are now abandoned. But the experiences of rail trips to distant places by train are, to many, fondly remembered events. While this book acknowledges the essential economic effects of the rail network, it also celebrates the human ...Show more
Canberra Suburban Streets Map 259 40th Ed by UBD Gregory's
$11.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference | Series: City Map Ser.
The latest edition of the Canberra Suburban Streets Map has been fully revised and updated and includes street level mapping, suburbs and a street index of Canberra, with coverage north to Casey and south to Banks. Queanbeyan is also covered on this map.There is also detailed coverage of Capital Hill an ...Show more
Three Steel Teeth - Wide Comb Shears and Woolshed Wars by Mark Filmer
$78.00 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Australia's wool growing industry descended into chaos during the early 1980s when a small group of 'rebel' shearers started advocating for a seemingly minor change. The rebels, led by gun shearer Robert White, wanted 13-tooth shearing combs legalised. Wide combs, as they were known, had been banned fro ...Show more
In an Australian Light: Photographs from Across the Country by Jo Turner (Editor)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference | Reading Level: very good
Australia is drenched in a light that is different from anywhere else in the world. A light so distinctive, we know it can only be of one place. Imagined as a celebration of the particular beauty of Australian light, this generous publication roams the country, from rugged coastline to arid outback, to ...Show more
Ultimate Road Trips: Australia by Lee Atkinson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference | Series: Ultimate Ser.
Australians have always loved a good road trip, whether it's a leisurely Sunday drive through wineries or to a beach near a major city, a quick weekend getaway into the mountains or roughing it on a remote outback track. And hitting the road is a great way to spend our holiday time with family and frien ...Show more
The Big Book of Australian Racing Stories: Great Tales of the Turf from Jorrocks to Black Caviar by Jim Haynes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Jim Haynes, Australia's favourite tale teller, loves the sport of kings as much as he loves Aussie yarns and bush verse. From country picnic tracks to the thoroughbred racecourses of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, from Archer to Black Caviar, from the mysterious punter Louis the Possum to the great tra ...Show more
Maroubra: Golden Age of the 'Bra by Mark Scott
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
Maroubra Golden Age of the 'Bra covers Maroubra history and the history of surfing to 1990. There are over 300 photos and stories from those who lived there. It has significant indigenous occupation. The beach runs consistent surf and can also throw up the wildest conditions; four ships were wrecked in ...Show more