WINNER OF THE ANZAC MEMORIAL TRUSTEES MILITARY HISTORY PRIZE, 2025 NSW HISTORY AWARDSWhen Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin on Christmas Day 1974, it was the worst natural disaster Australians had ever experienced.
Im Jahr 1932 schickte der australische Staat bewaffnete Soldaten in die Wustenrander Westaustraliens - nicht gegen einen menschlichen Feind, sondern gegen Zehntausende wandernder Emus.
This collection of essays details a personal and legal history of the fight for intellectual freedom within the Australian academy, against the logic of the corporate university and pressures from the Zionist lobby at the University of Sydney.
The Pacific's pirate history ranks among its stories ship-attacking treasure hunters, human traffickers called blackbirders, and other brutal maritime criminals of all sorts.
Grace Hirst - A Settler's Life in New Plymouth is an important family and social history based on a treasure-trove of letters sent to her family in England over nearly 50 years.
Asmat Art features the world renowned woodcarvings of the Asmat, former head-hunters who live in the western half of New GuineaThis book presents a full range of Asmat woodcarving art, but emphasizes the rare early shields and figure sculptures.
Asmat Art features the world renowned woodcarvings of the Asmat, former head-hunters who live in the western half of New GuineaThis book presents a full range of Asmat woodcarving art, but emphasizes the rare early shields and figure sculptures.
With dozens of beautiful photographs and extensive text, this Malaysian art book is a testament to the skill and spirituality of Malaysia's traditional woodcarvers.
With dozens of beautiful photographs and extensive text, this Malaysian art book is a testament to the skill and spirituality of Malaysia's traditional woodcarvers.
A Dark, Unflinching ThrillerShadows of Your Past is a story of resilience, loyalty, and the legacies we inherit, blending psychological tension with mystical intrigue.
Wanderings of a Lost Australian relays something of a personal journey experiencing a period of despondency and depression while trying to find work as a town planner slowly replaced finding connection with nature through the garden using Feng Shui in landscape.
From the first Polynesian voyagers who crossed vast oceans in fragile waka, to the arrival of European settlers and the shaping of a modern nation, A History of New Zealand traces the remarkable story of Aotearoa through discovery, conflict, adaptation, and identity.
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east.
Australians have become increasingly visible outside of the country as speakers and actors in radio and television, their media moguls have frequently bought up foreign companies, and people around the world have been able to enjoy such Australian productions as The Flying Doctors, Neighbours, and Kath and Kim.
Australians have become increasingly visible outside of the country as speakers and actors in radio and television, their media moguls have frequently bought up foreign companies, and people around the world have been able to enjoy such Australian productions as The Flying Doctors, Neighbours, and Kath and Kim.
This clear and nuanced introduction explores the Philippines' ongoing and deeply charged dilemma of state-society relations through a historical treatment of state formation and the corresponding conflicts and collaboration between government leaders and social forces.
This clear and nuanced introduction explores the Philippines' ongoing and deeply charged dilemma of state-society relations through a historical treatment of state formation and the corresponding conflicts and collaboration between government leaders and social forces.
In 1971, a wealthy libertarian real estate developer named Michael Oliver decided that the only way to escape taxes and government overreach was to build a brand new country from scratch.
In 1860, the Victorian Exploring Expedition set out from Melbourne to achieve the ultimate prize: becoming the first Europeans to cross the Australian continent from south to north.
Dieses Buch lüftet die Geheimnisse deutscher Klöster: Von benediktinischen Schatzkammern wie Maria Laach über cisterziensische Mysterien in Eberbach bis zu verborgenen Archiven in Fulda.
In 1860, two men-Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills-set out to cross Australia from south to north, attempting a feat no European had ever completed.
Empire of Rum – The Unofficial Economy of Early Australia traces the hidden story of how alcohol shaped both the foundations of the Australian colony and the structures of power that endure today.
In the mid-14th century, an invisible killer emerged from the trade routes of the East, carrying with it the end of the world as the Middle Ages knew it.
