Australasian and Pacific history

An innovative history of astronomy in China, 221 BCE–750 CE, stressing plurality, change and the unifying power of myth-making.

An innovative history of astronomy in China, 221 BCE–750 CE, stressing plurality, change and the unifying power of myth-making.

This volume explores the Australian government''s peacekeeping efforts in Africa and the Americas from 1992 to 2005.

In their Time of Need recounts the activities of Australia''s military forces in response to overseas natural disasters.

Guarding the Periphery recounts a part of Australian military history that is often overlooked by studies of Australia''s military past.

An important new analysis of Native Hawaiian efforts to construct relationships with other Oceanic peoples as missionaries, diplomats, and tourists.

An original account of the 1975 constitutional crisis and its continuing relevance for informal constitutional change in contemporary Australian law.

An original account of the 1975 constitutional crisis and its continuing relevance for informal constitutional change in contemporary Australian law.

In Soldiers and Gentlemen, Westerman explores the stories of the vitally important, yet often forgotten, Australian commanding officers.

Destroy and Build challenges the historiography of the Western forces'' fight against insurgency in Vietnam.

Kokoda: Beyond the Legend provides readers with a complete understanding of this major turning point in the Second World War.

Surveys the encounters between Europeans and the peoples of the Pacific in the age of Enlightenment.

Recounts the first of the New Guinea offensives by the Australian Army in WWII.

The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century.

The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century.

Bradley describes the early WWII conflicts in New Guinea.

Using extensive research and Japanese sources, Peter Williams seeks to explain what really happened during the Kokoda Campaign of 1942.

Using extensive research and Japanese sources, Peter Williams seeks to explain what really happened during the Kokoda Campaign of 1942.

This book examines the most expensive and controversial project ever undertaken by the Australian Defence Force.

The first study of Australia''s military operations in the Pacific during 1943 - Australia''s ''finest hour'' in the Second World War.

This book examines the most expensive and controversial project ever undertaken by the Australian Defence Force.

This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia''s deserts, exploring the cultural and environmental history of these drylands.

This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia''s deserts, exploring the cultural and environmental history of these drylands.

A lively account of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria with new illustrations, photographs and maps.

Charts the history of pilgrimages to the battlefields and cemeteries of World War Two through surveys, interviews and fieldwork.

Recounts the first of the New Guinea offensives by the Australian Army in WWII.

This book explores the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions in World War II.

Through photographs and an authoritative text, this book tells the story of the 6th Australian Division.

This book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Light Horse in war and peace.

This book explores the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions in World War II.

Through photographs and an authoritative text, this book tells the story of the 6th Australian Division.

This book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Light Horse in war and peace.

An innovative account of prisoners of war and internment camps around the Pacific basin during the Second World War.

An innovative account of prisoners of war and internment camps around the Pacific basin during the Second World War.

This collection of essays explores the two libel cases (criminal and civil) prosecuted by Rev.

From its origins as a convict chaplaincy to the challenges of expansion today, Sydney Diocese has grown through turbulent years of Church-State controversy and the traumas of economic depression and war.

The diversity of opinions which were held by Anglicans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was, ideally, the ingredients of a unifying comprehensiveness.

Spending her life in Queensland's North West, Beryl has experienced rural floods, fires, droughts and other difficulties that face Australia's inland.