Australasian and Pacific history

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.

When Lieutenant William Dawes came to Botany Bay with the First Fleet Marines in January 1788 he delved into the world of a small group of Indigenous people from around Sydney Harbour.

New Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time.

Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan'Succeeds in conjuring a lost world' Dava Sobel, author of LongitudeFor more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island.

This book is a classic narrative of modern exploration; a story of adventure, enterprise and patient scientific exploration, illustrated by photographs taken on the expedition.

“A compelling chronicle of the Battle of Papua New Guinea with rarely viewed images from World War II .

Star of India is the oldest active sailing vessel in the world at over 155 years old.

Louis St John Johnson, born Warren Braedon, was taken from his mother in Alice Springs at just three months old.

'A roaring tale .

'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.

Darwin, the unique and vibrant city in Australia's tropical north, was almost stillborn.

Frederick Whirlpool’s Victoria Cross is displayed near the entrance to the Hall of Valour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

A pictorial history of US assaults on these Japanese-occupied islands during World War II.

Drovers hold an iconic place in our Australian identity, due to the courage and perseverance needed to transport cattle and sheep hundreds of kilometres through rural and outback areas.

A collection of poems surrounding the struggles of being stuck in a toxic relationship, the journey of developing self-love, adapting to single life after long-term relationships and other life challanges involved in mental health, addiction and being a woman in todays society.

The author of Treasure Island shares true stories of his travels in the Pacific in these portraits of nineteenth-century Tahiti, New Zealand, and beyond.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

An omnibus containing Austin Mitchell's classic books THE HALF-GALLON QUARTER-ACRE PAVLOVA PARADISE and PAVLOVA PARADISE REVISITED, available for the first time in ebook.

Christopher Hitchens described Geoffrey Robertson as 'the greatest living Australian' and the satirical magazine Private Eye calls him 'an Australian who has had a vowel transplant'.

The story of the Australian miners and soldiers who tunnelled under Hill 60 near Ypres and eventually broke through to create a new frontline.

A brilliant recreation of the first four years of white settlement in Australia by Booker Prize-winning author Tom Keneally.

The thrilling race of Frenchman Nicolas Baudin and Englishman Matthew Flinders to chart the map of Australia.

Retrace Australia's role in the First World War from the trenches of Somme Mud to the wider war on the Western Front.

The rollicking story of two powerful and colourful men and the only military coup in Australian history.

William 'Bill' Mott came from generations of farmers/graziers who never wanted anything else but to own their own land.

This book documents the lives of twenty-one women on soldier settler blocks in New South Wales after World War II.

This book has been published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the foundation of the Organ Historical Trust of Australia in 1977.

The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's great epics - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before.

Family history research has been one of Brendas passions for the past twenty years.