Australasian and Pacific history

Challenges the terrestrial focus of European prehistory, emphasizing the significance of seascapes, maritime networks, and coastal societies in shaping prehistoric Europe.

The years 1900 to 1954 marked the transformation from an exotic, colonized "e;Far East"e; to a more autonomous, prominent "e;Asia Pacific"e;.

Nineteenth-century outlaw Ned Kelly is perhaps Australia's most famous historical figure.

Es sind Regionen der Sehnsüchte, es ist ein Kontinent der Träume: Australien, Neuseeland und die Inseln Ozeaniens.

In einer Epoche der Machtspiele und der opulenten Prachtentfaltung der Kirche erhebt sich eine Figur, die durch ihre schlichte Existenz den pompösen Vatikan erschüttert: Coelestin V.

This book is a collection of essays arising out of the 'Zealandia's Great War' conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003.

This second edition has been brought up to date following the latest developments in the state.

1864 was a tough year for the fledgling town of Brisbane as it struggled to throw off the shackles of its origins as a harsh penal settlement.

In this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling history, David Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier.

Winner of the ACT Book of the Year AwardIt was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America s Cup and the Bicentenary.

How many Australians born in the 137 years since Truganinis death learnt her legend and scarcely thought deeper about the enormity of the loss she represented, and the history that led to it?

In this eloquent and informative book, historian Klaus Neumann examines both government policy and public attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers since Federation.

No matter how practised we are at history, it always humbles us.

On a signboard at Cobargo I read the magic word 'Bermagui'.

Arthur Upfield is known internationally for his crime novels featuring Bony, the Aboriginal Detective.

Paul Wenz was born in France in 1869, lived in Australia, and wrote stories dealing mainly with his Australian experiences for the French.

Abdul the Sniper was the pride of the Turkish Army.

'To attack and ambush, to snipe and raid is the job of the Australian Guerrilla.

To observe a ridge of sandhills was to wonder what lay beyond them.

'I felt certain there must be gold in those hills, Jack', wrote a prospector to Ion Idriess, 'but I know very little about the game.

If there are genuine questions about Australian history, there is something to puzzle over.

Just a little way down Collins Street, beside Henry Buck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered laneway called Equitable Place.

This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches.

"e;Old landmarks fall in nearly every block .

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'With bayonet in hand, I cautiously approached the narrow opening.

The Award-Winning History of Colonial MelbourneJames Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential that never fails.

From Barton to AlbaneseUpdated editionSince 1901, thirty-one different leaders have run the national show.

For the first time in two hundred years, here is a full and authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia.

One of Australia's finest essayists, the first to cut through 'the great Australian silence' to convey the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture to settler Australians The most literate and persuasive of all contributions on Australia s Indigenous people Marcia LangtonW.