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.

Ned Kelly's tin helmet looms large over Australia's bushranging past, but what about all the unsung outlaws of the Australian bush?

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

Author Leo Kennedy is the great-grandson of Sergeant Michael Kennedy.

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.

When Afghan entrepreneur Abdul Wade first brought his camel trains to the outback, he was hailed as a hero.

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

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.

'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.

Who stole the priceless Picasso from the NGV?

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.