Author and historian, Elizabeth (Bessie) Webb, traces her family roots growing up in Tallawudjah Creek near Glenreagh, o......more

Examines how Treasury has evolved: in its economic thinking and with its influence on policy. Treasury has been at the c......more

During the Battle of Fromelles on one terrible night in July 1916, the 32nd Battalion from South Australia and Western A......more

A sweeping account of Australia’s wet tropical rainforest country, from deep time to the legendary time of Australia’s f......more

In the 1850s, the long arm of destiny stretched across the oceans and plucked young George Parsons and some rabbits from......more

In 1982 the Illawarra Steelers played their first season in the NSW Rugby League competition. It wasn’t a great start fo......more

Drawing on oral history interviews conducted nationwide with abortion-providing doctors, nurses, counsellors and manager......more

It is the most audacious and ambitious piece of social architecture since Medicare. With its beginnings in the shadows o......more

UPDATED EDITION with new chapter dealing with the fallout of Sir Anthony Mason’s statement about his role in the Dismiss......more

March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops are rushed to Greece in a desperate attempt to stop the Wehrmacht ......more

This book evaluates classic drama as an active creation. To classic is a complex theatrical practice that animates progr......more

Mandates and Missteps is the first comprehensive history of Australian government scholarships to the Pacific, from the ......more

This book provides an original account of Australian First Nations’ legal orders as legitimate sites of constitutionalis......more

This meticulously researched and engaging book delves deep into the captivating history of new zealand, offering readers......more

When Frank Hardy published Power Without Glory, his notorious novel about corruption and venality in the Victorian Labor......more

Of all the Australian states, South Australia has most loudly perpetuated the historic myth that it was convict-free. Bu......more

This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on......more

This remarkable work was the first to examine the White Australia policy, and was the first book published by Melbourne ......more

John Moore and his wife, Margaret Moore (née Considine), were early European pioneers who settled in around 1843 in the ......more

Citizens of Vanuatu (ni-Vanuatu) perceive stringband music as a marker of national identity, an indicator of their cultu......more

Reading the Bible in Australia invites reflection about how the Bible matters to Australia. Contributors probe intersect......more

"A Dark Chapter from New Zealand History" by James Hawthorne unfolds as a literary masterpiece that intricately weaves h......more

This is the 9th book on Tasmanian Baptist History by Laurence F Rowston. It looks at the beginnings of sixteen of our Ba......more

The highly decorated pilot, Squadron Leader Charles Scherf, returns home to take up his role of father, husband and heir......more

’I came from a traditional Buddhist family. When I came to Australia to study in high school in 1971, I was an atheist. ......more

Women’s Criminalisation and Offending in Australia and New Zealand offers new research and analysis of women’s offending......more

This book explores how women spearheaded the democratic suffrage campaign in colonial Queensland....more

For 70 years powerful countries dispatched expeditions to explore the south polar regions. By 1843 they had seen enough ......more

ABOUT THESE SERIES ....But after that, I realised that I knew very little about these parents of mine. They had been bor......more

Focusing on patterns of intimacy, this book traces the historical roots of parenting practices and familial patterns con......more

This is the biography of Australia’s first naval architect, Walter Reeks (1861 - 1925). A man who produced innovative, s......more

Shavings & Scrapes from many parts, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the hu......more

When South Australia was first established in December 1836, it was meant to be the perfect colony. Barely six months af......more

Over the course of its seventy kilometres from the Malmsbury Reservoir in the south to Crusoe Reservoir in Bendigo in th......more

Ante Dabro believes that the ability to see what other people don’t see is a real gift. He says, ’It’s like a star wheel......more

This is a true story of how Bulleringa Station, in far Northwestern Queensland, evolved from a bush block to a cattle st......more

Early in the twentieth century, adventurous Norwegians were drawn to the southern hemisphere, seeking their fortune from......more

Dr Gertrude Glossip returns to take us on a coastal cruise through Rainbow History. The seaside suburbs are awash with h......more

Take a front seat on this road trip through the centre of Australia for an unsettling journey through history as journal......more

After months of isolation and punishment in Beechworth Gaol, Joe Byrne is freed only to find himself in a world that has......more

In 1972, a group of prisoners at Parramatta Jail in Sydney put together a glossary of prison words and phrases. It is a ......more

Set within colonial Melbourne and Chicago, this book explores the shifting influences of religious demography, education......more

In the rugged Australian bush, young Ned Kelly forges an unlikely friendship with a young Aboriginal man, a bond that se......more

Knocking The Top Off: A People’s History of Alcohol in Australia explores the changing nature of drinking in Australia a......more

Tom O’Lincoln’s moving political memoir is a testament to a life worth living, in the ranks of those fighting for human ......more

A Settler’s 35 Years’ Experience in Victoria, Australia, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential th......more

...more

Iva Masek was born in Czechoslovakia in the short but tumultuous period of history between Nazi occupation and Soviet do......more

Is preparing for war the best means of preserving peace? In Sisters in Peace, Kate Laing contends that this question has......more

On a moonless night in August 1943, a US torpedo boat commanded by Lt John F Kennedy, on patrol in Solomon Islands, was ......more

...more

"This revised edition of Dr Neville A. Ritchie’s 1986 PhD dissertation explores the history and archaeology of the 19th ......more

Three friends enlist in WW1 and find their niche in life. One seeking to become an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and a P......more

What Would You Do For Love? Balagaan has defeated Dangan, wed his childhood sweetheart and has two beautiful children; s......more

Wheels within Wheels is not about the wheels which drive your local bus, but the hidden wheels which have run Sydney’s b......more

Looking at the past from an anthropological perspective, this book deploys and analyses a variety of anthropological con......more

Did you know there was a piano on the First Fleet? That the first convict artist was hanged for his trouble? That the fi......more

Articles included in issue 26 of Marxist Left Review: Editorial: Eighteen months of hard Labor - Omar Hassan From Marx t......more

Embarking on an incredible adventure as we traverse the world in celebration of the By-Centenary of Australia 1788-1988,......more

Australia has a proud history on the world tennis stage. From pioneers like Jack Crawford, Nancye Wynne (Bolton) and Fra......more

Embarking on an incredible adventure as we traverse the world in celebration of the By-Centenary of Australia 1788-1988,......more

Catherine Cole’s Slipstream is a beautifully-woven memoir that captures the essence of growing up as the child of ’Ten P......more

...more

Comprehensive and fully updated, Frommer’s Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous......more

It is the 1830"s during the Black Drive in Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost island territory. Manganinnie, a palawa Ab......more

...more

A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia’s frontier wars David Marr was shocked to discover forebears w......more

...more

Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947-53, in the evolution of the relationship be......more

Focusing on the body in every chapter, this book examines the changing meanings and profound significance of the physica......more

...more

Covering the life of Josephus Henry Barsden from his birth in 1799 through his childhood to 16 years of age, the Barsden......more

Governance and Public Space in the Australian City is a rich and evocative examination of the production and use of publ......more

More Australian Legendary Tales was first published in 1898. The 23 tales are supplemented by a glossary, collected by M......more

Originally published: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1960....more