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  • First Frontier

    The Occupation of the Sydney Region 1788-1816

    by Peter Turbet ...
    The arrival of the First Fleet heralded monumental and often catastrophic changes to the lives of the indigenous peoples living between the Blue Mountains and the sea. As British settlement spread out from Sydney Cove the next 28 years saw frequent flare-ups of violence as disputes over precious resources erupted and the Aborigines' connection with the land was challenged. Raids on isolated farms ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

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  • Girt

    The Unauthorised History of Australia

    by David Hunt ...
    Series Book 1 - The Unauthorised History of Australia
    Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia...In this hilarious history, David Hunt tells the real story of Australia's past from megafauna to Macquarie ... the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are.Mark Twain wrote of Australian history: 'It does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies ... but they are ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • SAS Insider

    An elite SAS fighter on life in Australia's toughest and most secretive combat unit

    by Clint Palmer, Robert Macklin ...
    Series series Hachette Military Collection
    The true story of Australia's SAS and the soldier who was there from the start.Clint Palmer has spent much of his adult life in the SAS and has fought in this elite military unit as it developed from its fledgling beginnings into the highly trained, specialised fighting force it is today. He is an insider with the long view and this is his unique story of life in the SAS.As a bush kid in the ... Read more

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  • The Tin Ticket

    The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women

    by Deborah J. Swiss ...
    **The convict women who built a continent..."A moving and fascinating story." --Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's GhostHistorian Deborah J. Swiss tells the heartbreaking, horrifying, and ultimately triumphant story of the women exiled from the British Isles and forced into slavery and savagery-who created the most liberated society of their time.**The Tin Ticket takes us to the dawn of the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Tiger Man of Vietnam

    by Frank Walker ...
    Series series Hachette Military Collection
    The Vietnamese hilltribes made him a demi-god. The CIA wanted to kill him. This is the remarkable true story of Australian war hero Barry Petersen.As he flew over South East Asia towards Vietnam, Captain Barry Petersen struggled to keep an aura of calm. Inwardly he was incredibly excited. Aged 28, highly trained, with experience in anti-communist guerilla warfare, he was about to embark on the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • In the South Seas

    by Robert Stevenson ...
    Series series Timeless Classics
    "In the South Seas" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a travelogue that describes the author's journey through the islands of the South Pacific. The book is divided into three parts, each detailing different aspects of Stevenson's experiences in the region. Overall, "In the South Seas" is a vivid and engaging account of Robert Louis Stevenson's travels through one of the world's most fascinating and ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Canberra

    by Paul Daley ...
    Series series The City Series
    Canberra, Australia, is a city of orphans. People arrive temporarily for work, but stay when they discover the unanticipated promise and opportunity Canberra has to offer. An exploration of the city Australia loves to hate, this book shows that there is more to this capital than politics, geometrically designed roads, and mid-century architecture. From the lake and its forgotten suburbs—traces of ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stealth Raiders

    A Few Daring Men in 1918

    by Lucas Jordan ...
    In 1918 a few daring low-ranking Australian infantrymen, alone among all the armies on the Western Front, initiated stealth raids without orders. These stealth raiders killed Germans, captured prisoners and advanced the line, sometimes by thousands of yards. They were held in high regard by other men of the lower ranks and were feared by the Germans facing them.Who were these stealth raiders and ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • The Luck of the Irish

    How a shipload of convicts survived the wreck of the Hive to make a new life in Australia

    by Babette Smith ...
    The author of the bestselling Cargo of Women and Australia's Birthstain tracks the lives of Irish convicts who arrived in Australia the mid-1800s, uncovering a long-lasting influence of the Irish convicts on our national character.The luck of the Irish was chronic bad luck, as their sad history attests. That's how it looked for 250 Irish convicts when their ship, the Hive, sank ignominiously off ... Read more

    $14.79 CAD

  • The Australian Army in World War I

    by Robert Fleming ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated.Some 400,000 Australians volunteered for active duty, an astonishing 13 per cent of the entire (white) male population, a number so great that the Australian government was never forced to rely on conscription. Casualties were 52 per cent of all those who served, ensuring that ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • The Voices of War

    Australians tell their stories from World War I to the present

    by Michael Caulfield ...
    Drawn from engagements ranging from World War I through to operations in East Timor and Iraq, these stories are taken from the Australians at War Film Archive, a collection of the memories of more than 2000 Australians who have served, both on the front line and at home.Some are unbelievably, unbearably tragic, even after sixty or seventy years; others are the golden memories of happy, albeit ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Rag Tag Fleet

    The unknown story of the Australian men and boats that helped win the war in the Pacific

    by Ian W. Shaw ...
    The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped turn the course of World War II.Mid-1942: from China to New Guinea, the Pacific belonged to the Japanese. In this desperate situation, a fleet of hundreds of Australian small ships is assembled, sailing under the American flag, and crewed by over 3000 ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD