Deltroit and the Valley of Hillas Creek: A Social and Environmental History by Nicola Crichton-Brown
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australia
It takes vision and fortitude to transform 'wilderness' in the Murrumbidgee basin into something of the eminence of Deltroit, one of the finest grazing properties south of Sydney. Who was it that achieved this, how was it done, and why did this iconic Riverina property, about which nothing has ever been ...Show more
The Bush by Don Watson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australia
While most of us live in cities clinging to the coastal fringe, our sense of what an Australian is, or should be, is drawn from the vast and varied inland called the bush. But what do we mean by 'the bush', and how has it shaped us? Starting with his forebears' battle to drive back nature and eke a livi ...Show more
Australia by Steve Parish
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Category: Australia
Australia is an ancient island continent of contrasts and extremes, from the desiccated deserts of the inland to lush tropical rainforests, from modern cities to isolated outback communities, from snow-covered mountains to snow-white beaches. The human story of Australia is one of enterprise and perseve ...Show more
Ninu Grandmothers’ Law by Nura Nungalka Ward
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Category: Australia | Series: WARD NURA NUNGKALKA
This is my knowledge. It has been handed down to me from my grandmothers and grandfathers, my mothers and my fathers. I am sharing it with you because I want people to know about my life. Ninu Grandmothers' Law is a definitive account of a traditional lifestyle and way of thinking. Accompanied by except ...Show more
Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre by Lyndall (EDT) Jane (EDT); Ryan Lydon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australia
The 1838 Myall Creek Massacre is remembered for the brutality of the crime committed by white settlers against innocent Aboriginal men, women and children, but also because eleven of the twelve assassins were arrested and brought to trial. Amid tremendous controversy, seven were hanged. Marking its 180t ...Show more
Blackout How can energy-rich Australia be running out of electricity? by Matthew Warren
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australia
For 20 years Australia has been in political denial about the seismic changes occurring in the way we power our country. Successive governments continue to tell people that power prices will fall while the lights stay on. Debate is reduced to two equally preposterous narratives: coal-fired, climate chan ...Show more
Fair Dinkum! Aussie Slang by H. G. Nelson
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Category: Australia
Australian slang unites the true blue and the dinky-di and separates the cheeky little possums from the happy little Vegemites. When we use slang, we're connecting with the diggers in the villages of France ordering a vin blanc ('plonk') and the Indigenous Dharug-speakers of Sydney locating one another ...Show more
Has the Luck Run Out? The End of Old Australia by David Fagan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australia
Why have we lost trust in Australia? What's going wrong? What's going right? And what we can do to regain confidence in Australia's future? Why are Australians anxious and pessimistic? Who or what has caused our loss of trust in Australia? Why has a feeling of powerlessness crept in for so many? Has the ...Show more
Talking Sideways by Malcolm Reg; McKinnon Dodd
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Category: Australia
'That's the way it is with us mob. We were brought up to talk kind of sideways. That's the respectful, true Aboriginal way.' Reg Dodd grew up at Finniss Springs, on striking desert country bordering South Australia's Lake Eyre. For the Arabunna and for many other Aboriginal people, Finniss Springs has ...Show more
Kidman The Forgotten King by Jill Bowen
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Category: Australia
As a barely literate yough of 13, Kidman ran away from home and worked as an odd-job boy in a grog shanty in outback Australia. He went on to become the greatest pastoral landholder in modern history. During his lifetime he acquired a legendary reputation both at home and abroad. This is the story of hi ...Show more
What Matters - Talking Value in Australian Culture by Julian Meyrick; Tully Barnett; Robert Phiddian
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Category: Australia | Series: Cultural Studies
Too often, cultural leaders and policy makers want to chase the perfect metric for activities whose real worth lies in our own personal experience. The major problem facing Australian culture today is demonstrating its value--to governments, the business sector, and the public in general. When did cultu ...Show more