Journeys Into the Wild: The Photography of Peter Dombrovskis by Bob Brown (Introduction by)
22.00 AUD
39.99 (44% off)
Category: NLA History
Journeys into the Wild is a poetic escape to a fragile and breathtaking wilderness, with celebrated photographer Peter Dombrovskis as our guide. A silhouette of a damaged twisted Pencil Pine, wearing a fine dusting of fresh snow and precariously positioned above the Pool of Siloam in the Walls of Jerusa ...Show more
Rivers: The Lifeblood of Australia by Ian Hoskins
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA History
Rivers have long run in the blood of Australians. Givers of life and subjects of anguish, Australian rivers have shaped the nation from the moment the first Australians arrived tens of thousands of years ago. Offering the vital ingredient for life, they are also guardians of culture, a means of transpor ...Show more
Joyce Evans by Sasha Grishin
39.99 AUD
Category: NLA Art
‘I don’t know what sort of photographer I am, but I try to be an honest one.’Joyce Evans was an unusual phenomenon in the Australian photography scene. Her conversion to photography did not occur until she was already in her forties, while her engagement in professional photography had to wait until she ...Show more
Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author (Charlotte Waring Atkinson) by Kate Forsyth; Belinda Murrell
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA General
In Searching for Charlotte, Forsyth and Murrell tell Charlotte's story along with that of their own journey to discover her. In an intriguing account, the sisters join the reader in reacting to Charlotte's actions: wondering what could have motivated certain choices; admiring the strength of spirit that ...Show more
Socks , Sandbags and Leeches: Letters to My ANZAC Dad (HB) by Pauline Deeves
3.50 AUD
Category: NLA General
Ivy and her mother live in Australia, far away from where the Great War is raging. They have moved in with Aunt Hilda whose flat is so small that Ivy has to sleep under the kitchen table. Not only that, but she also has to empty Aunt Hilda’s chamber pot! ‘The Pests’ live in the flat on one side and, on ...Show more
Steam Australia: Locomotives that Galvanised the Nation by Tim Fischer
39.99 AUD
Category: NLA General
If you are passionate about steam locomotives, or know someone who is, then Steam Australia is the perfect companion. Tim Fischer takes readers into the fascinating and grand story of steam transportation over ten vital decades of transformation in Australia's history. This book is so much more than a h ...Show more
The Fairy Who Wouldn't Fly by Bronwyn Davies
3.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
As far as the Fairy Queen was concerned, the Fairy-who-wouldn't-fly was lazy and so she banished her to the Woodn't, the place where she had sent all the other creatures who wouldn't do as they should. There, the Fairy-who-wouldn't-fly met many friends-the Kookaburra-who-wouldn't laugh, the Bee-who-woul ...Show more
This Is Home: Essential Australian Poems For Children (HB) by Jackie French (Editor)
34.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
In This Is Home, much-loved author Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood. What do you feel like doing today? Sit beside a bush campfire with Oodgeroo Noonuccal, watch people going by with Henry Lawson, float away with Alison Lester, learn to read with Andy Griffiths or be brav ...Show more
The Botanical Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper
65.00 AUD
Category: NLA Art
William T. Cooper was one of the world's most esteemed bird painters. In his paintings, birds nibble at plump red berries, they rest on twisted vines and branches covered with lichen, and they clutch forest fruits and leaves in their claws. These botanical details, the backdrops to his bird portraits, a ...Show more
Bold Types: How Australia’s First Women Journalists Blazed a Trail by Patricia Clarke
29.99 AUD
Category: NLA General
In Bold Types, Patricia Clarke recounts the chequered journey of women journalists in the fight for gender equality from 1860 to the end of World War II. These were independent, adventurous women who ventured far and wide in search of news, relevance and equality.Together, stories of women from Anna Bla ...Show more
Great Expectations Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia by Patricia Clarke
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA General
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper
64.99 AUD
Category: NLA Art
William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created many individual paintings of various species that appealed to him, especially birds of paradise, cockatoos and hornbills. These paintings were often large with a broad techn ...Show more