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Collected Poems Les Murray by Les Murray
59.99 AUD
Category: Poetry and Folklore | Series: Australian
Les Murray's new and updated Collected Poems displays the full range of his poetic art. This magnificent hardback volume contains all the poems he wants to preserve, apart from the verse novel Fredy Neptune, from his first book The Ilex Tree(1965) to Waiting for the Past(2015). In tracing Murray's artis ...Show more
Come in Spinner by D Cusack, F James
28.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Australian Classics
Come in Spinner, a collaboration with Florence James, was an immediate sensation when it was first published in an abridged edition in 1951. (The complete edition was published by A&R in the 1980s.) Set in a beauty salon at the Hotel South Pacific in wartime Sydney, it revolves around the lives and ...Show more
Consent of the People: Human Dignity through Freedom and Equality 1966-2022 by David Kemp
59.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: Australian Liberalism Ser.
David Kemp's masterly account of the story of Australian liberalism after MenziesConsent of the People- Human Dignity through Freedom and Equality 1966-2021 explores how Australia's founding Enlightenment ideals were embodied in democratic institutions and shared values, and shaped into a unique nationa ...Show more
Dunera Lives: Profiles by Ken Inglis; Bill Gammage; Seumas Spark; Jay Winter; Carol Bunyan
39.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Australian History Ser.
This second volume of Dunera Lives presents the voices, faces, and lives of 20 people, who, together with nearly 3000 other internees from Britain and Singapore, landed in Australia in 1940. All over the world there were Dunera Lives, those of men and women who passed through the upheavals of the Second ...Show more
Jedda by Jane Mills
16.99 AUD
Category: Film | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Filmed in 1955, Jedda was the first Australian feature film to use Aboriginal actors in lead roles, the first to be filmed in colour and the first to be shown at the Cannes film festival. It tells the tragic story of a young Aboriginal girl of the Arunte tribe, adopted by a white woman, Sarah McCann, as ...Show more
March Studio: Making Architecture, Material & Process by Fleur Watson
69.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Editions: Australian Architecture Monographs
Prolific, ambitious and dedicated to investigation, testing and prototyping, March Studio pushes the boundaries of what is possible in architecture. From houses, high-impact stores and iconic hospitality venues through to exhibitions, cultural and urban works, each project interrogates new ways to exper ...Show more
Max: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones by Prue Mason
18.99 AUD
Category: Older Readers | Series: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones Ser.
The kayak rolled as Max tried to get into it. The shock of capsizing into the cold, dirty water made him gasp and swallow some of it. It tasted muddy and disgusting. Was he going to drown? His chest thudded as he fought the floodwater gushing around him. How long could he hold his breath? He could feel ...Show more
Meet Ruby (Our Australian Girl - Ruby #1) by Penny Matthews
14.95 AUD
Category: Younger Readers | Series: Our Australian Girl
Meet Ruby and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a happy-go-lucky girl in a time of great change. It's 1930 and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she gets ready for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier. Bu ...Show more
Mia: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones by Dianne Wolfer
18.99 AUD
Category: Older Readers | Series: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones Ser.
A powerful story of one girl's experience of 2019's Cyclone Veronica in Western Australia. Mia is used to cyclone build-ups, but the noise and energy of the wild rain squalls keep her awake half the night. What if the cyclone hits before Mum gets back? As wild winds batter the coast, Mia knows she must ...Show more
More Great Australian Outback Police Stories by Bill Marsh
34.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES. 'I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game ...'Boasting the biggest beats ...Show more
More Great Australian Outback Towns & Pubs Stories by Bill Marsh
34.99 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has been on yet another adventure, this time gathering more stories from outback towns and pubs; from the green fields of Tasmania to the vast red sands of Simpson Desert.The unique characters of the outback will touch your heart as Swampy presents all the drama and delight of life i ...Show more
Mulga Bills Bicycle 50th Anniversary Edition
24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Celebrating 50 years in print, this is a new edition of the classic children's poem by Australia's favourite poet, A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson. Mulga Bill's Bicycle was written by Banjo Paterson in 1896. It was written at a time when cycling was a relatively new and popular social activity. Cycles were ridden ...Show more