A River with a City Problem by Margaret Cook
32.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followe ...Show more
Monumental Disruptions: Aboriginal People and Colonial Commemorations in So-Called Australia by Bronwyn Carlson, Terri Farrelly
39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
What is the place of Australia’s colonial memorials in today’s society? Do we remove, destroy or amend? Monumental Disruptions investigates how these memorials have been viewed, and are viewed, by First Nations people to find a way forward. In June 2020, on the heels of Australia’s James Cook anniver ...Show more
True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture by Terri Janke
44.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius — nobody’s land, free to be taken. True Tracks is a ground-breaking work that paves the way for the respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous knowledges and cultures. Combining real-world cases and personal stories, award-winning Meriam/Wuthathi lawyer D ...Show more
Australia's First Campaign: The Capture of German New Guinea 1914 by Robert Stevenson
19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The Australian campaign to seize German New Guinea in 1914 is one of the forgotten episodes of the First World War. Preceding the Gallipoli landings by seven months, this remarkably successful amphibious operation was the very first of its kind undertaken by the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian ...Show more
Drover by Bruce Simpson; Darren Clark (Photographer)
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Based on Where the Outback Drovers Ride, the much-loved memoir of bushman and drover Bruce Simpson, Drover celebrates a way of life that has all but vanished - and records how it's changed with time. From saddling up at dawn, through long days of heat, dust and sheer hard graft working cattle, to evenin ...Show more
The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony, 1788-1817 by Dr Stephen Gapps
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The Sydney Wars tells the history of military engagements between Europeans and Aboriginal Australians--described as "this constant sort of war" by one early colonist--around the greater Sydney region. Telling the story of the first years of colonial Sydney in a new and original way, this provocative bo ...Show more
Australia's Original Languages: An introduction by R. M. W. Dixon
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: An Introduction
An introduction to the languages of Aboriginal Australia that explains their distinctive features accessibly for readers who have no previous experience with learning another language, and shows how language reflects traditional culture. 'A must read for all who would like to understand the languages a ...Show more
The Snowy: A History by Siobhán McHugh
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The Snowy - A History tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels. This classic, prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project. The Snowy Scheme was ...Show more
The Other Side of the Frontier by Henry Reynolds
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Drawing from documentary and oral evidence, this book describes the ways in which Aborigines responded to the arrival of Europeans.
My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia’s First Women by Marlee Silva
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and society has existed on this continent for millennia. It is a culture that manifests as the ultimate example of resilience, strength and beauty. It's also a culture that has consistently been led by its women. My Tidda, My Sister shares the experiences of ...Show more
MR TODDS MARVEL How one man telegraphed Australia to the modern world by Adam Courtenay
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
In 1855 Charles Todd had a bold dream to build a telegraph line across Australia to connect it to the world. By 1870, Singapore had joined the global network: now for Australia. Todd and his men successfully erected thousands of telegraph poles - one every 80 metres - across land that was relentlessly i ...Show more
Bina: First Nations Languages, Old and New by Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams, Felicity Meakins
37.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Australia's language diversity is truly breathtaking. This continent lays claim to the world's longest continuous collection of cultures, including over 440 unique languages and many more dialects. Sadly, European invasion has had severe consequences for the vitality of these languages.Amid devastating ...Show more