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The acclaimed history of colonial Tasmania
'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' -Tim Flannery
Almost half of ...
'This moving story of thousands of cast away children is a vital part of our nation's history.' -David Hill, author of The Forgotten Children ...
Inside Australia's most venerable book publishing house.
Australia's oldest university press is also one of our best known and most trusted publishers. Founded ...
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Longlisted, 2023 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award **
Longlisted, The 2023 Australian Political Book ...
Yes, Sydney can be vulgar, corrupt, facile, ugly, brash and mindlessly hedonistic, but it is also visually beautiful, sensual, playful, dynamic, with a sense of ...
The book provides a pre-settlement historical account of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in their Indian Ocean context. The project began as a ...
This is the second DFAT volume on PNG's independence. The first volume, Documents on Australian Foreign Policy: Australia and Papua New Guinea, 1970-1972: The ...
Sydney Harbour has been a defining feature for the people who have lived around it for millennia: a means of communication, a barrier, a resource ...
The cities - Perth, Australia, and Aberdeen, Scotland - have received relatively little attention as specific geographical-cultural locales. Often perceived as industrial, isolated and lacking romantic association ...
How did Menzies develop as the giant of Australian politics?
Sir Robert Menzies is a towering figure in Australian history. As the nation's longest-serving ...
The bold, the bad, and the slightly mad...
Criminality, some say, is part of Australia's national identity, and in Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and ...
Winner, 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards, Australian History Prize **
Shortlisted, 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Australian History Prize ...
Can Australians find their feet within the world's diplomatic manoeuvring?
After the dubious justice of the Treaty of Versailles and the turmoil of the ...
A landmark book - the first full political history of Australia
Winner, ACT Book of the Year Award 2023
Winner, Henry Mayer Book Prize 2023
In ...
Bushrangers are Australian legends. Ned Kelly, Ben Hall, Captain Thunderbolt and their bushranging brothers are famous. They're remembered as folk heroes and celebrated for ...