The Battle of Long Tan by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south. 5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees. It was the a ...Show more
This Accidental Present: A Story of Two Families by Ross Wilson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
The intersecting lives of extraordinary people: Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) and Sir Raphael & Lady Phyllis Cilento. In 1951, Kath Walker (later Oodgeroo Noonuccal) became the live-in housekeeper for the family of Sir Raphael and Lady Cilento, an illustrious Brisbane medical family with connect ...Show more
By Sea & Stars: The story of the First Fleet by Trent Dalton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Dazzling, poetic and vivid storytelling from one of Australia's greatest writers, which tells the bloody, brutal and enthralling story of the epic journey of the First Fleet. Originally published as a multi-part serial in The Australian, By Sea and Stars tells the story of the epic voyage which led to t ...Show more
The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli: The Many Lives and Tragic Death of Harry Freame, the Anzac Hero Betrayed by His Nation by Ryan Butta
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation Harry Freame was the first Australian to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Gallipoli. Raised as a samurai, he risked his life again and again to scout the beaches and hills of the battlefield, reporting invaluabl ...Show more
Sons of War: Astonishing stories of under-age Australian soldiers who fought in the Second World War by Paul Byrnes
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
In the Second World War, thousands of Australian boys lied about their age and volunteered for a war the scale of which they could never have imagined. Like many of their fathers in the Great War, they went with their eyes wide shut: under-trained, under-equipped and under-age. Some were as young as th ...Show more
Immortals of State of Origin: Rugby League's greatest players by Liam Hauser
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
State of Origin is rugby league's toughest arena. It's where the greats are elevated to the status of Immortal, the game's highest individual honour. In Immortals of State of Origin these two fabled League concepts come together. The book celebrates a dream team of Queenslanders and a supreme side of Ne ...Show more
Crossing the Line: The explosive inside story behind the Ben Roberts-Smith headlines by Nick McKenzie
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
An explosive expose and testament to the power of investigative journalism. In mid-2017, whispers from Australia's most secretive and elite military unit reached Walkley Award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie. McKenzie and veteran reporter Chris Masters began an investigation that would not only reveal ...Show more
Books that Made Us: The companion to the ABC TV series by Carl Reinecke
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
A cultural history of Australia told through our fiction. Australia's novels lie at the heart of the country. Capturing everyday lives and exceptional dreams, they have held up a mirror to the nation, reflecting the good and the bad. In this companion book to the ABC TV series, Carl Reinecke looks at th ...Show more
Plagued: Australia's two years of hell - the inside story by Simon Benson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
This is the inside story of Australia’s two years of hell, when the country was besieged by crisis after crisis, and a rolling series of challenges and setbacks. Much of what took place behind the scenes will astonish the public. Plagued reveals how the critical decisions were actually made, decisions t ...Show more
A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods by Margaret Cook
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
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
Krithia: The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli by Mat McLachlan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Gallipoli is the defining battlefield in Australian history and identity, yet the tale of the Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story. It is, however, one of the most poignant and tragic tales of World War I, now brought to light by bestselling military ...Show more
William Robinson - A New Perspective by Nick Earls
$25.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
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