In Search of Kings by Tony Debolfo
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
the classic Australian migrant story from acclaimed writer and journalist tony de Bolfo. In 1994, Melbourne journalist tony De Bolfo developed a burning need to discover what prompted his grandfather and two brothers to leave their homeland in northern Italy for a new life in Australia. He turned to his ...Show more
Iconic Melbourne by Mark Rusic (Original Author, Artist, Photographer, Text by, Prepared for Publication by)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Iconic Melbourne Australian showcases more than 20 of Melbourne's finest locations utilising artist, Mark Rusic's own original collection of paintings, poetry and photography, to present Melbourne in a most unique, dynamic and fresh way. What sets Iconic Melbourne Australia apart is not only how we lea ...Show more
Aussie Slang Down Under by Diane McInnes
$9.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
This book is chockers with colourful Australian slang. This unique dialect is widely spoken across Australia and manifests experiences from the country's broad history. From borrowing Aboriginal words, through convict roots, the gold rush and bush ranging years to the First World War, these words have e ...Show more
Nurses of Australia: The Illustrated Story by Deborah Burrows
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
From the First Nation caregivers who healed, birthed and nursed for millennia to the untrained and ill-equipped convict men and women who cared for the sick in the fledgling colony of New South Wales, nursing has been practised in Australia since the beginning. It would take the arrival of a group of de ...Show more
Remembering Georges Stories from Melbourne's Most Elegant Store by Annette Cooper
$89.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
When Georges closed its doors on 5 October 1995, it had been trading for 115 years. Yet this famous department store, situated in the 'Paris End' of Collins Street, still lingers in the minds of many today. Remembering Georges documents the memories of staff and clients before this living connection fad ...Show more
Mullet : A Celebration of the classic hairstyle by Isabella Moore
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Who doesn't love a mullet? (The hairstyle, not the fish.) All right, not everyone does - but we all like to have an opinion about mullets. The mullet can be found throughout Australia, in cities, towns and out bush, on men, women and children. Mullet is a collection of photographs that celebrate the glo ...Show more
Chasing the Light: Australia Wide by Ken Duncan
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
KEN DUNCAN's new book, "Chasing the Light - AUSTRALIA WIDE" features his latest images from all over Australia, along with a few timeless classics. The book invites the reader to join Ken on a very personal journey to many favourite corners of our diverse island continent. Ken's expansive "panographs" c ...Show more
Where History Happened: The Hidden Past of Australia's Towns and Places by Peter Spearritt
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Where History Happened' reveals the hidden past of some of Australia's most intriguing towns and places, from mining settlements and whaling stations to monuments and historic houses in our capital cities. The stories that emerge, of remote religious communities, isolated penal colonies, places of Indig ...Show more
Landscapes of Our Hearts: Reconciling People and Environment by Matthew Colloff
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
'Compelling, multifarious and essential.'- Don Watson'Drink in its wisdom.'- Andrew Leigh MPWINNER OF 2021 NSW PREMIER'S HISTORY AWARDOn this ancient continent, waves of people have made their mark on the landscape; in turn, it too has shaped them.If we look afresh at our history through the land we liv ...Show more
Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market by Webster Tim
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
This illustrated anthology of the oral histories of the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne takes you behind the counters to reveal intimate views of the market's unique way of life. Drawn from more than a hundred and eighty interviews, and featuring beautiful and atmospheric photography throughout, Melb ...Show more
See Australia and Die: Tales of Misadventure Down Under by Wendy Lewis
$23.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
"The great majority of holidaymakers in Australia get home in one piece, but a handful do suffer fatal or serious injuries. SEE AUSTRALIA AND DIE is about dangerous Australia. It's about relentless heat, creatures that can kill in minutes and the cruelty of nature. The carefully researched stories in th ...Show more