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An Uneasy Relationshipby Maev O'collins
Pandanus Books 2002; US$ 28.00This book covers the history of europeans on Norfolk Island, with particular emphasis on the complex story of how the island became a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1914. more...
Botany Bayby Maria Nugent
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 36.31The first cultural history of one of the most significant Australian historical sites. From Captain Cook's first landfall to the present, it brings together the histories of white and black Australia. more...
Month of Sundaysby James O'Loghlin
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 24.53A humorous and honest account of how the author spent a month exploring his home city, going to many out-of-the-way places with his partner and young child, and learned to enjoy the present rather than worry about the past. more...
Fire in the Bloodby Robert Macklin
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 36.35A ripping yarn about bush ranging in Australia in the 19th century told through the eyes of the quintessential Australian bushranger, Frank Gardiner - the only one who wasn't killed by gunshot or hanging. more...
Slow Riverby Steve Strevens
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 24.50Steve Strevens explores Australia's great waterways - the Murray - from its source in Victoria's high country to its mouth in the Great Southern Ocean. He tells the story of the people and communities who have lived along its banks and how the river has changed since European settlement. more...
Irresistible Temptationby Carol Baxter
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 29.95There's seduction, dramatic escapes, embezzlement and political intrigue aplenty in a fast-paced narrative history about a scandal that rocked Australia's early colony to its core. more...
Me & Youby Della Walker; Tina Coutts
Aboriginal Studies Press 1989; US$ 9.00Della Walker believed that ?whether you are a white person or a black person, caring and sharing is what it is all about ? me and you together ? that?s the beauty part of it?. From the innocence of childhood to through to the joys and sorrows of adulthood, Della Walker?s story is one of strength, courage, love and pride. A powerful and dramatic life account told by a natural storyteller. more...
Travel Sydney, Australiaby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 4.99An illustrated guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. Fully illustrated. Historical overviews. Interesting facts. Street and attractions maps. Museum hours and admission info. Restaurant information. . Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Plan the trip during a flight. Use the guide as postcards to show places you visited. Add Bookmarks. Text annotation and mark-up. Table of Contents. General: About | History | Economy | Climate | Demographics | Governance | Stay Safe | Sleep. Maps: City | Sydney Area | Monorail | MLR | Cityrail | Suburbs | Cumberland County | Australia. Transport: Overview | Airport | Trams | Taxicabs | Metro | MLR | Bus | Ferries | Circular... more...
The French Explorers and Sydneyby Colin Dyer
University of Queensland Press 2009; US$ 25.99Featuring previously unpublished translations, this insightful volume of journals and records from seven expeditions of French exploration between 1788 and 1831 documents the early years of Sydney. These revealing accounts present intimate details of the everyday lives at all levels of society, from governors' parties to convict labor. The cultural observations and outsider perspectives on the new British colony and its leading citizens is surprising and engaging, simultaneously painting a vivid picture of early Australia, British colonial history, and the interests of pivotal French explorers such as Freycinet, Laperouse, and Bouganville. more...
Sydney Harbourby Ian Hoskins
University of NSW Press 2009; US$ 44.95In 1925 DH Lawrence described a huge, restless, modern Sydney, whose million inhabitants seem to slip like fishes from one side of the harbour to the other. What was true then had been the case for centuries before, and decades since. Sydney Harbour has been a defining element for the people who have lived around it since the time of the harbour clans a means of communication, a barrier, a resource to be exploited, a place of beauty, spirit and meaning. Sydney Harbour explores the story of the waterway from the time of the Gameragal, Gadigal and others to contemporary debates about the future of the working harbour. A beautifully written, compelling book, it lays out the interaction between the glittering harbour... more...









