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Country Houses of Tasmania
Allen & Unwin 2009; US$ 36.35A glorious pictorial celebration of Tasmania's finest private residences. more...
The Hills of Apollo Bay
Fremantle Press 2009; US$ 16.95Richard is a young writer running from his hometown of Perth in search of a freer existence in Melbourne. His best friend is an ex-boxer turned black marketeer and his girlfriend is an old-fashioned tart with heart. Against the background of post-war censorship and isolation, Richard struggles to find cultural nourishment. With a profound... more...
How Australia Compares
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 74.00This book compares Australia with 17 other developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. more...
A Century of Influence
University of NSW Press 2009; US$ 63.95The Australian Student Christian Movement has provided a forum for exploring spirituality and social issues in the nations universities for over a century. Described as a university within a university the ASCM has had a national and international influence and has inspired leading academics, politicians, public servants, business... more...
Australia's Greatest Inventions
Exisle Publishing 2007; US$ 4.99From the early invention of the boomerang as an effective hunting weapon to todays ground-breaking contributions to science and technology, Australians have always proven brilliantly adept at coming up with creative solutions to challenging problems. From manufacturing to agriculture, film to medicine, its likely that an Australian invention... more...
Australia's Most Notorious Convicts
Exisle Publishing 2007; US$ 4.99Thousands of convicts were transported to Australia. Of these, some managed to escape and went on to achieve notoriety in their new land. A few tried to invent a Robin Hood reputation, taking the side of the poor settler against those in authority. Some committed crimes so heinous they were both feared and despised by the general population. AUSTRALIAS... more...
Recovery from the Depression
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 53.00A comparative study of Australian economic policy during the Great Depression. more...
Economics and the Dreamtime
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 35.00Examines the processes which allowed economic control of Australia to pass from Aboriginal to European hands within 60 years of settlement. more...
People Power
University of New South Wales Press 2010; US$ 34.95A full history of constitutional change in Australia, this analysis examines the nation?s referendum record and explains why referendum approvals have been so rare. Including interviews with leading proponents for constitutional change as well as political cartoons and brochures from key campaigns, this account provides a thorough analysis of each... more...
Digging Up the Past
University of NSW Press 2011; US$ 52.95Known as an historian, archaeologist, conservationist, leading public intellectual and, most famously, the Father of Australian archaeology, John Mulvaney is renowned for uncovering the depth of Australian human prehistory, dating the antiquity of Aboriginal occupation to previously unthought-of tens of thousands of years. This insightful... more...









