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Mailman of the Birdsville Track
Hachette Australia 2010; Not AvailableThe Birdsville Track is one of the best known - and loneliest - tracks in Australia, and for twenty years Tom Kruse was the mailman, battling the searing heat, floods and mechanical breakdowns. He made the run every fortnight and was a lifeline to the isolated settlements and stations along the way, delivering everything from letters to essential supplies.... more...
Every Secret Thing
University of Queensland Press 2012; US$ 12.99When culture and faith collide . . . nothing is sacred. In the Aboriginal missions of far northern Australia, it was a battle between saving souls and saving traditional culture. Every Secret Thing is a rough, tough, hilarious portrayal of the Bush Mob and the Mission Mob, and the hapless clergy trying to convert them. In these tales, everyone is... more...
Great Kiwi Firsts
Allen & Unwin 2012; US$ 18.17A fabulous and fascinating compendium of great New Zealand achievements more...
The Conspiracy of Silence
Allen & Unwin 2013; US$ 29.99As Europeans moved into new lands in Queensland in the 19th century, violent encounters with local Aboriginals mostly followed. Drawing on extensive original research, Timothy Bottoms tells the story of the most violent frontier in Australian colonial history. more...
A Savage History
NewSouth 2013; US$ 39.99Nothing prepares you for your first sight of the worlds largest mammal. Celebrated, revered, studied and increasingly watched for pleasure rather than hunted, whales hold particular allure. Humans have always been in awe of them, but for much of history we have been compelled to dominate and kill them - though like Moby Dick, sometimes whales... more...
The Australian Army in World War II
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 14.95Osprey's examination of the Australian army and its involvement in World War II (1939-1945). The Australian infantry were amongst the Commonwealth's toughest and most widely traveled infantry, serving in campaigns including Syria, Greece, Cyprus, Crete, Libya, Egypt, New Guinea, and the South West Pacific. Their fearsome fighting reputation was earned... more...
Race, Science, and the Nation: Reconstructing the Ancient Past in Britain, France and Germany
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00Across the nineteenth century, scholars in Britain, France and the German lands sought to understand their earliest ancestors: the Germanic and Celtic tribes known from classical antiquity, and the newly discovered peoples of prehistory. New fields ? philology, archeology and anthropology ? interacted, breaking down languages, unearthing artifacts,... more...
Restoration London
Orion 2013; Not AvailableFrom poverty to pets, from medicine to magic, from slang to sex, from wallpaper to women's rights. A glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-1670 by the bestselling author of ELIZABETH'S LONDON. more...
Banishment in the Early Atlantic World
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; Not AvailableBanishing troublesome and deviant people from society was common in the early modern period. Many European countries removed their paupers, convicted criminals, rebels and religious dissidents to remote communities or to their colonies where they could be simultaneously punished and, perhaps, contained and reformed. Under British rule, poor Irish,... more...
Restoration London
Orion 2013; US$ 26.90From poverty to pets, from medicine to magic, from slang to sex, from wallpaper to women's rights. A glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-1670 by the bestselling author of ELIZABETH'S LONDON. more...









