Charles Kingsford Smith and those Magnificent Men by Peter Fitzsimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: good-very good
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is one of Australia's most beloved heroes. In an action-packed life, the indomitable 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier among the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front, to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron - for which he won the Military Cross ...Show more
We Came by Sea: Celebrating Western Australia's Migrant Welcome Walls by PETERS, NONJA
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The Words That Made Australia - How a Nation Came to Know Itself by Manne Robert
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: good
This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches. Instead it presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be. These are the essential statements - from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - that take us from federati ...Show more
View from the Wings: 60 Years in British Aviation by Colin Cruddas
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A View From The Wings
Broken Nation by Joan Beaumont
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The Great War was, for the majority of Australians, one that was fought at home. As casualties of this monstrous war mounted, they triggered a political crisis of unprecedented ferocity in Australian history. Faultlines emerged in the ensuing years that would forever change the political landscape, rend ...Show more
Illustrated History of Australia 2013 by Five Mile Press The
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian
This vivid book traces the history of the island continent from the age of the dinosaurs through to the coming of the Aboriginal people and their unique culture, to the fateful impact of the first Europeans.
Taking to the Skies Daredevils, Heroes and Hijackings, Great Australian Flying Stories by Jim Eames
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Great yarns of Australian aviation from a man who lives and breathes flying.
The Reith Papers by Peter K. Reith
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Peter Reith was a senior federal Cabinet minister from 1996 to 2001. He was the face of the Coalition government's tough waterfront reforms, a major contributor to the Fightback! policy, a potential leader of the Liberal Party, the architect of sweeping industrial laws and defence minister during the ti ...Show more
Australian History in 7 Questions by John Hirst
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian
'If there are genuine questions about Australian history, there is something to puzzle over. The history ceases to be predictable - and dull.' From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australia's past an ...Show more
Great Australian Journeys by Graham Seal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' - Warren Fahey AM..Australia's history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers, and mysterious disappearances in far flung places. From perilous sea voyages to the distant south land, to forays across vast deserts on horseback, they are stories of endur ...Show more