A Greater Prize Than Gold
by M Helen Henderson and William G Henderson
Australians did not invent political democracy, but they have created a unique form of it. Australia's Democracy tells the story of the political structures Australians have made. It's a story which traces the growth of democratic rights and freedoms from convict times until the present. It charts the transitions from the era when racism limited political rights to today's concern that everyone's human rights be respected; from the demand that governments be free to carry out the people's wishes...
Our New Colony, Fiji, Its History, Progress and Resources. Edited by H. S. Cooper - Scholar's Choice Edition
by H Stonehewer Cooper
The Native Tribes of Central Australia - Scholar's Choice Edition
by Baldwin Spencer and Francis James Gillen
Yarn Spinners: a Story in Letters Between Dymphna Cusack, Florence Jamess & Miles Franklin
by Marilla North
Australia has had a long and proud tradition of political cartooning and Bill Leak, the daily editorial cartoonist for The Australian, is one of our most potent and exhilarating. This collection is a superb iconoclastic survey and counter history of the past five years, which Leak describes as an 'unprecedented period of bumptiousness, self-importance and stupidity'. This deluxe, full colour edition presents an extraordinary insight into the working process of one of Australia's finest creative...
Take Power Like This Old Man Here
Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The True Story of Bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg
by Carol Baxter
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 12, Part 4
by Hubert Howe Bancroft
Outlines of British Colonisation (Classic Reprint)
by William Parr Greswell
This volume describes the excavations at Pouerua, New Zealand, of kainga, or undefended settlements, dating from AD 1400 to 1830. These essays provide new and important information on the arrangement and organisation of kainga during the latter part of the prehistoric sequence, and shed valuable light on social and political structures within Maori society both prior to and following European arrival.
Why do Australians know the names of Charles Bean, Alan Moorehead and Chester Wilmot, but not Agnes Macready, Anne Matheson and Lorraine Stumm? This is the hidden story of Australian and New Zealand women war reporters who fought for equality with their male colleagues and filed stories from the main conflict zones of the twentieth century.
The Cocos-Keeling Islands. - Scholar's Choice Edition
by Henry Brougham Guppy