A series of coincidences saw the beginning of what is now The Seventies, a work that takes a look back at a time in Australian […]
History
-
-
For ten years, Jessica North has meticulously researched this story about the first Jewish lady on board the First Fleet. Although Esther, the Jewish girl, […]
-
Australian history, like all history is filled with the foolhardy, fascinating and downright horror stories, much of which over many years as been tidied up […]
-
Posted in:
Stranger Country
Monica Tan is an ABC, (Australian Born Chinese) woman who grew up in a comfortable and loving family in a Sydney suburb. When she left […]
-
The front cover photos for Old Days, Old Ways show us the period in Australian history that it encapsulates. Alex Nicol began his career as […]
-
Posted in:
D-Day New Guinea
Military historians everywhere will find Phillip Bradley’s in-depth study of the battle and capture of Lae, a battle considered as one of the most important […]
-
-
The sheer volume if information presented in this masterful work Paper Emperors from Sally Young is overwhelming in its historic content, fascinating in its political […]
-
Photography was the science that took the world by storm in the mid-18th century, with the endless scope of possibilities yet unexplored; Its early use […]
-
Tohby Riddle shows us why he is one of Australia’s greatest children’s author/illustrator. Not only does this muted colour picture book have a lyrical text, […]
-
Squatters, who where they and how did they and their legacy become such an integral part of the Australian history makes for an interesting journey […]
-
We love to be terrified and Dinosaurs somehow manage to do that, unless of course it is Dino out of the Flintstones, a dinosaur that […]
-
Set in the period around the early sixteen hundreds in Lancashire England, The Familiars is an Historical Fiction is based on true events. Many of […]
-
The New History of the Irish in Australia is a well-researched and in-depth examination of the lives of Irish immigrants and their offspring in Australia. […]
-
Harriet and Helena Scott were without doubt the finest natural history painters of their time. Many would argue they still hold that distinction, as their […]
-
For people of a certain age, this visual feast of memories brings a smile to the face. Beginning with the front cover and the colour […]
-
Steam trains and Tim Fischer seem to be a complete part of each other as from a young age, Fischer fell in love with the […]
-
War is a singularly messy business that pushes good men and women to their absolute limits and sometimes beyond, to places they had never been […]
-
Looking backwards into history can be an enlightening experience, but it also is stark reminder that little changes in life, sometimes only the packaging of […]
-
Posted in:
Teatimes: A World Tour
Helen Saberi takes us on a world tour with a delightful difference in Tea Times, as she invites us into the genteel pastime associated with […]
-
Posted in:
Mad Boy
Set admits the turbulent times of what is billed as the largely forgotten war in America, the War of 1812, we met 10 year old […]
-
Cuba, a place beloved of Hemingway has come to life in this intimate and emotional tribute to the writer Ernest Hemingway, who for many years […]
-
The Vietnam War seems so long ago but the long term effects of this war have, like many before, leaves a lasting legacy. Vietnam was […]
-
Emotional and enthralling, Miss Burma shines a light directly onto and into the political situation that is sadly all too relevant for many ethnic minorities […]