D-Day New Guinea

By

Phillip Bradley

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 and complex operation of the...
History, Non Fiction
Fled

By

Meg Keneally

Fled is a debut solo novel for Meg Keneally who has produced several other books in conjunction with her father, Tom. Australian Historical Fiction is a fascinating subject, and the...
Fiction, History
Paper Emperors: The rise of Australia’s newspaper empires

By

Sally Young

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 deviousness and absorbing when you...
History, Non Fiction
Capturing Nature: Early Scientific Photography at the Australian Museum 1857–1893

By

Vanessa Finney

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 as a recording tool in...
History, Non Fiction, Photography
The Squatters The story of Australia’s pastoral pioneers

By

Barry Stone

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 into times long gone, reflecting...
History, Non Fiction
Dinomania: Why We Love, Fear and Are Utterly Enchanted by Dinosaurs

By

Boria Sax

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 everyone simply loves. The reality...
History, Non Fiction
The Familiars

By

Stacey Halls

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 characters existed and lived...
Fiction, History
A New History of the Irish in Australia

By

Dianne Hall, Elizabeth Malcolm

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. It illustrates the intolerance shown...
History, Non Fiction
Transformations: Harriet and Helena Scott, colonial Sydney’s finest natural history painters

By

Vanessa Finney

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 work, created more than one...
History, Non Fiction
Australia Remember This Too!

By

Bob Byrne

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 print of fairy bread, which...
Fiction, History, Humour, Non Fiction
Steam Australia: Locomotives that Galvanised the Nation

By

Tim Fischer

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 huge steel dragons of the...
History, Non Fiction
Terrorism in Australia – The story of Operation Pendennis

By

Peter Moroney

The world has for centuries been shattered by terrorist events, however the more recent ones including ‘Lockerbie/ PAN AM’, ‘The London Bombings’, “Mumbai Attacks’ and ‘September 11’ have entered our...
History, Non Fiction