Endeavouring Banks: Exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage

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edited by Neil Chambers

Joseph Banks is a name synonymous with Botany, the mapping of Australia and New Zealand and voyaging far and wide with Captain James Cook during the years of 1768-1771 on...
History, Non Fiction
The House Between Tides

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Sarah Maine

The author was inspired to write about the wild island of the New Hebrides after having spent happy times there in her childhood. She loved the history and the beauty...
Fiction, History, Romance
The Worst Woman in Sydney: The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh

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Leigh Straw

Hero or villain, Kate Leigh, this is the question. How does a rebellious, recalcitrant teenager who was sent away to a reformatory become the wealthy ‘Sly Grog Queen’ in eastern...
Crime, Fiction, History, Non Fiction
Not Just For this Life: Gough Whitlam Remembered

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edited by Wendy Guest, Gary Gray

Gough Whitlam was a great man, a man who was a big man, a man who made an impact on whomever he met, whatever cause he adopted; a man who,...
History, Non Fiction
Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction

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Erika Janik

Ms Janik has found a fascinating topic which encompasses many areas of female involvement in crime fighting. She has looked at early police women and also female fiction characters fighting...
Crime, Fiction, History, Non Fiction
South Pole – Nature and Culture

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Dr. Elizabeth Leane

As the world dwindles in scope for those who love to go to dangerous places,  there is still the one frontier left to continue to explore, a place that is...
History, Non Fiction, Travel
The Moon in the Palace

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Weina Dai Randel

This Chinese Historical Fiction tale is wonderfully encapsulated by language that immediately brings the reader into the time, place and mind of the main character Mei. The author has written...
Fiction, History
The Media and the Massacre: Port Arthur 1996-2016

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Sonya Voumard

Much has been written about the Port Arthur massacre, the news of which stopped the nation. Most Australians remember where they were when they heard about this tragedy. Some would...
History, Non Fiction
One

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Patrick Holland

With sparing use of words Patrick Holland has portrayed the final months of the last two bushrangers in Australia, the Kenniff brothers, Patrick and James and the policeman, Nixon, responsible...
Fiction, History
High Seas & High Teas – Voyaging to Australia

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Roslyn Russell, ; foreword by Kerry O'Brien

In this wonderful peek back through time Roslyn Russell has presented the many little daily intrigues of life on-board often a sailing ship and latterly a steam ship travelling to...
History, Non Fiction, Travel
Witches and Wizards

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Lucy Cavendish

Witches and Wizards are bought into the modern world with a series of tales, not tall but true, about mysterious and magickal beings who were once considered a normal, it...
History, New Age & Spiritual, Non Fiction
Eat Your History

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Jacqui Newling

Just the title alone makes you want to pick-up this book and investigate further. Eat your history indeed! But the subject matter turns out to be as fascinating, interesting and...
Food, History, Non Fiction