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  • Barossa Journeys
    Noris Ioannou
    Barossa Journeys: Into a valley of tradition creates a sensory experience where the flavours of wine and food intermingle with the celebrations of festivals and music. Favourite places and enchanting, out-of-the-way sites are revealed. Explore places as evocative as the long-lost village of Hoffnungsthal, and the strange cave home of the eccentric explorer Menge. Wander through...
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    44,93 €

  • The Worst Country in the World
    Patsy Trench
    “Set against the backdrop of the Australian migrant experience, 'The Worst Country in the World' is not only a great read but a thought-provoking one too, especially for those with links to Australia, which reinvented itself from a convict colony to one of the ’luckiest’ countries in the world.” Karen Clare, Family Tree magazine.In 1801 Mary Pitt, a 53-year-old widow an...
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    14,92 €

  • Scapegoats of the Empire
    George Witton
    According to persistent rumours, the Australian government suppressed the book because its untold story of a slice of colonial history was an embarrassment to the British Empire.  Opens a window on the Boer War, politics of the empire, and the life of enlisted soldiers of the time. George Witton’s Scapegoats of the Empire was published in 1907; however, only seven copies of th...
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    25,22 €

  • Dalton's Gold
    Peter D Matthews
    Renowned historian, philosopher and author, Dr Peter Matthews, has illuminated the events of the Eureka Stockade like never before. This book is the culmination of three years research after his Grandfather, Francis Dalton, shared this amazing story just before he passed away in 1995. John Thomas Dalton was swindled out of the find of the century by the very forces sent to pro...
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    23,70 €

  • One Hundred Years of Women Police in Australia
    Tim Prenzler
    In 2015 Australia celebrates the centenary of the country’s first appointment of women police. This fascinating book presents for the first time the story of 100 years of Australian women police. A vital contribution to Australian history as well as modern policing and policy, the book concludes with a simple recipe for eliminating discrimination and optimising the contributio...
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    45,38 €

  • Finding Your Moral Compass
    Rosove
    When William Hearst succeeded James Whitney as leader of Ontario’s Conservative party and Premier in 1914, he was relatively unknown and represented northern Ontario, a region that was emerging as the province’s richest source of resources and government revenues. He took office just after the outbreak of the First World War and, an unapologetic imperialist, aligned his governm...
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    76,44 €

  • Treasured
    Leonie Brunt
    This new collection of poetry is a sequel to Touching Things In Time. ...
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    15,65 €

  • The Dangerous Wife
    M.J. Checketts
    She shot her husband on a crowded Melbourne street.Witnesses heard her shout, 'I did it!'Then she pleaded not guilty.The case ignites the city. Newspapers circle. Society whispers. And inside the courtroom, two of Melbourne’s fiercest legal minds go to war: a principled prosecutor chasing justice, and a flamboyant defence showman who plays to the gallery.At the centre stands Ka...
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    17,35 €

  • The Dangerous Wife
    M.J. Checketts
    She shot her husband on a crowded Melbourne street.Witnesses heard her shout, 'I did it!'Then she pleaded not guilty.The case ignites the city. Newspapers circle. Society whispers. And inside the courtroom, two of Melbourne’s fiercest legal minds go to war: a principled prosecutor chasing justice, and a flamboyant defence showman who plays to the gallery.At the centre stands Ka...
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    27,19 €

  • A Distinct and Separate Settlement
    Don Wright
    Norfolk Island is small, remote, insular. And yet its literature is expansive and its culture is rich, while its people continue to inspire with their brave and touching stories.Beginning in 1856, Don Wright’s first book, A Distinct and Separate Settlement, recounts the fraught and complicated history of the governance of Norfolk Island, and the influence this has had on the wh...
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    19,14 €

  • Walkabout
    Arthur Upfield
    Arthur Upfield is known internationally for his crime novels featuring Bony, the Aboriginal Detective. In these thirteen stories written for Walkabout magazine between 1934 and 1949 and published in book form for the first time, readers will travel well beyond the cities, aided by maps and original photographs - through Cooper’s Creek, visiting Lake Frome in South Australia, pa...
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    17,92 €

  • Australian Dreaming Stories
    Ellen Anderson
    'Ellen Anderson’s Aboriginal Dreaming stories, as recorded by C.W. Peck in the 1920s and 1930s, evidence the rich oral tradition of the Indigenous people of eastern Australia. Dealing with plants and animals, the physical environment, cultural practices and historic events, they open a window into a civilisation distinguished by its close association with Country.'Michael Organ...
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    22,50 €

  • Hanged
    Derek Pugh
    Ten men were legally executed in Australia’s Northern Territory.Some were hanged on their own Country, their deaths intended as warnings. Others were buried behind the walls of Darwin’s Fannie Bay Gaol in unmarked graves and forgotten.They were Indigenous tribesmen, Chinese gold miners, and European refugees. Their crimes, trials, and punishments unfolded in a frontier society ...
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    23,94 €

  • Action
    Connor Pritchard
    ACTION by Connor Pritchard captures the journey of a young filmmaker and photographer from New Zealand. From chance encounters in the underground hip-hop scene to traveling the world and collaborating with iconic artists, this book shares raw stories from Connor’s journey figuring out the music world. Filled with personal anecdotes, behind-the-scenes moments, and frames from hi...
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    160,09 €

  • William Russell
    Bernard Weekes
    William Russell - Captain BushrangerA documented true story from Ireland to colonial Australia and Norfolk Island, reconstructed from court records, newspapers, and archival sources.William Russell was never meant to survive.Sentenced to seven years transportation in 1834. Sentenced again in 1841 to life on Norfolk Island - in a penal system designed to break men - he endured p...
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    34,21 €

  • The Great New Zealand Lockdown
    Kimberly Stewart
    On the 28th of February 2020, New Zealand has its first confirmed case of Covid-19. By the 26th of March, the country had gone into one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. As other countries tried to keep their economies going alongside trying to quell the deadly virus, the economy in New Zealand completely shut down as five-million New Zealanders were told to stay at hom...
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    15,52 €

  • 41 South
    Robert Bettelheim / Robert J Bettelheim
    High above Wellington, New Zealand, a sentient radar station continues to sweep the skies long after the collapse of civilisation. Ricky, Stack, Tubs and Zoz play up at the old station, imagining a world of aircraft and faraway places - better places. For Stack, Tubs and Zoz it’s just a cool escape from the relentless desperation of life in the remaining communities of Wellingt...
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    18,43 €

  • Kiwi Birds Coloring Book
    PaperLand
    Kiwi Birds Coloring Book, Adult Crafts Hobbies Books, Floral Mandala Pages, Stress Relief Rowi Zentangle Picture, Freestyle Drawing PageIt was made for Kiwi Birds lovers or someone who likes to relax while coloring.Kiwi Birds in zentangle pattern style with heartwarming quotes.It makes the perfect gift for your friends who are Kiwi Birds lovers.This book has a total of 42 pages...
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    19,02 €

  • The Tyrant and the Teen
    Stephanie McCarthy
    A 17-year-old Australian girl-confined inside a very secret house of the Philippines president-struggling to overcome her fear as she recalls the rumor-when Ferdinand Marcos was a teenager, he was accused of murdering his father’s political rival in cold blood. In one chilling moment, she understands that this man will do anything to avoid an international scandal-anything. If ...
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    22,34 €

  • Ikarians in South Australia, 1900-1945
    Yianni (John) Cartledge
    This book looks at a little-researched diaspora, originating on the Greek Aegean Island of Ikaria. Ikaria, being a small, isolated island, close to the Turkish coast, had a long and independent history, with periods of autonomy, including the short-lived Free State of Ikaria in 1912, which was the outcome of the Ikarian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire. Ikarians remained q...
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    158,52 €

  • The Khasis
    P. R. T. Gurdon
    Amidst the mist-laden hills of the Meghalaya region lies a tapestry of stories and traditions, woven with threads of tribal customs and indigenous practices. This book, long out of print and now lovingly republished by Alpha Editions, offers a window into the enigmatic world of the northeast India tribes during the early 20th century. It is not merely a reprint; it stands as a ...
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    19,56 €

  • Between Two Wars
    Aaron Dryden
    Inspired by the incredible true story of the authors great-grandfather, Charles Young Watson, Between Two Wars is a sweeping work of historical fiction that follows one man’s extraordinary journey from the red dust of outback Queensland to the hellish battlefields of two world wars and the enduring love that threads through them.In 1917, sixteen-year-old Charles leaves behind h...
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    17,15 €

  • When The Time Comes
    James Taylor
    When The Time Comes is a compelling and thought-provoking journey blending the past and the present. In this gripping novel, Joseph Chisholm and his family relocate to the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, seeking a peaceful life in the countryside. However, their fresh start takes a dramatic turn when Joseph becomes involved in the lives of his Aboriginal students, especiall...
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    16,67 €

  • When The Time Comes
    James Taylor
    When The Time Comes is a compelling and thought-provoking journey blending the past and the present. In this gripping novel, Joseph Chisholm and his family relocate to the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, seeking a peaceful life in the countryside. However, their fresh start takes a dramatic turn when Joseph becomes involved in the lives of his Aboriginal students, especiall...
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    19,54 €

  • Wheel Life 3 - Cycling Recollections of the 1990s and 2000s
    Ben J Schofield
    The book is a series of light-hearted interviews of the recollections of a number of illustrious Australian cyclists featuring interviews profiling each individual cyclist and then their perspectives on a range of topics relevant to the period, whether they be events, key personalities or locations.The interviewed cyclist are recorded in conversational style and the multiple pe...
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    53,78 €

  • The Lugsdin Family of Bedfordshire, England, and their Diaspora
    Graham M Lugsdin
    Documenting the Lugsdin lineage, their lives and their time in the County of Bedfordshire, England, from the 1600s and the subsequent movement of family members to Canada and Australia. Recounts from diary entries the visits back to Riseley and Little Staughton and to North America by descendants of John and Mary Lugsdin and also visits to descendants in North America of John’s...
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    57,10 €

  • ONE REAL GOOD BLOKE Devoted to Gippsland
    Jim Connelly
    As a true-blue Trade Union leader, working in the thick of the economic and industrial turmoil of Australia’s Latrobe Valley, John Parker brought a human point of view to a very hard-nosed scene. Acknowledging the reality of climate change, he worked to shape the future rather than be lost in it. He was inspired by a wider vision of a harmonious and integrated community rather ...
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    11,20 €

  • Keeping Family in an Age of Long Distance Trade, Imperial Expansion, and Exile, 1550-1850
    Heather Dalton
    This collection brings together eleven original essays by an international group of scholars, each investigating how family, or the idea of family, was maintained or reinvented when husbands, wives, children, apprentices, servants or slaves separated, or faced separation, from their household. ...
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    82,53 €

  • People Powered Radio
    Heather Anderson
    For fifty years, 4ZZZ has been more than just a broadcaster - it’s been a movement, a megaphone, and a meeting place for radicals, musicians, punks and radio nerds alike. People Powered Radio captures the oral and archival histories of one of Australia’s oldest and most unique community radio stations. From the station’s subversive roots in the 1970s to its present-day digital ...
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    48,33 €

  • My Scrap Paper Diary
    Anthony William Buirchell / Vic Petersen
    Vic Petersen was a member of the 2/11th Battalion A.I.F., Army number WX 571 and found himself in the Battle of Crete on May 20th, 1941 against the Germans. He was in a section of the Allies that defended Retimo, on the Island of Crete during the German airborne invasion. Many thousands were captured by the Germans. Many others were told by Commanders to make for Sfakia on the ...
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    25,97 €


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