The Wreck of the Barque Stefano off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875 by Gustave Rathe
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
The Ballad of Abdul Wade: The Incredible True Story of Australia's unsung Pioneering Heroes - The Afghan Camelleers by Ryan Butta
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
When Afghan entrepreneur Abdul Wade first brought his camel trains to the outback, he was hailed as a hero. Horses couldn t access many remote settlements, especially those stricken by flood or drought, and camel trains rode to the rescue time and time again. But with success came fierce opposition fuel ...Show more
The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay: The 1942 Bombing of Broome, and its Tragic Aftermath by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
The Japanese attack on Broome is the second most deadly air raid on Australia soil in our history and yet it's almost entirely overlooked. On 3 March 1942, nine Japanese Zero planes strafed the small town planning to destroy the aerodrome and American planes. With no notice, the townsfolk could only put ...Show more
Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History by Eliza Reilly
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
An entertaining romp through Australian history that celebrates the badass sheroes we were never taught about in school and who deserve to be printed on our money, goddamn it! It's been said that 'well-behaved women seldom make history', but the handful of white boys who wrote our history books convenie ...Show more
The Way We Were: Australia in the last century by Alan J Whiticker
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
Australian life has seen many changes in the last century. We have gone from scattered colonies to federated nation, from bush pioneers to suburbanites, and along the way there have been fascinating shifts in how we dress, eat, travel, entertain ourselves and bring up our families. This compact edition ...Show more
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier by Diana Preston, Michael Preston
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
"William Dampier, (1651 -1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. mong many extraordinary achievements Dampier mapped the winds and ...Show more
Larrimah: Who killed Paddy Moriarty? by Caroline Graham, Kylie Stevenson
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A dying town, a missing man. One of Australia's greatest mysteries - two whodunnits, twisted together. UPDATED EDITION Larrimah: hot, barren, a speck of dust in the centre of the nothingness of outback Australia. Where you might find a death adder in the bar and a spider or ten in the toaster. Maybe it' ...Show more
Outback Spirit: Inspiring True Stories of Australia's Unsung Heroes by Sue Williams
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
Five kids orphaned by a terrible accident ...a struggling family living in the most isolated spot on earth ...a single dad battling to cope in a house falling down around his ears ...a desperately ill woman in the middle of nowhere ...In the great Outback traditions of mateship, resilience and generosit ...Show more
Dead Men's Silver: The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter by Hugh Edwards
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
This is a romantic story of shipwreck hunting, with pieces-of-eight, Dutch ducatons, German talers, Burgundian crowns, and Spanish silver dollars lost and recovered from the sea floor. Edwards has been recognised as the 'primary finder' of the wreck of the Batavia, upon which his best-selling book Islan ...Show more
Rock and Tempest: Surviving Cyclone Tracy and its Aftermath by Patricia Collins
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
When Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin on Christmas Day 1974, it was the worst natural disaster Australians had ever experienced. Stationed in the city with the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service, Patricia Collins not only lived through Tracy but was part of the massive clean-up effort. This is her ext ...Show more
God Before Gugeri Luggers, Trucks & Water Bores & Other Kimberley Stories by GUGERI MICHAEL
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
The Gugeri family have been landmarks in the Kimberley for nearly a century. This book follows four generations of life in the north, from pearling, carrying, Anna Plains station, water boring, Cockatoo Island, oil drilling, wool carting, the Underworld, rockets, fishing, and many incidents and characte ...Show more
Flynn of the Inland and the Royal Flying Doctor Service by Ion Idriess
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary story of a classic Australian pioneer - told by Australia's 'Boswell of the Bush', Ion Idriess. Almost single-handedly John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission brought to the outback the Flying Doctor Service and the Bush Hospitals. His magnificent vision, formed as he travelled on ...Show more