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High Country Cattlemen by Melanie Faith Dove
Category: History | Series: Australian Coffee Table Books
Dating back to the 1830s, the mountain cattlemen heritage is one of the oldest forms of agriculture in Victoria and New South Wales. The cattlemen teach the now seventh generation the intimate secrets of the mountains, rivers and seasons as they tackle rigorous river crossings and mountainous terrain on ...Show more
Home by Larissa Behrendt
Category: No Category | Series: UQP Black Australian Writers Ser.
Home is an award-winning work from a talented and unique voice. A cross-generational story spanning 1916 to 1995, it explores issues of racial and social injustice while circling poetically around the one abiding theme of 'home'. Candice, a Murri lawyer working with native land claims, leaves the city f ...Show more
Horatio Squeak by Karen Foxlee; Evie Barrow Evie
Category: No Category | Series: Australian
In a very fine house, on a very grand street, Lived the tiniest mouse you could possibly meet. The youngest of twelve, he was timid and slight, But he was always, ALWAYS very polite. When tiny Horatio Squeak is invited to a mysterious party at the top of the stairs, he finds himself in the unexpected co ...Show more
How to Make Over 200 Cocktails by Margaret Barca
Category: No Category | Series: Australian pocket Penguins
Revised with contemporary recipes, this guide aims to help in creating the perfect cocktail for any occasion. It includes: a guide to what you need to set up your own cocktail bar, ideas for garnishes, non-alcholic suggestions, the secrets of the perfect drink and cures for the morning after.
I Wonder: The Life and Work of Ken Inglis by Peter Browne (Editor); Seumas Spark (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: Australian History Ser.
Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach -- summed up by the recurring query, 'I wonder...' -- won him a large and appreciative audience. Whether he was writing about re ...Show more
Impossible Music by Sean Williams
Category: No Category | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 9 YA
When the song is over, what remains? A novel about rediscovering yourself when everything you once took for granted is gone. Music is Simon's life - which is why he is devastated when a ministroke obliterates his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counselle ...Show more
In the Bush: Our Holiday at Wombat Flat by Roland Harvey
Category: No Category | Series: Roland Harvey Australian Holidays Ser.
Perfect for long road trips and imaginative minds, young readers are drawn into the dynamic maze of stories and subplots that happen during one family's vacation to Wombat Flat. This activity book offers twists and turns on every page. Action-packed with comical scenarios and subtle splendors, this driv ...Show more
In the City: Our Scrapbook of Souvenirs by Roland Harvey
Category: No Category | Series: ROLAND HARVEY AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAYS
Created in the tradition of Where's Waldo?, this lovely picture book offers children and adults alike hours of fun searching for hidden details and "lost" items. As a family gathers the postcards and photos from their big trip to the city in a souvenir scrapbook, they remember together the most exci ...Show more
Inventing Australia by Richard White
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Experience Ser.
'To be Australian': what can that mean? Inventing Australia sets out to find the answers by tracing the images we have used to describe our land and our people - the convict hell, the workingman's paradise, the Bush legend, the 'typical' Australian from the shearer to the Bondi lifesaver, the land of op ...Show more
Islands of Angry Ghosts: The Story of Batavia, Australia's Bloodiest Mutiny by Hugh Edwards
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Classics Ser.
New edition. In 1629 the Dutch East India merchantman, the Batavia was wrecked off the coast of West Australia while on a voyage to Indonesia. What followed this disaster is a harrowing tale of desertion, betrayal and murder. This updated edition includes new photographs. A replica of the Batavia is in ...Show more
It’s Your Money: How Banking Went Rogue, Where It Is Now and How To Protect and Grow Your Money by Alan Kohler
Category: Business | Series: Australian on ABC TV
Now, more than ever, we all need to invest wisely and prudently.Want to invest in shares but don't know where to start? Worried about how to make the most of your super? Need a financial adviser but don't know how to find someone reliable? In It's Your Money, Alan Kohler, one of Australia's most truste ...Show more
Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing People and Place by Leon van Schaik
Category: Architecture | Design | Series: Editions: Australian Architecture Monographs
Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing people and place takes readers on an immersive journey into the very heart of this extraordinary body of work, and documents how, over time, the practice has shifted its focus from individual housing to larger-scale public projects created by a collaborative and ...Show more