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  • Domesticating Resistance

    The Dhan-Gadi Aborigines and the Australian State

    by Barry Morris ...
    Series series Explorations in Anthropology
    In this fascinating study of the Dhan-Gadi Aboriginal people of New South Wales, Australia, the author combines the skills of a social historian with the detailed observation of a social anthropologist. In so doing he brings alive the contours of crude racism, as well as the more subtle expressions of paternalism, bureaucratic social control and educational and economic marginalization. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Protest, Land Rights and Riots

    Postcolonial struggles in Australia in the 1980s

    by Barry Morris ...
    The 1970s was a period of unprecedented political agency and legislative change in Aboriginal people's struggles for therecognition of postcolonial rights. What is significant is that they didn't just seek rights to be granted to them, but for some measure of rights to be restored to them.Against this background, rural communities where large Aboriginal populations lived, were in foment as a ... Read more

    $26.19 USD

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  • The Worst Woman in Sydney

    The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh

    by Leigh Straw ...
    Uncover the true story of Kate Leigh, Sydney's most notorious female criminal, in this gripping biography.From a wayward girl in Dubbo to the queen of the Sydney underworld, Kate Leigh defied expectations and built a criminal empire in a male-dominated world. Explore her life, her crimes, and her complex relationships, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Australia.Discover the secrets ... Read more

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  • Australian Tragic

    Gripping tales from the dark side of our history

    by Jack Marx ...
    A compelling collection of tales from Australia's dark heart - of catastrophe and misfortune, intrigue and passion, betrayal and tragedy.AUSTRALIAN TRAGIC ranges across our past and our present: the heartbreaking story of the fire at Luna Park; the unstoppable opportunist who snatched innocent men and women from Palm Island to be part of P. T. Barnum's 'Greatest Show on Earth'; a world-class boxer ... Read more

    Was $17.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • The Buffalo and Crocodile Hunters of the Northern Territory

    by Caroline Gaden ...
    "The Buffalo and Crocodile Hunters of the Northern Territory" is the story of the men who hunted the feral buffalo and wild crocodiles of the Northern Territory of Australia between the First and Second World Wars and for a few post-war years. They lived a life full of danger as the animals were caught for their hides, so they had to be shot at dangerously close range to prevent damage to the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Whitefella Jump Up

    The Shortest Way to Nationhood; Quarterly Essay 11

    by Germaine Greer ...
    Series Book 11 - Quarterly Essay
    In Whitefella Jump Up, Germaine Greer suggests that embracing Aboriginality is the only way Australia can fully imagine itself as a nation. In a wide-ranging essay she looks at the interdependence of black and white and suggests not how the Aborigine question may be settled but how a sense of being Aboriginal might save the soul of Australia.In a sweeping and magisterial essay, touching on ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930–1970

    The Getting of Bookselling Wisdom

    by Jason D. Ensor ...
    Series series Anthem Studies in Book History, Publishing and Print Culture
    ‘Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930–1970’ traces the history of the printed book in Australia, particularly the production and business context that mediated Australia’s literary and cultural ties to Britain for much of the twentieth century. This study focuses on the London operations of one of Australia’s premier book publishers of the twentieth century: Angus & ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands since the First World War

    Edited by William S. Livingston, Wm. Roger Louis ...
    Three forces—dwindling British power, rising American influence, and nationalism in a variety of forms—have transformed Australia, New Zealand, and the adjacent islands since 1919. In this volume, some of the most distinguished scholars of the Pacific region assess these significant historical changes.These essays deal with international relations, politics, changing social structures, and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Pearl King

    by Robert Lehane ...
    Born on a Hunter estuary, NSW, island in 1857, James Clark was orphaned at age two, arrived penniless in Brisbane ten years later, and never looked back. Starting out in Torres Strait at 23, he became the dominant figure in Australia’s pearlshelling industry, The Pearl King. Then, with a young partner, he built one of the nation’s biggest pastoral companies. He ran an oyster business in Moreton ... Read more

    $10.68 USD