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Objects/Histories eBook Series

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  • Eye Contact

    Photographing Indigenous Australians

    by Jane Lydon, Nicholas Thomas ...
    Series series Objects/Histories
    An indigenous reservation in the colony of Victoria, Australia, the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station was a major site of cross-cultural contact the mid-nineteenth century and early twentieth. Coranderrk was located just outside Melbourne, and from its opening in the 1860s the colonial government commissioned many photographs of its Aboriginal residents. The photographs taken at Coranderrk Station ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • The Education of Henry Adams

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    by Henry Adams ...
    'The Education of Henry Adams' is the Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography of Henry Adams. 'The Education' is much more a record of Adams's introspection than of his deeds. It is an extended meditation on the social, technological, political, and intellectual changes that occurred over Adams's lifetime. Adams concluded that his traditional education at Harvard failed to help him come to terms with ... Read more

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  • Closing Hell's Gates

    The death of a convict station

    by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart ...
    Based on an elaborate reconstruction of day-to-day life at Macquarie Harbour, one of Australia's most notorious sites of convict punishment, this is the true story of how, in 1827, nine convicts opted for 'state-assisted' escape (the death sentence) rather than endure the hardships and privations of the penal settlement on Sarah Island.In October 1827, nine convicts who had endured years of ... Read more

    $10.19 USD

  • This Horrid Practice

    by Paul Moon ...
    'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.' - Captain James Cook This Horrid Practice uncovers an unexplored taboo of New Zealand history - the widespread practice of cannibalism in pre-European Maori society. Until now, many historians have tried to avoid it and many Maori have ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Shipwrecks: Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters

    Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters

    by Evan McHugh ...
    From the first wreck in 1622 off Western Australia to the tragedy of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Evan McHugh captures all the drama of Australia's maritime history. There are swashbuckling mutineers, violent storms, uncharted reefs, enemy warships, as well as ripping yarns about Dutchmen and lascars, Aborigines and escaped convicts. In producing this remarkable book, McHugh has made ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Road To Castle Hill

    by Christine Fernyhough, Louise Callan ...
    A new life running a high country sheep station in New Zealand. Christine Fernyhough is well known as a leading Auckland philanthropist, having set up Books in Homes and then the Gifted Kids Programme for high achieving children in low decile schools. In 2003 she was a recent widow when she spied an advertisement for the sale of the legendary Castle Hill Station, near Porters Heights in the ... Read more

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  • Hamilton Hume

    Our Greatest Explorer - the critically acclaimed bestselling biography

    by Robert Macklin ...
    'You almost feel you are taking that trek with the party as Robert Macklin cites the obstacles - torrential river crossings, dense bush, the Snowy Mountains and more. Macklin covers Hume's public and private life, emphasising his affinity with the country and rapport with the Indigenous people, as well as providing a portrait of the evolving colony.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALDThe stirring untold story ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Great Kiwi Firsts

    by Astral Sligo ...
    Our fern might be silver but us Kiwis love to take that gold medal spot. First to give women the vote, first to climb Mount Everest, first to split the atom .But did you know that it was a Kiwi who was the first player to be sent off in a rugby test? Or that it was a Kiwi who was the first two-time world Scrabble champion? Or indeed that it was a Kiwi who invented the tranquiliser dart gun? Or ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699

    Enriched edition. Unveiling Australia's Untold Wonders

    by William Dampier, Abigail Warren ...
    In "A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699," William Dampier chronicles his remarkable exploration of Australia and its surrounding territories. This work is a vivid tapestry of adventure and empirical observation, blending travel narratives with rich descriptions of the geography, flora, and fauna encountered during his voyages. Written in an engaging yet formal style ... Read more

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  • The Australian Army in World War II

    by Mark Johnston ...
    Series Book 153 - Elite
    This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II.Australian divisions made a large and distinctive contribution to victory both in the deserts of the Middle East and the jungles of the South-West Pacific, earning for the second time a unique reputation for aggressiveness, endurance and independence of spirit.The text is illustrated ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 69 Moment of Truth

    History and Australia’s Future

    by Mark McKenna ...
    Series Book 69 - Quarterly Essay
    Australia is on the brink of momentous change, but only if its citizens and politicians can come to new terms with the past.In this inspiring essay, Mark McKenna considers the role of history in making and unmaking the nation. From Captain Cook to the frontier wars, from Australia Day to the Uluru Statement, we are seeing fresh debates and recognitions. McKenna argues that it is time to move ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Tuai

    A Traveller in Two Worlds

    by Alison Jones, Kuni Kaa Jenkins ...
    In early 1817 Tuai, a young Ngare Raumati chief from the Bay of Islands, set off for England. He was one of a number of Māori who, after encountering European explorers, traders and missionaries in New Zealand, seized opportunities to travel beyond their familiar shores to Australia, England and Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They sought new knowledge, useful goods ... Read more

    $13.09 USD