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The Coast Watchers by Eric Feldt
$24.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian War Classics
After Pearl harbour was bombed in 1941 the war in the Pacific gained momentum; Japanese troops began to move relentlessly south, towards Australia. Determined to provide an information network along the vulnerable coastlines of Northern Australia and the islands to the north, the Australian Navy develop ...Show more
The Hard Slog : Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944-45 by Karl James
$59.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army History Series
The island of Bougainville in the South Pacific was the site of one of the largest and most gruelling campaigns fought by Australian forces during the Second World War. During the offensive against the Japanese from November 1944 to August 1945, more than 500 Australians were killed and two Victoria Cro ...Show more
The Kokoda Campaign 1942: Myth and Reality by Peter Williams
$59.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army History Series
The fighting on the Kokoda Track in World War II is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. The Kokoda campaign of 1942 has taken on mythical status in Australian military history. According to the legend, Australian soldiers were vastly outnumbered by the Japanese, who suffer ...Show more
The Man from Snowy River by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson; Annette MacArthur-Onslow (Illustrator)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson were writing for the Sydney Bulletin' in 1892 when they decided to have a duel of poetry. The idea was to increase the number of poems they could sell to the paper. It began in fun but later became bitter. Paterson wrote many poems and stories about his travels in the Out ...Show more
The Outback (My Australian Story) by Christine Harris
$17.00 AUD
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
The Diary of Jimmy Porter, Central Australia, 1927-1928 Jimmy Porter has moved to the middle of nowhere. His uncle's family live in a wattle-and-daub hut, days' walk away from even the nearest neighbour. Life in 1927 in the outback is tough, but the people who live there can cope with just about anythin ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$15.00 AUD
Category: Aboriginal/First Nations | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, m ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent 50th Anniversary Edition (HB) by Dick Roughsey
$25.00 AUD
Category: Aboriginal/First Nations | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Celebrating fifty years - a timeless classic from the Dreamtime. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, mountains and gorges as it pushed upward. The name also reflects the snake-like meandering of water across a landscape and the colour spec ...Show more
The Snowy (My Australian Story) by Siobhan McHugh
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
They had been loading the tunnel face with gelignite when the storm came over. The lightning struck the mountain and went down through an underground watercourse to the wet rockface and set off some of the charges, exploding the rock. Eva Fischer has moved to Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia. E ...Show more
To Salamaua by Phillip Bradley
$59.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army History Series
Following on from his acclaimed book, The Battle for Wau, Phillip Bradley turns his attention to the Salamaua campaign - the first of the New Guinea offensives by the Australian Army in the Second World War. Opening with the pivotal air-sea battle of the Bismarck Sea, this important title recounts the f ...Show more
Tom the Outback Mailman by Kristin Weidenbach
$28.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books | Series: Lothian Australian Favou Ser.
Tom Kruse was a real Australian hero. He delivered the mail to outback stations and towns all along the Birdsville Track. It was a tough job, but Tom was even tougher, making sure that the mail got through no matter what. Based on her bestselling book, MAILMAN OF THE BIRDSVILLE TRACK, Kristin Weidenbach ...Show more
Tom the Outback Mailman by Kristin Weidenbach
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books | Series: Lothian Australian Favourites
Tom Kruse was a real Australian hero. He delivered the mail to outback stations and towns all along the Birdsville Track. It was a tough job, but Tom was even tougher, making sure that the mail got through no matter what. Based on her bestselling book, MAILMAN OF THE BIRDSVILLE TRACK, Kristin Weidenbach ...Show more
Tyenna: Through My Eyes (Australian Disaster Zones) by Julie Hunt, Terry Whitebeach
$16.99 AUD
Category: New Books | Series: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones
An engaging and suspenseful novel about one girl's experience of the terrifying Tasmanian bushfires. They huddle low, nostrils burning from the smoke. A wave of despair flows over Tye. Nothing will survive this firestorm. The bush and everything she loves will be lost. It's the summer holidays, and Tye ...Show more