Mailman of the Birdsville Track By Kristin Weidenbach

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Title	:	Mailman of the Birdsville Track
Author	:	Kristin Weidenbach
ISBN	:	0733619355
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	313

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The Birdsville Track is one of the best known tracks in Australia, and for 20 years Tom Kruse was the mailman, battling searing heat, floods and mechanical breakdowns He made the run every fortnight and was a lifeline to the isolated settlements and stations along the way, delivering everything from letters to essential supplies....

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Radical Melbourne By Jeff Sparrow

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Title	:	Radical Melbourne
Author	:	Jeff Sparrow
ISBN	:	0957735243
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Presents a pictorial guide through the first 100 years of political radicalism in Melbourne, focusing on the structures, streets and public places that remain today Documents struggles and political victories and defeats from the city s past Part walking tour and part social archaelogy, it relates familiar city landmarks to historical events of the past Foreword by Stua Presents a pictorial guide through the first 100 years of political radicalism in Melbourne, focusing on the structures, street...

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Supermarket Monsters By Malcolm Knox

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Title	:	Supermarket Monsters
Author	:	Malcolm Knox
ISBN	:
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	192

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Down, down .In hardware, petrol, merchandise, liquor and above all in groceries, Coles and Woolworths now jointly rule Australia s retail landscape On average, every man, woman and child in this country spends 100 a week across their many outlets.What does such dominance mean for suppliers And is it good for consumers In a hard hitting Redback, journalist and author Down, down .In hardware, petrol, merchandise, liquor and above all in groceries, Coles and Woolworths now jointly ru...

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Seven Little Australians (Woolcots, #1) By Ethel Turner

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Title	:	Seven Little Australians (Woolcots, #1)
Author	:	Ethel Turner
ISBN	:	1406567892
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	148

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Ethel Sybil Turner 1872 1958 was an Australian novelist and children s writer She was educated at Paddington Public School and Sydney Girls High School She started her writing career at eighteen with her sister Lilian Her best known work is her first novel, Seven Little Australians 1894 , which is widely considered as a classic of Australian children s literature Th Ethel Sybil Turner 1872 1958 was an Australian novelist and children s writer She was educated at Paddington Public School and Sydney Girls H...

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Tall Man By Chloe Hooper

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Title	:	Tall Man
Author	:	Chloe Hooper
ISBN	:	1416561595
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	258

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In 2004 on Palm Island, an Aboriginal settlement in the Deep North of Australia, a thirty six year old man named Cameron Doomadgee was arrested for swearing at a white police officer Forty minutes later he was dead in the jailhouse The police claimed he d tripped on a step, but his liver was ruptured The main suspect was Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley, a charismat In 2004 on Palm Island, an Aboriginal settlement in the Deep North of Australia, a thirty six year old man named Cameron Doomadge...

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The Explorers By Tim Flannery

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Title	:	The Explorers
Author	:	Tim Flannery
ISBN	:	0802137199
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	400

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A lively collection of extraordinary stories of adventure and discovery, The Explorers tells the epic saga of the conquest and settlement of Australia Editor Tim Flannery selects sixty seven accounts that convey the sense of wonder and discovery, along with the human dimensions of struggle and deprivation, which occurred in the exploration of the last continent to be full A lively collection of extraordinary stories of adventure and discovery, The Explorers tells the epic saga of the conquest and settleme...

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Kinglake-350 By Adrian Hyland

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Title	:	Kinglake-350
Author	:	Adrian Hyland
ISBN	:	1921758260
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	272

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On 7 February 2009 Sergeant Roger Wood found himself at the epicentre of the worst bushfire disaster in Australia s history Black Saturday Wood, who s a country cop with twenty years experience and also a raucous, meditating, horse riding vegan was the only officer on duty in the small community of Kinglake As the firestorm approached he was called out to numerous incid On 7 February 2009 Sergeant Roger Wood found himself at the epicentre of the worst bushfire disaster in Australia s history Bla...

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A Fraction of the Whole By Steve Toltz

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Title	:	A Fraction of the Whole
Author	:	Steve Toltz
ISBN	:	0385521723
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	530

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An irreverent comic adventure, spanning three continents, about a father and son against each other and against the world.For most of his life, Jasper Dean couldn t decide whether to pity, hate, love, or murder his certifiably paranoid father, Martin, a man who overanalyzed anything and everything and imparted his self garnered wisdom to his only son But now that Martin i An irreverent comic adventure, spanning three continents, about a father and son against each other and against the world.

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Eureka Stockade By Raffaello Carboni

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Title	:	Eureka Stockade
Author	:	Raffaello Carboni
ISBN	:	0522851509
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	208

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Relating the facts behind the myth, this eyewitness account tells the vivid and accurate story of the horrific 1854 Eureka Stockade, a revolt against police and soldiers involving 120 miners from the Ballart gold mines in Australia that left 35 dead and a legacy of courage and freedom that has shaped ideas of Australian nationhood ever since....

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Convict Maids By Deborah Oxley

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Title	:	Convict Maids
Author	:	Deborah Oxley
ISBN	:	0521446775
Format	:	Paperback
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Convict Maids looks at female convicts transported from Britain and Ireland to New South Wales between 1826 and 1840 Deborah Oxley refutes the notion that these women were prostitutes and criminals, arguing that in fact they helped put the colony on its feet Analyzing their backgrounds, Oxley finds that they were skilled, literate, young and healthy qualities exploited Convict Maids looks at female convicts transported from Britain and Ireland to New South Wales between 1826 and 1840 Deborah Oxley refutes...

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First Australians By Rachel Perkins

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Title	:	First Australians
Author	:	Rachel Perkins
ISBN	:	0522853153
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	336

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The official companion book to a major nine part television series broadcast on SBS TV, thisaccount reveals theviolent clash of culture, religion, and ideas at the heart of Australia s history Beginning with Aboriginal travelers landing on Australian shores around 70,000 BC and finishing with the pivotal 1967 Referendum, this account chronicles the fierce war with colonis The official companion book to a major nine part television series broadcast on SBS TV, this account reveals the violent clas...

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The Gold Rush By David Hill

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Title	:	The Gold Rush
Author	:	David Hill
ISBN	:	1864711302
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	498

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Australia s incredible gold rushes of the mid to late 1800s produced tremendous wealth and ensured the financial survival of the struggling Australian colonies They also tripled the country s small population, were the last nail in the coffin for convict transportation, subverted the hierarchical British class system, laid the foundations of the Australian egalitarian et Australia s incredible gold rushes of the mid to late 1800s produced tremendous wealth and ensured the financial survival of t...

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The Little Red Yellow Black Book By Bruce Pascoe

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Title	:	The Little Red Yellow Black Book
Author	:	Bruce Pascoe
ISBN	:	0855756152
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	156

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An in depth introduction to Australia s rich, indigenous culture, this pocket sized guide is an invaluable resource for learning about the 60,000 year old history of the country Containing everything from history and rarely seen photographs to information on traveling respectfully, the content is written by indigenous people and follows their cultural protocols and ethics An in depth introduction to Australia s rich, indigenous culture, this pocket sized guide is an invaluable resource for learn...

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Cooper's Creek By Alan Moorehead

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Title	:	Cooper's Creek
Author	:	Alan Moorehead
ISBN	:	1885283237
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	225

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The first fully documented story of the strange drama familiar to every Australian child that took place in the remote interior of Australia 150 years ago More than any other incident in Australia s history the story of Burke, the dashing but inexperienced expedition leader and Wills, his heroic second in command, evokes the memory of the early settlers and the seemin The first fully documented story of the strange drama familiar to every Australian child that took place in the remote interior o...

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Young Digger By Anthony Hill

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Title	:	Young Digger
Author	:	Anthony Hill
ISBN	:	0141000627
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	284

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The dark clouds returned and gathered about the boy His eyes grew distant, and he began to tremble He heard not only shells exploding, but the cries of dying menHe was stumbling over churned earth, looking into the faces of an officer, bloodied red as the poppies, ripped apart in the Flanders mudA small boy, an orphan of the First World War, wanders into the Austra The dark clouds returned and gathered about the boy His eyes grew distant, and he began to tremble He heard not only shel...

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Melbourne By Sophie Cunningham

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Title	:	Melbourne
Author	:	Sophie Cunningham
ISBN	:	1742231381
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	292

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Melbourne s city life told in diary form, this contemporary and personal portrait depicts major events from the Australian heat wave, which culminated in than 400 bushfires, to the destructive deluge of a hailstorm While walking through Melbourne s oldest suburb to its largest market, experiencing an Australian Rules Football game, and attending the comedy festival, Melbourne s city life told in diary form, this contemporary and personal portrait depicts major events from the Australian heat wave, which ...

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The Tyranny Of Distance By Geoffrey Blainey

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Title	:	The Tyranny Of Distance
Author	:	Geoffrey Blainey
ISBN	:	0333338367
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One of the most illuminating books ever written on Australian history The BulletinIn The Tyranny of Distance , an Australian classic that has been continuously in print since 1967, Geoffrey Blainey describes how distance and isolation have been central to Australia s history and in shaping its national identity, and will continue to form its future Fully revised and One of the most illuminating books ever written on Australian history The BulletinIn The Tyranny of Distance , an Australian classi...

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