Jean-Paul Delamotte enabled many well known Australian film-makers and writers have a place in France - through his translations of films like Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Frank Moorhouse's Edith Trilogy. He went to University with Jacques Chirac and Jack Lang, and his connections were pivotal to several major Australian cultural events in France. ......
A daring and thrilling journey into a fantastical world of shamans and vampires where Aboriginal dreaming and Gothic horror are woven together in early Australian colonial history.
One of the great novels of early settlement in Tasmania, seen through the eyes of the shaman Jangamuttuk, who battles for the survival of his tribe in a world of white ghosts.
The True Story of the Kelly Gang of Bushrangers, published in 1900, was a highly researched biography of the notorious 19th-century Victorian family of bushrangers. Chomley wrote the biography using court documents, police records and court evidence.] It is recognised as being one of the most accurate depictions of the story of Ned Kelly, ......
These 20 stories, illustrated with traditional Aboriginal drawings, are topical and satirical pieces, giving an insider's view to a strange and all-embracing ancient culture. B&w illustrations
From life in small New South Wales country towns to the glitter of Sydney, this memoir explores life in a changing Australia, from ages 7 to 17. Especially written and recorded for ABC Radio, this book evokes an innocent Australia through a quietly comic delivery.
To help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba on October 31 1917, this book offers nearly 100 unpublished photographs taken in the field by brothers Guy and Barney Hayden, of the 12th Light Horse.
Memories and Glimpses of Melbourne's Bohemia, 1937-47
These are Kershaw's reflections as a member of the lively crew of poets, painters, musicians and marginal madcaps who made up Melbourne's artistic avant-garde in the 30s and 40s.
Harry Tremayne, a policeman, goes to an isolated valley in the remote Murchison region of Western Australia to find his brother - who vanished a month earlier while investigating the murder of a police detective. Do the gold smugglers at Breakaway House station hold the answers to the mystery...
