A history of Palmerston (Darwin) through the last decade of the 1890s. While the major industries had all hit the doldrums, the resiliant population struggled on. This is the story of extraordinary people in an extraodinary time.
A study of Arthur Upfield and his long-term relationship with Albermarle station, in north-western NSW from the early 1920s, where he found so many characters and plots for his Bony novels, featuring an Aboriginal detective. Upfield's letters to EV (Verco) Whyte, the overseer at Albermarle, who inspired Upfield's Gripped By Drought, are augmented ......
The Secret Histories behind over 700 Sites and Buildings
In this highly illustrated guide local Sydney historian Trevor McAlister takes us on a series of tours throughout the metropolitan area. On each one he highlights a wealth of buildings and sites, giving us insights into the history of Australia’s first and largest city.
Is this a novel? Or a biography? Graeme Cohen is so close to his true life subject, that imagined events and conversations seem exactly real. Martin Gardiner, colonial Australia’s most published mathematician, was better at attracting supporters and women than at caring for them, or protecting himself. Cohen’s warts and all story is true to ......
This book examines the flaws in the origin, design, application, and operation of the Australian Constitution, including, but not limited to its racial basis, the misleading nature of the text, and the subjective, judicial interpretation of the High Court.
A lively living history of anti-colonialist movements across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans Despite its small landmass in relation to other continents, Oceania has been the site of large-scale political struggles and immensely significant historical processes. Pasifika Black is a compelling history of anti-colonial movements in this ......
Arthur Upfield's Aboriginal detective Bony features in 29 novels, and this book holds a "lost" Bony story - angling off Bermagui, along with several rarely seen Upfield pieces on Big Game Fishing in Australian, hunting for Marlin and Swordfish, as well as a memory piece on Bermagui - where he fished very succesfully in the 1930s, and where he ......
The Foundation of Australia's Capital Cities is the story of how the places chosen for Australia's seven colonial capitals came to shape their unique urban character and built environments, resulting in development patterns than have persisted today.
