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Going to the Dogs
A history of greyhound racing in New South Wales
A comprehensive overview of the history of greyhound racing in NSW, beginning with the origins of the sport in coursing and tin-hare racing through to the current controversies threatening its existence. This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in “the sport of the people”.
ISBN-13: 9781925043464 (Hardback)
Publisher: HALSTEAD PRESS
Imprint: HALSTEAD PRESS
Author: Solling, Max
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AUD $49.95
Stock: 931 in stock
Local release date: 01/10/2020
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Categories: Lifestyle, sport & leisure [W]Sports & outdoor recreation [WS]Equestrian & animal sports [WSN]Greyhound racing [WSNP]Society & social sciences [J]Society & culture: general [JF]Social issues & processes [JFF]Animals & society [JFFZ]Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]History: specific events & topics [HBT]

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Born in 1972?
What else happened?
34th in a series of 34 books covering life in Australia in each year 1939-1972. Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories, such as changing political fortunes at home and relations with China and Vietnam abroad.
ISBN-13: 9780645182620 (Paperback)
Publisher: BOOM BOOKS
Imprint: BOOM BOOKS
Author: Williams, Ron
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AUD $21.99
Stock: 929 in stock
Local release date: 15/10/2021
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]History: earliest times to present day [HBL]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]History: specific events & topics [HBT]Social & cultural history [HBTB]

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Born in 1962?
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24th in a series of 34 books covering life in Australia in each year 1939-1972. Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories, such as changing attitudes to birth control and women's roles, tensions with our near neighbours, and the Cold War.
ISBN-13: 9780645182613 (Paperback)
Publisher: BOOM BOOKS
Imprint: BOOM BOOKS
Author: Williams, Ron
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AUD $21.99
Stock: 877 in stock
Local release date: 15/10/2021
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]History: earliest times to present day [HBL]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]History: specific events & topics [HBT]Social & cultural history [HBTB]

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Born in 1942?
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4th in a series of 34 books covering life in Australia in each year 1939-1972. Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories, such as the growing threat of invasion by the Japanese, rationing, War in Europe and Africa, the war effort in Oz.
ISBN-13: 9780645182606 (Paperback)
Publisher: BOOM BOOKS
Imprint: BOOM BOOKS
Author: Williams, Ron
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AUD $21.99
Stock: 875 in stock
Local release date: 15/10/2021
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]History: earliest times to present day [HBL]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]History: specific events & topics [HBT]Social & cultural history [HBTB]

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Changi to Cabramatta
This volume of Public History Review visits Changi, least glamorous of all ex-pat lifestyles; the Rachel Forster Hospital, where ladies became doctors; Collarenebri, where Aborigines searched for a place to bury their dead; and Cabramatta, where a community created a monument to legitimise its presence.
ISBN-13: 9781875684816 (Paperback)
Publisher: HALSTEAD PRESS
Imprint: HALSTEAD PRESS
Author: Public HIstory Review
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AUD $24.95
Stock: 469 in stock
Local release date: 17/01/2013
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Categories: History: specific events & topics [HBT]

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Pandemic
The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20
From January 1919 two waves of Spanish Flu swept across Australia. This book tells the story of the 15,000+ Australians who died, the many more who were incapacitated, and medical and health specialists who, by literally putting their lives on the line, saved countless more and gave Australia a template for what was to come a century later in 2020
ISBN-13: 9781925868449 (Paperback)
Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
Author: Shaw, Ian W.
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AUD $34.99
Stock: 433 in stock
Local release date: 19/09/2020
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Categories: Humanities [H]History: specific events & topics [HBT]Regional & national history [HBJ]Social & cultural history [HBTB]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]Australia [1MBF]

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Armytages of Como
Pastoral Pioneers
Grand homes, the opulent life of the squatocracy, class conflict, gentry and convict origins, skulduggery, human foibles and noble visions: the true story of one of Australia's leading pastoral families, centered around Como, one of Australia's favourite historic homes.
ISBN-13: 9781920831066 (Hardback)
Publisher: HALSTEAD PRESS
Imprint: HALSTEAD PRESS
Author: Selzer, Anita
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AUD $49.95
Stock: 345 in stock
Local release date: 17/01/2013
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Categories: History: specific events & topics [HBT]

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Born in 1950?
What else happened?
12th in a series of 33 books covering life in Australia in each year 1939-1971. Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories, such as the adventures of Dugan and Mears, the end of petrol rationing at last, Nuremberg trials, new dance styles, and whaling in Oz.
ISBN-13: 9780648651192 (Paperback)
Publisher: BOOM BOOKS
Imprint: BOOM BOOKS
Author: Williams, Ron
Price:
AUD $21.99
Stock: 274 in stock
Local release date: 04/06/2021
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]History: earliest times to present day [HBL]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]History: specific events & topics [HBT]Social & cultural history [HBTB]

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Treasures of Canberra
The highlights of Canberra great collections. The book features many breathtaking works of are alongside war relics amazing vehicles The magna carta and more
ISBN-13: 9781920831981 (Hardback)
Publisher: HALSTEAD PRESS
Imprint: HALSTEAD PRESS
Author: Churcher, Betty
Price:
AUD $39.99
Stock: 252 in stock
Local release date: 07/06/2013
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Categories: History: specific events & topics [HBT]