This book explores an array of remarkable Ford Falcons and Mustangs and the passionate individuals who craft and care for them—chronicling all the significant models over 60 years, celebrating designers and those who drove them. It also highlights the Falcons role in Australian history and examines the global impact of Ford through the Mustang.
This book looks at 50-odd individual cars that have been carefully restored and maintained here in Australia, covering a wide range of variations and models, all ones that were only originally available in the Aussie and New Zealand markets. It takes us back to a time when cars and commercial vehicles were being successfully produced in Australia.
How a tycoon, a pastoralist and a convict helped shape the exploration of colonial Australia
The Australian outback was revealed partly by formal expeditions, but also by runaway convicts, privately funded explorers, and pastoralists. This is the enthralling tale of three exemplars: Ralph Entwistle, bushranger; John Horrocks, first to explore the parched interior by camel; and Horace Wills, who pushed the frontier back in the far north.
Originally published in 1894 and one of the rarest of all Kellyana, this has been out of print in any form for over 100 years. Fully illustrated with contemporary engravings and photographs, for the 140th anniversary of the events at Stringybark Creek.
When the students of Burraroo Public School skipped through their dusty red playground and into class, they saw the most gobsmacking thing… Starting at a new school can be hard. But imagine if you are a bunyip! Set in a fictional outback Australian school, this is a story about being accepted, finding a place to belong, the value of kindness, and ......
Learn the finer points of driving from one of Australias finest driving instructors.
This book is a syllabus guiding the student, and supervising driver, through the many stages of learning to drive safely. Ray Griffiths will expertly guide you through a widely "misunderstood subject." With 42 easy to understand ......
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
The Heather to The Hawkesbury
Follows Mary Macdonald and her family; her brother Fergus MacKenzie; sister-in-law Caro MacLeod; cousins the Fraser and all their families who have had to emigrate from the Isle of Skye during the “Clearances”. The story follows the four families from Scotland, on the ship out and to the NSW colony in ......
The vision and achievements of Henry Parkes, one of the nation's greatest founding fathers, provide the catalyst for this collection of ideas for Australian society - from education policy to rail infrastructure, from models of government to options for a republic, and from social justice through Constitutional reform to evolving multiculturalism ......
