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by Jill Blee
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The idea of flying like the birds in the sky was a fantasy until the men of science began unlocking the mysteries of the universe in the 15th century. Innovation was then needed but by the end of the first decade of the twentieth century men and machines were taking to the air successfully in Europe,...
Yachting Yarns from South Australia
Tales and History of 10 Extraordinary South Australian yachts
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Yachting Yarns is great news for lovers of all things nautical. This captivating book with its fascinating sea stories is a must for anyone with maritime interests.
It traces the history of 10 South Australian sailing vessels, each from its construction through its life journey and...
The Valley
A story from the heart of the land
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
'I had two paddocks to look after,' said Les Gilpin, 'one of 1800 acres, one of 1000 acres. My job was to keep the rabbits down.' Les left school when he turned fourteen and went to work as a rabbiter, living in a corrugated iron hut, on a remote corner of a property. This was Australia in 1945. Les...
by Stephen Dando-Collins
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Sir Henry Parkes: Father of Federation, Premier of NSW, Statesman, Visionary, Political Leader, Poet, Humanist
May 27, 2015 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Parkes. After he died, the London Times described him as 'a colonial colossus.'
Henry Parkes received little...
by Michael Chandler
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
The Marines of the First Fleet were the keeper of law and order upon the original settlement of the convict colony at Port Jackson in 1788. However only six years later one Henry Kable was appointed to the position of Chief Constable of the colony.
Henry Kable createda number...
by John Hirst
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
If there are genuine questions about Australian history, there is something to puzzle over. The history ceases to be predictable—and dull.
From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australia's...
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The untold story of Australia's Holden
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
The FJ Holden. It's an unmistakable, much loved and unique symbol of Australia - right up there with the pavlova, Don Bradman's baggy green, or Christmas on the beach.
But how did it get this way? Exactly how did an American car company so accurately grasp Australia's automotive pulse to create...
by L.H.M. Cody
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
In this ebook, Laura shares the fascinating story of how she and her fiancé House Sat around Australia for nine months. Through honestly telling their story, readers can see what House Sitting is really like and, perhaps more importantly, learn from their mistakes.
Apart from sharing the couple's...
by Jim Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Did you know that in 1932 the Australian army was called out to wage war on an invading army of 20,000...emus? Or that the first royal personage to arrive in Australia was the King of Iceland and he came as a convict? And how about the spooky phenomenon of the mischief-making Guyra Ghost?
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by Christopher Richards
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Three shiploads of settlers sail for a magnificent, isolated bay to establish a Utopia.But Australia, the oldest continent, settled by Europeans less than 100 years before, strikes back at the intruders through its climate, terrain and first people.Here in full for the first time is the story of the...
Quarterly Essay 20 A Time for War
Australia as a Military Power
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
In A Time for War: Australia as a Military Power, John Birmingham ponders the Australian way of war. After East Timor and Bali, a combination of primal fear and primal ambition has transformed attitudes to our region, to security and to war as an instrument of politics. Australian defence policy has...
Warrior Elite
Australias special forces Z Force to the SAS intelligence operations to cyber warfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
A compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the future. From the co-author of SAS Sniper.
Warrior Elite is a unique and compelling account of Australia's...
Wesleyan-Holiness Churches in Australia
Hallelujah under the Southern Cross
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Most Wesleyan-Holiness churches started in the US, developing out of the Methodist roots of the nineteenth-century Holiness Movement. The American origins of the Holiness movement have been charted in some depth, but there is currently little detail on how it developed outside of the US. This book...
Flinders
The Man Who Mapped Australia
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The fascinating story of the exceptional maritime explorer, Matthew Flinders - the man who put Australia on the map.
Shipwrecks, storms, death and danger - Matthew Flinders encountered it all on his courageous quest to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline.
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