New South imprint: 178 books
Tim Carmody Affair
Australia's Greatest Judicial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
In 2014 when Tim Carmody, a former police officer, was sworn in as Chief Justice of Queensland, he had been Chief Magistrate for only nine months and had never served on the Supreme Court. It was one of the most controversial judicial appointments in Australia's history. Chaos ensued. The Tim Carmody...
Shadow Men
The Leaders Who Shaped the Australian Army from the Veldt to Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Australian military history is full of heroes – big names that loom large in the public memory of the nation's wartime experiences, like Monash, Chauvel, Jacka and Blamey. There is no question that these famous figures of the Australian Army are important, but their story is not the only story....
Europeans in Australia
Volume One: The Beginning
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The first of three volumes of the landmark, award-winning series The Europeans in Australia gives an account of early settlement by Britain. It tells of the political and intellectual origins of this extraordinary undertaking that began during the 1780s, a decade of extraordinary creativity and the...
Divas
Mathilde Marchesi and Her Pupils
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
The incredible story of singing teacher extraordinaire Mathilde Marchesi who trained more international opera stars than anyone before or since.Who was Mathilde Marchesi? How did she become a byword internationally for vocal excellence and operatic success? What was her formula? And how did she produce...
by Amanda Webster
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
A foreigner's criticism provides the impetus for Amanda Webster to embark on a long-intended search for two former school friends – Aboriginal kids from the Kurrawang Mission near where she grew up in Kalgoorlie. As a child, Webster supposed Mission kids were well-cared for orphans, however growing...
The Roots of Terrorism in Indonesia
From Darul Islam to Jema'ah Islamiyah
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Indonesia’s current terrorist problems have a long and complex history, and this work, based on a remarkable array of sources, many of which have never been publicly cited, is a rigorous account that fills in many gaps in our knowledge of jihadist groups, how they interacted with the state and events...
Charles Bean
Man, Myth, Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Australia's official war correspondent during WWI, Charles Bean was also Australia's first official war historian and the driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Memorial. Famously criticized for his deliberate myth-making as editor of The Anzac Book, Bean was also a public servant,...
by John Mulvaney
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Known as a historian, conservationist, leading public intellectual, and, most famously, the father of Australian archaeology,” John Mulvaney is renowned for uncovering the depth of Australian human prehistory. This insightful and illuminating memoir traces Mulvaney’s life from his childhood...
Flying Dinosaurs
How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Unearthing the recent paleontologial discoveries, this fascinating popular science book shows that birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs. The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the paleontologial world. Were the feathers part of a complex mating...
by Daniel Reynolds, George Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Australia does not have a bill or charter of rights, which means there is no comprehensive law that enshrines human rights in Australia – even though these laws are standard in the rest of the developed world. So what does this mean for the rights of Australian citizens? In this fully revised fourth...
Serving Our Country
Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
After decades of silence, Serving Our Country is the first comprehensive history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's participation in the Australian defense forces. While Indigenous Australians have enlisted in the defense forces since the Boer War, for much of this time they defied...
Turmoil
Letters from the Brink
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Robyn Williams, presenter of The Science Show on ABC Radio, reveals all in Turmoil, a searingly honest and often blackly funny reflection on his life, friends, the people he loves and loathes, and a multi-faceted career that includes over forty years on radio. Robyn writes frankly about everything,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the first ordination of women priests in the Australian Anglican Church, this book analyzes the ordination debate and reviews how it occupied church synods, ecclesiastical tribunals, civil courts, and media headlines. It also highlights the accomplishments of...
by Jane Lydon
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
The 1838 Myall Creek Massacre is remembered for the brutality of the crime committed by white settlers against innocent Aboriginal men, women and children, but also because eleven of the twelve assassins were arrested and brought to trial. Amid tremendous controversy, seven were hanged. Marking its...