True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Category: Australiana
As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his narrative in semiliterate but magically descriptive prose. To his pursuers he is a thief and a murderer. To his own people he's a hero for opposing the English. Ned, who saw his first prison cell at fifteen, has become the most wanted man in the wild colon ...Show more
Seven Versions of an Australian Badland by Ross Gibson
Category: Australiana
A gripping new work of creative non-fiction that unravels layers of murder and mayhem across two centuries.
Boots by Elizabeth Pulsford
Category: Australiana
Through the endearing perspective of a beloved pair of working boots, this picture book narrates the life of a cattle farmer and his love of the Australian bush. With themes of love, loss, old age, hardship and resilience, Boots provides a candid glimpse into the trials and tribulations of one man's lif ...Show more
A Question of Colour: my journey to belonging by Patricia Lees
Category: Australiana
'These two children have been in our Home in Townsville for more than two years, and in view of their very dark colouring, have not been assimilated into the white race. Every effort has been made to place them in a foster home without success because of their colour.' Queensland State Children's Depart ...Show more
Amnesia Road by Stegemann, Luke
Category: Australiana
'At both ends of the world, I have found confusion and profound disagreement about how to read the story of the past, about who should write or speak it, and what parts of it should be written or spoken about at all.'Amnesia Road is a compelling literary examination of historic violence in rural areas o ...Show more
Birth of Melbourne by Tim Flannery
Category: Australiana
In 1835 John Batman sailed up the Yarra and was astonished by the beauty of the land. It was a temperate Kakadu, teeming with wildlife and with soils rich enough to spawn pastoral empires. With the discovery of gold, the city was transformed almost overnight into 'marvellous Melbourne'. And yet, as Tim ...Show more
Bina - First Nations Languages, Old and New by Gari Tudor-Smith; Paul Williams; Felicity Meakins
Category: Australiana
Australia's language diversity is truly breathtaking. This continent lays claim to the world's longest continuous collection of cultures, including over 440 unique languages and many more dialects. Sadly, European invasion has had severe consequences for the vitality of these languages.Amid devastating ...Show more
Ngaawily Nop: An old story retold by Kim Scott, Joyce Cockles, Roma Winmar, Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project
Category: Australiana | Series: Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project Ser.
This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast. A boy goes looking for his uncle. He discovers family and home at the ocean's edge, and finds himself as well. Ngaawily Nop is a story of country and family and belonging. (Series: Wirlomin Noo ...Show more
Constitutional Reform As a Remedy for Political Disenchantment in Australia - The Discussion We Need by Bede Harris
Category: Australiana
The central argument of this book explores the disillusionment that Australians feel with regard to the way politics is conducted. The book explores causes of that disillusionment, and argues that because these are ultimately traceable to defects in the constitution, it is only through constitutional r ...Show more
Cairns City of the South Pacific : a History 1770-1995 by Timothy David Reis Bottoms
Category: Australiana
The township of Cairns was established in the wake of the Palmer River Gold rush of 1873, and established as a port for the Hodgkinson Goldfield in October 1876. After a tenuous start, Cairns became the terminus for the far North Queensland railway, servicing the inland mining districts. Chinese were in ...Show more