Part history, part true crime thriller, part first-hand investigation into the inner workings of ...

A consumer-oriented and compact handbook written in plain English for a general audience with an ...

Australia is world-renowned for its often extraordinary and unique natural environment - includin...

This is the first comprehensive book on contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia. The names of ...

With a focus on public-sector policy and decision making, this textbook, designed for masters-lev...

Acclaimed photographer William Yang has captured the zeitgeist like no-one else. Yang has provide...

Arguing that money plays a controversial role in Australian politics, this volume dissects how po...

Australian history has changed drastically over the last fifty years and has found itself at the ...

Six years after vacating his position as the longest-serving Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr...

The incredible story of how Australia’s greatest maritime mystery was solved.In November 1941 HMA...

A Day in Melbourne and A Day in Hobart feature 24 line drawings each of iconic Melbourne and Hoba...

Climate change is predicted to dislocate millions of people in regions already vulnerable to econ...

John Murphy’s Evatt: A life is a biography of Australian parliamentarian and jurist HV Evatt. Rem...

Based on a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) designed for both military personnel and non-special...

The Long Road analyses the successes and failures of ADF's 'train, advise, assist' missions in Ir...

This long-awaited biography tells the story of a working-class Sydney boy who left Australian sho...

Scots have been 'invisible' ethnics but happen to be Australia's third largest immigrant group. '...

Suitable for researchers, policy makers and students who are interested in how social capital the...

Distinguished architect Andrew Andersons has redefined Australia's art galleries over the last fi...

2003 marks the twentieth anniversary of the first case of HIV-AIDS in Australia. Despite an initi...

This text aims to help teachers, professionals and parents assess primary school student performa...

Shows how a new nation - Australia - was created in a very old continent. Looking at some of thos...

This book looks at the administrative and leadership style of former Prime Minister John Howard's...

An implicit sense of public service and ‘otherness’ has now come to permeate Canberra’s identity ...

Where do thousands of people in wigs, jumpsuits and fake Priscilla eyelashes go each January to s...

With excellent examples and easy-to-follow rules, this concise and practical guide teaches users ...

Colonial architect John James Clark was fourteen when he began practising as an architect. By the...

The fascinating history of a much-loved Canberra landmark.Joan Sutherland’s debut, the notorious ...

An inspiring story of love over hate.The Wayside Chapel in Sydney’s Kings Cross is a meetingplace...

Lively and evocative, this record uncovers the rich history of the former gold, silver, and coppe...

Charles Darwin's profound influence on Australian thinking is explored from a variety of position...

Coeducation or single-sex schooling? This is a fundamental question that many Australian parents ...

This revised edition of Newspaper Feature Writing is at the cutting edge of the revolution. It ha...

This in-depth analysis uses pertinent demographic data and projections to track the profound chan...

Herb Feith came to Australia as a Jewish refugee from war-torn Europe in 1939 and went on to beco...

Breathtakingly original, this book shows that the history of Australia can be told through a hist...

The extraordinary story of how a devoted nun became an equally devoted campaigner for justice- as...

The untold story of Rayner Hoff, one of Australia's most gifted - and controversial - public scul...

The truth about the assault on Gallipoli is finally being told – panel by panel.Gallipoli: The La...

Stiletto heels, miniskirts, bobbed wigs, shiny new technology, and exotic locations were all part...

Parrots and lorikeets swoop down, vivid, bright and colourful. Black swans glide through the air....

Adapted from Andy Griffiths' and Terry Denton's phenomenally successful Treehouse book series, Ri...

A celebration of the Spit Amateur Swimming Club andhow it’s had an enormous impact, not just on t...

The leading Australian astronomer of his generation, John Bolton, was born in Sheffield and educa...

In 2001, CSIRO’s future looked shaky. The Australian government had announced a big increase in p...

Part memoir, part guide to Sydney, Australia, this melancholic, moving, and funny exploration int...

In this book, 35 refugees, all temporary protection visa (TPV) holders and mostly from Iraq and A...

A fresh and dynamic journey through one of Australia's most-loved institutions, this intoxicating...