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Australian Migrant Ships, 1946-1977 Synopsis In 1945, Australian immigration policy anticipated an influx of 70,000 migrants a year. The Australian government primarily sought out European migrants and, in order to transport these people, a large number of ships was required for the task... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper 
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1788: Text Classics by Watkin Tench Publisher Comments In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Botany Bay with the First Fleet. This curious young captain of the marines was an effortless storyteller. His account of the infant colony is the first classic of Australian literature.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $11.98 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Wobblies! : a Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World (05 Edition) by Paul Buhle Publisher Comments The stories of the hard-rock miners' shooting wars, young Elizabeth Gurly Flynn (the "Rebel Girl" of contemporary sheet music), the first sit-down strikes and Free Speech fights, Emma Goldman and the struggle for birth control access, the Pageant for... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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In/Visible Sight: The Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand by Angela Wanhalla Publisher Comments Angela Wanhalla starts her story with the mixed-descent community at Maitapapa, Taieri, where her great-grandparents, John Brown and Mabel Smith, were born. As the book took shape, a community emerged from the records, re-casting history and identity in... (read more) Your price: $34.25 New - Trade Paper
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A Concise History of Australia by Stuart Macintyre Publisher Comments This entertaining book is the most up-to-date single-volume Australian history available.... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A History of New South Wales: by Beverley Kingston Publisher Comments How New South Wales has developed and differentiated itself from other Australian states.... (read more) List Price $48.75 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story by Christina Thompson Publisher Comments “A multilayered, highly informative and insightful book that blends memoir, historical and travel narrative…vivid and meticulously researched.”—San Francisco Chronicle In this involving, compassionate memoir, Christina Thompson tells... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales by John White Publisher Comments The Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales is complete with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions.... (read more) Your price: $29.75 New - Trade Paper
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Trying To Get It Back; Indigenous Women, Education and Culture. by Gillian Weiss Publisher Comments Trying to Get It Back: Indigenous Women, Education and Culture examines aspects of the lives of six women from three generations of two indigenous families. Their combined memories, experiences and aspirations cover the entire twentieth century. The... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $22.48 New - Hardcover
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A Concise History of New Zealand (Cambridge Concise Histories) by Philip M. Smith Publisher Comments New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein... (read more) Your price: $26.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Cruise of H.M.S. "Calliope" in China, Australian and East African Waters. 1887-1890. by Arthur Cornwallis Evans Publisher Comments Title: The Cruise of H.M.S. Calliope in China, Australian and East African waters. 1887-1890.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research... (read more) Your price: $22.75 New - Trade Paper
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Medicinal Plants in Australia: Volume 1: Bush Pharmacy by Cheryll J. Williams Synopsis This book is designed to enhance the appreciation of the medicinal history of Australia's flora, its unique contributions to everyday life, and its extraordinary future potential. Author Cheryll Williams previously published a series of articles on... (read more) Your price: $81.50 New - Hardcover
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Australian Sketches Made on Tour by Harry Furniss Publisher Comments Title: Australian Sketches made on tour.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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Firestorm by Not Available (na) Publisher Comments FIRESTORM details real-life stories of heroism, duty, survival and gutsy life and death decisions and includes incredible photographs of "Black Saturday," February 7, 2009. Australia's worst-ever natural disaster unfolded like a time bomb waiting to... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Australian Stories. in Prose and Verse, Etc. by Anonymous Publisher Comments Title: Australian Stories. In prose and verse, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items... (read more) Your price: $19.75 New - Trade Paper
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Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2: The Romance of Exploration (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration) by Ernest Giles Publisher Comments Ernest Powell Giles (1835 97) is best remembered as one of the first explorers of South Australia. Powell emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1850, settling in Adelaide. From 1861 he was leading small-scale expeditions along the Darling River... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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The French at Akaroa: An Adventure in Colonization (Cambridge Library Collection - History) by T. Lindsay Buick Publisher Comments Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865 1938) became interested in New Zealand history while working as a political journalist in Wellington, and became an influential figure in the field. He went on to write twelve books and numerous pamphlets on the early history... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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Science, Sexuality, and Race in the United States and Australia, 1780s-1890s by Gregory D. Smithers Publisher Comments This book combines transnational history with the comparative analysis of racial formation and reproductive sexuality in the settler colonial spaces of the United States and British Australia. Specifically, the book places "whiteness," and the changing... (read more) List Price $113.00 Your price: $43.26 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Journal of a Voyage Up the Nile, Made Between the Months of November, 1848, and April, 1849. by an American. by Anonymous Publisher Comments Title: Journal of a Voyage up the Nile, made between the months of November, 1848, and April, 1849. By an American.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the... (read more) Your price: $22.75 New - Trade Paper
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The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: From the Earliest Date to the Present Day (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration) by William Howitt Publisher Comments The prolific writer William Howitt (1792-1879) embarked for Australia in 1852 and spent two years there travelling and panning for gold. His experiences resulted in several books that appealed to the Victorian public's avid interest in Antipodean... (read more) Your price: $43.50 New - Trade Paper
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