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Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among Aborigines by Julia Blackburn Publisher Comments In 1913, at the age of 54, Daisy Bates went to live in the deserts of South Australia. Brilliantly reviewed, astonishingly original, this "eloquent and illuminating portrait of an extraordinary woman" (New York Times Book Review) tells a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cooper's Creek: Tragedy and Adventure in the Australian Outback by Alan Moorehead Publisher Comments In 1860, an expedition set out from Melbourne, Australia, into the interior of the country, with the mission to find a route to the northern coast. Headed by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the party of adventurers, scientists, and camels set... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Romulus, My Father by Raimond Gaita Publisher Comments A powerful, best-selling memoir about the relationship between a father and son. Adapted as an award-winning film starring Eric Bana (Hulk), loved by readers and lauded by critics, Romulus, My Father is about how one compassionate and honest man taught... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Respectable Lives: Social Standing in Rural New Zealand by Elvin Hatch Publisher Comments "Trees of the California Landscape combines in a single volume just about everything landscape design professionals or home gardeners need to know about California trees. This excellent reference book/field guide will be particularly welcomed by... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History by Paul Sillitoe Publisher Comments An account of social change in Melanesia covering the colonial period and the post-colonial era.... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price: $5.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Secret Country by John Pilger Synopsis A study which takes the reader beyond the euphemistic and romantic popular misconceptions to reveal the often invisible past and the present subterfuge of Australia. It portrays a country of stark contrasts, of visionaries and criminals whose secrets are... (read more) Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Australia: Land Beyond Time by Reg Morrison Publisher Comments A companion to the large-screen film of the same name, "Australia: Land Beyond Time" explores the continent's antiquity with more than 300 stunning color photos of its breathtaking land forms, plants, and animals. 20 maps.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History (Agenda Melbourne, Vic.) by Robert Manne Publisher Comments In December 2002, "The Fabrication of Aboriginal History Vol.1 by Keith Windschuttle was published. It argued that violence between whites and Aboriginals in colonial Tasmania had been vastly exaggerated and sought to rewrite the most contentious part of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Australia's History: Themes and Debates by Martyn Lyons Publisher Comments This landmark volume will be created to coincide with the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences which the University of New South Wales in Sydney will be hosting in 2005. Sponsored by the Australian Historical Association, the book will... (read more) List Price $41.25 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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True North: A Memoir by Jill Ker Conway Publisher Comments "Compelling...A fascinating life." --The Toronto Star "Conway is a remarkable woman--spunky, intelligent." --The Globe and Mail "A wonderful book...An immensely engaging storyteller." --Washington Post Book World From the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Racial Destiny in Australia by Warwick Anderson Publisher Comments In nineteenth-century Australia, the main commentators on race and biological differences were doctors. But the medical profession entertained serious anxieties about the possibility of "racial denigration" of the white population in the new land, and... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Australia Flying High (Flying High) by Klaus D. Francke Publisher Comments Australia is the world's smallest continent but the world's largest island, unsurpassed in its diversity of cultures and natural wonders. Aerial photographer Klaus D. Francke invites readers to explore this vast and beautiful land through this superb... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Terra Nullius (07 Edition) by Lindqvist Publisher Comments "At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races."Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man "Terra nullius"no man's... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Walkabout Year: Twelve Months in Australia by Samuel F. Pickering Publisher Comments "Reading Pickering," said Smithsonian, "is like taking a walk with your oldest, wittiest friend." In Walkabout Year, Samuel Pickering, the professor who inspired the movie Dead Poets Society, provides an intimate, engaging chronicle... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Colonial Technology: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia (Studies in Australian History) by Jan Todd Publisher Comments Australia has always imported overseas technology, largely out of necessity, but has this been exploitative, fostering a relationship of dependence, or used to Australia's advantage? Jan Todd explores this question in the context of nineteenth-century... (read more) List Price $117.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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My Place by Sally Morgan Publisher Comments Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained within Australia's indigenous culture. Sally Morgan traveled to her grandmothers birthplace, starting... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over by Geraldine Brooks Publisher Comments As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe,... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes Publisher Comments Here is history on an epic scale a riveting, brilliantly written account of the birth of Australia out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. Eighty years lay between the landing at Botany Nay in 1788... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Australia Journey Through a Timeless Lan by Roff Martin Smith Synopsis Illustrates the history, culture, landscapes, wildlife, and maritime of the continent of Australia.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women by Deborah J Swiss Publisher Comments The convict women who built a continent..."A moving and fascinating story." -Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost The Tin Ticket takes readers to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of three women arrested and sent... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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