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A Colonial Tramp: Travels and Adventures in Australia and New Guinea
A Colonial Tramp: Travels and Adventures in Australia and New Guinea
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Published in 1891, this two volume set by Hume Nisbet describes his extensive travels through the Australian colonies and New Guinea. In fifty-four chapters he touches on life at numerous places – and addresses topics of significance at the time – convicts, the land question, causes of massacres, missionaries and traders ...
Glance at Australia in 1880
A Glance at Australia in 1880: Embracing a Squatters and Farmers Directory of the Whole of Australia
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Published in 18881 this book shows the present condition and production of some of leading industries, such as wool, wine, grain etc., the amount of each produced and exported. It includes information on the rise and progress of some of the leading mercantile houses in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
Vacation Tour at the Antipodes
A Vacation Tour at the Antipodes Through Victoria,Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand in 1861-1862
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Written in 1863 by Benjamin Arthur Heywood, this book describes the author's tour in 1861-1862 through Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand ...
A Voyage Round the World
A Voyage Round the World
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Written by the Marquis de Beauvoir in 1870, it describes his travels around the world between 1866 and 1868. His journal focuses largely on his time in Australia ...
Advance Australia
Advance Australia: An Account of Eight Years Work, Wandering and Amusement in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria
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Written in 1885 by the English aristocrat Harold Finch-Hatton, fourth son of the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, the book describes his eight years’ work, wandering, and amusement in Qld, NSW and Vic. He spent most of his time in the Mackay district of Queensland where a town now bears his name ...
An Historical Geography of Modern Australia
An Historical Geography of Modern Australia: The Restive Fringe
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This is the first authoritative and comprehensive historical geography of Australian during the second century of white occupation.
Australia & New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand
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An 1873 of tour of Australia by Anthony Trollope, the famous English novelist whose books illuminate virtually every aspect.
Australia From a Woman's Point of View
Australia From a Woman's Point of View
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Describes the new role women were gaining in Australian society in 1913 ...
Australia's Gold Rushes
Australia's Gold Rushes
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In 1851 gold was discovered in Australia, near Bathurst in New South Wales.  Just four months later another find was made near Ballarat in Victoria,. These  events would lead to ...
Australia: Rise, Progress & Present Condition
Australia: Its Rise, Progress and Present Condition
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Written by William Westgarth in 1861, this volume is described as consisting chiefly of the articles Australasia and Australia of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica." These articles have been revised or rewritten, so as to bring down to the present time the information upon this eventful part of our empire.
Australian Blue Book 1942
Australian Blue Book 1942
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The Australian Blue Book is the first publication of its kind in Australia in that it is an all-Australian reference book, designed to fill a definite gap in the educational and informational literature of the Commonwealth ...
Australian Cyclopedias Compendium Set
Australian Cyclopedias Compendium Set
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The Australian Cyclopedias are an incredibly important resource for all historians researching Australian history, but just what are they, and what do they contain ...
Australian Handbook 1873
Australian Handbook 1873
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the fourth issue of the Australian Handbook is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
Australian Handbook 1889
Australian Handbook 1889
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Australian Handbook (incorporating New Zealand, Fiji, and New Guinea) - Manufacturers, Shippers & Importers Directory for 1889.
Australian Handbook 1895
Australian Handbook 1895
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, British New Guinea and Fiji, the Australian Handbook is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
Australian Handbook 1897
Australian Handbook 1897
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The Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1897, the twenty-sixth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information. Covering each of the Australian states, New Zealand ...
Australian Handbook 1898
Australian Handbook 1898
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, British New Guinea and Fiji, the Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1898, the twenty-ninth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
Australian Handbook 1899
Australian Handbook 1899
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, British New Guinea and Fiji, the Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1899, the thirtieth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
Australian Handbook 1900
Australian Handbook 1900
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The publication covers the whole Australian region. It is mainly concerned with giving an oversight of each Australian colony and is aimed more at the commercial sector. Contains very useful histories and maps of each colony as seen in the perspective of 1900 ...
Australian Handbook 1904
Australian Handbook 1904
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1012 pages packed with all kinds of useful an interesting information - maps and description of each state, information for emigrants, wages for occupations, maps, gazetteer and much more ...
Australian Pioneers & Reminiscences
Australian Pioneers and Reminicences
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Nehemiah Bartley's reminiscences of Australians and life from 1849 to 1894.
Beginnings: The Story of the Beltana Boys
Beginnings: The Story of the Beltana Boys
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This book is dedicated to the memory of a group of young men who joined the Scout Movement in its very first days ...
Beyond the Ladies Lounge
Beyond the Ladies Lounge: Australia's Female Publicans
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The Intoxicating History of Australia's Female Publicans. The author's award-winning research challenges the myth that the Australian pub is a male domain, revealing the enduring and dynamic presence of female ...
Black Kettle & Full Moon: Daily Life
Black Kettle and Full Moon: Daily Life in a Vanished Australia
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This is history at its sparkling best – interesting, enlightening, painstaking and objective. If you want to know about prime ministers and politicians, wars and class, economics and ...
Castlemaine From Camp to City: A Pictorial History
Castlemaine From Camp to City: A Pictorial History of Forest Creek and the Mount Alexander Goldfields 1835-1900
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This superbly illustrated, expanded second edition of 'Castlemaine From Camp to City' has more than 200 original photographs, historical illustrations, paintings, engravings and items of ephemera. The story of the rush to Castlemaine, and of the early years in Victoria ...
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
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'Claiming a Continent' is an award winning book, that is for anyone interested in discovering for themselves the real story of Australia ...
Colonial Facts and Fictions
Colonial Facts and Fictions
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Written by Mark Kershaw in 1886, this book covers a wide range of topics - Adventures with a boomerang, A Newcastle legend, The Royal Society of Hulloomaloo, A wonderful bath, A circular story, The smelting works, Dickey Adams, About earthquakes, and more. He also gives a more serious description of the areas visited ...
Crafting a Meaningful Home: 27 DIY Projects
Crafting a Meaningful Home: 27 DIY Projects to Tell Stories, Hold Memories and Celebrate Family Heritage
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In 'Crafting a Meaningful Home', the author shares 27 projects that tell personal stories and celebrate heritage, all easily created on a budget. Learn how to decoupage a plate with photos of a best friend; silkscreen upholstery with folk motifs; artfully display love notes; or create family silhouettes for a festive banner ...
Descriptive Australia and Federal Guide 1890
Descriptive Australia and Federal Guide 1890
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Useful, practical and interesting facts and other information to the general Australian public as well as to tourists and visitors to Australia.
Emigration: Where to Go
Emigration: Where to Go, and Who Should Go: New Zealand and Australia
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The writer extols the virtue of migration over remaining in the UK living amongst armies of paupers, idlers and beggars, thieves and criminals! An environment lacking food and suffering from prevalent disease, living in filthy towns and cities, and then explains that New Zealand offers none of these  ...
Gold!: The Fever That Forever Changed Australia
Gold!: The Fever That Forever Changed Australia
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Australia's incredible gold rushes of the mid to late-1800s produced tremendous wealth and ensured the financial survival of the struggling Australian colonies. Not only that, but they also tripled the country's small population. David Hill relates the people and events of this monumental turning point in Australia's history ...
Great Australian Women Vol. 2
Great Australian Women Volume II: From Pioneering Days to the Present
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These women had the grit and intelligence to succeed in a variety of  occupations, from winemaking to surgery, from spying behind enemy lines to writing books, composing music ...
Handbook to Australasia 1859
Handbook to Australasia 1859
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Published in 1859, this title contains information on the history Australasia, the governments, education, population and statistics, suburbs and townships. In also includes the geography and physical features ...
He Must Have Swum: Tracing Ancestors Arrival
He Must Have Swum: Tracing Your Ancestors Arrival in Australia
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It gives ideas, tips and lists sources available to help anyone who is having difficulty in tracing their ancestors arrival into Australia.
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 V1
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume 1
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This fully searchable CD contains volume 1 of the 26 volume SERIES 1 Historical Records of Australia", and covers the period 1788-1796 ...
Historical Records of Australia series 1 v10
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 10
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Part of the valuable 26 volume Historical Records of Australia Series 1
Historical Records of Australia series 1 v11
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 11
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 v12
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 12
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 v13
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 13
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 14
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 15
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 16
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 17
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 18
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 19
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Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume 2
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume 2
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The official "Historical Records of Australia" were collected and published in order to create a series of historically accurate publications on the history of Australia, beginning in 1788, the year the settlement at Port Jackson was founded. This is Volume 2 of the 26 volume series ...
Historical Records of Australia series 1 v20
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 20
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 v21
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 21
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 22
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 23
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 24
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 25
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 26
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Historical Records of Australia series 1 Volume 3
Historical Records of Australia series 1 Volume 3
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This fully searchable CD contains volume 3 of the 26 volume SERIES 1 Historical Records of Australia.
Historical Records of Australia series 1 Volume 4
Historical Records of Australia series 1 Volume 4
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Part of the valuable 26 volume Historical Records of Australia Series 1
Historical Records of Australia series 1 Volume 5
Historical Records of Australia series 1 Volume 5
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This fully searchable CD contains volume 5 of the 26 volume SERIES 1 Historical Records of Australia covering the period July 1804 to August 1806.
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 V6
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume 6
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This fully searchable CD contains volume 6 of the 26 volume Series 1 of the Historical Records of Australia, and covers the period August 1806 to December 1808.
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 V7
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume 7
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Part of the valuable 26 volume Historical Records of Australia Series 1. Some of the things to be found in this series: arrivals of ships, convict records, correspondence, promotions, petitions, rations, embarkation, appointments and much more.
Historical Records of Australia series 1 v 8
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 8
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Part of the valuable 26 volume Historical Records of Australia Series 1
Historical Records of Australia series 1 v 9
Historical Records of Australia series 1 volume 9
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Part of the valuable 26 volume Historical Records of Australia Series 1
Historical Records of Australia series 1
Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volumes 1-26 Set
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This fully searchable CD set contains all 26 volumes in Series 1 Historical Records of Australia, on 2 CDs. They contain high quality scanned images of the whole of each original book ...
History for a Nation
History for a Nation
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History of Australasia
History of Australasia
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This book takes the history of both Australia and New Zealand 'from the first dawn of discovery ... to the establishment of self-government in the various colonies'.
Horse & Rider in Australian Legend
Horse and Rider in Australian Legend
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'In headlong gallop through brake and brushwood, over broken ground and fallen timber, after stragglers that often turn fiercely to bay ... horse and rider are expert at their work ...
Immigration Instructions c1860's
Immigration Instructions C1860's
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Facsimile of snippets from the 'Explanatory Observations on the Immigration Remittance Regulations' compiled 1858. Appendix A is a note from the Colonial Secretary's Office dated 1857 relating to immigration regulations, ...
Information for People Leaving G Br 1854
Information for People Leaving Great Britain 1854
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This is a facsimile of the 'Colonisation Circular' issued by Her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners in May 1854. It was decided tp reproduce it in full because of ...
Kennedy's Colonial Travel
Kennedy's Colonial Travel: A Narrative of 4 Year's Tour Through Australia, New Zealand and Canada
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David Kennedy made detailed observations of the places, people and social customs of the places visited on this tour.
Last Voyage to India & Australia 1886-87
Last Voyage to India and Australia in the 'Sunbeam' by Lady Brassey 1886-1887
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Published posthumously in 1889, this book by Annie Brassey describes her last voyage to India and Australia on the luxury yacht Sunbeam. The voyage was undertaken to improve her health but, in late 1887 on the way to Mauritius, she died of malaria and was buried at sea ...
Life Progress in Australasia
Life and Progress in Australasia
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Written in 1898 by Michael Davitt, while MP for South Mayo following a 7 month journey through the Australasian colonies. He visited many places: Coolgardie, Albany, Adelaide, Broken Hill, Pyap, Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, Rockhampton, and Auckland to name a few, and he ranges widely in what he writes ...
Life's Been Good: Children of the Great Depression
Life's Been Good: The Children of the Great Depression
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This collection of interviews with people who grew up through the Depression - men and women, urban and rural dwellers, native-born and migrant - portrays the essence of this era. These are the speakers' own stories in their own words ...
Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies
Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies
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Published in 1843, this book details travels and observations in Australia between 1831 and 1838. The author kept a journal recording notes on religious subjects, the productions of the places visited, the state of the Aborigines, the emigrants, the prisoner population and more ...
Native Tribes of South-East Australia
Native Tribes of South-East Australia
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Published in 1904, this book by anthropologist Alfred William Howitt is based on 40 years work which commenced with explorations in Central Australia. It is still considered an important work for understanding the cultures of indigenous peoples today ...
Old Colonials
Old Colonials
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Published in1891, this book by Alexander J Boyd describes life in the Queensland bush as witnessed by him during his time as a school inspector and journalist.
Opals and Agates: Memories of Fifty Years of Australia and Polynesia
Opals and Agates: Memories of Fifty Years of Australia and Polynesia
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Published in 1892 at Brisbane, Nehemiah Bartley’s 'Opals and Agates' records memories of fifty years of Australia and Polynesia ...
Our Australian Colonies
Our Australian Colonies
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'Our Australian Colonies' traces the history of Australia's progress to 1865. In addition to a chapter devoted to each of the colonies, Mossman covers the discovery and exploration of Australia, the book includes maps and plans of Australia, Sydney and Port Jackson, Hobart Town, Melbourne, Port Phillip ...
Pictures of the Past
Pictures of the Past: Memories of Men I Have Met and Places I Have Seen
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Written by Francis H. Grundy in 1879, this book gives an overview of the author's life as an engineer in England as well as his time in New South Wales and Queensland ...
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia 1886-88
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A unique and valuable historical record of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
Prisoners of Australia: A Narrative
Prisoners of Australia: A Narrative
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Divided into four chapters, the author describes her experiences of what she saw and learnt of the condition of the convict prisoners in the Colony of New South Wales around the period of 1836, particularly focussing on the female prisoners ...
Recent Discovery of Gold in Australia 1852
Recent Discovery of Gold in Australia 1852
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In effect a series of papers presented to the British Parliament relating mainly to gold discoveries up to 1852 ...
Round the Compass in Australia
Round the Compass in Australia
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Consisting largely of articles appearing first in journals and then published in 1892 as a complete work, Gilbert Parker gives a glimpse of life and social conditions at the time in Australia ...
Single and Free: Female Migration to Australia 1833-1837
Single and Free: Female Migration to Australia 1833-1837
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Between 1833-1837, 14 ships carried nearly 3000 women from Britain and Ireland to the colonies of NSW and VDL. The women migrated in response to promotional material which emphasised the shortage of women in the Australian colonies ...
A-Z of Aust Facts, Myths & Legends
The A-Z of Australian Facts, Myths and Legends
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Who was Lennie Lower? What is Aboriginal sign language? When was Canberra  established? Where is Maralinga? 'The A-Z of Australian Facts, Myths and Legends' details more than 800  ...
The Little Book of Australia: A Snapshot of Who We Are
The Little Book of Australia: A Snapshot of Who We Are
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David Dale's book is the definitive reference book about this carefree country. Instead of boasting about what makes Australia great, 'The Little Book of Australia' explains what makes us unique - for better and for worse. Here is everything you need to know about the anthropology of the Australian tribe. Common and uncommon knowledge ...
Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia
The Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia
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The 'Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia' brings together more than 800 articles covering  people, places and themes connected with Ned Kelly and the Kelly Outbreak of 1878-1880. It contains biographical ...
States of a Nation: Aust State Borders
The States of a Nation: The Politics and Surveys of the Australian State Borders
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'The States of a Nation' traces a part of Australian history not previously  well documented ... a part of Australian history that we have taken for granted  ...
Wanderings South and East
Wanderings South and East
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Published in 1882, 'Wanderings South and East' is a descriptive record of four years travel by Walter Coote "in the less known Countries and Islands of the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres" ...
   
 
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