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The Harp In The South - Penguin Australian Classics by Ruth Park
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is scarce and life is not easy. Crammed together within the thin walls of Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street are the Darcy family: Mumma, loving and softhearted; Hughie, her drunken husband; pipe-smoking Grandma; ...Show more
The Hunt for Ned Kelly (My Australian Story) by Sophie Masson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children 10 plus | Series: My Australian Story
North-east Victoria, 1879. Jamie Ross and his older sister Ellen are alone in the world after the death of their father. Determined to make their fortune, they head to Beechworth - and straight into the midst of the search for Ned Kelly, the most notorious bushranger of all time. Jamie is fascinated by ...Show more
The Hunt for Ned Kelly (My Australian Story) by Sophie Masson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children 10 plus | Series: My Australian Story
North-east Victoria, 1879. Jamie Ross and his older sister Ellen are alone in the world after the death of their father. Determined to make their fortune, they head to Beechworth and straight into the midst of the search for Ned Kelly, the most notorious bushranger of all time. Jamie is fascinated by Ne ...Show more
The Killing Streets: Uncovering Australia's First Serial Murderer by Tanya Bretherton
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
From the acclaimed author of The Suitcase Baby and The Suicide Bride, the story of a series of horrific murders that began in 1930s Sydney - and a killer who remained at large for over two decades. In December 1932, as the Depression tightened its grip, the body of a woman was found in Queens Park, Sydn ...Show more
The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 (#12 Australian Army Campaigns) by Chris Roberts
$19.98 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army Campaigns Series
The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 challenges many of the cherished myths of the most celebrated battle in Australian and New Zealand history - myths that have endured for almost a century. Told from both the ANZAC and Turkish perspectives, this meticulously researched account questions several of the claims of ...Show more
The Man from Snowy River by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson; Annette MacArthur-Onslow (Illustrator)
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson were writing for the Sydney Bulletin' in 1892 when they decided to have a duel of poetry. The idea was to increase the number of poems they could sell to the paper. It began in fun but later became bitter. Paterson wrote many poems and stories about his travels in the Out ...Show more
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
$22.95 AUD
Category: Poetry & Drama | Series: Australian Classics Library
Publisher: Macmillan and co., limited Publication date: 1908 Subjects: History / Australia
The Naked island by Russell Braddon
$27.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian War Classics Ser.
The innocence of the young Australian soldiers sent to Malaya during the Second World War to halt the territorial expansion of the Japanese was quickly shattered by defeat and surrender. Russell Braddon, who himself became a prisoner of war, graphically describes the ghastly suffering and wanton neglect ...Show more
The Phar Lap Mystery (My Australian Story) by Sophie Masson
$16.98 AUD
Category: Teenage Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
Sally's dad is a private detective, and he's just been offered the case of a lifetime - investigating who tried to shoot Phar Lap before the 1930 Melbourne Cup. Helping her dad investigate, Sally begins to feel a sense of mounting dread as Phar Lap goes from victory to victory - and collects some danger ...Show more
The Piano by Gail Jones
$9.95 AUD
Category: Stock Take Dept | Series: Australian Screen Classics Ser.
The Piano written and directed by Jane Campion, is one of the most honoured films of the new Australian cinema, and is considered, by many critics, a modern masterpiece. Campion won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 1993 for the film, making her the first woman ever to win this prestigious award; it also won ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, m ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent 50th Anniversary Edition (HB) by Dick Roughsey
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Celebrating fifty years - a timeless classic from the Dreamtime. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, mountains and gorges as it pushed upward. The name also reflects the snake-like meandering of water across a landscape and the colour spec ...Show more