First Vintage: Wine in colonial New South Wales by Julie McIntyre

Over My Dead Body

Winner, 2008 IP choices most sensible Fiction AwardMarked by way of the occasions of the good Flood of 1893 and the formation of the 1st miners’ unions, Over My lifeless physique is an Australian epic; a literary feat exemplifying a writer’s craftsmanship and commitment to bringing historical past alive. This booklet places Australia’s present resource-driven prosperity into context through displaying the day after day struggles of normal employees simply attempting to get through.

The Man Who Loved Crocodiles and Stories of Other Adventurous Australians

The lives of twelve remarkable Australians offer a desirable glimpse of a 'vanished and vanishing land' - revealing a mosaic of Australia over the last century. 'To pay attention the tale of someone who has lived lengthy and good is a privilege past fee. it's a unusual and lovely technique to delve into one other person's existence; unusual simply because we often concentrate on our personal lives, now not others, remarkable simply because to find one other is to discover a treasure.

Ghost Platoon (Hachette Military Collection Book 1)

'thoroughly researched and compelling . . . a chilling account' - The solar HeraldAn eye-opening account of Australian strive against heritage, untold . . . previously. In 1969 a ragtag unit of 39 males have been thrown jointly at Nui Dat, Vietnam. It used to be so slapdash a gaggle it did not also have an officer or sergeant liable.

Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 (History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora)

Within the century among the Napoleonic Wars and the Irish Civil warfare, greater than seven million Irish women and men left their place of birth to start new lives out of the country. whereas the bulk settled within the usa, Irish emigrants dispersed around the globe, lots of them discovering their method to one other “New World,” Australia.