Mr Burke and Mr Wills by Geoff Hocking
$14.95 AUD
Category: History
Tells the story of the epic journey taken by Burke, Wills, and their party as they trekked through the sun bleached desert to the mangrove swamps of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
How the Olympics Came to Be by Helen East
$16.95 AUD
Category: History
If you want to know about the ancient Olympic games, ask someone who was there! Who better to ask than Tethys, the grandmother of all the Greek gods. The Greek gods gather on Mount Olympus to watch the games taking place on Earth below. Like any typical family, they revive old rivalries, pick out their ...Show more
If Our World Were 100 Days by Jackie McCann
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
A thought-provoking way of looking at world history and our place within it. About 10,000 years ago marks a major turning point in the history of life on Earth for humankind as people settled down and built towns and cities. Importantly, during this period, they began to record their activities and achi ...Show more
River to Bay: Victoria's Maritime History by Carole Wilkinson
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Kulin Nation country is abundant with waterways essential to the way the traditional owners have lived for more than 40,000 years. Those same crucial waterways are where the first ships of European settlers found safe harbour in their trips of exploration. What they found would determine the developmen ...Show more
Tales of Hope in the Holocaust (Courage to Dream) by Neal Shusterman
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
Tales of Hope in the Holocaust (Courage to Dream) plunges readers into the darkest time of human history—the Holocaust. This graphic novel explores one of the greatest atrocities in modern memory, delving into the core of what it means to face the extinction of everything and everyone you hold dear. Th ...Show more
Fair Dinkum Histories #8: Booms, Busts & Bushfires by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Fair Dinkum Histories Ser.
Australia had changed before, but slowly. Now everything was fast! Attitudes were evolving, technology was changing every aspect of life, and people were starting to recognise the damage we were doing to our landand the way Australia's Indigenous people had been mistreated. Our resources had made us a r ...Show more
The Story of the Olympics by Richard Brassey
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
The quirkiest guide you will ever read to the history of the world's most famous celebration of sport. From the story of how ethos of the games of ancient Greece has been carried down and into the twenty-first century, to the individual tales of heroes and heroines, this is a lively, witty and entertain ...Show more
Kings and Queens Sticker Book by Katie Davies
$12.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Usborne Sticker Books
With over 100 stickers, this title helps children learn about every King and Queen of Britain from the Norman conquest to the present day by matching the stickers of important artefacts to their frames on each page. Each double spread is based upon the different royal dynasties, including the plantagene ...Show more
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr by David Alder
$12.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Picture Book Biography Ser.
The story of the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Ned Kelly (Graphic Novel) by Hugh Dolan
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
We all think we know the story of Ned Kelly, Australia's most famous outlaw, but we've never seen him in full colour like this before ... Edward 'Ned' Kelly was born in 1855 into a poor Irish immigrant family in rural Victoria. He grew up loyal to his family, angry at the injustice he saw in Australia ...Show more
Beastly Best Bits (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Horrible Histories | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Here, Terry Deary and Martin Brown take the reader on a guided tour through the history of the world using their favourite bits of 20 years of 'Horrible Histories' books. And they promise to leave the gory bits in (and the boring bits out).