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Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock'n'Roll by Stuart Coupe
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: The Secret History of Australian Rock'n'Roll | Reading Level: near fine
This is your backstage pass to the hidden side of the music industry - the tantrums, the fights, the tensions, the indulgence, the sex, the alcohol, the drugs. The roadies see it all, and now they are sharing their secrets. Roadies are the unsung heroes of the Australian music industry. They unload the ...Show more
Rum Rebellion (My Australian Story) by Libby Gleeson
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story | Reading Level: 11+
'The soldiers are coming,' he said. 'They are checking every house. There is free grog for all.' '...The air was full with the smell of bonfires. Their glare illuminated the night sky and showed to us the streets filled with drunken soldiers and scared citizenry, us amongst them.' David Bellamy fears th ...Show more
Songs by Don Walker
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Don Walker is widely considered one of Australia's greatest songwriters. For over forty years - from Cold Chisel and Tex, Don & Charlie to his solo work - he has written songs that capture what it is to be Australian. Collected here, for the first time, are lyrics from his extensive career- from 'K ...Show more
Sydney Harbour Bridge (My Australian Story) by Vashti Farrer
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story
'I said to Mum that the sky-workers must have really good heads for heights, but she said, Either that, or they have a family to feed and will do anything for a job that pays.' It is 1932 and Sydney has hit hard times but the construction of a bridge that will reach across the harbour is setting spirits ...Show more
The Alice Stories 1918: Our Australian Girl (4 book bind-up) (HB) by Davina Bell; Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Teen | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1918 Ser.
Four stories in one, all about Alice, a WWI-era girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina It's 1918 and Alice's deepest wish is to be a professional ballerina. But as World War One tears her family apart, a battle is being fought in her heart. Can Alice keep everyone together and still make her dreams ...Show more
The Battle of Fromelles 1916 (#8 Australian Army Campaigns) by Roger Lee
$26.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army Campaigns
The Battle of Fromelles remains the single bloodiest day in terms of soldiers killed, wounded or missing, in Australia's military history. Remains of soldiers were recently discovered in mass graves in northern France and the final soldier will be laid to rest when a new cemetery officially opens on 19t ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 by John Pickrell (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: The\Best Australian Science Writing Seri Ser. | Reading Level: 4 Science
This popular yearly anthology gives a snapshot of the very best science writing Australia has to offer, including everything from the most esoteric philosophical questions about ourselves and the universe, through to practical questions about the environment in which we live.Now in its eighth year, The ...Show more
The Man from Snowy River by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson; Annette MacArthur-Onslow (Illustrator)
$14.95 AUD
Category: No Category | 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 Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$14.99 AUD
Category: No Category | 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: 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
To the Top End: Our Trip Across Australia by Roland Harvey (Illustrator)
$15.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Roland Harvey Australian Holidays Ser.
This fabulous Roland Harvey holiday book explores some of the most spectacular landscapes of Australia. Full of adventure, mishaps, and madcap activity, this is a hilarious, entertaining and delightful companion to At the Beach, In the Bush and In the City.