Australia truly is like nowhere else on Earth. The land down under is vast and timeless. Past and present unite. Ancient landforms merge with vast natural ecosystems. It is a continent of exceptional beauty, of remote wilderness and scattered humanity, of forgotten beaches and sparkling reefs, of deserts and mountains and the quiet immensity of the Australian bush.Australia - A Photographic Journey by Scott Leggo is an outstanding photo book showcasing the wonder and beauty of this magnificent country. Featuring a selection of Scott's photographs over 224 pages, be transported on your own journey as you view his breathtaking collection.
Learning becomes fun with this book about the animals that are unique to Australia.
Australia by J. W. Gregory was first published in 1916. The volume presents a discussion of Australia's social and political character, together with information on botany, geography and the historical development of the area.
Topics include Blokes and Sheilas, Bloody Foster's, Dangerous Creatures, Talking to Dogs, The GAFA, Speaking Strail-yun and Working for the Queen. Confused? You won't be after reading this book!
For this enlarged edition Blainey has rewritten or expanded on various episodes and themes and updated relevant matter. He has described significant events and trends of the early-20th century.
Trains were the 'it' thing for the second half of the 19th century. ... in history as this modern march of “progress”', said the Melbourne Argus at the opening of the first big hinterland railway line (to Ballarat from Geelong) in 1862.
Ross Gibson is another critic concerned with the uncanny nature of postcolonial Australia and the haunting that reconciliation calls for. Gibson uses the idea of badlands to describe the (post)colonial narrative construction of spaces: ...
In this book Professor Geoffrey Blainey returns first to the subject of his celebrated works on Australian history, Triumph of the Nomads (1975) and A Land Half Won (1980), retelling the story of our history up until 1850 in light of the ...
This is a re-issued version of the original work published by the CRC for Coastal Zone Estuary and Waterway Management in 2004,
This book contains language activities to accompany each story of courage, achievement and fame about people in Autralia's past.
Southwell to Rev. W. Butler, Apr. 14, 1790, cit. in Cobley, Sydney Cove, 1789–1790, 39. 40, 4 I. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 5.I. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. $9. HRNSW 1/n:89. N. G. Butlin, in Our Original Aggression, proposes that ...