The Complete Book of Great Australian Women: Thirty-six Women Who Changed the Course of Australian History by Susanna De Vries
$12.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
This book talks about the stories of committed and resourceful women who demanded something different from the restricted lives of their mothers and grandmothers. The achievements of Australian women have long been overshadowed by the deeds of Australian men. Susanna de Vries has challenged this with he ...Show more
Tobruk by Peter FitzSimons
$14.95 AUD
Category: Military
In the early days of April 1941, the 14,000 Australian forces garrisoned in the Libyan town of Tobruk were told to expect reinforcements and supplies within eight weeks... Eight months later these heroic, gallant, determined 'Rats of Tobruk' were rescued by the British Navy having held the fort against ...Show more
The Coast Watchers by Eric Feldt
$7.95 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Australian War Classics
After Pearl harbour was bombed in 1941 the war in the Pacific gained momentum; Japanese troops began to move relentlessly south, towards Australia. Determined to provide an information network along the vulnerable coastlines of Northern Australia and the islands to the north, the Australian Navy develop ...Show more
Grandmother and the Prince - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION by J A GENOMI
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 by Peter Grose
$9.95 AUD
Category: Military
The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement - the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942.
Flying the Southern Cross : The Adventures of Aviators Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm by Michael Molkentin
$12.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Australian aviators Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928 in an aircraft constructed largely of timber and fabric, the Southern Cross. With Americans Jim Warner as radio operator and Harry Lyon as navigator, they made the trip from Oakland, California, in ni ...Show more
The Strength of a Nation : Six Years of Australians Fighting for the Nation and Defending the Homefront in World War II by Michael McKernan
$9.95 AUD
Category: Military
A compelling and passionate account of Australians in World War II, both on the home front and on the battle fronts. It is the story of Australia and Australians at war at home and abroad in the six years, 1939 to 1945.