Climate, Science, and Colonization: Histories from Australia by Emily O'Gorman,Matthew Henry,J. Beattie

Farewell, Dear People: biographies of Australia’s lost generation

WINNER OF THE 2013 leading MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR AUSTRALIAN historical past WINNER OF THE 2012 MANNING CLARK condo nationwide CULTURAL AWARD counseled FOR THE FAW EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION AWARD For Australia, a brand new state with a comparatively small inhabitants, the loss of life of 60,000 infantrymen in the course of international warfare i used to be catastrophic.

Great Australian World Firsts: The things we made, the things we did

From Sir Jack Brabham (first to win a Grand Prix in a vehicle of his personal layout) to Tom Angove (inventor of the wine cask), from Bruce Thompson (introduced the 1st twin flush bogs) to Mary Fortune (the first lady writer of detective fiction) - listed below are the world's nice principles, innovations, feats and follies - as performed first, by means of Australians.

Bligh

In Bligh, the tale of the main infamous of all Pacific explorers is instructed via a brand new lens as an important episode within the heritage of the area, now not easily of the West. Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts the triumphs and failures of William Bligh's lifestyles and occupation in a riveting narrative that for the 1st time portrays the Pacific islanders as key gamers.

Australia 1901 - 2001: A Narrative History

Andrew Tink’s incredible publication tells the tale of Australia within the 20th century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. A century marked by means of the trauma of conflict and the depression of the melancholy, balanced via amazing achievements in activity, technology and the humanities. a rustic underpinned via a political method that labored more often than not and the emergence of a normally harmonious society.