Fight for Liberty and Freedom: The Origins of Australian Aboriginal Activism by John Maynard
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
Opposition to the British colonisation of Australia did not spring from the Mabo decision or the Native Title Act, nor was it born in the vibrant 1960s, which culminated in the famous tent embassy in 1972. Rather, the first politically organised and united all-Aboriginal activist group was the Australi ...Show more
Closing Hell's Gates - Death of a convict station by MAXWELL-STEWART Hami
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
In October 1827, nine convicts who had endured years of unimaginable cruelty at the hands of the system opted for "state-assisted" escape. Five terrified witnesses--their hands and feet bound--were forced to watch as the chained convicts seized Constable George Rex and drowned him in the tannin-staine ...Show more
LIVING LOW PAID by MASTERMAN-SMITH HELEN & POCOCK BARBARA
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Australia: The New Frontier by Alessandra Mattanza
$59.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Wanderer S.
Australia is a fantastic kaleidoscope of light and colour that blend together to create a singular patchwork of landscapes, peoples, images, and culture. Brimming with colourful photographs, this book takes readers on a splendid adventure through this remarkable country. Following a concise history trac ...Show more
Killing For Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Serial Murders by Debi Marshall
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
"The bestselling account of one of South Australia's worst series of crimes - the bodies in the barrels. A disused bank vault holding eight dismembered bodies immersed in barrels of acid. Two bodies buried in a suburban backyard. A further two found in the bush. Such was the findings of one of South Aus ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 26 - His Master's Voice: Public Debate in Howard's Australia by David Marr; Chris Feik (Editor)
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
John Howard has the loudest voice in Australia. He has cowed his critics, muffled the press, intimidated the ABC, gagged scientists, silenced NGOs, censored the arts, prosecuted leakers, criminalised protest and shut down parliamentary scrutiny. Though touted as a contest of values, this has been a part ...Show more
INTO THE FUTURE THE NEGLECT OF THE LONG by MARSH IAN AND YENCKEN DAVID
$15.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
The Henson Case by David Marr
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraphas a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community claimed charges laid over them would affect Australia's cultural reputation. Only now do ...Show more
US AND THEM A JOURNALIST S INVESTIGATIO by MANNING PETER
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
"A riveting and sobering investigation into Australia s race problem and how our media demonises Arabs and Muslims.""Since 9/11 the Australian media has been filled with bad news stories. Gang rapes in Sydney, asylum seekers, the Tampa federal election, the war in Afghanistan, the first year of the Pale ...Show more
Dark Victory: How a Government Lied Its Way to Political Triumph by David Marr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
They put lives at risk. They twisted the law. They drew the military into the heart of an election campaign. They muzzled the press. They misused intelligence services, defied the United Nations, antagonised Indonesia and bribed poverty stricken Pacific states. They closed Australia to refugees - and wo ...Show more
Do Not Disturb: Is the Media Failing Australia? by Robert Manne
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
A book in which insiders assess the performance and political influence of the Australian media. It offers a critique of its strengths and weaknesses, and is not afraid to point the finger. Contributors include David Marr, Robert Manne, Wendy Bacon, Julia Baird, Jon Faine and Eric Beecher.