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    Fire and Hearth
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    Fire and Hearth

    Professor Sylvia J. Hallam FAHA has written a substantial Afterword to accompany a facsimile edition of her classic work from 1975, Fire and Hearth. In the light of considerable interest in this subject we are thrilled to release this work of...
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    A Woman of Influence
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    A Woman of Influence

    Written from the late years of an extraordinary life, Ann Moyal's biography is a spirited narrative of her career as an eminent historian of Australian science and technology, her three marriages, travelling the globe, the people she has encountered, and...
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    Fugitive History
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    Fugitive History

    In a rush of remembrance that seemed longer than my own life, I recognised that was who we are, that there was a term for it, for our family Aboriginal. At that point I began the long process of trying to understand what had happened that we had almost...
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    Out of Place (Gwalia)
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    Out of Place (Gwalia)

    This collection of essays explores historical, geographical and cultural factors that contribute to our understanding of places and settings of Australian transient communities. From Gwalia and Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, Charters Towers in...
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    Wanarn Painters of Place and Time
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    Wanarn Painters of Place and Time

    This exquisite art book contains the precious story and transformative work of celebrated artists now living in an aged care facility in Ngaanyatjarra country, a remote and isolated community that is the centre of their abundant world amongst ancient...
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    Food of the Southern Forests
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    Food of the Southern Forests

    You may not have heard much about the Southern Forests, but you've probably been eating fresh food grown in this region your whole life. Well-known Western Australian chef Sophie Zalokar (from the popular Foragers Field Kitchen & Cooking School in...
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    Yira Boornak Nyininy
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    Yira Boornak Nyininy

    Left stranded in a tree by his wife, a Noongar man has to rely on his Wadjela friend to help him back down. Yira Boornak Nyininy is a story of forgiveness and friendship.This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the...
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    Dwoort Baal Kaat
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    Dwoort Baal Kaat

    A man goes hunting for some tucker with a pack of dogs, but he doesn't get what he expected... Dwoort Baal Kaat is the story of how two different animals are related to one another.This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People...
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  • The Bauhinia Tree
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    The Bauhinia Tree

    With deep roots in the Kimberley region, Olive Knight shares her story of growing up with the Gooniyandi and Walmatjarri peoples of north-western Australia. As the daughter of a half-caste father, she was nearly killed on the day of her birth, as was...
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  • A Boy's Short Life
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    A Boy's Short Life

    Warren Braedon, named by his adoptive parents Louis St John Johnson, was taken from his mother in Alice Springs at just three months old. Told he had been abandoned, Louis's adoptive parents, Bill and Pauline Johnson raised him in a loving family in...
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    Crimson Crop
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    Crimson Crop

    Crimson Crop is Peter Rose's fifth poetry collection and his first since 2005. This volume has at its core a series of elegies, several about his late father Bob Rose (a respected Australian Rules footballer and coach), thus continuing the themes of his...
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    Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education
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    Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education

    The revised edition of Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education takes a fresh look at the challenges and achievements that have occurred in this important area since the book's original release in 2003. Interest in Aboriginal education has increased...
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    Theo & Co. Take 2
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    Theo & Co. Take 2

    After the phenomenal success of his first cookbook, Theo and Co: The Search for the Perfect Pizza (2008), World Pizza Champion Theo Kalogeracos takes to the road to continue his search for the perfect pizza - this time as far and wide as the USA. With...
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    Australia's Asia
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    Australia's Asia

    To imagine that we confront Asia for the first time in the twenty-first century is to deny our history and the self-awareness that comes from understanding that we have been here before. Asia appears throughout modern Australian history as a source of...
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    Mamang
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    Mamang

    Mamang was created as part of an Indigenous language recovery project led by Kim Scott and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project. From a creation story told to the American linguist Gerhardt Laves at Albany, Western Australia, around 1931 and...
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    Noongar Mambara Bakitj
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    Noongar Mambara Bakitj

    Noongar Mambara Bakitj was created as part of an Indigenous language recovery project led by Kim Scott and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project. Inspired by a creation story told to the American linguist Gerhardt Laves at Albany, Western...
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    On Rabbits, Morality, Etc.
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    On Rabbits, Morality, Etc.

    Walter Murdoch, a popular broadcaster and public speaker, was one of Australia's bestselling twentieth-century authors. He published weekly essays in The Argus and other newspapers and his books sold in their tens of thousands. Complete with a Foreword...
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    Francis Webb
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    Francis Webb

    Francis Webb (19251973) grew up in North Sydney with his paternal grandparents, who encouraged his love of music, books and the sea. In 1942, during his final year of secondary school, his writing first appeared in the Bulletin, which led to friendships...
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    Ours As We Play It
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    Ours As We Play It

    Shakespeare's plays are permeable to the contexts in which they are performed: they take on and speak to local concerns. Ours As We Play It takes a close look at several contemporary Australian productions of three Shakespearean plays; exploring...
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    Give the Bastards Hell
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    Give the Bastards Hell

    In New Guinea’s jungles, a fierce battle turned the tide of the Pacific War—the first major land defeat for the unstoppable Japanese forces.By mid-August 1942, Imperial Japanese forces dominated the Southeast Asian and Pacific theatres, seemingly...
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    One Free Woman
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    One Free Woman

    These women are twice convicted, and among them are no doubt some of the most depraved of their sex. -- James Backhouse.Hannah Rigby was a poor Liverpool seamstress, a prisoner and a serial thief. Exiled from her homeland, oppressed by poverty and rigid...
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    In a Heartbeat
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    In a Heartbeat

    ‘If you’re having symptoms that don’t feel right, call Triple Zero. If it’s not a heart issue, then that’s OK.  No one ever died of embarrassment.’Author Rachel Jayne Cassidy knows firsthand what it’s like to be on the brink of life and death...
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    Gentlemen of the Shade - Minions of the Moon
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    Gentlemen of the Shade - Minions of the Moon

    "From the skies over war-torn Europe to the opulent halls of English nobility, Edward Bagot's journey is a riveting testament to courage, heritage, and unwavering faith." Edward Bagot’s memoir offers a unique personal perspective on World War II,...
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    My Flying Boat War
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    My Flying Boat War

    Wing Commander Vic Hodgkinson DFC served as a pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force throughout WWII. Starting in 1939, he was a founding member of 10 Squadron RAAF, operating Short Sunderland flying boats. Loaned to the RAF in early 1940, the squadron...
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    On Fathers Day
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    On Fathers Day

    A heartbreaking account of enduring suffering and loss.When Cindy Gambino dropped her three boys off at their dad's on Father’s Day 2005 she had no idea she would never see them again. By day’s end, their bodies lay at the bottom of an icy dam, a tragedy...
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    Inside Juvie
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    Inside Juvie

    A gripping look at teaching in the volatile world of juvenile detention.   Inside Juvie plunges readers into the eye-opening journey of Tommy, a former state schoolteacher now navigating the tumultuous world of juvenile detention. Transitioning...
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  • Changing Altitudes
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    Changing Altitudes

    In the early years of the Second World War, Australian women began lobbying to contribute to the nation’s wartime effort. From 1940, women were signing up to serve in the Royal Australian Nursing Service, and in 1941, an Auxiliary arm of the Royal...
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    Sanananda: a Bastard of a Place
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    Sanananda: a Bastard of a Place

    With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track to the north coast of Papua New Guinea, the time had come to face the entrenched Japanese at their beachhead at Gona,...
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    In the Fight
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    In the Fight

    Forgotten men and women from Australia in a forgotten war – Burma 1942-1945.If you didn’t know that Australians were involved in the longest campaign of WWII, in Burma, in what was called ‘a forgotten war’, this book illuminates the lost stories of their...
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    Peter's Wars
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    Peter's Wars

    This fiercely funny memoir is set in Melbourne during the 1940s. The entrenched Protestant–Catholic divide of those times informs the narrative. Juxtaposed is the gulf between Melburnians and the thousands of Yanks stationed in their city following Pearl...
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    Confronting Murderous Men
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    Confronting Murderous Men

    In the turbulent years from 1922 to 1952, Australia witnessed a chilling toll as twenty-two dedicated police officers sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. Others fell with them.Emerging from the shadows of World War I, the nation, newly minted and...
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  • Action Action Action
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    Action Action Action

    Over one hundred and fifty years ago, on 1st August 1871, the Colony of New South Wales raised its first permanent Battery, known as the New South Wales Artillery. This battery complemented existing colonial volunteer batteries. The previous year, the...
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    Stop Screaming, I'm Scared Too
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    Stop Screaming, I'm Scared Too

    This book is part Chickenhawk and part Exit Wounds … a powerful and timely contribution to a nation’s understanding of what we ask of our service men and women and the debt we owe … Matt Anderson PSM, Director, Australian War...
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    Combat Medic
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    Combat Medic

    On 22nd April 1995, more than 4,000 Rwandans were massacred and thousands more injured in a place called Kibeho. Terry Pickard, a seasoned soldier and medic, was one of a 32-strong force of Australian UN peacekeepers present on that terrible Saturday...
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    Avoiding the Ageing Parent Trap, Second Edition
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    Avoiding the Ageing Parent Trap, Second Edition

    “An invaluable guide.” Noel Whittaker, International bestselling author and finance writerWinner of the Australasian Journal on Ageing (AJA) Book Award. Informative and insightful, this is the essential family guide to navigating elder care and...
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    Self-Harm
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    Self-Harm

    ‘A much-needed resource empowering readers with powerful insights, a road map of practical strategies and above all else hope.’ Karen Young – child & adolescent anxiety specialist   Helping teens and tweens cope when times are tough...
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    So I Hit Him
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    So I Hit Him

    So I Hit Him is an extremely powerful memoir that will shock many people, yet is intensely inspirational. Born in a former workhouse hospital in Manchester, England with multiple disabilities and not expected to survive, Michael was placed in care almost...
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    Suffering, Redemption and Triumph
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    Suffering, Redemption and Triumph

    Between 1946 and 1966 large numbers of displaced persons (DPs) came to Australia to escape the horrors of war-torn Europe. Peter Brune’s latest work had its genesis in more than 40 interviews he conducted with DPs in the period 2001—2022. He spoke to...
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    Gona's Gone!
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    Gona's Gone!

    With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track to the north coast of Papua New Guinea, the time had come to face the entrenched Japanese at their beachheads at Gona,...
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  • First Nations Aviators
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    First Nations Aviators

    The inaugural Royal Australian Air Force Oral Histories series publication, First Nations Aviators, will introduce you to a number of First Nations People who have proudly served the Air Force, in various capacities, from the Second World War through to...
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    Death on Bloody Ridge
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    Death on Bloody Ridge

    The August Offensive or ‘Anzac Breakout’ at Gallipoli was an attempt to break the stalemate of the campaign. It saw some of the bloodiest fighting since the landing as Commonwealth and Turkish troops fought desperate battles at Lone Pine, German...
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    Retaking Kokoda
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    Retaking Kokoda

    Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Battles in New Guinea David W. Cameron one of Australia's leading military historians new Kokoda Campaign series will take you from the Battle for Isurava to Port Morseby and finally the retaking of Kokoda. ...
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    Fromelles – Naming the Dead
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    Fromelles – Naming the Dead

    This is the extraordinary story of the engagement between 250 young Australians, who enlisted in 1915 and died in the Battle of Fromelles of 1916, their families, and three British scientists.   In 2009, the bodies of these 250 soldiers were...
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    Saving Port Moresby
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    Saving Port Moresby

    Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Battles in New Guinea David W. Cameron one of Australia's leading military historians new Kokoda Campaign series will take you from the Battle for Isurava to Port Morseby and finally the retaking of Kokoda. ...
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    Suburban True Crime
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    Suburban True Crime

    Chilling cases of murder and crime that have happened in the quiet streets of Australia’s suburbs   Emily Webb, co-host of the popular Australian True Crime podcast details chilling cases of murder and crime that have happened in the quiet streets...
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    Voices of Snipers
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    Voices of Snipers

    Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II.John Walter draws on meticulous research and the reminiscences of more than fifty snipers, tracing their journeys from...
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