Australasian and Pacific history Books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Landsborough's Exploration of Australia from Carpentaria to Melbourne: With Reference to the Settlement of Available Country is a historical book written by William Landsborough and first published in 1866. The book chronicles Landsborough's journey...

Broad Outlines of Long Years in Australia is a memoir written by Mrs. Henry Jones in 1878. The book chronicles her experiences living in Australia for over twenty years, from her arrival as a young bride to her departure as a seasoned resident. Mrs...

Australian Sketches: Made On Tour (1902) is a book by Harry Furniss that provides a vivid and detailed account of his travels throughout Australia. The book is a collection of sketches and observations made by Furniss during his journey, which took him...

""Narrative Of The Operations Of A Detachment In An Expedition To Candy, In The Island Of Ceylon, In The Year 1804"" is a historical book written by Arthur Johnston and originally published in 1854. The book is a first-hand account of the author's...

The Journal of Commodore Goodenough: During His Last Command as Senior Officer on the Australian Station, 1873-1875 is a historical book written by James Graham Goodenough. The book is a first-hand account of the author's experiences during his final...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Earth, Wind and Fire follows twelve generations of one family, starting with a kidnapped girl in Shelford, Nottinghamshire in the east midlands of England. An unbroken chain of recorded births, deaths and marriages spans four centuries until, six...

THE EVIDENCE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN:Police Witness Statements InsideFor nearly two decades, authors and documentary-makers have given you their own versions of the Scott Watson evidence, sometimes based on faded memories of people interviewed five or six...

Follow New Zealand's most famous literary export around the grounds of her estate as she struggles with the inability to create, and mentally battles the lingering spirits of those claimed by the sea. Based on Mansfield's diaries, The Continuing...

In 1936 young teacher Eileen Brabin takes up a post with the Methodist Mission in Rabaul, PapuaNew Guinea. Eileen quickly feels at home in the islands, despite a volcano eruption and theunwanted attentions of an unsuitable young man. As time passes she...

Here is a full inventory of traditional Maori weapons with all the available written information about traditional weapons collected into one concise volume. Maori Weapons provides complete cultural and technical information on the handmade...

Christian theologians in the Pacific Islands see culture as the grounds on which one understands God. In this pathbreaking book, Matt Tomlinson engages in an anthropological conversation with the work of "contextual theologians," exploring how the...

A woman's spirit still resides on the mystic shores of Flinders Island. Her children's voices are still heard in the tumble of the surf where they once made footprints in the sand. You can hear her motherly soothing words in the sighs of the Sheoaks and...

This book tells the story of an ambitious and adventurous young man who changed the sporting landscape in Australia by introducing the sport of lacrosse into Melbourne in 1876. Lambton Mount is heralded as the undisputed initiator and 'father' of...

For the first time, this unique collection of essays brings the stories of New Theatre branches together from around the country, filling a vital space in Australian cultural history. Radical left-wing theatre history tales, told by theatre...

The story of Paddy Hannan is an exciting tale of of exploration and the discovery of a gold mining town in outback Western Australia. Paddy Hannan's statue proudly sits in the city of Kalgoorlie/Boulder honoring the towns as the founding father of a...

Imagine the Great War ending early, in 1915, or 1916, or even 1917. Imagine round-table negotiations and a compromise peace, ending what seemed to be an unbreakable military stalemate. Had peace come in this way, perhaps there would have been no...

The story of CY O'Connor is brought to life in this historical ballad that describes the amazing engineering accomplishment he achieved in providing a water supply to the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie from the City of Perth 600 km's away. CY...

Self-proclaimed international treasure Gough Whitlam never shied away from a pun, a put-down or a witticism.His wife Margaret was his 'best appointment', he called Malcolm Fraser 'Kerr's cur' after the Dismissal and when Sir Winton Turnbull called out in...

Australia has 'The Great South Land', South Africa has 'Shaka Zulu', Argentina has the gaucho epic 'Martin Fierro', and Chile has 'La Araucana' as its national poem. Now New Zealand has Crete 1941, an epic poem about the New Zealand-led defence of Crete...

Learn about the intriguing hidden history of New Zealand told in rhyming prose with great Kiwi humour.Discover the intriguing hidden history of New Zealand expressed in rhyming prose with a double dose of classic Kiwi humour.History records enough...

""Drei Abhandlungen �����ber Kartenprojection"" ist ein Werk des ber�����hmten Mathematikers Leonhard Euler, das 1898 ver������ffentlicht wurde. In diesem Buch besch�����ftigt sich Euler mit der Kartographie und den verschiedenen Methoden der...

Digging, Squatting, And Pioneering Life In The Northern Territory Of South Australia (1887) is a memoir written by Harriet W. Daly. The book recounts the author's experiences as a pioneer in the Northern Territory of South Australia during the late 19th...

The book ""Diary Of Ten Years Eventful Life Of An Early Settler In Western Australia: And Also A Descriptive Vocabulary Of The Language Of The Aborigines"" was written by George Fletcher Moore and published in 1884. The book is a personal diary of...

""Decisions Under The Workers' Compensation For Accidents Act V3: Filed For The Year 1904"" is a book written by the government of New Zealand in 1908. The book contains a compilation of decisions made under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act of...

""Early Days of Windsor, N.S. Wales"" is a historical book written by James Steele and published in 1916. The book provides a detailed account of the early settlement and development of Windsor, a town located in New South Wales, Australia. It covers the...

""Eight Months With Dr. Leichhardt In The Years 1846-1847"" is a book written by John Frederick Mann and published in 1888. The book is a first-hand account of Mann's journey with Ludwig Leichhardt, a German explorer, during their expedition through the...

This book examines national debates on immigration, asylum seekers and guest worker programs from 1970 to the present. Over the past 45 years, contemporary immigration has had a profound impact throughout North America, Europe and Australasia, yet the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parliamentarians are female, compared to one in five globally. A common, but controversial, method of increasing the number of women in...

This classic history of Australian mining now appears in its fifth edition, updated to bring the story up to the twenty-first century.Forget about Ned Kelly and the bushrangers: for my money if you want a really romantic and exciting saga of Australia,...

The Unknown Nation unravels the origins, influence and implications of our hesitant coming of age.The Unknown Nation is an illuminating history of Australia's putative 'search' for national identity.James Curran and Stuart Ward document how the...

The story of white Australians born in this land before 1850; most were the children of convicts, had no access to land and no education, and the free settlers generally treated them as second-rate.The native-born . . . have walked constantly with me,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

The colonial days of Australia brought people from all walks of life to our shore - free settlers, convicts, deserters, public servant administrators and the unscrupulous - all for different reasons. After the tumultuous early decades, the colonies...

If gravestones could talk what stories they could tell of those who lie beneath, stories of the people who helped shape the township of Camden as we know it today. Of good times and bad times, of tragedies, accidents, of those who had helped build the...

The Global Atlantic provides a concise, lively overview of the complex and diverse history of the greater Atlantic region from 1400 to 1900. During this period, the lands around the Atlantic basin - Europe, Africa, and the Americas - became deeply...

Tasmanians hold a special empathy with the sea and, in particular, their vintage and veteran boats. This book profiles over 300 vintage or veteran commercial and government vessels built prior to 1970 that are of significance to Australia's small island...

Blue Water Warriors tells the story of the early Sydney to Hobart yacht races. Drawing on log books and memories of the navigator on a legendary competing yacht, a living part of Australia’s maritime history. The Mistral II’s crew...

Les Knight, a young man from Camberwell, Victoria was like many who joined to serve his country during the Second World War. But unlike many others his skill as a Lancaster pilot enabled him to successfully breach the Eder Dam in the now infamous...

The old ways are changing, but they can't change fast enough for Joy Barron...Her ambition burns, and she wants it all – NOW.But success comes at a price. Is it worth it? What of love? And happiness?Joy is determined Redwoods will become a...

The life and times of Elizabeth Rymes, convicted in the Old Bailey in 1789 at the age of 15, sentenced to transportation to NSW Australia for a period of seven years, and transported on the Second Fleet to New South Wales, Australia, as a convict. In NSW...