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  • Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution
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    Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution

    Eureka- The Unfinished Revolution ... history comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons.'Peter FitzSimons is an Australian phenomenon.' The Canberra TimesIn 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle...
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  • Ned Kelly
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    Ned Kelly

    FitzSimons, Peter

    History comes to life with Peter FitzSimons Love him or loathe him, Ned Kelly has been at the heart of Australian culture and identity since he and his gang were tracked down in bushland by the...
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  • Batavia
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    Batavia

    Batavia is the greatest story in Australia's history and history comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons.'... a book that can't be put down.' Toowoomba Chronicle ' FitzSimons knows how to make words...
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  • Gallipoli
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    Gallipoli

    FitzSimons, Peter

    'Fascinatingly imaginative popular history.' Sydney Morning Herald On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain...
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  • Fromelles and Pozières
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    Fromelles and Pozières

    In the Trenches of Hell. The story of the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front. On 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front -...
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  • Mawson
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    Mawson

    History comes to life with Peter FitzSimons in the story of Australia's most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration- Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton.Sir Douglas...
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  • Kokoda
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    Kokoda

    Peter FitzSimons

    Peter FitzSimons' masterful and gripping account of Australia's legendary Kokoda triumph - our most important battle.Acclaimed bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a...
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  • James Cook
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    James Cook

    Peter FitzSimons

    The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James...
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  • Breaker Morant
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    Breaker Morant

    Peter FitzSimons

    The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero?Most Australians have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who...
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  • Breaker Morant
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    Breaker Morant

    Peter FitzSimons

    The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero?Most Australians have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who...
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  • Back to the Studio
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    Back to the Studio

    Peter Meares

    The best, the worst and the most memorable moments from Australia's best-known sports commentators. "I love this book" Peter FitzSimons Without doubt, we Aussies love our sport. We've got passionate...
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  • Mutiny on the Bounty
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    Mutiny on the Bounty

    Peter FitzSimons

    The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of...
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  • The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins
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    The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins

    Peter FitzSimons

    The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by...
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  • Victory at Villers-Bretonneux
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    Victory at Villers-Bretonneux

    FitzSimons, Peter

    On Anzac Day 1918, when the town of Villers-Bretonneux falls to the British defenders, it is the Australians who are called on to save the day, the town, and the entire battle. It's early 1918, and...
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  • The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop
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    The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop

    Peter FitzSimons

    The extraordinary story of the heroic doctor whose courage and leadership were a lifeline for thousands of Australian prisoners-of-war on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway of World War II - brilliantly...
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  • The Opera House
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    The Opera House

    Peter FitzSimons

    On a sacred site on the land of the Gadigal people, Tubowgule, a placeof gathering and storytelling for over 60,000 years, now sits the SydneyOpera House. It is a breathtaking building recognised...
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  • The Architect of Kokoda
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    The Architect of Kokoda

    Robyn Kienzle

    'Bert Kienzle did more than any other single man to make Australian victory possible.' Peter FitzSimons, author of KOKODAThe Kokoda story continues to have a very powerful resonance with all...
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  • Fromelles and Pozières
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    Fromelles and Pozières

    FitzSimons, Peter

    In the Trenches of Hell In the Trenches of Hell On 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at...
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  • CROSSING THE DITCH CROSSING THE DITCH
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    CROSSING THE DITCH

    James Castrission

    'this is the gripping and inspirational account of two ordinary blokes ... double-handedly proving that the Age of Adventure is not over!' PEtER FItZSIMONS With more than two thousand kilometres of...
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  • Murder at Myall Creek
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    Murder at Myall Creek

    Mark Tedeschi

    One of the most shocking murder trials in Australia's legal history, and the tribulations of the prosecutor who conducted it.In 1838, eleven convicts and former convicts were put on trial for the...
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  • Tobruk 75th Anniversary Edition
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    Tobruk 75th Anniversary Edition

    Peter FitzSimons

    The definitive account of when Australia's famed Rats of Tobruk they took on General Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox. The classic story of 1941's Battle of Tobruk, in which more than 15,000 Australian...
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  • Shark Arm
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    Shark Arm

    Roope, Phillip

    Shorlisted for the 2020 Ned Kelly Awards 'The biggest tabloid shark story in the history of the world' - Peter FitzSimons 'A truly gripping whodunnit which throws fresh light on one of Australia's...
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  • CHARLES BEAN CHARLES BEAN
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    CHARLES BEAN

    Ross Coulthart

    Joint winner: Prize for Australian History, 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Awards    This award-winning biography is a long overdue reassessment of the iconic Australian war correspondent'The book...
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  • Monash's Masterpiece
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    Monash's Masterpiece

    Peter FitzSimons

    The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash,...
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  • Darwin Spitfires
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    Darwin Spitfires

    Anthony Cooper

    The Japanese air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942 are well known to most Australians, but what happened afterwards?For almost two years the airspace over north-west Australia was routinely...
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  • Nancy Wake
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    Nancy Wake

    Peter FitzSimons

    The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo's most wanted spy In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War,...
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  • The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse
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    The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse

    Peter FitzSimons

    On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery,...
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  • Fridays with Blanche
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    Fridays with Blanche

    Rielly, Derek

    'What a treat! Brutal truths and bombshells galore. Profound reflections on life, longing and the legacy of Bob. It's like a long Friday lunch that you never want to end. Your host: a national...
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  • My Adventurous Life
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    My Adventurous Life

    Smith, Dick

    Winner, Biography Book of the Year, ABIA Awards 'Part Bear Grylls, part Bill Gates, but 100% Aussie larrikin. Dick is a great innovator, philanthropist and adventurer, who in my eyes can do no wrong...
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  • What the Sky Arranges What the Sky Arranges
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    What the Sky Arranges

    Andrew Fitzsimons

    The Tsurezuregusa is a collection of wise, witty, compassionate and, occasionally, cranky ruminations on the business of living by the monk, Kenko (c1283-c1350). The poems in What the Sky Arranges...
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  • Dead in the Water
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    Dead in the Water

    Beasley, Richard

    'I LOVE IT.' Peter FitzSimons 'With a deft mixture of outrage, humour and in-depth knowledge, only Beasley could make water policy a page turner.' Craig Reucassel 'It's great to shed some more...
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  • Burke and Wills
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    Burke and Wills

    Peter FitzSimons

    The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller.'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the...
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  • Shipwreck
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    Shipwreck

    Writer, Larry

    'gripping, engaging popular history' - Sydney Morning Herald The Dunbar was one of the most advanced and celebrated sailing ships of the mid-19th century. Built to carry passengers in speed and...
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  • The Legend of Albert Jacka
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    The Legend of Albert Jacka

    Peter FitzSimons

    Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21...
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  • Rocky Elsom
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    Rocky Elsom

    Bret Harris

    ROCKY: LEADER OF THE WALLABIES is an insightful and revealing look into the rugby union career of one of Australia's greatest Wallabies, Rocky Elsom."Rocky Elsom is a rugby player of the old school...
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  • The Race to the Top of the World
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    The Race to the Top of the World

    Peter FitzSimons

    The epic true story of George Mallory and Edmund Hillary and the quest to be the first to conquer Everest. A captivating story of adventure, daring, despair and triumph from Australia's favourite...
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  • Diggers of Kapyong
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    Diggers of Kapyong

    Gilling, Tom

    'In the only war in which Australian soldiers ever faced off against the might of Mao, this is a revealing and spellbinding account of an extraordinary victory.' - Peter FitzSimons We charged and we...
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  • Errol Flynn
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    Errol Flynn

    O'Brien, Patricia

    WINNER - General History Prize, NSW History Awards Handsome and charismatic, Errol Flynn was one of the first great screen idols. He mesmerised millions around the world with his swordsmanship,...
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  • Where the Flaming Hell Are We?
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    Where the Flaming Hell Are We?

    Collie, Craig

    We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures. March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops are rushed...
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  • Battle of Long Tan
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    Battle of Long Tan

    Peter FitzSimons

    From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating...
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  • Fighting for Country
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    Fighting for Country

    Saunders, James

    'As a life-long soldier, I can assert the vibrancy and value of legends - battles, places and always, people. Reg Saunders was such a legend - courageous, inspirational and much admired by all who...
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  • The Battle of Long Tan
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    The Battle of Long Tan

    Peter FitzSimons

    From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle.4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious.5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating...
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  • Inferno
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    Inferno

    Bradley, Phillip

    'I love Phillip Bradley's stuff, and this is a very fine book, about one of the most extraordinary times in Australian military history.' - Peter FitzSimons 'We sprang to our feet with one mighty...
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  • Australia: A History
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    Australia: A History

    Tony Abbott

    How an ancient land became a great democracy.Longlisted for Best Non Fiction in the Indie Book Awards 2026 'Tony Abbott should be congratulated ... This history of Australia is vivid, readable,...
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