A new edition of this Australian classic. An engaging story of profound love. Carefree physical love, born in fleeting pleasures and casual sex, tested by cruel adversity, deepening at every setback. The author of "Come in Spinner" writes of a 1940s Australia.
Until Laurence Halloran got to Australia in Governor Macquaries time, there was nowhere for anyone to get more than rudimentary schooling. But Australias educational leader in convict times was a flawed and fascinating product of the 18th century. Biographer Jan Worthington gives us the first book to present the whole, sordid story of the ......
The RAN and other navies have been forced to forsee a demanding future, relying on the forces that design them today. Here, commentators examine the shifting realities of technology, the environment, industry, fleet design, and power relations.
Illustrated history of naval and and air campaigns. The air war over Gallipoli, Japan;s 1895 assult on China, German amphibious campaigns in the Black Sea and Baltic, Australia in Vietnam and Korea, Air defence of ships in the Falklands, and many other important operations.
Analyse the role of governments and the UN, and the manipulation of public opinion. In this book, Detainees tell their own stories in direct interviews.
Church leaders of all persuasions and prominent lay Christians have opened up to Graham Downie over forty years on the issues and feelings that matter to them most. Cardinal Pell, Desmond Tutu, Anglican hardliner Peter Jensen, lapsed GG Peter Hollingworth, Fred Chaney MP and pioneering priest Joy Bartholomew—some of the Christians profiled in this ......
Tony Grey, historian, businessman and traveller, finds seven places around the world that have opened gates into spritual realms and looks at their religious and historical differences.
A big beautiful book with fabulous painting of famous sailing ships, working sail from colonial times, ships at war and modern freighters, by famous sailing ships, working sail from colonial times, ships at war, and modern freighters—illustrated in fabulous colour paintings by Australias best marine artist, perhaps the worlds ......
Rollicking outback adventures and offroad battles with harsh terrain are usually remembered by stockmen and drovers. But heres the story of people who went deep into the remotest parts of Australia, year after year, without any livestock at all. Geologists, cartographers and field workers reached places only known to Aborigines, ......
