A cypher that looked like a childs game of noughts-and-crosses; a strip of hessian bag; the rhythmic clanging sound of the turning windmill suddenly breaking the silence of the night; the minister who seemed out of place as a churchman: these were some of the more puzzling aspects of the case of the murdered swagman
The Punjabi migration provides the material for the first Indo-Australian literary work, first published in 1965. Set in northern New South Wales this is something of a rural idyll, recording a cross-communal marriage and settling in to life on a sheep farm with a cast of typical bush characters.
Bush Studies, written during the 1890s, presents a bleak and uncompromising image of life in the Australian bush. These classic stories of pioneering Australia are introduced by Elizabeth Webby. These are not the stories of mates gathered around a fire, but of the dark loneliness of women. Not only are there fences to be built and a living to be ......
As Freddy gazes at the majestic river gushing past him in the depths of a Scottish winter, hes ready to jump in and end his life. But what happens next is not what Freddy expects.
In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers.
By a lonely roadside in the south-west corner of Western Australia, old-time Karl Mueller is roused from his drink-sodden sleep by approaching footsteps and the sound of whistling. What he sees on waking is enough to make him stiffen with fear, and more than enough to worry the police into calling for Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we werent sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing.
Travelling between the 19th and 21st centuries, The Country of Our Dreams explores the confusions and delights of contemporary Australia and Ireland, and their shared inheritance - the Irish Land War of 1879 – 1882. A powerful struggle of tenant farmers, landless labourers, women, and the global diaspora for land, food security, and respect.
How a journey through three contintents, with a kayak, changed a climatewarrior
“It echoed around my head. The carbon wing blade flexed in the water as I thrust like a man possessed. Past the point of no return, I was above the log jam. A broken blade, maybe even a missed stroke and that could be my last. The river was rough, it was ugly and I was bouncing like a cork.” Lovers of adventure will thrill at the task Steve ......
