A comprehensive overview of the history of greyhound racing in NSW, beginning with the origins of the sport in coursing and tin-hare racing through to the current controversies threatening its existence. This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in “the sport of the people”.
From January 1919 two waves of Spanish Flu swept across Australia. This book tells the story of the 15,000+ Australians who died, the many more who were incapacitated, and medical and health specialists who, by literally putting their lives on the line, saved countless more and gave Australia a template for what was to come a century later in 2020
Two Sisters Daring Plan that Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich
Truth is stranger—and more interesting—than fiction in this historical account that’s Schindler’s List meets The Sound of Music. Bestselling
New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World-War-II history to recover the amazing story of two British spinsters—Ida and Louise Cook—who masterminded a plan to spirit dozens of ......
The highlights of Canberra great collections. The book features many breathtaking works of are alongside war relics amazing vehicles The magna carta and more
46 unsorted boxes in a damp basement contained the “archives” of one of Australia’s least orthodox media institutions. Amazingly, from those daunting vestiges, Liz Giuffre and Demetrius Romeo wove a compelling book about 2SER and its colourful people. Also a window onto the world outside as it changes.
‘A Carlton please!’ a name that’s still shouted across every bar and hotel in Australia. It was one of six breweries that united to form the company we know today as CUB (Foster’s), yet we still call it Carlton. But this is not a book of that great company – it’s a book of the people that made Carlton the greatest. They were all part of the long ......
In 2000 AD, it is time for Australian history to speak directly to people - to explain and reveal things. This book pursues the challenge on two fronts: big themes like the environment, society and communications; and specifics which tell us about Australia over the decades: tea-drinking, brickworks, Cobb & Co, and other topics.
The true story of murder on HMAS Australia. During World War II a sailor is killed, the suspects are part of a rumoured homosexual group on board the flagship. What followed was one of the most controversial events in the history of the Royal Australian Navy and triggered unprecedented legal and political events.
Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters is both a gonzo rush-capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived-and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the world's greatest rock 'n' roll drummer.
Through its account of work and community in the Wollongong region, this book attempts to unravel the forces that make for the integration and disintegration of local societies.
Author Lars Marius Garshol set out to explore and document the lost art of brewing using traditional local methods. Equal parts history, cultural anthropology, social science, and travelogue...
After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when the boundaries between rock and jazz had begun to blur, Brecker stood as a transcendent figure.
Grand homes, the opulent life of the squatocracy, class conflict, gentry and convict origins, skulduggery, human foibles and noble visions: the true story of one of Australia's leading pastoral families, centered around Como, one of Australia's favourite historic homes.
Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s brings to life the songs, singers, and songwriters who made history and changed everything with a strum heard 'round the world.
Before Raffles, before Rajah Brooke, there was Francis Light, the 18th-century trailblazer in the Malay Archipelago. His subsequent adventures as a naval officer and merchant sea captain take him from India to Sumatra, the Straits of Malacca to Siam, through shipwreck, sea battles, pirate raids and tropical disease.