COASTAL PLANTS: PERTH & THE SOUTH WEST REGION by RIPPEY/ROWLAND
29.95 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
A guide to over 130 plant species, from seagrasses to the beautiful Boronia alata, from mangroves of the Abralhos Islands that grow along the Perth coastline and on the islands between Dongara and Dunsborough. Superbly illustrated with line drawings and watercolour paintings of each species, Coastal Pla ...Show more
The Best of Banjo Paterson: An Illustrated Collection by Gary Allen
19.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Banjo Paterson's ability to evoke the sights, sounds and smells of the bush as well as the strength and character of the people who lived there has made him one of Australia's best loved literary figures. This book is illustrated with engravings from the 1880s and 1890s that have been coloured using the ...Show more
The Best of Henry Lawson: An Illustrated Collection by LAWSON Henry
19.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
This book of Henry Lawson's best poems reveals his gift for capturing the spirit of the Australia of his time and the character of its people.
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route by National Museum of Australia Staff; Carly Davenport; Monique Lafontaine; John Carty
59.00 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
In 2007, nearly 70 Aboriginal artists traveled through the Canning Stock Route--a track in Western Australia along which cattle could be driven from Kimberley stations in the north to markets in the south--to return to places they had left as children, reconnect with family, or reclaim histories. This c ...Show more
Discover Western Australia by Jocelyn Burt
16.95 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Photographer and adventurer Jocelyn Burt travels through the South-West, the Great Southern and Goldfields, the Murchison, the Pilbara, the deserts, and the Kimberley regions of WA. She visits Perth, the Pinnacles and Wave Rock, as well as less well-known spots like Walpole, Millstream and Geikie Gorge. ...Show more
The Gold Rush by David Hill
19.99 AUD
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"The fever that forever changed Australia. David Hill relates the extraordinary people and staggering events of Australia's great gold-rush years. From the mid- to late-1800s, people from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, including two future prime ministers of Great Britain and Australia, ...Show more
Bush Food: Aboriginal Food and Herbal Medicine by Jennifer Isaacs
45.00 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
For perhaps fifty thousand years the Aboriginal People have lived, and lived well, in Australia. They have developed a unique knowledge of their native plants and a deep understanding of the value of many animal products. Bush Food is an exploration of these traditional skills and a compendium of the ki ...Show more
Still in the Bush by Len Beadell
22.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
Laden with trig poles, theodolites - and porridge - Beadell and his team built roads, laid out town sites and undertook an enormous survey programme in order to prepare a test launching area in one of the most isolated parts of the world. The problems ranged from taking astrofixes in a cloudy sky and be ...Show more
Outback Highways by Beadell Len
29.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
The Gunbarrel Highway story, and many more ..Len Beadell was often called the last of the true Australian explorers. As a surveyor and road builder he worked all over the outback - from Arnhem Land to the Gibson Desert. Drawn from his best selling books, these stories sparkle with humour and paint a fas ...Show more
Bush Bashers by Len Beadell
16.95 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA
In this book, Len Beadell tells the story of his second road across Australia which was driven 1600 kilometres from east to west, from South Australia to West Australia through the heart of the Great Victoria Desert. Construction took years, as the road was driven through the almost impenetrable mulga s ...Show more