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Junior Secondary Reference

Dewilde Books published a range of Australian History, Society, Politics and Geography quick reference guides in partnership with Trocadero Publishing -  available in both print & e-book formats ( click for the lists )


        
Designed in a magazine style but with full Index, Contents page, and pages with blocks of supporting text, profiles, maps, and images & photos from Australian archives.
              32 pages A4, full colour paperback,

We also have some of the Pearson Library hardbacks and selected local Small Press titles

9780864271099
Details the major explorations and establishments in colonial Australia 
- Includes index, timelines and links

Exploration & Settlement
in Colonial Australia

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271013
How ten men created a country from a colony of convicts and free settlers, shaped our legal system, and set the basis for our culture

The Governors
1788-1855

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271136
Set out in yearly sections, this book covers the key events that shaped the early colonies across Australia


1788 to 1809 - First Fleet to Rum Rebellion

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271228
Arranged by year - this explores the Foundation Years when settlement, the rule of law, and the States starting to form

1810-1845  - Macquarie to the end of transportation

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271211
160,000 people came to Australia as convicts. This looks at their experience, why they were sent, what it was like on arrival and after.

Convicts  

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271198
This is the story of how gold changed the face of the Australian colonies and cities that followed



Gold

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271402
This is the story of the wildness that dogged colonial Australia, and of the lives of these outlaws and their families.


Bushrangers

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271532
Cover the history of our form of government, how rule are created, examined, and then made law. How our electoral system works and how it compares to other systems

Australia's Democratic System

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271167
This book looks at the stages from six colonies, through British control, to a modern independent nation, constitutional changes, the creation of Parliament and the High Court, and the legal steps needed.

Commonwealth of Australia

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271174
The story of each of the six states from colonial times, how they relate with the Commonwealth, how their constitutions work, the gradual shift of power from states to the national government.

The States - Their Part in Australia

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271303
A broad social history of the time when the six colonies were embraced as one Commonwealth; how people lived, how things worked, the impact of nationhood.



Australia at the Time of Federation

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271150
Starting with the past, then the current state, economy, transport, food, people, festivals and trade. Plus  links to Australia’s foreign policy at key times, and national time lines.

Japan - Story of a Nation

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271020
Starting with the past, then the current state, economy, transport, food, people, festivals and trade. Plus links to Australia’s foreign policy at key times, and national time lines.

China - Story of a Nation

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271358
Starting with the past, then the current state, economy, transport, food, people, festivals and trade. Plus links to Australia’s foreign policy at key times, and national time lines.

India - Story of a Nation

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271433
Starting with the past, then the current state, economy, transport, food, people, festivals and trade. Plus links to Australia’s foreign policy at key times, and national time lines.

Indonesia - Story of a Nation

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271068
Arranged by country, from India to New Zealand this book looks at the colonial history of the Asia Pacific, the key events, and the move to independence. Includes index,

European Colonialism in the Asia-Pacific

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271310
Arranged by country, a look at the history and recent colonial past, and at Australia’s connections and influences. Includes facts about each country, maps and flags.

Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Australia's Asian Neighbours

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271297
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna


Australia's Pacific Neighbours

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271495
Looking at the history, culture and peoples of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - plus facts files on each country, timelines, leaders, maps and migrations.


Peoples of the Pacific

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271112
Post-war Australia was a time of wealth and poverty, of building social pressures as migrants and unionists asked for change

The 1950s

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271204
This was a time of wealth and employment, but also of conscription, the cold war, and immense social changes.

The 1960s

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271389 
This was a time of increasing wealth and employment, a time of social & sexual freedoms, and of rapid cultural change


The 1970s

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271105 
Alphabetical exploration of the diversity of Australian religious life, beliefs, secular &  attitudes. Index, timelines

Faiths, Religions & Beliefs

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271426 
A detailed look at the feudal period of Japan’s history and of the impact of the emerging western world.

Shogunate Japan

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271457
The political and military intrigues of imperial dynasties with emphasis on the Yuan, Ming and Qing - from 1271 to 1911 and how the quality of each emperor affected both China and the World..

Imperial China

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271266
Afghanistan - Italy
(42 Countries )
Describes the countries, their histories, and the immigration patterns into Australia, plus statistics and maps

Australian Origins - 1

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271273 
Japan - Zimbabwe
(43 Countries )
Describes the countries, their histories, and the immigration patterns into Australia, plus statistics and maps

Australian Origina - 2 

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271280 
How an all-volunteer army was sent to defend the ‘Mother Country’. A story of bravery & endurance in the mud of France, the slopes of Gallipoli and the heat of the Middle East deserts.

World War 1

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271143
It started as a war far away, and then became a fight for our survival with 600,000 personnel in the defence forces, and thousands more in the war industry.

World War 2

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271181
How Australia in a search for defence security fell in with the USA in Korea and Vietnam and with the British in Malaysia.


The Cold War

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271372 
Recounts all the conflicts Australia was engaged in from 1890s to Afghanistan and how this impacted on Australian society


The Anzac Spirit

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271518
The story of how Vietnam fought for its freedom from French colonial days to the taking of the US supported Saigon in 1975


War in Vietnam - Beginning to End

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271525
Pressured to support the US, Australia turned to conscription, provoking a protest that changed society, and leading to a migration program that transformed the nation.

War in Vietnam - Impact on Australia

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271549 
Succinct look at our international role and responsibilities, the global charters & treaties we observe, the programs & aid bodies we support, and the environmental action we undertake.

Australia's International Role

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271037
This follows each wave of new immigrants as they battle nature, prejudice, ignorance & official indifference from 1788 to 2010.


Immigration Since 1788

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271501
Discover how the post WW2 migration program was planned, where everyone came from, where they started in Australia, how they managed and where they are now

Populate or Perish

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271259 
The immigrants who came to Australia and by hard work built businesses, our infrastructure, made advances in sciences, contributed to the arts and  cosmopolitan Australia.

Immigrants Who Changed Australia

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271082
Australia led the world in building government owned railways. This book brings that long history to vivid life. It includes the key people who’s vision built Australia

Australian's Railways

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271044
Comprehensive look at the airlines, planes, airports and infrastructure, and personalities that formed Australia’s aviation industry.


Australia's Airlines

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271440 
From the stump-jump plough to the Cochlear implant, from colonial days to now, a history of inventions & innovations. How ideas were conceived and the struggle to make them reality.

Inventions & Innovators

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271327
How the Industrial Revolution spread from Britain to Australia, how industry developed, how the tyranny of distance bred generations of industrial innovators.

The Industrial Revolution

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271341 
Details the growth of communications in Australia, from earliest colonial post offices, to telegraphy, mail by rail, air and ship, telephones, telex, fax, up to today’s digital world.

How Communications United Australia

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271334 
The ways in which we are influenced and manipulated in many ways in our everyday life by the media, politicians, businesses and individuals - with key examples of each.

Influencing Australia - Media PR Advertising

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271242 
How Australia grew economically, from the corruption of rum as currency, through planned economies, protectionism and free trade, to today’s deregulated environment.

About The Money

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271587 
The changes to its landscape caused by human activity and natural evolution. European impacts compared with indigenous methods
Major environmental problems in rivers and soils, erosion from land clearing, over management of water resources, unsuitable crops and animals. 

Landscape Degradation

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271563
Looks at the availability of water resources, how they are used, managed and conserved, and how they are wasted. The impacts over times of drought and plenty, and how this compares with water resource management on the other continents.

Water

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271556
Climate and landforms change how we use places, and human actions influence the environment of places. Extremes produce hazards such as bushfires and floods but prevention, mitigation and preparedness based on global data can reduce the impact.

Natural Disasters

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271570 
Compares the places where Australians live, cities to the remote outback. Why we live where we do - environmental quality, social structures, service availability, financial, and personal preference.  Details  the services and facilities that make places liveable.


Why People Live Where They Do

$ 19.95 arrp

9781740703703
The key language groups are explored including information on history, traditions, land use, notable people, language, culture - maps & glossary

Peoples of the Centre

$ 19.95 arrp

9781740703666
The key language groups are explored including information on history, traditions, land use, notable people, language, culture - maps & glossary

Peoples of the East

$ 19.95 arrp

9781740703680
The key language groups are explored including information on history, traditions, land use, notable people, language, culture - maps & glossary

Peoples of the North

$ 19.95 arrp

9780864271228
The key language groups are explored including information on history, traditions, land use, notable people, language, culture - maps & glossary


Peoples of the South

$ 19.95 arrp

9781740703673
The key language groups are explored including information on history, traditions, land use, notable people, language, culture - maps & glossary

Peoples of the West

$ 19.95 arrp

9781740703574
Describes significant events of the past through the accounts of people who were there at the time -  interviews,  journal entries, newspapers & official documents.

Whose Land - 1770 to 2007 ( Eyewitness )

$ 19.95 arrp

9780980594737
Drawing on primary archaeology to map 50,000 years of Australia’s ancient past, this book presents our rich and complex history in a comprehensive time line format. 

Ancient Australia Unearthed

$ 39.95 arrp

9781742451497
Understand what causes floods to happen. why fires may help the environment. Find out what causes thunder and lightning. Learn about storms, tornadoes, hurricanes & weather forecasting.

Aerial Earth

$ 14.95 arrp

9781742451503
Discover how old the Earth is, how fossils are made. Learn how different rocks were formed. Learn about the earth's caves, magnetism, minerals and fossil fuels.


Inside Earth

$ 14.95 arrp

9781742451480
Understand how earthquakes start, how mountains are formed. Find out what damage a meteorite can cause. Learn about landslides, tsunamis and undersea volcanoes.

Moving Earth

$ 14.95 arrp

9781742451473
Using real examples this book shows the impacts of volcanoes, mountains, glaciers, earthquakes, tides, caves, minerals, storms, weather & climate change.


Shaping Earth

$ 14.95 arrp

9781442540408
 Examines the reasons for the war, why Australia was involved, where Australians fought, key battles, women at war, the war effort at home and how it ended.

Vietnam War (HB)

$ 19.95 arrp

9781442545236
Broad sweep descriptions of the zones, campaigns, social impacts, causes & resolutions of the 1914-18 European and Mediterranean War

World War 1 (HB)

$ 19.95 arrp

9781442540392
Supported by maps & archival photographs. Covers campaigns, social impacts, causes & resolutions of the 1939-45 European and Asia-Pacific War

World War 2 (HB)

$ 19.95 arrp

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