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9780864271099
Details the major explorations and establishments in colonial Australia
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Exploration & Settlement
in Colonial Australia

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Gold

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

Bushrangers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

The 1950s

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

The 1960s

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

The 1970s

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

Faiths, Religions & Beliefs

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

Shogunate Japan

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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

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9780864271266
Afghanistan - Italy
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Australian Origins - 1

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

Australian Origina - 2

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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

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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

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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

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

The Anzac Spirit

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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

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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

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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

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

Immigration Since 1788

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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

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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

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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

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

Australia's Airlines

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Peoples of the Centre

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

Peoples of the East

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

Peoples of the North

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

Peoples of the South

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

Peoples of the West

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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 )

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Shaping Earth

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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)

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

World War 1 (HB)

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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)

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

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

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

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

9780864271211160,000 people came to Australia as convicts. This looks at their experience, why they were sent, what it was like on arrival and after.

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

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

9780864271532Cover 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

9780864271167This 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.

9780864271174The 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.

9780864271303A 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.

9780864271150Starting 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.

9780864271020Starting 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.

9780864271358Starting 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.

9780864271433Starting 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.

9780864271068Arranged 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,

9780864271297American 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9780864271457The 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..

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

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

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.

9780864271143It 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

9780864271501Discover 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

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.

9780864271082Australia 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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

9780864271563Looks 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.

9780864271556Climate 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9780980594737Drawing 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.

9781742451497Understand 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.

9781742451503Discover 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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