A history of unlauded heroes from 1845 to 2003. Tells of the early Chinese, Indonesian and Spanish mariners, explores, drovers and pioneers, sandalwood traders and pearl divers, as well as the early gold rush times through to a threatened Japanese invasion in 1939

Frances M Boyle. This is a story of cattle duffing, harassment, arson, corruption and bent police. What is most shocking is that this book is not fiction.

Bill Bunbury.

A collection of Australian stories from the popular ABC Radio National historian Bill Bunbury. 

This is a tapestry of snapshots from before European settlement through to the late twentieth century. Stories range from the fascinating account of the 1711 wreck of the Zuytdorp, to an Australian soldier's escape and lone voyage across the Mediterranean in the 1940s.

K. Forrest. The colonisation and setlement of North West Australia 1861-1914 focuses on black-white relationships and the changing attitudes and moralities of white Australians. 348pp

The early history of northern Australian colonization

At 5400km's it is one of the longest man-made structures. James Woodford follows the fence on a journey through some of the harshest country in the world. 258pp.

Temporarily out of stock

A new life under the vast Australian sky 1923. Since Norah's husband was killed in the Great War and she has struggled to provide a home for her daughter. When her father dies her situation becomes even more precarious. Andrew Boyd survived the horrors of the Great War only for his wife to die of influenza shortly after his return. He determines to emigrate and make a new life for his two sons. The Australian government is giving ex-servicemen a farm. But to join the group settlement scheme, Andrew must find a wife. A marriage of convenience suddenly becomes a very real solution to Norah and Andrew's problems. But nothing can prepare them though for the realities of settling in Western Australia. They are not just building a marriage and a family but also a new way of life in one of the wildest countries on earth.

Tony Roberts. A history of the Gulf Country of 1900. A fresh perspective to the Northern Territory's remarkable frontier era. 316pp.

Arthur Ashwin. A significant diary coveering the goldrush period from 1850 to 1890. Covers all mainland states, 212pp.

′I looked down into where the houses were totally surrounded by a sea of flame and thought, well, that s it, she s all over. Everybody will be killed down there.′ John Hyles, farmer, Namadgi Ranges, ACT.

GREAT AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE STORIES is a collection of remarkable stories from all around Australia that tell of our country′s fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire.

Farmers, landowners, fire-fighters and city dwellers recount their experiences of fire. Some stories are funny, some tragic and some courageous but all the storytellers exhibit tenacity and grit in their fight to save their homes, their animals, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.

Reprint of the 1930s classic. Ernestine Hill. Her account of a remarkable journey – 100,000 miles across the Australian bush, a woman alone and in 1930. 346 pp.

A collection of stories from Bill (Swampy) Marsh

Profiles 10 women of the late 1800s who built extraordinary lives in the outback. 302 pp