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Collaborations and Conflicts: A Leader Through Time (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)Collaborations and Conflicts: A Leader Through Time (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
Best Price: $28.95
This is a uniquely dramatic account of life in the Papua New Guinea Highlands as told by a...
Les Murray: A Life in ProgressLes Murray: A Life in Progress
Best Price: $3.97
Peter Alexander has written a biography that does come close to doing justice to perhaps the...
After 200 Years: Photographic Essays of Aboriginal and IslanderAfter 200 Years: Photographic Essays of Aboriginal and IslanderBringing to Light: A History of Ethnographic Filmmaking at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander StudiesBringing to Light: A History of Ethnographic Filmmaking at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Best Price: $23.85
Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810
Best Price: $18.63
Expeditions of adventure didn't end with the demise of Captain Cook in 1780: further expeditions...


Australia: The New Frontier (Wanderer)Australia: The New Frontier (Wanderer)
Best Price: $11.18
Australia is a fantastic kaleidoscope of light and color that blend together to create a...
Voyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres AustralesVoyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres Australes
Best Price: $24.34
Recounting the epic and often tragic journeys of French explorers—Bougainville,...
Daisy Bates; "the great white queen of the never never."Daisy Bates; "the great white queen of the never never."The Men Who Persevered: The AATTV - the most highly decorated Australian unit of the Viet Name warThe Men Who Persevered: The AATTV - the most highly decorated Australian unit of the Viet Name war
Best Price: $32.95
A history of the Australian Army Training Team in Vietnam, as told through the personal...
Wonders of the World - The Easter Island Statues (Wonders of the World)Wonders of the World - The Easter Island Statues (Wonders of the World)
Best Price: $23.70
People have wondered for centuries how and why the great statues on Easter Island were...


Sailing Alone Around the WorldSailing Alone Around the World
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"If you haven’t read Slocum, you should, and this is the volume for you."...
Young Asian Designers: Including Australia (Design Books)Young Asian Designers: Including Australia (Design Books)
Best Price: $21.59
The book has good samples of design work from the continent (actually, the continents), but it...
Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs (Reshaping Australian Institutions)Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs (Reshaping Australian Institutions)
Best Price: $24.15
Culture in Australia offers an incisive and up-to-date examination of the forces that are...
Scandal in the ColoniesScandal in the Colonies
Best Price: $26.23
The hidden stories of two Australian port towns rife with gossip and dubious reputations are...
Farming in Ponds and Dams: An Introduction to Freshwater Aquaculture in AustraliaFarming in Ponds and Dams: An Introduction to Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia
A step-by-step guide to Australian freshwater aquaculture, covering everything from water...

Forgotten Anzacs: The Campaign in Greece, 1941Forgotten Anzacs: The Campaign in Greece, 1941
Best Price: $29.67
Detailing lesser-known facts surrounding the legend of the Anzacs, this study offers the largely...
The Vanishing ArcticThe Vanishing Arctic
The Arctic is a place of rapid change. Governments, mineral development, improved...
War is Hell - WWII PacificWar is Hell - WWII Pacific
Best Price: $23.99
I've known the author for years. It is a pleasure and an honor to call this WWII vet a very...
The FJ Holden: A Favourite Australian CarThe FJ Holden: A Favourite Australian Car
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A celebration of the FJ Holden, Australia's most successful midcentury car, this enthusiastic...
An Empire on Display: English, Indian, and Australian Exhibitions from the Crystal Palace to the Great WarAn Empire on Display: English, Indian, and Australian Exhibitions from the Crystal Palace to the Great War
Best Price: $52.25
The grand exhibitions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras are the lens through which Peter...

A History of Australia: Volumes V and VI: 1888-1935 (History of Australia & VI)A History of Australia: Volumes V and VI: 1888-1935 (History of Australia & VI)
Best Price: $39.95
1822 - 1838 was a period of struggle and change, from a plantation society using convict labour...
Voyages of Discovery: Captain Cook and the Exploration of the PacificVoyages of Discovery: Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
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Lynne Withey succeeds in providing a balanced and well-researched account of the famous...
Friends, Acquaintances, Pupils and PatronsFriends, Acquaintances, Pupils and Patrons
Best Price: $53.50
This study of the social circumstances of Japanese intellectuals in the last quarter of the...
Mapping Colonial Conquest: Australia and Southern AfricaMapping Colonial Conquest: Australia and Southern Africa
Best Price: $23.15
Black Islanders: A Personal Perspective of Bougainville, 1937-1991Black Islanders: A Personal Perspective of Bougainville, 1937-1991
Best Price: $18.00
There are few books available to gain an understanding of modern (prior to 1989) Bougainvillian...

The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society (Papua New Guinea Society)The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society (Papua New Guinea Society)
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This new edition of the critically acclaimed The Fame of Gawa -originally published in...
Iconography of New Zealand Maori Religion (Iconography of Religions. Section II, Polynesia ; Fasc. 1) (Iconography of Religions. Section II, Polynesia ; Fasc. 1)Iconography of New Zealand Maori Religion (Iconography of Religions. Section II, Polynesia ; Fasc. 1) (Iconography of Religions. Section II, Polynesia ; Fasc. 1)
Best Price: $51.98
Australia's Empire (Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series)Australia's Empire (Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series)
Best Price: $55.34
This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the...
Human Remains: Dissection and Its HistoriesHuman Remains: Dissection and Its Histories
Best Price: $24.17
This book is a good account about a rather unknown and dark part of the History of Medicine :...
Attack on YamamotoAttack on Yamamoto
Best Price: $12.00
I found this book to be well written and well researched. It pretty obvious that the author went...

Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely ExpeditionGhosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
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The people and events included in this arctic and political adventure make for a comedy of...
Shirley Baker and the King of Tonga (The Pasifika Library)Shirley Baker and the King of Tonga (The Pasifika Library)
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Exploring the Marquesas IslandsExploring the Marquesas Islands
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Sailing to the South Pacific, whether from California or Panama, the first landfall is the...
ChifleyChifley
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Ben Chifley was an engine driver from Bathurst who became a unionist and then moved into...
The Ship: Retracing Captain Cook's Endeavor VoyageThe Ship: Retracing Captain Cook's Endeavor Voyage
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The Ship brings to life Captain Cook's famous voyage of exploration to the South Pacific aboard...

Uluru: Australia's Aboriginal HeartUluru: Australia's Aboriginal Heart
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In the middle of the Australian continent, a huge sandstone rock rises more than a thousand feet...
Australia's Kakadu ManAustralia's Kakadu ManHoward's EndHoward's End
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An insider’s look at the Australian 2007 election and its implications, this political...
Land of Vision and Mirage: Western Australia Since 1826Land of Vision and Mirage: Western Australia Since 1826
Best Price: $28.80
Moon Handbooks New Zealand (Moon Handbooks)Moon Handbooks New Zealand (Moon Handbooks)
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We found this to be an excellent handbook. There were handy maps of each region and fairly...

Pacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World CulturePacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World Culture
Best Price: $15.68
I first read PACIFIC RISING in 1991, the year of publication and felt it was the absolute best...
The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict: The Maori, the British, and the New Zealand Wars (Mcgill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History, No 7)The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict: The Maori, the British, and the New Zealand Wars (Mcgill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History, No 7)
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The publication of 'The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict' in...
Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen since 1960Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen since 1960
Best Price: $27.99
Simon Marginson, a well known Australian Professor specialising in Higher Education, has written...
Taim bilong masta: The Australian involvement with Papua New GuineaTaim bilong masta: The Australian involvement with Papua New GuineaLand Is Life: From Bush to Town, the Story of the Yanyuwa PeopleLand Is Life: From Bush to Town, the Story of the Yanyuwa People

Diamonds & Demons: The Joseph Gutnick StoryDiamonds & Demons: The Joseph Gutnick Story
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A story of tenacity, luck, toughness - and controversy. Joseph Isaac Gutnick - variously known...
Age of CunardAge of Cunard
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Once upon a time, a transatlantic crossing was literally a rite of passage for the world's...
Far East and Australasia 2008 (Far East and Australasia)Far East and Australasia 2008 (Far East and Australasia)
Best Price: $699.99
A systematic survey of all the countries of East Asia, South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand...
Where Mountains Are Nameless: Passion and Politics in the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeWhere Mountains Are Nameless: Passion and Politics in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Long ago, I heard about the Alaska Pipeline, but I had no idea that it involved a Wildlife...
Solomon Islands (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)Solomon Islands (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
This is the last edition of Lonely Planet's Solomon Islands guide. It has not been updated...

Maui Trails: Walks, Strolls and Treks on the Valley IsleMaui Trails: Walks, Strolls and Treks on the Valley Isle
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This hiking guidebook was useful on a recent family trip to Maui. Chapters are organized by main...
Undemocratic Schooling: Equity and Quality in Mass Secondary Education in AustraliaUndemocratic Schooling: Equity and Quality in Mass Secondary Education in Australia
Best Price: $23.39
Based on the largest social survey of secondary education ever undertaken in Australia, this...
Quinn's Post: Anzac, GallipoliQuinn's Post: Anzac, Gallipoli
Best Price: $18.91
This book conveys what happened at Gallipoli when enemy soldiers were at very close quarters,...
Island Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco CollectionIsland Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection
Best Price: $44.00
Cook Voyage Artifacts in Leningrad, Berne & Florence Museums (Special Publication Series, No 66)Cook Voyage Artifacts in Leningrad, Berne & Florence Museums (Special Publication Series, No 66)

Riddle of the PacificRiddle of the Pacific
Best Price: $12.84
Hawaiian Yesterdays: Historical PhotographsHawaiian Yesterdays: Historical PhotographsOver the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885
Best Price: $24.21
Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource...
Welcome to the South Seas: Contemporary New Zealand Art for Young PeopleWelcome to the South Seas: Contemporary New Zealand Art for Young People
Best Price: $21.00
This introduction to New Zealand art features the work of 45 contemporary artists from the past...
 
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