Strangers on Country by David Hartley, Kirsty Murray
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Age range 8+ Giom, Anco and Duramboi are the names of just three young shipwreck survivors and convict escapees who were given refuge by Indigenous communities during the nineteenth century. No one knows exactly how many received sustenance from the local people, but there are some documented accounts ...Show more
A Day to Remember by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: History
Anzac Day is the day when we remember and honour Anzac traditions down the ages, from the first faltering march of wounded veterans in 1916 to the ever increasing numbers of their descendants who march today. Containing reference to the many places the Anzacs have fought, and the various ways in which t ...Show more
The Gallipoli Story by Patrick Carlyon
$17.99 AUD
Category: History
The men were huddled in lifeboats. Some prayed that their legs would work. Some smiled to show they weren't scared. They peered into the darkness ahead and saw nothing. Then, the dark shape of a man standing on a hill. A shout from the shore. A single shot rang out and a bullet hissed overhead. The Ga ...Show more
Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, from the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.* We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one o ...Show more
Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, from the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers. We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one of th ...Show more
A Story to Tell by Laurel Nannup (Illustrator)
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
In A Story to Tell, Laurel Nannup brings to life a childhood in a large Aboriginal family. While her stories include time spent at the Wandering Mission, their main focus is on memories of family life-picnics, roaming through the bush, sharing campfire tales, and events such as buying a new dress and fi ...Show more
Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story by Joanna Grochowicz
$17.99 AUD
Category: History
Adrift on the Antarctic pack ice with no means of escape and no hope of rescue, Ernest Shackleton and his men are surely doomed. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his men set sail for Antarctica, where they plan to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, his ship, the Endurance, ...Show more
Sneakers: A Graphic History (Amazing Inventions) by Blake Hoena
$15.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Amazing Inventions
Sneakers grew out of efforts to make more durable, more comfortable shoes--and became a major link between sports and fashion. Their sales rose with the popularity of tennis and exploded along with basketball, leading to celebrity endorsements, big-name brands, and continued technological breakthroughs. ...Show more
The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 by Dorothee Solle
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
The White Rose tells the story of Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, who in 1942 led a small underground organization of German students and professors to oppose the atrocities committed by Hitler and the Nazi Party. They named their group the White Rose, and they distributed leaflets denouncing the Nazi re ...Show more
The Upside-Down History of Down-Under by Alison Lloyd; Terry Denton (illus)
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
By the acclaimed creators of Wicked Warriors, Evil Emperors and Dragons, Devils and Rebels. The true story of Australia starts with a piece of land that went for a swim. Millions of years ago it floated away from Africa. Very, very, slowly. It was home to dinosaurs and giant animals, until the first Aus ...Show more
This Book is a Time Machine by Tracey Dembo
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The funniest and most clever picture book of 2023. Hello there! Guess what???You are holding a real-life time machine! ??You don't believe me? ??I'll show you! ??For a start, I wrote this blurb in the PAST. ??Yet, you are reading it in the PRESENT. ??And when you finish reading the blurb, it will be the ...Show more
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something? Or thought about how we can weigh the earth? Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe? Uncover the mysteries of time, space and life on earth in this extraordinary book - a journey from the centre of the planet to the dawn of the dinosaurs, and ever ...Show more