French by birth, British by education, Australian by choice, Babette Hayes was uniquely placed to bring that fusion of French tradition and informal style ...

Nemarluk, one of the most feared Aboriginal renegades in the north of Australia, had vowed to rid his land of all intruders. This is the story of the ...

Horrie the Wog Dog was the unofficial mascot for the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force. An Egyptian terrier, the dog ...

In this book, Ion Idriess reflects on his life prospecting in far North Queensland from 1912 to 1914, and coincided with his earliest writing as "Gouger" ...

B.B. King had Lucille , George Harrison had Rocky , Neil Young had Blackie and Willie Nelson had Trigger ... I had Gertrude ! "It's fifty years ...

"... at various times in my life, my mother would turn to me and say in English: 'Never Marry a Diplomat.' (...) Was she being facetious in making such ...

Diane Fahey builds on an already rich body of poetry about birds with this fresh tribute to their exquisite intelligence, grace and splendour as they ...

A director of a big budget Australian sci-fi TV show grapples with the dilemma of corporate sponsorship, and their infatuation with their beautiful but ...

American-born Gus Pierce arrived in Australia in 1860 and promptly deserted, swimming ashore at Port Phillip. He worked as a photographer for Batchelders ...

This collection of short fiction is an imagining of the impact - personal, interpersonal, psychological and existential - of our forthcoming colonisation ...