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	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith book Author Thomas Keneally -  Paperback - 178 pages - Fiction     Printed in Australia Thomas Keneally's fictionalised account of the 1900 killing spree of half-Aboriginal Jimmy Governor is a powerful story of a black man's revenge against an unjust and intolerant society. 'A lean, spare, menacing novel'  New York Times 'An unforgettable story ... riveting'  Daily Telegraph, London Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information.		Price:	QTY:

	The Fatal Shore book Author Robert Hughes -  Paperback - 688 pages - Non-Fiction    Printed in Australia In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia .... An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. 'The Fatal Shore' is the prize winning, scholarly, brilliantly entertaining narrative that has given Australia its true history. 'A unique phatasmagoria of crime and punishment, which combines the shadowy terrors of Goya with the tumescent life of Dickens'   Peter Ackroyd, The Times 'Huges has a story to tell as vivid, large-scale, and appalling as anything by Dickens or Solzhenitsyn, but one that's virtually unknown - until the writing of this splendid book. The Fatal Shore is a great achievement.'  Susan Sontag 'A triumph of research, passion and fine writing. I found it an extraordinary and compelling book to read, one of fantastic scope and imagination; truly a tour de force.'  William Shawcross 'Popular history in the best sense... its attention to human detail and its commanding prose call to mind the best work of Barbara Tuchman.'  Washington Post Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information.		Price:	QTY:

	For the Term of His Natural Life Author Marcus Clarke -  Paperback - 534 pages - Fiction  Marcus Clarke's famous historical novel 'For the Term of His Natural Life' is more than one of Australia's greatest and most widely read classics. It's a horrifying, compelling story of suffering and survival under desparate conditions. Drawings its material from the appalling but authentic annals of Tasmania's haunted past, it tells of a man who has been born to wealth and comfort yet is transported to the convict island on a murder charge of which he is innocent - and against which he cannot defend himself without betraying his own mother. Amid searing, unforgettable descritions of his sufferings at Port Arthur, Macquarie Harbour and the infamous Norfolk Island, the tale unfolds a disturbing and brutal panorama of people and events. 'For the Term of His Natural Life' has long been called one of the masterpieces of Australia's first century. Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information.		Price:	QTY:

	A Fortunate Life book Author A.B. Facey -  Paperback - 422 pages - Autobiography Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a 'fortunate' one. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration. It is the story of a life lived to the full - the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. 1 currently in stock.		Price:	QTY:

	My Brilliant Career & My Career Goes Bung book Author Miles Franklin -  Paperback - 449 pages - Fiction    Printed in Australia 'My Brilliant Career' and 'My Career Goes Bung' - two classic Australian novels together in one volume. In 'My Brilliant Career', the ironically titled and riotous first novel by Miles Franklin, originally publshed in 1901, Sybylla tells the story of growing up passionate and rebellious in rural New South Wales, where the most girls could hope for was to marry or to teach. Sybylla will do neither, but that doesn't stop her from falling in love, and it doesn't make her choices any easier. The real Sybylla emerges in 'My Career Goes Bung' , with the same spirit, sensitivity and forthrightness. Her experiences at home and in town, with her patrons, her critics and her innumerable suitors, will delight every reader, but will be especially intriguing and revealing to those already acquanted with this most exceptional heroine. Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. 'born of the bush ... the book is true to Australia - the truest I ever read.'  - Henry Lawson 'Sybylla, with her touching charm, her impetuosity, her inappropriateness, ranks with the great romantic figures of the nineteenth century.'  - The London Times		Price:	QTY:

	A Town Like Alice book Author Nevil Shute -  Paperback - 435 pages - Fiction    Printed in Australia "Jean Paget has survived World war II as a prisoner of the Japanese in Malaya. After the war she comes into an inheritance that enables her to return to Malaya to repay the villagers who helped her to survive. But her return visit changes her life again, when she discovers that an Australian soldier she thought had died has survived. She goes to Australia in search of him and of the town he described to her. Jean sets out to apply the same determination that helped her to survive the war, to turning the community into 'a town like Alice'. She finds both her soldier and romance." 1 currently in stock.		Price:	QTY:

	Robbery Under Arms book Author Rolf Boldrewood -   Hard cover -  431 Pages    Printed in China Robbery Under Arms is a classic Australian bushranger adventure and it's hero Dick Marston, and Captain Starlight have passed into Australian legend. Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. We currently have 2 in stock, purchase now. We also have 'Robbery Under Arms' on DVD, select "DVDs (PAL format)" category from the menu on the left to see the DVD.		Price:	QTY:

	We of the Never-Never book Author Mrs Aeneas Gunn -  Paperback - 238 pages - Non-Fiction    First published in 1908 this edition published in 2008    Printed in Australia 'We of the Never-Never' is an Australian classic. In 1902, newly married Jeannie Gunn (Mrs Aeneas Gunn) left the security and comfort of her Melbourne home to travel to the depths of the Northern Territory, where her husband had been appointed manager of 'The Elsey', a large cattle station. She had an unerring ear and eye for the sounds and sights of the country; and this is the moving and simple account of her life amidst the beauty and cruelty of the land, and the isolation and loneliness - together with the comradeship and kindness of those around her. 1 copy in stock.		Price:	QTY:

	Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence book Authors Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara) -  Paperback - 133 pages - Non-Fiction    Printed in Australia This is the true account of Doris Pilkington Garimara's mother Molly, made legendary by the film 'Rabbit-Proof Fence'. In 1931 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk across remote Western Australia. Aged 8, 11 and 14, they escaped the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls followed the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it would lead them home.		Price:	QTY:

	Aboriginal Place Names book Author A.W. Reed -  Paperback - 135 pages - Non-Fiction      First Published in Australia in 1967 this edition reprinted in 2005  Have you driven around Australia and wondered about the names of some places - where does the name Cooloongatta come from? What does Uluru mean? 'Aboriginal Place Names' is full of fascinating information, and is also a valuable reference for anyone interested in Australian history. Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. 1 in stock.		Price:	QTY: