We aim to encourage, relate and promote the stories of Australia and its people, past and present.
See below for the full range of books available from this web site.
- Aboriginal History, Art, Biography, Central Australia
The Town Grew Up Dancing: the life and art of Wenten Rubuntja
- $59.95
- A nephew of Albert Namatjira, Wenten was encouraged by him to paint when he was a young man. An Arrernte man who has made a major contribution to the art and politics of his time, Wenten was a key figure in the land rights movement in Central Australia in the mid-1970s and has since played a lively and formative role…
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- Australian History, Biography, Cattle, Horse Racing, Pastoralists
The High and the Mighty: The Noel Buntine Story
- $35.00
- Starting out with one truck, named ‘The High and the Mighty’, Noel Buntine pioneered a new era in cattle transport in the Top End. Within 20 years, his enterprise, Buntine Roadways, was operating the largest cattle-carrying buyisiness ibn northern Australia. Noel’s honesty and fairness in dealings earned ghuim the accolades synonymous with the name of his first Mack truck. He…
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- Australian History, Horse Racing, Uncategorized
Remembering Comic Court
- $15.00
- The record-breaking 1950 Melbourne Cup winning horse, Comic Court, and legendary trainer, the late Bart Cummings, were remembered during History Month, May 2018, in a photographic display at Normanville. Comic Court spent his first couple of formative years at the Bowyer brothers' Beau Neire Stud at Normanville. He was stabled, along with other horses, in a building which forms part…
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- Australian History, Maritime History, South Australia
Reef of Despair: The Story of the SS Admella
- by Lorraine Day XX pages Paperback
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- Children's Novel
Hi! Mister Sam
- $10.00
- by Norma King 37 pages Paperback
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- Australian History, Biography
Gordon of Dingley Dell (2nd Ed)
- Original price was: $38.50.$35.00Current price is: $35.00.
- Gordon of Dingley Dell tells the remarkable story of a man who, despite numerous cruel blows dealt him throughout his life, retained his pride to the last. Adam Lindsay Gordon had a unique understanding of a horse, just as he was a unique poet. When he was astride a horse, the horse and rider became one.
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- Aboriginal History, Australian History, Biography, Cattle, Central Australia, Horse Racing, Pastoralists, Tourist Attractions
Gidgee and Grit: a history of Loves Creek Station and Ross River Homestead, Central Australia
- $30.00
- Loves Creek Station is one of the earliest pastoral leases in Central Australia, and once covered near 4000 sq km. Gidgee and Grit traces the history of the region from geological beginnings and Aboriginal culture to the early explorers like John McDouall Stuart, and construction of the Overland Telegraph line. Also included is the story of the early pioneers like the…
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- Australian History, Cattle, Central Australia, Horse Racing, Pastoralists
Bulldust and Bough Shades (1st Ed)
- $10.00
- by Lorraine Day (formerly Lorraine Dale) 52 pages Paperback
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- Aboriginal History, Australian History, Biography
Blind Moses: Aranda man of high degree and Christian evangelist
- $34.95
- by Peter Latz 179 pages Paperback
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- Uncategorized
Aboriginal Ex-Servicemen of Central Australia
- $12.05
- Compiled by George Bray, edited by Kenny Laughton, researched by Pat Forster 22 pages Paperback
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- Australian History, English History, Law
A Bench of Bastards: A history of Justices of the Peace and Magistrates in England and Australia
- Freestyle Publications acts as an Agent for this publication. Orders will be forwarded directly to the author. By Michael Ward 378 pages Paperback A history of the Australian judicial system,written from the perspective of the lower 'tar pits' where all the work is done. Included is the origins and development of the magistracy in England, which was the forerunner to…
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