This much loved and very popular book will now be available again, in an attractive paperback edition. A diverse collection of private and public dwellings from 100 years of Canberra, revealing social history, and the innovation and foresight of owners and designers.
Which is the grandest heritage house still standing in Sydney? This is the book which will make people say “Edina”. Beautifully preserved, but almost unknown, “Edina” is a showpiece, rich in art, ornament and garden features.
“Anne Ring to the rescue! Her accessible, meticulously researched, wide-ranging book is packed with science and stories about the positives and pitfalls of growing old. Readers will come away equipped to make the most of the years ahead, whatever they may hold.” - Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
The 20s and 30s were the heyday of imagination in labelling and branding for Australian manufacturers. Shut out of European markets, flour exporters courted Asia with fun brands and exciting pictorial labels. BRANDED showcases flourbags illustrated from Asian, Western and Australian nature.
This handsome illustrated hardback traces the story of flour milling from Aboriginal mills before White settlement, through the treadmills and windmills of convict times up to the days when impressive mechanised mills graced most important towns.
Is this a novel? Or a biography? Graeme Cohen is so close to his true life subject, that imagined events and conversations seem exactly real. Martin Gardiner, colonial Australia’s most published mathematician, was better at attracting supporters and women than at caring for them, or protecting himself. Cohen’s warts and all story is true to ......
46 unsorted boxes in a damp basement contained the “archives” of one of Australia’s least orthodox media institutions. Amazingly, from those daunting vestiges, Liz Giuffre and Demetrius Romeo wove a compelling book about 2SER and its colourful people. Also a window onto the world outside as it changes.
This richly illustrated survey of Cadbury’s in Australia includes the story of famous products like Freddo Frogs, Dairy Milk chocolate, Cherry Ripes and Bournville Cocoa.
In their first book, ambulance heroes Billy Be Safe and Becky Be Careful team up with mischievous Artie the emu and other bush characters. An outdoor swimming adventure should be heaps of fun on a very hot day. But with so many scary hazards, will someone get hurt? Or will Billy save the day?
