Collection: Adult Non Fiction - History & Military

AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those wh...

20TH CENTURY HISTORY: C 1900 TO C 2000. This book begins by looking at the origins of World War I and then chronicles the war a year at a time. The second half of the book details the history of World War II, from the rise of Hitler and the persecution of the Jewish race to the attacks on Pearl ...

Revisit Australia's Goldfields during the late 19th and early 20th century with the photographs of John Joseph Dwyer. Based in Kalgoorlie, Dwyer captured the development of the Goldfields. His outstanding images comprised street and industrial photography as well as underground and night-time pho...

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series "The Pacific". Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. In "Helmet for My Pillow" we follow his journey, from boot camp o...

AU Author. The National Archives of Australia has announced the release of Keeping Family Treasures, an illustrated guide on how to look after precious family heirlooms. Using the family treasures of famous and lesser-known Australians, National Archives conservators provide clear and helpful pre...

Meyer's fresh storytelling ability breathes new life into the history of the Tudor family and Tudor England's precarious place in world politics, the critical role religion played in government, and the blossoming of English theater and literature.

Victory in Europe introduces men and women from both sides - British, American and German soldiers and civilians - whose bravery and endurance made the final push through Europe the defining drama of the Second World War.

Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the most significant natural history expeditions. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images - of explorers, naturalists, a...

"A point-by-point check list of 'The Ideal Unit History' which may be useful to genealogists and others has been included. Also included are publication details of the many published histories of battalions, light horse regiments and other units of the 1st Australian Imperial Force which served w...