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A photographic coffee table book about Rekohu, Chatham Islands, New Zealand--the raw beauty of the land, sea, people and......more

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This concise survey showcases the work of Aboriginal artists from across the Australian continent. From Arnhem Land and ......more

In The Mana of Translation: Translational Flow from the Baibala to the Mauna, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada makes visible the oft......more

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Upon sighting the USS Charleston on January 29, 1891, hundreds of citizens of the Hawaiian kingdom to Honolulu Harbor to......more

Upon sighting the USS Charleston on January 29, 1891, hundreds of citizens of the Hawaiian kingdom to Honolulu Harbor to......more

Waimea, Hawaiʻi, inhabited by humankind for more than twelve centuries, has been home to Parker Ranch for 175 storied ye......more

Comprehensive and fully updated, Frommer’s Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous......more

A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military ......more

The 25th anniversary edition of the much-beloved true adventure tale of Nathaniel Courthope; "A magnificent piece of pop......more

An exquisite, genre-defying new book from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a reckon......more

The mihini miharo reveals nineteenth-century Aotearoa as never before....more

Over ten years on from a barn-burning piece of Australian feminist history--Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. On October ......more

Blackman draws on original material and the work of many earlier researchers to paint a verbal picture of the evolution ......more

This is the story of Australia’s 3RAR in the Korean War, culminating in the Battle of Kapyong in April 1951, where an Au......more

Centering on cases of sexual violence, this book illuminates the contested introduction of British and French colonial c......more

This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples. The prevalent tendency to tre......more

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Now fully revised for 2023, this is the essential and comprehensive guide to the Australian battlefields of the Western ......more

In the 1950s and 60s, six young women left their families to join a strictly enclosed order of nuns in Melbourne. They c......more

Through a detailed study of the circulation of European silent film in Australasia in the early twentieth century, this ......more

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This book is the first of its kind to showcase a range of fresh and expert perspectives on decolonising history educatio......more

In 1770 H.M. Bark Endeavour arrived in New Holland, Australia, the ’Continent of Smoke’. On board were Lieutenant James ......more

’I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous cra......more

In 1973, a small group of parents and health professionals set out to overturn the inhumane and rigid treatment children......more

Traditionally, Germany has been considered a minor player in Pacific history: its presence there was more limited than t......more

After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pakeha with long set......more

Australian Women’s Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views examines the photographs produced by six talented wo......more

This book looks at the recent history of sex, contraception, and abortion in Australia’s most conservative state, Queens......more

The fascinating and sometimes horrifying story of Aborigines in Victoria since white settlement, from one of Australia’s......more

Two-up, a famous Australian soldiers’ gambling game, has given Australian English many unique words and phrases. The gam......more

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This book explores the emergence of ’Australasia’ as a way of thinking about the culture and geography of this region. A......more

Trailblazing women of Australian Public Broadcasting, 1945-1975 offers a compelling new perspective of Australian radio ......more

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This volume maps the phenomenon of medievalism in Aotearoa, initially as an import by the early white settler society, a......more

The story of how the map of New Zealand emerged is a fascinating one. The first full map of the continent was published ......more

Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the hum......more

This title offers an original and compelling insight into why Australians have come to exhibit their nationhood in curio......more

The native-born . . . have walked constantly with me, but only as shadows. In libraries and manuscript rooms, in the fad......more

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’In 2012, following his investigation of the deaths of two babies in childbirth at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton coroner Go......more

For fifty years, Dame Anne Salmond has navigated ’ te ao hurihuri’ - travelling to hui in her little blue VW Beetle with......more

Through Central Borneo; An Account of Two Years’ Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917, a c......more

By the end of the First World War the combat formations of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in both France and the Mi......more

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The United States was an upside-down British Empire. It had an agrarian economy, few large investors, and no territorial......more

This book is the autobiography of John McCormack (1933-2022), who practised Law in Melbourne, then abandoned it for the ......more

Uncover the mysteries of the past with this exciting, comprehensive guide on tahitian history. From the first polynesian......more

In the 1980s and 90s, amid an explosion in international money flows, a handful of people saw a new financial future and......more

Winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Prize and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Australian History Prize.First Runner ......more

Darlinghurst, a triangle of 80 hectares, sits on the edge of Sydney’s CBD. Dominated by high rocky ridges on which grand......more

The first book written on the natural history of life on the Nullabor Plain, was written by station-master A.G. Bolam an......more

’I felt certain there must be gold in those hills, Jack’, wrote a prospector to Ion Idriess, ’but I know very little abo......more

Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine during WW1 The Desert Column is based ......more

Harold Bell Lasseter had always claimed he had found an immense reef of gold hundreds of miles west of Alice Springs. In......more

The story of the Eureka Stockade, Australia’s first and only armed rebellion for democratic rights. Before dawn on 3 Dec......more

In the first years of the 21st century, economic liberalisation began to transform telecommunications services throughou......more

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Embark on a thrilling adventure Propelled by the collapse of an intense love affair, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lowery set......more

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Six Letters From the Colonies, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human h......more

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This book explores the Australian press reporting of the persecution and genocide of European Jews, and the extent to wh......more

Self-proclaimed international treasure Gough Whitlam never shied away from a pun, a put-down or a witticism. His wife Ma......more

For fans of The Wager and Mutiny on the Bounty comes a thrilling true tale of power, obsession, and betrayal at the edge......more

Australia’s history is sprinkled with attempts at tax reform - some successful, some not. Mixed Fortunes explores these ......more

This collection had its beginnings in the shame, sadness and disbelief that was felt by many after the result of the Voi......more