AUSTRALIAN HISTORY & STORIES THE ROUND YARD
WORKING CLASS BOY
By Alissa Callen. The latest release from popular local author, this is a heartfelt story about finding where you belong. Family is everything for an only child, who loses her mother - she heads for the bush to rent a farm house near her grandmother’s family home. Taking care of two children for a friend, she meets with a drover and horse trainer – and things move on from there. (4TH in the series. ) #61702 Pb
SERPENT STING
By Jimmy Barnes. A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of OzRock – just a few of the accolades that apply to Jimmy Barnes. He had a traumatic and violent childhood which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define the rock’n’roll legend. Now in paperback.
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By Toni Grant. At first sight Francesca Salucci has it all: a beautiful home in Fiji, a loving family and a promising new job. But her life is not as tranquil as it seems. Here former career might be past but her affair with the son of a dangerous Mafioso is anything but forgotten. From an Afghanistan war zone to Fiji, from an elite life to a secretive Venice, one family’s aim for revenge exists.
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AUSTRALIA – WHAT HAPPENED
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CLASS WARS
AUSTRALIA REMEMBER THIS TOO!
SERPENT SONG
By Toni Grant. Francesca Salucci knows a thing or two about organised crime, and significantly more about keeping secrets. When her investigation into the death of an outlaw bikie uncovers an internal power struggle three of Australia’s most notorious crime gangs, she has to come to terms with her past. The search for justice is demanding and complex. A real thriller. #67805 Pb 262 pages JUST
By Tony Taylor. This details how AustralBy Ben Pobjie. In By Bob Byrne. Oh, sweet memians fund schooling 1938 the governories! Take a – a matter of bitter ment of the day dewonderfully political, social and cided to celebrate sentimental religious division for the 150th annivertrip down almost 200 years. The Gonski sary of Captain memory lane Review in 2012 urged jurisdicArthur Phillip with Bob tions to move towards consensus at Port Jackson, Byrne as he on a needs- based and socially beginning white shows us bits just education system – it has settlement . Part of of Australia encountered forms of political the event was 25 Aboriginal men we'd forgotobstruction. The book examines from the Menindee mission to play ten, identities the part of local inhabitants. The and landmarks we loved and let the principles and motives since book moves through elements of him remind us that some of the Menzies, the maintenance of the our culture from earliest times best things about Australia hav- classed-based system, and how and why our education policy reand events and certainly turns an en't changed.. mains in political controversy. incredulous eye on our history . #36148 PB 256 pages JUST #95461 Pb 318 pages JUST $26.95 #12094 Pb 276 pages JUST $26.95
By Bernard O’Reilly. Born in 1930 the author spent his first 12 years in Kanimbla Valley, Katoomba before moving to the McPherson Ranges in South Queensland. A pioneering family they have sustained a haven for guests in the rainforest. Notably in 1937, Bernard successfully searched for and found a crashed passenger plane in the area after the formal search was abandoned. There were still some survivors. #12192 217 pages JUST
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BEN HALL’S LAST DAYS By John Donohoe. 1865 – a period of eight days with background to the events, it tells of the police force led by sub-Inspector Davidson, “they left Forbes for the precinct where an informer had said the gang would be found. The end-date is the day after Hall was killed, where his body was identified by a relative and was examined by a physician in Forbes.”
#49673 Pb JUST $29.95
BANJO
By Grantlee Kieza. The remarkable life of Australia’s greatest storyteller Andrew Barton Paterson 18641941.Born in the bush he rode a pony to a one room bush school. In a life that took him to the battlefields of South Africa and the Great War, he told the stories of humour, tragedy and triumph. This biography goes well beyond the story of the man who wrote ‘Waltzing Matilda.’ #35891 Pb 582 pages Pb JUST
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PATRICK WHITE - A LIFE
NORB O’REILLY THE LIFE WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
By Steve Hodder. From their roots in Ireland, this traces the history of a family to their arrival in Australia and then, one of them to the Green Mountains - one of the pioneers in the area. A wonderful perspective of the related families over the past 200 years. Illust.
By David Marr. Patrick White was the winner of the Nobel Prize and author of more than a dozen novels and plays. It relates an extraordinary life. With connections to the family at Belltrees near Scone to his rise in the literary field, one commentator commends this as – “no biography of any Australian comes within a mile of this book.”
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BEN HALL’S TREASURE
By John Donohoe. Subtitled “The Search for Bushranger Loot” this provides a history of the actions of Ben Hall and his gang. Between 1862 and 1865 Police records show that they participated in nearly 600 robberies. When Ben Hall was ambushed and shot dead by police on 5 May 1865 he had 74 pounds on him – no knowledge of the whereabouts of the bulk of his assets. Large format, illustrated #29224 HB 176 pages JUST
LAUGH YER GUTS OUT
By Sandy Thorne. Need a good laugh. Bush yarns don’t get any better than these.
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By Peter Kabaila. Originally published as three books covering the Wiradjuri peoples in the Macquarie, Lachlan and Murrumbidgee River regions, this title is not a strict merging of those titles but embraces much of the original material plus new stories of the Aboriginal settlements of south-eastern Australia. Biographical accounts and stories of life on the many reserves are included with maps and b/w photos.
$24.95
#49130 Pb 576 pages JUST $59.95
DEEP TIME DREAMING
TRENCHES TO THE TRACKS LIFE & TIMES OF E C (TED) BARLEY
By Peter Bartley. A decorated soldier and a railwayman, Ted Bartley knew his duty to his country and his employee were the same - to serve faithfully and to give all. He served two and a half years on the Western Front in WWI. Upon return his railway career started in Scone and Murrurundi , before building steam at Delungra, Taree and South Grafton. Later he moved to Werris Creek where he continued his commitment to the community through his devotion to Legacy. An inspiring life. Illust.
By Billy Griffiths. A well researched study that uncovers ancient Australia. It investigates a twin revolution: the reassertion of Aboriginal identity in the second half of the 20th century, and the uncovering of the traces on ancient Australia. A dynamic human history. Photos. #48446 Pb 376 pages
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GREEN MOUNTAINS & CULLENBENBONG
SURVIVAL LEGACIES
RUSTED OFF WHY COUNTRY AUSTRALIA IS FED UP
By Gabrielle Chan. Looking at Australia as it is today, the author relates her book to her country town and the farming community surround her area. She shares common local views – why are we so fed up with politics? What are so many rusted-on political supporters deserting major parties in more numbers than their city cousins? Can ordinary people tell us more about the way forward for government? These questions and others challenge the way – a new tribe of political warriors have emerged.
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CAVAN STATION
By Nicola Crichton Brown. Located on the Murrumbidgee river, in the 1820s it was just beyond the limits of settlement. Today Yass is its close location now owned by Rupert Murdoch, and is one of the important grazing properties in the history of our wool industry. It developed alongside the activities at Raby where the Saxon merino breed developed. The text and photos show its history over time. Landscape format. #57420 HB 229 pages JUST $39.95
BOXING IN AUSTALIA
By Grantlee Kieza This book looks at boxing in Australia from early European settlement to the present day. It describes all the famous fights and all the best-known Aussie boxers, including Lionel Rose, Les Darcy, Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu, Tony and Anthony Mundine, and many more. Boxing in Australia is packed with personalities, stories and stats from boxing history, presented in an accessible style. Text boxes throughout the book give additional snippets of information that can be dipped into and read as stand-alone pieces. There are also profile boxes, which give vital statistics for key boxers in the book. #78746 pb 200 pgs JUST $19.99
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
By Matthew Benns. A comprehensive expose of Australia’s most notorious con men, swindlers and larrikins. A true crime book that details the brazen actions of these crooks and amazes us at the gullibility of their victims. The book delves into the true evil these people and the long lasting damage, emotional and financial, suffered by their victims. #50827 Pb 278 pages JUST
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A CASE TO ANSWER
By David Bevan. This covers Australia’s first European war crime prosecution. In 1990 a 73 year old man was taken from an Adelaide suburb and accused of helping massacre nearly 900 men, women and children in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. The trial of Ivan Polyukhovich stretched across the world, Witnesses gathered to testify from Ukraine, Israel and North A. . #43232 PB 264 JUST $10.95
THE SQUATTERS
By Barry Stone. Men and women battles flood, drought and depression to build a new life in the wide, untamed grasslands across Australia. They constructed houses from mud brick, logs and bark, made fences from stones and timber felled on the place. Many were successful, some were not – their stories are told here. Diaries, journals, newspapers, biographies contribute to the stories here. #91532 Pb 245 pages JUST 26.95
BACK ROADS
By Heather Ewart & Karen Michelmore. Here are the stories behind some of Australia’s most remarkable and inspiring rural communities. From the poplar ABC TV series. #39684 274 pages JUST
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WORKERS OF THE WALLABY
BY Barry Brebner. With contributions by artist Deborah Dawson and several travellers, this collects the tales of folk who have stories to tell as they “went on the wallaby” around the country. Colour photos support their experiences, working and enjoying a lifestyle on the road. #13465 Pb JUST $19.95
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