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Australia's history

Browse our growing range of history books featuring topics such as Australia's First Nations people and culture, the First Fleet and colonialism, convict New South Wales, as well as contemporary Australian history.

The image features the cover of "The Tin Ticket" by Deborah J. Swiss.

The Tin Ticket

Berkley

$29.99

Sold Out The Truth About Empire

The Truth About Empire

Hurst Publishers

$37.99

Book cover of 'The Wide Wide Sea' by Hampton Sides with a tallship on the ocean.

The Wide Wide Sea

Penguin

$26.99

Sale The Women Who Changed Country Australia

The Women Who Changed Country Australia

Murdoch Books

$49.99 $35.00

Book cover of 'Three Sheets to the Wind' by Adam Courtenay featuring an illustration of a sailor drinking from a bottle, with a background of a shipwreck and crew members.

Three Sheets to the Wind

ABC Books

$35.99

Cover of the book 'Trim, The Cartographer's Cat' featuring a map and an illustration of a black cat.

Trim, the Cartographer's Cat

Bloomsbury

$34.99

The cover of 'True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia Volume 2' by David Hunt, featuring a photograph of a man with a beard and mustache in a suit, with a cockatoo sitting on his head, set against a backdrop of an arid landscape.

True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia Volume 2

Black Inc.

$36.99

The cover of the book 'True to the Land: A History of Food in Australia' by Paul van Reyk, featuring a yellow background with a pattern of various food items and a small rectangular Indigenous image in the center.

True to the Land: A History of Food in Australia

Reaktion Books

$49.99

This image features the cover of the book titled "Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement" by Henry Reynolds. The cover design is minimalistic yet powerful, with a monochrome illustration depicting historical figures and events.

Truth-Telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement

NewSouth Books

$34.99

Sale Two Sisters New Edition - LAST COPY

Two Sisters New Edition - LAST COPY

Magabala Books

$24.99 $20.00

Sale Under The Colony's Eye: Gentlemen Convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869

Under The Colony's Eye: Gentlemen Convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869

Anchor

$34.95 $25.00

Cover of the book 'Uprising: War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844' by Stephen Gapps featuring an illustration by Blak Douglas of Aboriginal figures and their Country.

Uprising: War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844

NewSouth Books

$36.99

Sold Out Van Diemen’s Land Paperback

Van Diemen’s Land Paperback

Black Inc.

$39.99

Warra Warra Wai

Warra Warra Wai

Scribner Australia

$34.99

Book cover of 'William Charles Wentworth: Australia's Greatest Native Son' by Andrew Tink, featuring a portrait of William Charles Wentworth in a suit.

William Charles Wentworth: Australia's greatest native son

Allen & Unwin

$39.99

Sale Book cover for 'Young Dark Emu: A Truer History' by Bruce Pascoe, featuring geometric patterns in shades of orange and black.

Young Dark Emu: A Truer History - LAST COPIES

Magabala Books

$29.99 $20.00