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But while many know his buildings, few know his fascinating story. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Austria to an affluent Jewish family, his world fell apart when he had to flee the looming Nazi threat as a young boy. Without family and without a word of English, he escaped to England. Later, cruelly, he was interned as an enemy alien during the war, and sent to Canada. During his time in the Canadian camp, he virtually taught himself architecture, and once the war was over, he studied in Canada and at Harvard in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis parents moved to Australia after the war, and in 1948, Harry came to Australia in response to their invitation. The house he designed for them, now known as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rose Seidler House Museums of History NSW\" href=\"https:\/\/mhnsw.au\/rose-seidler-house\"\u003eRose Seidler House\u003c\/a\u003e, represented a huge shift in Australian modern domestic architecture. It was soon followed by a succession of innovative house designs and ambitious, towering office blocks such as Australia Square and the MLC Centre, which changed forever the skyline of Australia's cities. Without Harry Seidler, our cities and homes would look very, very different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'O'Neill's book deftly brings together these two sides of Seidler - the personal and professional - in a way that makes the book's main protagonist more human and more flawed but at the same time, admirable and formidable in the professional battlefield that was and continues to be architectural practice' Australian Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A wonderful biography ... sharp and illuminating ... O'Neill has breathed fresh life into Seidler's legacy ... [this book] has ample appeal for both the architecture world and general readers' The Australian Jewish News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelen O'Neill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished December 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e384 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e198mm x 128mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 9781460752029\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Helen O Niell","offer_id":48218033237,"sku":"9781460752029","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/6464\/products\/9781460752029_Harry_Seidler_A_Singular_Vision.jpg?v=1758665645"},{"product_id":"acargoofwomensusannahwatsonandtheconvictsoftheprincessroyal","title":"A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and The Convicts of The Princess Royal","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew edition of the bestselling history that traces the chequered story of 100 women transported together in 1829 to Sydney. Includes new information on the women and treatment of convicts, and new illustrations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntrigued to discover a convict ancestor in her family tree, Babette Smith decided to investigate her life and the lives of the 99 women who were transported with her on the ship Princess Royal in 1829. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiece by piece she reveals the story of her ancestor the indomitable Susannah Watson who, trapped in the crowded filthy slums of Nottingham, stole because she could not bear to see her children starving'. Separated forever from her husband and four children, she was transported to Australia for 14 years. She endured the convict system at its worst, yet emerged triumphant to die in her bed aged 83 singing Rock of Ages'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabette Smith reconstructs the lives of the women from the Princess Royal from fragments of information in shipping lists, official records, newspapers and court transcripts. Her research overturns stereotypes of women convicts as drunken whores and criminals. Caught in an England convulsed by change, they become the unwitting and unwilling pioneers of a new land. Many proved to be resourceful and resilient, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by a new society. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published two decades ago, A Cargo of Women became a bestseller and remains one of the most valuable accounts of convict life in Australia. This new edition includes further information about the women from the Princess Royal and new illustrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabette Smith is an independent historian and author of the groundbreaking Australia's Birthstain: The startling legacy of the convict era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabette Smith\u003cbr\u003ePublished 1st October 2008\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e336 Pages\u003cbr\u003e230mm x 152mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781741755510\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Babette Smith","offer_id":48218105621,"sku":"9781741755510","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/6464\/products\/9781741755510_A_Cargo_of_Women_Susannah_Watson_and_The_Convicts_of_The_Princess_Royal.jpg?v=1759301937"},{"product_id":"australiasbirthstainthestartlinglegacyoftheconvictera","title":"Australia's Birthstain: The startling legacy of the convict era","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA groundbreaking history of convicts in Australia which lays bare the distortions and myths that caused the nation to deny its own past.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy is it that Australians are still misled by myths about their convict heritage? Why are so many family historians surprised to find a convict ancestor in their family trees? Why did an entire society collude to cover up its past?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabette Smith traces the stories of hundreds of convicts over the 80 years of convict transportation to Australia. Putting a human face on the convicts' experience, she paints a rich picture of their crimes in Britain and their lives in the colonies. We know about Port Arthur, Norfolk Island, chaingangs and floggings, but this was far from the experience of most. In fact, most convicts became good citizens and the backbone of the new nation. So why did we need to hide them away?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustralia's Birthstain rewrites the story of Australia's convict foundations, revealing the involvement of British politicians and clergy in creating a birthstain that reached far beyond convict crimes. Its startling conclusion offers a fresh perspective on our past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Babette Smith's arguments will be hotly debated, but there is no doubting the fascination or drama of this study of the stain we pretend is not there.' - Thomas Keneally, Booker prize winning novelist and author of The Commonwealth of Thieves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Smith shows how the shame about Australia's convict origins. continues to influence the way we view our history, an important book.' - David Day in The Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabette Smith\u003cbr\u003ePublished April 2009\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e110mm x 178mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781741756753\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Babette Smith","offer_id":48218165525,"sku":"9781741756753","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/6464\/products\/9781741756753_Australia_s_Birthstain_The_startling_legacy_of_the_convict_era.jpg?v=1759303736"},{"product_id":"theworstwomaninsydneythelifeandcrimesofkateleigh","title":"The Worst Woman in Sydney: The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMatriarch of the criminal underworld… or the Robin Hood of inner Sydney?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legend of Kate Leigh, Sydney’s famed brothel madam, sly grog seller and drug dealer, has loomed large in TV’s Underbelly and every other account of Sydney’s criminal history from the 1920s to the 1960s. But she has never had a biography of her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite having more than 100 criminal convictions to her name, Kate Leigh is also remembered as a local hero, giving money to needy families and supporting her local community through the hard times of Depression and war. Here, novelist and historian Leigh Straw teases out the full story of how this wayward Reformatory girl from Dubbo made a fortune in eastern Sydney and defied the gender stereotyping of the time to become a leading underworld figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeigh Straw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a historian and author. Her books include three crime novels (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Call, Limestone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSophia Lane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), a history of criminal women in Perth and Fremantle (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrunks, Pests and Harlots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 2013) and a book on Australian First World War soldiers. 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This is the story of the house that Jack Mundey built. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout the green bans movement of the 1970s, Sydney and many other cities would look very different. Pulling together an unlikely alliance of environmentalists and union players earned Jack Mundey a reputation as both the ‘best-known unionist and best-known conservationist in Australia’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder his leadership, the movement fought against the slash-and-burn philosophy that almost saw The Rocks fitted out with high-rise buildings, a highway through the centre of Glebe and total development of Centennial Park. In this long-awaited book James Colman reflects on Jack’s remarkable life and his ongoing legacy. 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That's how it looked for 250 Irish convicts when their ship, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHive\u003c\/i\u003e, sank ignominiously off the New South Wales coast in 1835. Miraculously all survived, guided to safety by local Aboriginal people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey landed at a time when the so-called slave colony was at its height, ruled by the lash and the chain gang. Yet as Babette Smith tracked the lives of the people aboard the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHive\u003c\/i\u003e, she discovered a very different story. Most were assigned to work on farms or in businesses, building a better life than they possibly could have experienced in Ireland. Surprisingly, in the workforce they found power, which gave rise to the characteristic Australian culture later described by D.H. Lawrence: 'Nobody felt better than anybody else, or higher.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Luck of the Irish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a fascinating portrait of colonial life in the mid-nineteenth century that reveals how the Irish helped lay the foundations of the Australia we know today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply researched and vividly written, it's a terrific new and up-to-date account of the convict experience, mainly from the bottom up. I'm impressed.' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmeritus Professor Alan Atkinson FAHA, University of Sydney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brings the convict era to life through personal stories and insightful analysis.' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLindsay Tanner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBabette Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished July 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e304 pages \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e234mm x 153mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-field-display\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781742378121\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Babette Smith","offer_id":48219649109,"sku":"9781742378121","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/6464\/products\/9781742378121_The_Luck_of_The_Irish.jpg?v=1760575513"},{"product_id":"abandonedwomenscottishconvictsbeyondtheseas","title":"Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Beyond The Seas","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFrom the crowded tenements of Edinburgh to the Female Factory nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington, dozens of Scottish women convicts were exiled to Van Diemen's Land with their young children. This is a rich and evocative account of the lives of women at the bottom of society two hundred years ago.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e'Her superb research and sympathetic reconstructions of nineteenth-century Scotland and Australia bring to life a long-forgotten but fascinating group of women.' - Sian Rees, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Floating Brothel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early nineteenth century, crofters and villagers streamed into the burgeoning cities of Scotland, and families splintered. Orphan girls, single mothers and women on their own all struggled to feed and clothe themselves. For some, petty theft became a part of life. Any woman deemed 'habite \u0026amp; repute a thief' might find herself before the High Court of Justiciary, tried for yet another minor theft and sentenced to transportation 'beyond Seas'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Frost memorably paints the portrait of a boatload of women and their children who arrived in Hobart in 1838. Instead of serving time in prison, the women were sent to work as unpaid servants in the houses of settlers. Feisty Scottish convicts, unaccustomed to bowing and scraping, often irritated their middle-class employers, who charged them with insolence, or refusing to work, or getting drunk. A stint in the female factory became their punishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany women survived the convict system and shaped their own lives once they were free. They married, had children and found a place in the community. 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No word could better capture the essence of Australia . . .\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGirt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of 'felony of sock', and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia. It recounts the misfortunes of the escaped Irish convicts who set out to walk from Sydney to China, guided only by a hand-drawn paper compass, and explains the role of the coconut in Australia's only military coup. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur nation's beginnings are steeped in the strange, the ridiculous and the frankly bizarre. Girt proudly reclaims these stories for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot to read it would be un-Australian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Hunt is an unusually tall and handsome man who likes writing his own biographical notes. He is the author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eGirt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"True Girt David Hunt\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.mhnsw.au\/products\/truegirttheunauthorisedhistoryofaustraliavolume2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue Girt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, as well as two books for children. 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Lots of sheep.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue Girt \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia’s most notorious LGBTI bushranger. Meet William Nicholson, the Melbourne hipster who gave Australia the steam-powered coffee roaster and the world the secret ballot. And say hello to Harry, the first camel used in Australian exploration, who shot dead his owner, the adventurer John Horrocks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf Manning Clark and Bill Bryson were left on a desert island with only one pen, they would write True Girt.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDavid Hunt is an unusually tall and handsome man who likes writing his own bios for all the books he has written. 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She first became an Indigenous rights activist at Queensland University in the 1970s, and since then has worked with the Central Land Council, the Cape York Land Council and for the 1989 Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody. In more recent times, Professor Langton has become an academic and now works at Melbourne University. Professor Langton has received many accolades, including an Order of Australia, and has authored several books. In 1999 Professor Langton was one of five Indigenous leaders who were granted an audience with the Queen to discuss the proposed recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Australian Constitution. She is also a frequent guest on the ABC's Q\u0026amp;A show.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"review__content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e is a filmmaker with a thirty year career that spans documentary, TV drama series, telemovies and feature films. 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The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating, and storing — behaviours inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag. Gerritsen and Gammage in their latest books support this premise, but Pascoe takes this further and challenges the hunter-gatherer tag as a convenient lie. Almost all the evidence in Dark Emu comes from the records and diaries of the Australian explorers, impeccable sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBruce’s comments on his book compared to Gammage’s: 'My book is about food production, housing construction and clothing, whereas Gammage was interested in the appearance of the country at contact. 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