Bye-Bye Charlie: Stories from the Vanishing World of Kew Cottages by Corinne Manning
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Kew Cottages has long been an iconic symbol for many Australians. Opened in 1887 by the Victorian government, it was Australia's first and largest specialised institution for people with intellectual disability. Over its 121-year history, Kew Cottages often struggled to provide a high level of care for ...Show more
In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right by Robert Manne; Peter Craven (Editor)
$9.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In this national bestseller Robert Mane attacks the right-wing campaign against the Bringing them homereport that revealed how thousands of Aborigines had been taken from their parents. What was the role of Paddy McGuinness as editor of Quadrant? How reliable was the evidence that led newspaper columnis ...Show more
Uncharted Waters: Social Responsibility in Australian Trade Unions by Greg Mallory
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
According to public perception, the Waterside Workers Federation and the NSW Builders Labourers Federation were two of Australia's most militant unions. The major aim of this book is to challenge the assumption that these unions set out to disrupt society for their own political agendas.
Love and Money by Anne Manne; Chris Feik (Editor)
$15.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In Love & Money, Anne Manne looks at the religion of work - its high priests and sacrificial lambs. As family life and motherhood feel the pressure of the market, she asks whether the chief beneficiaries are self-interested employers and child-care corporations. This is an essay that ranges widely a ...Show more
The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia by Bill Arthur
$80.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
This is a broadly-based atlas that is an introduction to the spatial analysis of indigenous Australians, with an emphasis on European contact to the present time. The atlas will feature about 100 maps ranging across various historical, social, cultural, political and environmental themes. The atlas is b ...Show more
Black Politics: Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture by Sarah Maddison
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Why do Aboriginal communities struggle so hard to be heard in mainstream politics? How do remote and urban communities respond to frequent dramatic shifts in federal and state Aboriginal policies? Since the early 1990s Aboriginal Australia has experienced profound political changes with very real and la ...Show more
GOD UNDER HOWARD by MADDOX MARION
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Columnist Terry Lane once wrote that Howard 'radiates a malign anti-charisma'. Since 1996, that spirit has spread across the country. Children overboard, fridge magnets, use of taxpayer funds for Coalition advertising, and systematic redistribution of wealth from poor to rich are all key features of the ...Show more
Kevin Rudd: The Biography by Robert Macklin
$32.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Kevin Rudd's election as Federal Leader of the ALP in December 2006 generated plenty of media attention. He has been hailed as a visionary and many believe he is a genuine prospect to become the first Labor Prime Minister since Paul Keating.
Advance Australia Where by MACKAY Hugh
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
What will the next generation of children be like? Why have we lost interest in politics? Why are our houses getting bigger while our households are shrinking? How serious is the surge of interest in values and spirituality ? Is multiculturalism dead? Has our egalitarian ideal collapsed un ...Show more
Bravest - How Some of Australia's by MACKLIN Robert
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction