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The History of Tasmania , Volume II

The History of Tasmania , Volume II

John West

The History of Tasmania, Volume II, by John West is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that…

Cover of The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765

The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765

J. E. Heeres

The work is a scholarly compilation that gathers and annotates primary documents relating to Dutch…

The Magic Pudding

The Magic Pudding

Norman Lindsay

The Magic Pudding is a whimsical Australian fantasy that opens with a playful portrait of Bunyip Bluegum, a…

The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

Herbert Brayley Collett

The work is a regimental history of the 28th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force, written by its first…

Cover of History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890

History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890

Sutherland, Alexander; Sutherland, George

This work is a nineteenth‑century survey of the discovery and early settlement of Australia and New Zealand,…

Cover of Queensland Cousins

Queensland Cousins

Eleanor Luisa Haverfield

The novel is a juvenile adventure set on a sugar‑cane plantation in North Queensland, where the Orban…

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume 1 (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume 1 (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia

James George Frazer

The work is a scholarly collection of twelve lectures delivered by James George Frazer in the early 1910s at…

Colonial Born: A Tale of the Queensland bush

Colonial Born: A Tale of the Queensland bush

G. Firth Scott

Colonial Born is an Australian bush novel that opens with a richly detailed portrait of a solitary homestead,…

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

Sir Ernest Scott

The work is a scholarly biography of the English navigator Matthew Flinders, whose life spanned 1774‑1814 and…

Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour", 1768-71

Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour", 1768-71

James Cook

Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

Sir Ernest Scott

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.

John Lort Stokes

Cover of Fruits of Queensland

Fruits of Queensland

Albert H. Benson

An Australian in China: Being the narrative of a quiet journey across China to Burma

An Australian in China: Being the narrative of a quiet journey across China to Burma

George Ernest Morrison

For the Term of His Natural Life

For the Term of His Natural Life

Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke

The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River

A. B. Paterson

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 2 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 2 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822

Philip Parker King

Cover of Austral English: A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

Austral English: A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

Edward Ellis Morris

A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner

A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner

Matthew Flinders

Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876

Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876

Ernest Giles

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

John Hunter

An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King.

An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King.

Collins, David; King, Philip Gidley

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales

T. L. Mitchell

The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

Ernest Favenc