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Reducere. DescriptionIn 1948 a man was found dead on an Adelaide beach. Well-dressed and unmarked, he had a half-smoked cigarette by his side, but no identit...

Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when "Damned Whores and God s Police" was f...

DescriptionWhen Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every misconception. He wasn...

Reducere. The English language arrived in Australia with the first motley bunch of European settlers on January 26, 1788. Today there is a distinctive Austra...

DescriptionBefore newspapers were ravaged by the digital age, they were a powerful force, especially in Australia -- a country of newspaper giants ...

This fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated to include the latest on horticultural production systems, fertilizer practice in nu...

Description"Headaches. Dizziness. Can't sleep. Bad dreams (never have been released). The rice jungle had some compensation to some of us who just ...

In the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996 - when a gunman murdered 35 people and injured another 23 at a popular Tasmanian tour...

Reducere. 'I am sir [sure] you will act as human bean, ' wrote one distressed pensioner to Prime Minister Robert Menzies in 1953, pleading for assistance. Ro...

Marine biologist Micheline Jenner discovered humpback breeding grounds off the Kimberley coast, has swum through orange golfball-sized pygmy blue w...

Contributor(s): Author: Ian HarrisFor many complaints and conditions, the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your s...

DescriptionWritten by two advocates intimately involved in the struggle for marriage equality, this book reveals the untold story of how a grassroo...

Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law. However, successive governments in Australia have declared the need to 'stop the boa...

Reducere. This is a book about Australian food, the unique flora and fauna that nourished the Aboriginal peoples of this land for over 50 000 years. It is be...