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1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet by David Hill
19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
"An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this. Set against the backdrop of Georgian England with its peculiar mix of elegance, prosperity, progress and squalor, the sto ...Show more
Australia and the Monarchy by David Hill
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Australia and the British monarchy have always made for an odd couple: the young, rebellious, egalitarian nation wed to an ancient symbol of power and social inequality. Even today for most Australians an invitation to meet with royalty remains a pinnacle of social achievement and recognition. What is t ...Show more
Australia's Birds in Watercolour by David Freedman; Richard Steele; Robin Hill (Foreword by)
99.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Australia's Birds in Watercolour is a beautifully illustrated book that celebrates Australia's wonderful and diverse bird life through the unique vision of David Freedman, a masterful watercolour artist. With 304 pages and 250 illustrations, it features Richard Steele's informative, very personal and en ...Show more
Below by David Hill
17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
A nerve-wracking underground adventure from a master storyteller . . . Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping novel for readers eight years and up. When you stood deep inside the tunnel, you could hear the mountain groaning overhead. That's ...Show more
Coastwatcher by David Hill
17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
No training could have prepared Frank for a dangerous coastwatching mission against the Japanese in this tense, exciting war adventure inspired by the coastwatchers of Operation Pacific, from award-winning author David Hill. 'It's not going to be a cushy job, young Benson. You're on your own. Japs will ...Show more
Convict Colony: The Remarkable Story of the Fledgling Settlement That Survived Against the Odds by David Hill
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the New World of the 18th century was dotted with failed colonies, and New South Wales nearly joined them. ...Show more
Enemy Camp by David Hill
16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
'We knew straightaway that something was happening. Extra men in khaki uniforms stood at the main gates. Behind the wire, figures in blue sat on the ground. None of the usual moving around, washing up, wrestling, anything like that. Just rows of prisoners, sitting silently.' It's 1942, and the tiny farm ...Show more
First Fleet Surgeon: The Voyage of Arthur Bowes Smyth by David Hill
44.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
In a single leather-bound volume of 238 unlined pages of parchment, Surgeon Arthur Bowes Smyth describes his two-and-a-half year journey with the First Fleet from Portsmouth in England to the new colony in Australia and back. He is a frank, articulate and observant writer, and his diary, a treasure of t ...Show more
First to the Top: Sir Edmund Hillary's Amazing Everest Adventure by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
Up on the world's highest mountain, the sky is tinged the black color of space and the air is almost too thin to breathe. How did Ed, a small, shy boy from a tiny New Zealand town, grow up to become the world's most famous mountaineer and adventurer? How did he climb Everest and do many other astonishin ...Show more
Flight Path by David Hill
17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Reading Level: very good
Dogfights, bombing missions, explosions, a touch of romance and capture - a pacey, suspense-filled novel for young adults.A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War.Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Ban ...Show more
Hero of the Sea: Sir Peter Blake's Mighty Ocean Quests by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
22.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
A stunning biographical picture book for young readers about Sir Peter Blake, world-renowned New Zealand yachtsman, adventurer and environmentalist.'Remember,' he wrote, 'this is the most beautiful world, and it's the only one we've got.'Sir Peter Blake's life was filled with amazing adventures. During ...Show more
Making of Australia by David Hill
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
This is the story of how a struggling convict settlement grew into six dynamic colonies and then the remarkable nation of Australia. Told through the key figures who helped build it into the thriving nation it is today, David Hill once again offers up Australian history at its most entertaining and acce ...Show more