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My Australian Story: Black Sunday by Evan McHugh
16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: My Australian Story
Nipper only wants to be one thing: a lifesaver. In his world they're larger than life, walking, talking heroes. He's too young, but he starts to train in secret, challenging himself in the Bondi surf. But his secret comes to light one hot Sunday in 1938 - a day that was to become infamous.
Outback Cop by Evan McHugh; Neale McShane
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Birdsville is one of the most remote police postings in Australia. It can be lonely and uneventful for weeks, then the dramas come thick and fast: from desert rescues to rising floods, venomous vipers to visiting VIPs. Throw in heat, dust and flies and it's not a job for the faint-hearted, unless you'r ...Show more
Outback Legends by Evan McHugh
35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
These people are very different, but they have much in common. They?re the salt of the outback, but they?re not from long ago and far away. You can rub shoulders with them here and now. They?re our outback legends.Immerse yourself in these armchair travels and heart-warming life stories as Evan McHugh, ...Show more
Outback Stations: The Life and Times of Australia's Biggest Cattle and Sheep Properties by Evan McHugh
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'From the helicopter I could see the property's waterholes surrounded by paperbark trees, its red-stone cliffs lit by the rising sun. And grass, endless seas of grass. Here was the vision splendid: Nat Buchanan's grass castle. Gurindji country. And my country, Australia.' This is big country, the outbac ...Show more
Shearers by Evan McHugh
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The story of Australia, told from the woolsheds. 'For much of its history Australia has been described as riding on the sheep's back . . . but if the country rode on anyone's back, it was on the aching, creaking, flexing spines of Australian shearers.' Armed with their blades, a sense of adventure and ...Show more
Shipwrecks: Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters by Evan McHugh
24.99 AUD
Category: Planes Trains Automobiles
From the first wreck in 1622 off Western Australia to the tradegy of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race this book captures all the drama of Australia's maritime history. McHugh has made extensive use of first-hand accounts and contemporary records and also delves into the mysteries & controversies ...Show more
The Shearers by Evan McHugh
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
"For much of its history Australia has been described as riding on the sheep's back . . . but if the country rode on anyone's back, it was on the aching, creaking, flexing spines of Australian shearers.' Armed with their blades, a sense of adventure and a relentless work ethic, shearers have been a fund ...Show more
The Stockmen: The Making of An Australian Legend by Evan McHugh
49.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Working in some of the world's most challenging natural landscapes with beasts from tame to totally wild, the stockman speaks to something within the soul of every Australian. Evan McHugh, one of Australia's foremost chroniclers of the outback and the bush, presents the fascinating history of the stockm ...Show more
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