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Castaway: The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858 by Robert Macklin
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
The astonishing and unknown story of Narcisse Pelletier - a French cabin boy cast away in 1858 on the Daintree coast of far north Queensland, where he was adopted by the local Aborigines for 17 years - as a full member of the tribe, and had a family. He was then in effect kidnapped and returned to Franc ...Show more
Castaway: The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858 by Robert Macklin
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In 1858, fourteen-year-old French cabin boy Narcisse Pelletier was aboard the trader Saint-Paul when it was wrecked off the eastern tip of New Guinea. Scrambling into a longboat, Narcisse and the other survivors crossed almost 1000 kilometres of the Coral Sea before reaching the shores of Far North Quee ...Show more
Dark Paradise by Robert Macklin
35.00 AUD
Category: History
Aren't remote South Pacific islands supposed to be paradise? Perhaps, from a distance, Norfolk Island looks a peaceful place lush with tall pines. But look closer and that idyllic facade is shattered. For all of the 220 years we have known it, Norfolk's story has been one of darkness, pain, rage and hor ...Show more
Dark Paradise Norfolk Island by Robert Macklin
22.99 AUD
Category: History
Aren't remote South Pacific islands supposed to be paradise? Perhaps, from a distance, Norfolk Island looks a peaceful place lush with tall pines. But look closer and that idyllic facade is shattered. For all of the 220 years we have known it, Norfolk's story has been one of darkness, pain, rage and hor ...Show more
Fighting for Justice: The Donald Thomson Story by Robert Macklin
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Donald Thomson at 10 years old was a lone figure in Melbourne’s Bayside with its billabongs and creeks meandering to the sea. In his ‘Naturalist’s Diary’, he recorded his collection of wildflowers to wattles, seabirds to tiny blue wrens, mammals to reptiles to fish and to insects of every shape and hue. ...Show more
Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer by Robert Macklin
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
While English-born soldiers, sailors and surveyors have claimed pride of place among the explorers of the young New South Wales colony, the real pathfinder was a genuine native-born Australian. Hamilton Hume, a man with a profound understanding of the Aboriginal people and an almost mystical relationshi ...Show more
Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer by Robert Macklin
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'You almost feel you are taking that trek with the party as Robert Macklin cites the obstacles - torrential river crossings, dense bush, the Snowy Mountains and more. Macklin covers Hume's public and private life, emphasising his affinity with the country and rapport with the Indigenous people, as well ...Show more
My Favourite Teacher by Robert Macklin
32.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In My Favourite Teacher high-profile Australians including childrens author Mem Fox, comedian Anh Do, retired Chief Justice Michael Kirby, broadcaster Alan Jones and The Chasers Julian Morrow, along with contributors from all walks of life, share very personal stories of their favourite teachers. Their ...Show more
One False Move by Robert Macklin
35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
It is a story of sheer courage and skill - incredible bravery combined with the precision of a surgeon - as these men defused deadly mines, often dropped in residential areas. The detonators were frequently booby trapped by the Nazis, and these Australians and their British colleagues came to recognise ...Show more
Redback One: The True Story of an Australian SAS Hero by Robert Macklin
16.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Hachette Military Collec Ser.
'This is what an SAS career is really like' AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MAGAZINE Elite SAS Patrol Commander Stuart 'Nev' Bonner takes us inside the extraordinary and dangerous world of secret combat operations in this explosive, behind-the-scenes look at life inside the SAS. A world where capture means torture o ...Show more
Redback One: The True Story of an Australian SAS Hero by Robert Macklin
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Hachette Military Collection
The command came: 'Stop those vehicles!' It was like a red rag to a bull. Instantly streams of 7.62mm tracer and 50mm calibre machine gun rounds arced across the night sky and smashed into the bus and truck. Elite SAS Patrol Commander Stuart 'Nev' Bonner takes us inside the extraordinary and dangerous w ...Show more
SAS Insider: An Elite SAS Fighter on Life in Australia s Toughest and Most Secretive Combat Force by Robert Macklin
16.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Hachette Military Collection
Clint Palmer has spent much of his adult life in the SAS and has fought in this elite military unit as it developed from its fledgling beginnings into the highly trained, specialised fighting force it is today. He is an insider with the long view and this is his unique story of life in the SAS. As a bus ...Show more