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The relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Can we ever know that a historical narrative is giving us a true account of what actually happened Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in which history is and might be written.

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From the Makassan trepang fisherman of Arnhem Land, the Malay pearl-divers of Broome, through the Afghan camel drivers of the interior, Muslims have lived and worked in Australia for over 3 centuries and were among the earliest peoples to form connections with Indigenous Australians. This book tells the stories of Australia's Indigenous Muslims.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Well-known for her installations and public art commissions that engage with architectural and biological forms, Janet Laurence is fascinated by the interplay of plant species, animals and people. Prudence Gibson surveys Laurences BioArt, and her radical interpretation of humanitys relationship with the world.

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Home to the majority of Australian airpower for over three decades, the Royal Australian Air Force base at Butterworth was also home to a vibrant Australian community. Kampong Australia explores the complex political genesis of the RAAF presence at Butterworth and shows what everyday life on and around the base was like.

(Paperback)

Are you seeing your mates this arvo because its been yonks Do you shout ave a go, ya mug to your football team from the stands Perhaps youve recently developed a verandah bum. Aussie English may be the most inventive and creative language in the world. This larrikin lexicography by Kel Richards tells the stories behind almost a thousand Aussie words and phrases.

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You don't need to be an adult to break news and change the world. You can start your career as a young reporter right now. In Kid Reporter you'll learn how to research, investigate and interview; write, produce, photograph and record; fact-check and edit; become a publisher by starting a school newspaper, and much more.

(Hardback)

Robert Marsden Hope, a NSW Supreme Court judge, shaped the structures, operations and doctrines of Australia's intelligence agencies more than any other individual. This landmark biography is a groundbreaking account of the life and times of a man who shaped the way Australias intelligence agencies have operated for four decades.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Lost Boys of Anzac traces who these men were, where they came from and why they came to volunteer for the AIF in 1914. It follows what happened to them in uniform and, using sources overlooked for nearly a century, uncovers where and how they died, on the ridges and gullies of Gallipoli - where most of them remain to this day.

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In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Robert Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. This is an original and insightful book about Menzies 193941 government and his so-called wilderness years.

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There are few memorials to colonial businesswomen, but if you know where to look, you can find many traces of their presence as you wander the streets of Sydney. This book brings the stories of these entrepreneurial women to life, with fascinating details of their successes and failures, their determination and wilfulness, their achievements, their tragedies and the occasional scandal.

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This revised edition of Newspaper Feature Writing is at the cutting edge of the revolution. It has three main aims: to maintain and enhance the systematic approach to feature writing pioneered in the earlier editions; to help lecturers integrate CAR into their courses; and to give working journalists some instruction in CAR.

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When Gough Whitlam died in October 2014, the outpouring of affectionate remembrances and genuine grief expressed across Australia was extraordinary. Not Just For This Life commemorates and celebrates Goughs life. It covers the big themes of Goughs lif eand legacy: transformation, belonging, courage, equality, enlarging, comrades and grace.

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What has happened on Nauru and Manus since Australia began its most recent offshore processing regime in 2012 This essential book provides a comprehensive and uncompromising overview of the first three years of offshore processing since it recommenced in 2012. It goes behind the rumours and allegations to reveal what is known about Australias offshore detention centres.

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Reveals who owned Australia's newspapers and how they used them to wield political power. A corporate and political history of Australian newspapers spanning 140 years, this book explains how Australia's media system came to be dominated by a handful of empires and powerful family dynasties.

(Paperback, Revised ed.)

(Paperback, 6th edition)

(Paperback)

A raft of recent political scandals in Australia has generated widespread media and public interest in the role and accountability of ministerial staffers, and their impact on relations between ministers and their public service advisers. Such scandals include the notorious Children overboard affair and the more recent AWB imbroglio.

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(Paperback)

The working-class suburbs to the south and west of Sydney were large and explosive places of marginalised ideas, bohemian neighbourhoods, dissident politics and contentious action. Radical Sydney traces its development from The Rocks in the 1830s to the inner suburbs of the 1980s.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law, but public discourse in Australia about refugees is dominated by scare-mongering and political point-scoring. Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong provide a wholly updated account of Australian refugee law and policy.

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In the beginning, there was the river - before the beach, before the drain, before the dredging, before the dams, before numerous other actions to alter the stream. River Dreams reveals the complex history of the Cooks River in southeastern Sydney - a river renowned as Australia's most altered and polluted.