The companion volume to the major documentary series "Australians at War", commissioned by the Federal Government, to begin broadcasting around Anzac Day 2001. The book describes Australian involvement in the conflicts of the 20th century...more details Format:Hardcover
Of the many books about the last war, some offer the general's view of an entire battlefield, others have been individual experiences or divisional histories. "Charlie Company" is something original...more details Format:Hardback
Colonial Ambition tells the story of the politicians and would-be politicians of Sydney, who were driven by a determination to lift themselves and their new colony to a higher level. They wanted parliamentary liberty...more details Format:Paperback Pages:600
Tells the story of the National Library of Australia's extraordinary collections, assembled over the last 100 years. This publication features 270 illustrations...more details Format:Hardback Pages:297
For all the significance attached to the brave, doomed heroism at Gallipoli, the Western Front was the single greatest wartime tragedy that elicited the greatest sacrifice. Of the 60 000 who died in the course of the war...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:160
When the 9th Division of the AIF withdrew into the Libyan fortress town of Tobruk early in April 1941, a seige began that was to make its mark on the course of WWII and the popular memory of a nation...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:144