Australian
A Single Tree
Don Watson (Ed)
Murder at Myall Creek
Mark Tedeschi
The Voyages of Captain James
Cook
HB $45.00
Following the same loose themes of
The Bush, this collection comprises
diary extracts, memoirs, journals,
letters, histories, poems and fiction
spanning the four centuries since
Europeans first set eyes on the
continent. There are accounts of
journeys, of work and recreation, of
creation and destruction. And
musings on what might be the future
of the bush: as an environment, a food
bowl, a wellspring of national identity.
PB $32.99
In 1838, eleven convicts and former
convicts were put on trial for the
brutal murder of 28 Aboriginal men,
women and children at Myall Creek in
New South Wales. The trial’s
prosecutor was the Attorney General
of New South Wales, John Hubert
Plunkett. Murder at Myall Creek follows
the journey of the man who arguably
achieved more for modern-day civil
rights in Australia than anyone else
before or since.
HB $49.99
In 1766, the Royal Society chose
mapmaker and navigator James Cook
to lead a South Pacific voyage. After
charting the path of Venus across the
sun, he continued to comb the
southern hemisphere for the imagined
continent Terra Australis. The Voyages of
Captain James Cook is an illustrated
edition of Cook's writings spanning his
Pacific voyages, ending with his death
in 1779. It's bound to enthral anyone
who appreciates history, science, art,
and classic adventure.
Grog
Tom Gilling
From the Edge
Mark McKenna
PB $32.99
Even before James Squire set sail as a
convict aboard the First Fleet, liquor
was playing its part in shaping the
colony-to-be. As the colony grew, rum
became both a currency and a source
of political strength and instability,
culminating in the Rum Rebellion in
1808. Grog is a colourful account of
the unique beginnings of a new
nation, and an insight into the history
of Australia's long love affair with the
hard stuff.
PB $34.99
In From the Edge, Mark McKenna
uncovers the places and histories that
Australians so often fail to see. Like
the largely forgotten story of the
sailors' walk in 1797, these remarkable
histories lie on the edge of national
consciousness. Retracing their steps,
McKenna explores the central drama
of Australian history—the encounter
between Aboriginal and nonAboriginal Australians—and offers a
new understanding of the country
and its people.
Living with the Locals
Victoria Haskins and John
Maynard
PB $44.99
Living with the Locals shares the stories
of 13 white men, boys and women who
were taken in by the Indigenous
people of eastern Australia and the
Torres Strait Islands. The stories provide
a glimpse into Indigenous life at the
point of early contact between
Indigenous people and British
colonists, exploring the negative
attitudes towards Indigenous people
and the white survivors who spoke up
against their appalling treatment.