An Armidale Album: Glimpses of Armidale's History and Development in Word, Sketch, and Photograph by Compiled by Lionel Gilbert

$75.00 AUD

Category: Local History

Colonial Armidale by John Ferry

$39.95 AUD

Category: Local History

New Book. In Colonial Armidale it is through the stories of the townspeople and their aspirations, achievements and foibles that this vivid history unfolds. Unconventional as well as rigorously researched, this is an engrossing and dramatic narrative of the making of one town's prosperity. Armidale her e provides a clear reflection of the growth of rural society in Australia's Victorian era. Its inhabitants, their sense of place and special affection for their town, the moral dimension of the day and the proscriptions of class and gender are all brilliantly rendered. The routines and work-a-day world of smalltown lives share the stage with the rich and powerful, avoiding any romanticised or heroic presentation of the past. In this animated panorama of humanity and history, the thrill of discovery could not be greater were this some ancient and exotic civilisation under scrutiny. ...Show more

More Than a Hat and Glove Brigade - The Story of the Union of Australian Women by Barbara Curthoys; Audrey McDonald

$70.00 AUD

Category: Politics

First Published in 1996Copyright © Union of Australian WomenAll rights reserved This book is about the Union of Australian Women which was formed in 1950, emerging from the New Housewives Association. It tells the story of the UAW's rapid development in all states, to become an outspoken campaigner aro und such issues as peace, equal pay, International Women's Day, Aboriginal rights and independence. Discussed in the book is the way, in its early years, the organisation came under the surveillance of ASIO. Incidents, humorous and not so humorous are referred to, one ASIO officer describing the UAW as a "monstrous regiment of women". The story of UAW member's dedication and determination over 45 years makes engrossing reading. This publication contains important contemporary lessons of the courage and commitment of women of the UAW to the status of women everywhere. The UAW steadfastly maintained its truly international perceptive throughout these difficult years. Patricia Giles, Former Senator for Western Australia (1981 - 83) I am delighted the UAW has recorded its activities within Australia and abroad. The ANC Women's Section benefited a lot from the assistance given by the UAW; the support which carried throughout the struggle 'till the emergence of the new South Africa. Gertrude Shope, Member of the South African Parliament. 2nd-hand very good condition but dedication inside ...Show more

Surry Hills - The City's Backyard by Christopher Keating

$18.00 AUD

Category: Local History | Series: Sydney History Ser.

The well-heeled residents and chic businesses that cram into today's Surry Hills are a far cry from the battlers, crime bosses and rag trade factories of old. Famed in books and condemned in municipal reports, Surry Hills began in convict times as the most popular address on Sydney's fringe. Chris Keati ng charts the ups and downs of a place that has been called salubrious, iniquitous, desperate and hip.This illustrated new edition brings its story to 2007.2nd hand. Good condition ...Show more

Surviving New England - A History of Aboriginal Resistance and Resilience Through the First Forty Years of the Colonial Apocalypse by Callum Clayton-Dixon (Designed by, Editor); Narmi Collins-Widders (Illustrator); Gabi Briggs (Foreword by); William 'Bimbo' Widders (Honored or dedicated to); Norman Dixon (Honored or dedicated to); Barry McDonald (Associate Editor, Historical advisor)

$30.00 AUD

Category: Local History

New Book. Surviving New England tells the history of how the first  people had thrived on the so-called New England Tableland since the first sunrise. But in the 1830s, squatters began invading the region with their plagues of livestock. Colonization plunged Aboriginal society into utter chaos, driving us off our lands and decimating the traditional way of life. The traumas of the early colonial period remain carved deeply into the country and its people. But because of our ancestors' struggles, their fierce resistance, their unyielding determination to survive, we are still here. Clouded by the great conspiracy of silence, the dominant myth of peaceful settlement, and the proliferation of Eurocentric narratives touting the achievements of explorers and pastoral pioneers, our people's remarkable history of resistance and survival during the first few decades of the occupation has faded into obscurity. It is their story which this book sets out to reclaim, co-opting the colonial archive and subverting the colonial narrative, deconstructing their story in order to uncover our own. ...Show more

The Cry for the Dead by Judith Wright

$85.00 AUD

Category: Rare & Collectables

Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1982, 1982. 22.0 x 15.0cms, 304pp, very good hardback & dustwrapper Judith Wright's Cry For The Dead investigates the ways in which the pastoralists invaded the Liverpool Plains in New South Wales and how this affected the Kamilaroi people (the Black Wars, the Nat ive Police of Queensland, the Aboriginal retaliation at Cullin-la-Ringo and other massacres) ...Show more

What's Left?: Memoirs of an Australian Communist by Eric Aarons

$65.00 AUD

Category: Politics

What's Left? Memoirs of An Australian Communist is an intimate memoir of the life and loves of Eric Aarons who gave a greater part of his life to the Communist Party in Australia. Like many of his generation he joined the Party in the wake of The Depression. He is frank about his beliefs including the u ps and downs of the Communist Party in Australia.  Book in good condition, but tanning of first couple of pages   ...Show more