Australia has been going through a period of pretty radical change ? record low birthrates, stubbornly high divorce rate, falling marriage rates, shrinking households, less secure workplaces?Advance Australia?Where?is my attempt to

Did you know that Australia is helping Singapore be creative' to address its imbalance of ballet dancers to engineers and that there is a Transylvanian Cricket Club full of Aussies in Romania? Or that Israeli youngsters

An account of the Boxing Day tsunami told by the Australian medical team into Banda Aceh. Paul Dunkin didn't hesitate when he was asked to join the first international medical team going into Banda Aceh, his story told by his wife i

Founded in 1888, James Hardie Industries is one of Australia's oldest, richest and proudest corporations. And its fortunes were based on what proved to be one of the worst industrial poisons of the twentieth century: asbestos. Asbestos House,

Volume 17 of the "Australian Dictionary of Biography" contains 658 biographies of individuals who died between 1981 and 1990. The first of two volumes for the decade, it presents a colourful

Australia has some weird and wonderful place names. Ruth Wajnryb explains the origins and meanings of cities, towns, villages and other geographical features.

02 The highlights of the best and most popular interviews from Andrew Denton's successful and entertaining Enough Ropeon ABC TV 03 Even more of your favourite moments from ABC's most prestigious and talked-about talk show. When he f

A lucid and vibrant exploration of the Australian continent and its people. Salt brings to life the shifts and shuffles that are impacting on the way in which Australians are settling their continent.

Tells powerful and moving personal stories of loss and survival of bushfires in Australia since European settlement. Collins challenges many of the accepted environmental practices regarding bushfire control.

The definitive story of the tragic death of Private Jake Kovco. Jake Kovco was the first casualty, the first Australian soldier to die in Iraq. If the Bali bombing had shown Australians could fall victim to what many s

A book that details the life stories of 36 courageous Australian women, who broke down the barriers of prejudice. Featuring heroines such as Mary Penfold, the co-founder of Penfold Wines; Lillie Goodisson, pioneer of family planning and othe

Historical analysis of the main elements of the constitutional politics of the 1990s, especially the 1999 republic referendum, and a forward-looking analysis of the major issues in constitutional republican reform in the 21s

Through luscious photography and an accessible text, this work is devised not only to illustrate a range of interiors and their architectural matrices of Melbourne, but also to describe the people behind them and how these spaces su

Takes an entertaining and informative look at Australia's extraordinary lingo, a lighthearted collection of words and phrases relating to subjects as varied as people, places, occupations, and virtually all aspects of Australian lif

We live in an age of gastronomic soul-searching.

Why is childhood obesity on the rise, especially among the poor?

Is the traditional family dinner really dying out ? and if so, does it matter?

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From judges to politicians, cricketers to journalists, chefs to the governor general, Australian men have said some truly appalling things about women. If it weren't so serious, you'd have to laugh.

Three acclaimed writers explore the crucial issues facing contemporary Australia: fear, prejudice and tolerance.

Next to Ned Kelly, Frank Gardiner was the most infamous outlaw in Australia. Gardiner and his gang terrorised New South Wales and committed a robbery that was, by modern standards, bigger than the Great Train Robbery. This work is a

When two young women students claimed they had been indecently assaulted at a party by the Master of Ormond at Melbourne University, the shock not only split the college and university communities but focused sharply the lar

Palm Island. Far North Queensland island paradise? Or hell-hole for the Aboriginal community that lives there?

Happily drunk and singing, Mulrunji, a popular member of Palm Island's Aboriginal community, was picked

Collected here are some of the best examples of this intriguing oral tradition, the eulogy. Each is a moving, compelling and entertaining story in its own right. And the sum of these parts reveals something about the ch

Mapping inter-cultural relationships as they are played out in an Aboriginal settlement in Australia's Great Sandy Desert, this book aims to challenge white Australians to reconsider their relationship with indigenous peoples. It al

A rip-roaring tale of modern day piracy on the high seas, and one of the longest and most dangerous pursuits in maritime history: the 21 day hunt for the Uruguayan fishing vessel suspected of poaching Patagonian Toothfish in Austral

This blistering critique of the largely hidden role played by the publ relations industry in Australia, reveals how corporate and government spin doctors invisibly influence just about every news story we read, and hear.

'Lies, Lies, Lies' shouted the newspaper headlines following the Royal Commission decision into building the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. How could whitefella law fail to protect Aboriginal women's sites? This title reveals

Is there a crisis in literacy education in Australia? For the past few years, the media have been cultivating heated battles between educational conservatives and progressives about the way reading and writing are taught in our scho

Includes transcripts of women who had illegal abortions dating from the 1930s in Australia. This work offers insight into what women's lives were like; their working lives; the quality of their relationships with men: the me

Our media tend to deal in prefabricated versions of reality - false assumptions of habitual values rather than open-minded observation. This work is about the major entities of the Australian media, their roles and influence in our