Mutiny on the Bounty
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order.
Commissioned by the...
FITZSIMONS, Peter
Breaker Morant
Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to The Bulletin and counted Banjo...
Fair Go, Sport
This is compilation of anecdotes about Australian sports men and women. At times the language is foul. A couple of blaphemies. Not a very appealing book.
Fromelles and Pozieres in the Trenches of Hell
On July 19, 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By the next day, there were...
Eureka. The unfinished revolution
In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian...
Ned Kelly, the Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend
Love him or loathe him, Ned Kelly has been at the heart of Australian culture and identity since he and his gang were tracked down in bushland by the Victorian police and came out fighting, dressed in...
Victory at Villiers. Bretonneux
On Anzac Day 1918, when the town of Villers-Bretonneux falls to the British defenders, it is the Australians who are called on to save the day, the town, and the entire battle. It’s early 1918, and after...
Charles Kingsford Smith and those Magnificent Men
Charles Kingsford Smith or 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier amid the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front to taking to the skies against the German Air Force for which he won the Military...
Monash's Masterpiece
The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the Australian Sir John Monash, fought...
Nancy Wake, A Biography of our Greatest War Heroine
Nancy Wake is a character with an interesting story. She was born in New Zeland, but the family settled in Australia. Working as a journalist in France, she became a fluent French speaker. Initially she...