One of the first national historic sites of Australia, the historic gold-rush town Hill End is pr...

The great crash of 2008 was one that no one saw coming, or, if they did, they ignored the warning...

On a Sunday evening in July 2011, 40-year-old Anthony Dunning was pinned to the floor of Melbourn...

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This study describes the forces and pressures that encouraged or impeded Australians' enjoyment o...

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My Battles: Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan, Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. ...

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At the end of the twentieth century, the United States--the most powerful nation on earth--is dri...

A fly-on-the-wall account of what happens when the author's first-born child, Henry, comes home f...

New introduction on why good policy matters and why books debating big policy ideas matter.Abbott...

A hero of the polar exploration age, Sir Douglas Mawson is profiled in this biography, which reco...