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1. ABC, Australian Broadcasting Commission; Orchestra, Sydney Symphony (1946). Program: The Australian Broadcasting Commission Presents the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Guest Conductor Joseph Post: Soloist Eunice Gardiner. Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). 18 pp. Paperback small octavo, card covers, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), very good condition, black & white drawings, few text-photos & adverts, minor edgewear. Recital program guide for a concert on Saturday, 7th December, 1946. The Australian Broadcasting Commission, in conjunction with the NSW Government and the Municipal Council of Sydney, presents the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Town Hall, Sydney. Guest conductor: Joseph Post. Soloist: Eunice Gardiner. Six recitals: Suite from the music for the Royal Fireworks in D Major (Handel) - Rhapsody A Shropshire Lad (Butterworth) - Three movements from the Planets Suite (Mars, Venus, Jupiter) - Concerto no 2 in B flat (Op. 19) for pianoforte and orchestra (Beethoven) - El Amor Brujo Fisherman's Song and Pantomine (Falla) - Overture The Mastersingers (Wagner). Includes old adverts from the 1940s. Our Book No: 21663. $15 AUD.

2. Adams, Paul (1999). The Stranger from Melbourne: Frank Hardy - A Literary Biography 1944 - 1975. Perth, Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press (UWAP). 212 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear corners. Traces the relationship between Frank Hardy's writings, his political activism, and the Australian historical events that shaped his literary works. ISBN/ASIN: 1876268239. Our Book No: 24823. $20 AUD.

3. Angel, Jeff (2008). Green is Good: An Insider's Story of the Battle for a Green Australia (1st ed). Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 310 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Jeff Angel, a leading Australian environmentalist (Total Environment Centre) discusses the real face of environmental change, and looks inside some of the most pivotal events in Australian political history, and predicts what will happen next in the fight to save the environment-the new challenges and the solutions. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733323508. Our Book No: 26244. $20 AUD.

4. Argy, Fred (2003). Where to From Here? Australian Egalitarianism Under Threat. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 209 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Economist and government adviser reports that egalitarianism is very much at the centre of public policy debate in Australia today, but the economic and social gap is widening and egalitarian foundations are severely under threat. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 1865088528. Our Book No: 13603. $10 AUD.

5. Arnold, John (editor); Spearritt, Peter (editor); Walker, David (editor) (1993). Out of Empire: The British Dominion of Australia (1st ed). Melbourne: Mandarin. 342 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white illustrations, minor edgewear. This edited book traces the decline of British imperial influence, and changing attitudes to the monarchy with the call for an Australian republic. A reader for Australian university Open Learning courses, to be used in conjunction with the ABC-TV series. These essays will interest to anyone wanting to learn about Australian history. Edited by John Arnold, Peter Spearritt and David Walker. ISBN/ASIN: 1863302549. Our Book No: 30071. $20 AUD.

6. Attwood, Bain (1989). The Making of the Aborigines (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 181 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, map, diagram, faint toning edges, slight crease bottom edge rear cover & last three pages, minor edgewear. In this original study, Bain Attwood (historian, Monash University) reveals how relationships between black Australians and European colonisers determined the hearts and minds of the Indigenous peoples, making them self-adopt the word Aboriginal (not previously used). A new perspectives on racial ideology, government policy and the rule of law. He shows how the complex meanings and significance of the patterns of association woven between European and Aborigine held for both groups. A story of cultural change and continuity, both poignant and disturbing in its telling. ISBN/ASIN: 004370185X. Our Book No: 30875. $30 AUD.

7. Attwood, Bain; Doyle, Helen (with) (2009). Possession: Batman's Treaty and the Matter of History (1st ed). Melbourne, Carlton: Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP). 415 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) & colour text-photos, light foxing top edge, minor foxing front flyleaf, protected in removable archival plastic sleeve. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. The fascinating story of the only treaties ever created in Australia. Examines why these agreements were forged, how the Aboriginal people understood their terms, why governments repudiated them, and how settlers claimed to be the rightful owners of the land. The author reveals the ways in which the settler society has endeavoured to make good its act of possession - by repeatedly creating histories that have recalled or repressed the memory of Batman, the treaties, and Aboriginal destruction and dispossession. Also charts how Aboriginal people have unsettled this matter of history through their remembering. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522851144. Our Book No: 40579. $40 AUD.

8. Atweh, Bill (editor); Kemmis, Stephen (editor); Weeks, Patricia (editor) (2005). Action Research in Practice: Partnerships for Social Justice in Education. London: Routledge / Taylor & Francis. 350 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, minor edgewear. This book, edited by Bill Atweh and two colleagues from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), firstly describe their Parapet project, which combines action research and partnerships to improve social justice in education. Then follows chapters that are case studies (narratives) from a rich collection of action research projects in Australian schools and a university. (A printed copy of a print-on-demand, POD, book.). ISBN/ASIN: 0415171520. Our Book No: 23500. $30 AUD.

9. Bachelard, Michael (2008). Behind the Exclusive Brethren. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 314 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear. The most comprehensive book ever written about the Exclusive Brethren. It details their origins in the United Kingdom in the 19th century, their fractious history, their use of scripture to control members and dissidents, and their lucrative business and financial arrangements. This is a fascinating story of influence and power exercised across several continents, including Australia - where this tiny Christian sect seems to have a privileged existence, and has attempted to influence government. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921372285. Our Book No: 15074. $20 AUD.

10. Banerjee, Maj. Gen. Dipankar (editor) (1995). Towards an Era of Cooperation: An Indo-Australian Dialogue. New Delhi: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 400 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tables, top corner covers slightly bumped, spine ends jacket little chipped (closed tear top corner front cover, light creases, few scratches front cover), edges lightly toned. This book contains the papers presented and the discussions held at the meeting in New Delhi in January 1995. The co-sponsors were the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, and The Indian Ocean Centre of Peace Studies, Perth. ISBN/ASIN: 8186019057. Our Book No: 29931. $25 AUD.

11. Barda, Racheline (2011). Egyptian-Jewish Emigres in Australia (1st ed). Amherst Buffalo, NY: Cambria Press. 441 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos (including frontispiece portrait), charts, corners last few pages little creased, errata slip loosely inserted, autograph (author's written name & date). Explores key aspects of the modern history of Egyptian Jews. The core of this book is the migration experience of a small group of Egyptian Jews to Australia, including the government policies related to their immigration and integration into Australian society. Also looks at a comparative case study addressing some of the themes linked to the migration experience of a select number of Egyptian Jews to France. ISBN/ASIN: 9781604977967. Our Book No: 27117. $35 AUD.

12. Bartrop, Paul R.; Blainey, Geoffrey (foreword) (2002). Bolt from the Blue: Australia, Britain and the Chanak Crisis. Sydney: Halstead Press. 174 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, map, bottom corner tip one page folded, minor edgewear. About the crisis in the Dardanelles in 1922, when Turkish nationalists threatened British positions in the Neutral Zone. British PM Lloyd George suddenly requested Australian troops, and Australian PM, Billy Hughes quickly obliged. But the crisis passed and shortly thereafter both PM's were dumped from office. ISBN/ASIN: 1875684964. Our Book No: 11767. $15 AUD.

13. Beattie, Peter; Loukakis, Angelo (with) (2002). Making a Difference: Reflections on Life, Leadership and Politics. Sydney: HarperCollins. 310 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear, owner's written name. Autobiography of Peter Beattie, the prominent Australian Labor Party politician, and former Premier of Queensland. ISBN/ASIN: 0732273994. Our Book No: 16365. $26 AUD.

14. Beaumont, J. (editor) (1993). Where to Now? Australia's Identity in the Nineties (1st ed). Sydney, Annandale: Federation Press. 216 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, small stain top edge, minor edgewear. A wide variety of prominent Australians, reflecting diverse political, social and cultural viewpoints, debate the sort of society Australia is today and where Australia is heading. Edited by J. Beaumont. ISBN/ASIN: 1862871248. Our Book No: 25242. $12 AUD.

15. Benns, Matthew (2011). Dirty Money: The True Cost of Australia's Mineral Boom. Sydney: William Heinemann / Random House. 296 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, front cover lightly scratched, slight bump base spine, minor edgewear. Matthew Benns provides the true story of Australia's mineral boom. It is a story of greed, corruption and murder. A book every Australian needs to read, because it is the story of our national wealth, and how those who have access to it are abusing the privilege. Environmental pollution and exploitation of African nations are mentioned. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742750002. Our Book No: 26301. $22 AUD.

16. Beresford, Quentin (2008). The Godfather: The Life of Brian Burke. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 294 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Once touted as a future Australian prime minister, former Western Australian premier Brian Burke has had a rollercoaster political career. As premier, the man in the Panama hat, was was a key player behind the mineral boom that became the infamous WA Inc. in the 1980s. After a high profile inquiry, he was jailed for corruption in 1994, and again in 1997. Brian Burke then became a ruthless behind-the-scenes powerbroker in WA politics, business and unions. With his capacity to deliver fundraising largesse to the ALP, his control over preselections, and a cadre of mafia-like devoted supporters, he became the Godfather of WA politics. The amazing story of his spectacular rise and spectacular fall. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741755565. Our Book No: 16683. $25 AUD.

17. Beresford, Quentin (2015). The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd. Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 442 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, top corner tip covers little creased, minor edgewear. The story of Australia's most controversial forestry giant company, Gunns Ltd, the corruption that gave it power, the environmental activists who fought it, and the forces that brought it down. It was the largest private employer and landowner in Tasmania. Most of its profits came from woodchipping of clear-felled old-growth forests. A planned pulp mill lead to extensive environmental activism. Quentin Beresford has written a fearless and forensic book which not only exposes the collapse of the company but everything it stood for in its quest to industrialise nature. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742234199. Our Book No: 40510. $30 AUD.

18. Beresford, Quentin; Bekle, Hugo; Phillips, Harry; Mulcock, Jane (2004). The Salinity Crisis: Landscapes, Communities and Politics (Updated ed) [Contemporary Issues Series]. Perth, Crawley: University of Western Australia Press (UWAP). 335 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, colour & black & white photos, tables, minor edgewear. Updated edition (adds 8-page epilogue). Salinity is destroying landscapes, communities and biodiversity across rural Australia. This book, the first attempt to provide a comprehensive explanation, describes the relentless drive for agricultural development from massive land-clearing programs, and highlights the decades of denial by governments that salinity was a problem. Acknowledges the pioneering efforts of local communities to fight salinity, and emphasizes the vision needed by governments to halt the damage now. ISBN/ASIN: 1920694161. Our Book No: 22729. $20 AUD.

19. Berg, Chris (2016). The Libertarian Alternative. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 227 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. This book is a libertarian defence of free speech, which is at the heart of individual liberty and democracy. Yet, in Australia and around the Western world, it is under attack on all sides: from regulations to force 'balance' on the press, to new human rights such as the right not to be offended. Offers a bold reinterpretation of why freedom of speech matters. Only by understanding how the right to free expression and freedom of conscience arose can we understand the magnitude of the threats we now face. The liberty to express our thoughts and opinions is one of the central foundations of Western Civilisation. When governments threaten that freedom of speech, they threaten the foundations of liberty and the democratic system. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522868456. Our Book No: 17310. $20 AUD.

20. Biard D'Aunet, [Georges] (1907). L'Aurore Australe [French language]. Paris: Librairie Plon: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Impimeurs-Editeurs. 403 pp. Hardback very small, goodcondition, marbled cloth cover, leather spine (gilt spine lettering, raised bands, sticker mark), marbled endpapers, pages toned as usual, minimal EX-LIBRARY (rubber stamps, label remnants front cover), edgewear, minor annotation first pages. (French language.) Subtitle: "La societe australienne, le socialisme en Australie, la constitution australienne et son fonctionnement, la valeur et la situation materielles de l'Australie, l'Australie vue de dehors." An interesting French perspective on Australian society and politics contemporary with the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia. Based on personal observations from 1893 to 1905 plus two published articles. Our Book No: 17029. $30 AUD.

21. Botanic Gardens Sydney, Royal (1988). Mount Annan Botanic Garden: The Native Plant Garden of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Sydney: Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens. 24 pp. Paperback trade, card covers (with flaps), stapled (lightly rusted), very good condition, map, colour text-photos, small scratch front cover, minor edgewear. The Mount Annan Botanic Gardens is a NSW Government Bicentennial project of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. The 400 hectare site is located off Narellan Road, between Camden and Campbelltown about 56 kilometres south of Sydney. The information and photos will interest anyone wanting to know more about this special public garden. ISBN/ASIN: 0731645065. Our Book No: 23889. $12 AUD.

22. Brady, Veronica (1994). Caught in the Draught: On Contemporary Australian Culture and Society. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 310 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, corners faintly creased few pages, minor edgewear & rubbing. In these essays, the author tackles challenging contemporary and perennial issues facing all Australians, including racism, Aboriginal rights, social justice. Plus essays on understanding Patrick White. She is a member of the Loreto Order, and also Associate Professor of English, University of Western Australia. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 0207179433. Our Book No: 21834. $12 AUD.

23. Bramston, Troy (2011). Looking for the Light on the Hill: Modern Labor's Challenges. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 202279 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. This book examines the history of tje Australian Labor Party (ALP) with fresh perspectives. It includes the secret components of the recent internal party review, as well as new interviews with former party leaders, current and former ministers, and union leaders and party figures. This book is very relevant to current anf future challenges. Troy Bramston is a deep party insider and former adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781921844379. Our Book No: 30174. $15 AUD.

24. Bramston, Troy (editor) (2006). The Wran Era [Neville Wran]. Sydney, Leichhardt: Federation Press. 310 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, tables, appendices, minor edgewear. From 1976 to 1986, Neville Wran lead the most successful Labor government in New South Wales (NSW) history, and which also galvanised the national Labor movement. These 24 essays, edited by Troy Bramston, cover his political style and management, and his many achievements in health, education, transport, economics, law and order, social policy, reform agenda, environment, women's policy and Aboriginal affairs. ISBN/ASIN: 1862876002. Our Book No: 13874. $30 AUD.

25. Bray, Mark; Rimmer, Malcolm (1987). Delivering the Goods: A History of the NSW Transport Workers Union 1888 - 1986. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 297 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, tables, black & white photos, light toning pages, minor edgewear. This book is the first account of the New South Wales Transport Workers' Union to be published in Australia. It traces the history from its formation as a tiny Sussex street union in Sydney in 1888 to its role in 1986 as one of the most powerful unions in the state and the nation. The book focuses on the political inclinations of the union's leaders, the unions organisational capacities and its industrial experience. ISBN/ASIN: 0043000932. Our Book No: 28235. $40 AUD.

26. Brenchley, Fred; Tandberg, Ron (cartoonist) (2003). Allan Fels: A Portrait of Power (1st ed). Brisbane, Milton: John Wiley & Sons. 310 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, pages lightly toned as usual, small mark front flyleaf, minor edgewear. Tells the story of charismatic academic Allan Fels, controversial as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). A compelling inside story of the forces that cut short the career of Allan Fels as Australia's competition czar. ISBN/ASIN: 1740310705. Our Book No: 20481. $10 AUD.

27. Brett, Judith (1992). Robert Menzies' Forgotten People (1st ed). Sydney: Macmillan. 313 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page), owner's written name. A psychological portrait by Judith Brett of Robert Menzies, the long-serving liberal Australian Prime Minister (1949 - 1966). Her book is based his 1942 wartime speech about the forgotten people in Australian society, upon which his political support was based. Menzies' political self was constructed around a denial of experience and an imagined England filled the void. So too for the people and the country he led. ISBN/ASIN: 0732907616. Our Book No: 9608. $30 AUD.

28. Brett, Judith (2019). From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting Melbourne: Text Publishing. 199 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Australia is one of only a few countries in the world that enforce compulsory voting at elections, We celebrate this with barbecues and cake stalls at polling stations, and election parties that spill over into Sunday morning. The author is the celebrated historian Judith Brett, the prize-winning biographer of pioneer Prime Minister Alfred Deakin. A landmark account of the character of Australian democracy. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925603842. Our Book No: 18119. $25 AUD.

29. Broinowski, Richard Philip (2001). A Witness to History: The Life and Times of Robert Arthur Broinowski. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 257 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, front cover jacket little rubbed. minor edgewear. Biography of Polish-Australian public servant, by his grandson. He was secretary to three Defence Ministers, Federal parliamentary officer (Clerk of the Senate), broadcaster, and editor of two poetry magazines. ISBN/ASIN: 0522849423. Our Book No: 11919. $20 AUD.

30. Brumby, John (2015). The Long Haul: Lessons from Public Life. Melbourne, Carlton: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 257 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, slight crease rear cover, minor edgewear. John Brumby offers a series of practical lessons on leadership and public life from his 30 years in politics. He gives insights into the opportunities and challenges Australia currently faces and argues for real political reform, a different future for Australian federation, and strong leadership in a world in transition. He was a former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522868531. Our Book No: 41173. $28 AUD.

31. Buckley, Ken; Wheelwright, Ted (1998). False Paradise: Australian Capitalism Revisited, 1915 - 1955. Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP). 278 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. The second volume of a radical history of capitalism in Australia, told from the perspective of the working class by Ken Buckley and Ted Wheelwright. This book is a clear and readable political economic history of Australian people. It traces the impact of WW1 after 1918 on workers, capitalists, and the State, and discusses the ensuing crisis of the Australian political economy, being the Great Depression of the 1930s. A valuable text for students of history, politics, economics, and sociology, and general readers with an interest in Australia's past. ISBN/ASIN: 0195535715. Our Book No: 25642. $30 AUD.

32. Burrows, William (1986). Adventures of a Mounted Trooper [Victoriana Collection]. [Melbourne, Carlton]: Queensberry Hill Press. 146 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine is ribbed (gilt lettering), brown endpapers, tipped-in sepia (brown-tinted) drawing frontispiece, in cardboard slipcase. A facsimile of a book published in 1859 (Ferguson 7722). The adventures of a Victorian mounted trooper, William Burrows, who arrived in Melbourne in 1852, then went to the goldfields. He becomes a roadmaker, then a mounted trooper inspecting mining licenses. Mentions Geelong steamers, Aborigines, William Buckley, colonial life, and a return voyage to China. (Copy 67 of a limited edition of 155 copies. No date, but 1986, Trove.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174466. Our Book No: 17350. $100 AUD.

33. Butt, Peter; Eagleson, Robert (1993). Mabo: What the High Court Said (1st ed). Sydney: Federation Press. 93 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, frontispiece text-photo, minimal toning inside front cover, minor scuffing front cover, minor edgewear. Peter Butt and Robert Eagleson explain the High Court's Mabo decision on Aboriginal sovereignty of the Murray Islands (Torres Strait, Queensland) in plain English, without gloss, commentary or point of view. This book highlights points of importance, and allows readers to make up their own minds. (Alternative ISBN: 1862872074.) SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 1862871183. Our Book No: 13215. $20 AUD.

34. Button, James (2012). Speechless: A Year in My Father's Business (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 246 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. This book is the author's personal story about working in Canberra for a year writing speeches for PM Kevin Rudd's Labor government. He grew up around politics because his father was Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780522858587. Our Book No: 28041. $10 AUD.

35. Cameron, Peter (1994). Heretic (The True Story of an Australian Convicted of Heresy). Sydney: Doubleday. 212 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Peter Cameron, a Sydney academic, describes how he was surprisingly convicted of heresy by the Presbyterian Church of Australia in 1992. The charge arose out of a sermon he gave on 'The Place of Women in the Church', both supporting the ordination of women to the ministry, and attacking the approach to Christianity generally known as 'fundamentalism'. ISBN/ASIN: 0868245445. Our Book No: 2421. $20 AUD.

36. Cameron, W. J. (1978). Bourke: A Centenary of Local Government. Bourke, NSW: Bourke Historical Society / Walter Stone & Sons (Printers). 68 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, pages toned as usual, sticker mark flyleaf, owner's written name. W. J. Cameron provides a short pictorial history to celebrate 100 years of local government in the Orana region, Bourke, far northwestern New South Wales (NSW). ISBN/ASIN: 085587130X. Our Book No: 26128. $12 AUD.

37. Cannon, Michael (1981). That Damned Democrat: John Norton, an Australian Populist, 1858 - 1916 (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 178 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings & plates, pages faintly toned, light foxing top edge, tiny scuff rear cover jacket (minor edgewear). The story of John Norton, who was a gifted but erratic Sydney newspaper publisher and politician. A compelling story of an extraordinary character who used radical journalism and politics (Truth newspaper) to reach personal goals, doing a lot of good and harm along the way. Most of the book is an anthology articles and editorials that Norton published in his newspaper. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 0522842151. Our Book No: 29452. $15 AUD.

38. Capp, Fiona (1993). Writers Defiled (Security Surveillance of Australian Authors and Intellectuals 1920 - 1960). Melbourne: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books. 239 pp. Paperback octavo, good condition, black & white photos centre spread, pages & inside cover toned as usual, top edge little foxed, minor edgewear. A first report on ASIO surveillance of Australian writers with communist sympathies, which until now has remained largely unknown. This spying was a combination of farcical and serious. Revelals ASIO files on Frank Hardy, Dorothy Hewett, Katherine Susanah Prichard, Manning Clark, Judah Waten, Alan Marshall, Jean Devanny, Clem and Nina Christesen, Stephen Murray-Smith and Vance Palmer. ISBN/ASIN: 0869143387. Our Book No: 18068. $40 AUD.

39. Carew, Edna (1988). Keating: A Biography (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 237 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket (reverse side lightly foxed), spine ends little rubbed, top edge little foxed. Keating: A Biography, by Edna Carew (Allen & Unwin, 1988). The first full-scale biography of Australian politician Paul Keating. Edna Carew has interviewed over 100 of Keating's friends and foes, to write this mid-career biography which puts together the dramatic story of his relentless rise to power. ISBN/ASIN: 0043350593. Our Book No: 28729. $20 AUD.

40. Carnegie, Margaret (1993). Pacific Gold: California 1848, Australia 1851. Melbourne: Self-Published: Kildrummie Press. 38 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled, black & white photos, map, minor edgewear. Margaret Carnegie relates the story of the desperate and lawless times in San Francisco caused by the Sydney Ducks, a criminal minority among the Australians who invaded San Francisco. A committee of vigilance was formed to enforce law and order. A number of Sydney Ducks were hanged. There is also a reprinted article by Rolf Boldrewood ('The Genesis of Gold-fields Law in Australia') which describes goldfield law in New South Wales after the tide turned. and the miners crossed the Pacific to the new gold frontier in Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 0646140450. Our Book No: 28392. $20 AUD.

41. Carr, Anna (2001). Grass Roots and Green Tape: Principles and Practices of Environmental Stewardship. Sydney, Annandale: Federation Press. 257 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Ground-breaking work investigating community-based environmental stewardship, based on a PhD thesis at Australian National University, Canberra. Explores the dynamics within these groups, the difficulties they face, and how they can be made more effective, but with the focus on their interaction with government. Dr Carr presents the experiences of three Australian groups (Water Watchers, Downside Landcare, Mitchell River group). Each differs in locality, environmental issue, people and management styles. These examples are framed by international examples from developed nations. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 1862873380. Our Book No: 13709. $15 AUD.

42. Cawte, John; Lebra, William P. (foreword) (1974). Medicine is the Law: Studies in Psychiatric Anthropology of Australian Tribal Societies (Australian ed). Adelaide: University Press of Hawaii / Rigby Limited. 261 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, green pictorial board cover, black & white photos centre spread, endpaper map, minor edgewear, non-author written dedication. This copy, Australian edition: Medicine is the Law, by John Cawte (Rigby Limited, 1974, but copyright University Press of Hawaii). A classic of transcultural psychiatry, based on expeditions by John Cawte to remote Australian Aboriginal communities in northern Australia. Some of the topics are: child development among the Walbiri at Yuendumu - the Aboriginal doctor (medicine man), healing and tribal law among the Walbiri, and the Kulari, Kuini and Walambi at Kalumburu - concepts of disease - sorcery - malgri (culture-bound illness) among the Lardil and Kaiadilt of Mornington Island - circumcision and subincision. ISBN/ASIN: 0851797407. Our Book No: 14645. $30 AUD.

43. Chandler, Jo (2011). Feeling the Heat (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 292 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. This book takes the author across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. This book reveals startling truths about climate change, government policy and the future of Earth. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522857719. Our Book No: 25363. $28 AUD.

44. Chapman, Sir Frederick; Mackaness, George (editor) (1979). Governor Phillip in Retirement [Australian Historical Monographs (New Series)]. Dubbo, NSW: Review Publications. 52 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, green flexible cover, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), few full-page black & white photos (including frontispiece), fore-edge little marked, minor edgewear. The author is Chief Justice of New Zealand. He summarises family letters and diaries (retrieved from a deceased estate in Bath, England) that have some references to Arthur Phillip. (Volume XL in the New Series of the Australian Historical Monographs. Edited by George Mackaness.). ISBN/ASIN: B000MQRZ5U. Our Book No: 15414. $15 AUD.

45. Chipp, Don (2004). Keep the Bastards Honest. Melbourne, Brighton: Don Chipp Enterprises Pty Ltd. 204 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. Keep the Bastards Honest, by Don Chipp (2004). Autobiography of the Australian politician Don Chipp (2004), who left the Liberal Party to found the Australian Democrats. His third book. Contemplates the many public issues that happen in government. Includes many revealing anecdotes, showing his mischievous sense of humour. ISBN/ASIN: 0646437577. Our Book No: 20457. $15 AUD.

46. Clements, Nicholas; Reynolds, Henry (foreword) (2014). The Black War: Fear, Sex, and Resistance in Tasmania. Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 268 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white drawings & photos at rear, map, three graphs at front. Nicholas Clements takes a unique look at the historic event in Tasmania between 1825 and 1831 where close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania's Black War. He contrasts the perspectives of colonists and Aborigines, and takes a deeply human look at the events that led to the shocking violence and tragedy of the war. He details raw personal accounts that shed light on the tribes, families and individuals involved as they struggled to survive in their turbulent world. The book is a compelling and challenging view of our early contact history. Foreword by Henry Reynolds. ISBN/ASIN: 9780702250064. Our Book No: 41146. $30 AUD.

47. Coleman, William; Cornish, Selwyn; Hagger, Alf (2006). Giblin's Platoon: The Trials and Triumph of the Economist in Australian Public Life (Reprint, corrected ed). Canberra: Australian National University E Press (ANU E Press). 263 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, small mark top edge, minimal edgewear. The story of a friendship formed around 1920, of four men who were at the heart of Australian economic thought and policy-making over the next 30 years: L. F. Giblin, J. B. Brigden, D. B. Copland and Roland Wilson. This book comprehends the personal and intellectual dimensions of their lives, as well as depicting them in political and cultural contexts. The authors also write about Jack Lang, John Curtin, S. M. Bruce, R. G. Menzies, and J. B. Chifley, as well as the Bloomsbury group, Joseph Conrad, the Jindyworobaks, and William Dobell. (A printed copy of an e-book.). ISBN/ASIN: 1920942491. Our Book No: 29639. $30 AUD.

48. Combet, Greg; Davis, Mark (with) (2014). The Fights of My Life. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 312 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition, black & white photos centre spread, minimal edgewear, autograph sticker front cover, autograph (author's written name title page). Greg Combet has been at the centre of some of Australia's biggest political battles: the waterfront dispute (Waterside Workers Union), the collapse of an airline (Ansett), compensation for asbestos victims, the campaign against unfair workplace laws, and then climate change. From an isolated childhood on the Minchinbury estate west of Sydney, Combet's world changed dramatically with the early death of his father, a wine-maker. Facing many challenges, he rose to lead the Australian trade union movement and become a senior minister in the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments. Along the way he has struggled with political ideology, the impact of work on his family, and the relentless demands of parliamentary life. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522866179. Our Book No: 16239. $25 AUD.

49. Condon, Matthew (2014). Three Crooked Kings (1st ed). Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 346 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear cover corner tips. The award-winning journalist and novelist, Mathew Condon, relates the shocking true story of how Queensland society was shaped by 50 years of corruption. At its core was Terence Lewis, deposed and jailed former police commissioner, and is based on extensive and unprecedented access to Terry Lewis and his personal papers. From his entry into the force in 1949, Lewis rose through the ranks, becoming part of the so-called Rat Pack with detectives Glendon Patrick Hallahan and Tony Murphy under the guiding influence of Commissioner Frank Bischof. The next four decades make for a searing tale of cops and killings, bagmen and blackmail, and sin and sleaze that exposes a police underworld which operated from Queensland and into New South Wales. Explores the pivotal role that whistleblower Shirley Brifman, prostitute and brothel owner, played until her suspicious sudden death. (First printing.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780702238918. Our Book No: 15822. $20 AUD.

50. Condon, Matthew (2014). Jacks and Jokers (The Extraordinary True Story Continues) (Reprint ed). Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 466 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. An exposure of corruption in the Queensland police and government. "The message was powerfully clear. If you threatened the harmony of the Joke, you didn't last long." Continues on from the bestselling "Three Crooked Kings", this sequel opens in 1976. Terry Lewis, exiled in western Queensland, is soon to be controversially appointed Police Commissioner. As for the other two original crooked kings, Tony Murphy is set to ruthlessly take control of the workings of 'The Joke', while Glen Hallahan, retired from the force, shows a keen interest in the illicit drug trade. Meanwhile, ex-cop and bagman Jack Herbert collects the payments and efficiently takes police graft to a whole new level. The Joke heralds an era of hard drugs, illegal gambling and prostitution, and leave in its wake a string of unsolved murders and a trail of dirty money. With the highest levels of police and government turning a blind eye, the careers of honest police officers and the lives of innocent civilians are threatened and often lost as corruption escalates out of control. Award-winning journalist and novelist Matthew Condon once again exposes the shocking behaviour outside the law by the law. ISBN/ASIN: 9780702249969. Our Book No: 15823. $20 AUD.

51. Cooper, Dani; Union Aid Abroad, APHEDA (2015). Livelihoods and Liberation Struggles: 30 Years of Australian Worker Solidarity Sydney: Union Aid Abroad, APHEDA. 252 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, colour & black & white photos centre spread, minimal edgewear. Dani Cooper relates the story of Union Aid Abroad (a short name for APHEDA, or Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad) is the story of Australian unionists, workers and people struggling against poverty and injustice across the globe. The heroic work of APHEDA continues to inspire new generations of activists, unionists and campaigners for global justice, both in Australia and overseas. The book offers lessons that are both positive and critical, from experiences across many countries and political situations. It does not just celebrate 30 years of achievement, but also conveys the passions, complexities, tragedies and victories of late 20th century politics and social movements. ISBN/ASIN: 9780994326102. Our Book No: 17464. $30 AUD.

52. Costello, Peter; Coleman, Peter (with) (2008). The Costello Memoirs: The Age of Prosperity (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 386 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white photos centre spread, front flyleaf little smudged, minor edgewear. First edition. In a political career spanning more than eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australia's longest serving Treasurer, steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections. The Costello Memoirs charts the victories and defeats in one man's very public life. In collaboration with Peter Coleman. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522855821. Our Book No: 16337. $25 AUD.

53. Costello, Peter; Coleman, Peter (with) (2009). The Costello Memoirs: The Age of Prosperity (Updated ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 402 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. Updated edition. In a political career spanning more than eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australia's longest serving Treasurer, steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections. The Costello Memoirs charts the victories and defeats in one man's very public life. In collaboration with Peter Coleman. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522857047. Our Book No: 16714. $22 AUD.

54. Council, Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations (1938). An Historic Retrospect on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the Founding of Australia. Sydney: N.S.W. Government. Unnum pp. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, colour text-photos, covers scuffed, minimal foxing, spine repaired, minor edgewear. This pamphlet is presented to the school children of New South Wales to celebrate Australia's 150th anniversary. Our Book No: 16432. $14 AUD.

55. Croft, Julian (2014). Out of Print: A Cold War Romance (A Serial in Sixteen Episodes). Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann. 251 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, minor edgewear corners. This novel by Julian Croft is written in sixteen episodes that mimic the serial novels of the 1950s. It captures the zeitgeist of Cold War Australia with its fierce politics and personal lives whose chosen paths have been fractured by the Second World War. Gladys Fawcett, a journalist, and Nick Hawes, an ASIP agent, investigate the fractious world of trade union politics and a plot against the 1954 Royal Visit to Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922186485. Our Book No: 28278. $20 AUD.

56. Daniel, Zoe (2014). Storyteller: A Foreign Correspondent's Memoir. Sydney: ABC Books. 292 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. Zoe Daniel is the ABC-TVs 15th South East Asia Correspondent, and one of only a handful of women to combine one of the most dangerous jobs in the world with one of the most demanding - motherhood. (She recently became a 'teal independent' politician in the Australian Parliament.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780733332319. Our Book No: 18098. $28 AUD.

57. Dargan, James (2003). Claudia: An Authorised Biography of Claudia Leach (1st p/b ed) [Local Studies Monograph]. Sydney, Lane Cove: Lane Cove Library. 157 pp. Paperback small quarto (with flaps), very good plus condition, blue patterned free flyleaves, black & white text-photos, tiny dent front cover, minor edgewear, autograph (written & dated dedication). James Dargan records the special story of a wonderful lady, Claudia Leach, 92 years young. She was a great student, teacher, wife and mother, a Lane Cove Alderman (on Sydney's north shore), a school counsellor, Deputy Mayor and marriage celebrant. Claudia conceived the idea of Community Aid, first introducing it to Lane Cove. The idea then spread across Australia. Claudia was the driving force behind the Lane Cove Plaza. She also helped to mould the social history of Lane Cove. (No 18 in the Local Studies Monographs series at Lane Cove Library.). ISBN/ASIN: 094962215X. Our Book No: 22068. $20 AUD.

58. Davis, Judy (2003). Fear: The Politics of Submission in Australian History [Fourth Annual Manning Clark Lecture]. Canberra: Manning Clark House. 16 pp. Paperback large quarto, fair condition (reading copy), stapled card cover, bottom corners creased covers & some pages. The Fourth Annual Manning Clark Lecture by Judy Davis, the acclaimed Australian actress. In the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks, she provides a passionate defence of multicultural Australia, and deplores the current American-lead War on Terror, and compares it to attacks on foreigners in early colonial Australia. Our Book No: 9999. $10 AUD.

59. Dawkins, Peter (editor); Kelly, Paul (editor) (2003). Hard Heads, Soft Hearts: A New Reform Agenda for Australia. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 224 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, tables, boxes, minor edgewear, top corner front cover & few pages lightly creased. In April 2002, the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (at the University of Melbourne), and 'The Australian' newspaper held a conference about long overdue political, economic and social reform in Australia. This book summarises the results of the conference (rather than just presenting the papers delivered). Includes contributions from a wide range of leading thinkers across academia, politics, public service, business, unions, and community groups. Seeks to bridge the gap between political dialogue and real needs, it addressesunemployment and welfare reform, education and innovation, population policy and family, and aging and retirement. It concludes that, after a generation of market economic reform that has fostered a strong economy, there is a new approach emerging that places more emphasis on the human dimension. Edited by Peter Dawkins and Paul Kelly. ISBN/ASIN: 1741140218. Our Book No: 23227. $12 AUD.

60. Debelle, Penelope (2011). Red Silk: The Life of Elliott Johnstone QC (1st ed). Adelaide, Kent Town: Wakefield Press. 212 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, top of spine slightly bumped, black & white photos. This book is an account of Elliott Johnston, the Adelaide lawyer. It is also an account of a student radical, who even then, would put his belief in freedom of thought and speech above his personal interests. A communist warrior whose ideas and principles were not well understood even by his comrades. The backdrop of to all of this is a fascinating picture of Adelaide life and society, particularly student life in the late 1930s. ISBN/ASIN: 9781862549562. Our Book No: 26901. $30 AUD.

61. Diesendorf, Mark (2007). Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy (Reprint ed). Sydney: UNSW Press. 413 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, minor edgewear. Australian environmental academic and sustainability consultant Mark Diesendorf explains that ecologically sustainable energy technologies based on energy efficiency, renewable energy and natural gas are commercially available today. Their implementation could halve Australia's greenhouse gas emissions within just a few decades. ISBN/ASIN: 9780868409733. Our Book No: 23024. $25 AUD.

62. Dillon, Colin; Gilling, Tom (with) (2016). Code of Silence: How One Honest Police Officer Took on Australia's Most Corrupt Police Force (Reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 232 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition. Colin Dillon is an extraordinary man. He was the first Indigenous policeman in Australia. But that is actually a very small part of his story. He was also the first serving police officer to voluntarily appear before the Fitzgerald Commission of Inquiry in 1987 and give first-hand evidence of police corruption. His evidence was instrumental in eventually sending some police, including Police Commissioner Terry Lewis, and politicians to prison. Revealing, powerful and uncompromising, this is the story of Colin Dillon's nearly 40 years in a police force rotten to the core. It describes the extraordinary range of criminal activities - drugs, gaming, SP bookmaking, brothels, vehicle theft - that were allowed to operate with impunity in return for bribes. It also tells of the high price an honest man and his family paid for his decision to break the code of silence. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760290580. Our Book No: 17002. $18 AUD.

63. Doughney, James (2002). The Poker Machine State: Dilemmas in Ethics, Economics and Governance. Melbourne, Altona: Common Ground. 190 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, figures, tables, minor edgewear. James Doughney interrogates the ethical and political context in which decisions about poker machines are made in Victoria. He refutes claims by the gambling industry and its consultants that poker machines measurably and substantially improve the quality of life of those that play them. He argues for a reflection on the type of economics that should more generally guide the formation of public policy. ISBN/ASIN: 1863355030. Our Book No: 22291. $25 AUD.

64. Duffy, Beverly (2000). Working the System: A Guide for Citizens, Consumers and Communities (Reprint ed). Sydney: Pluto Press / Public Interest Advocacy Centre. 109 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. This handbook is about negotiating your way through the Australian bureaucratic, legal and parliamentary maze. It tells you how to get information, get heard, and get what you want. The drawings add interest. ISBN/ASIN: 1864030267. Our Book No: 26468. $20 AUD.

65. Eames, Jim (1998). Reshaping Australia's Aviation Landscape: The Federal Airports Corporation 1986 - 1998. Sydney, Edgecliff: Focus Publishing. 143 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), text-photos with faint green-tinted background, minor edgewear jacket, minor rubbing corners & spine ends. Jim Eames relates the story of the rise and fall of the Federal Airports Corporation. During its 12 year history, the FAC became one of the world's great airport authorities, before falling victim to the privatisation juggernaut of the 1990s. An entertaining read, as well as an important source for scholars, academics and others seeking a factual account of one of the most dynamic periods of Australia's aviation history. Reveals the facts about pork-barrelling leading to questionable airport developments, the problem of airport noise, and the controversial third runway at Sydney Airport. ISBN/ASIN: 1875359478. Our Book No: 22724. $30 AUD.

66. Earnshaw, Beverley (2000). One Flag, One Hope, One Destiny: Sir Joseph Carruthers and Australian Federation. Sydney, Kogarah: Kogarah Historical Society. 190 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos (including full-page portraits), minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name title page). Beverley Earnshaw reports on Sir Joseph Carruthers, a member of the New South Wales Parliament for 45 years and premier from 1904 to 1907. Many of his reforms are so ingrained in our daily lives that we take them for granted. He was a champion of the Australian worker and an early environmentalist but his most enduring accomplishment was his Federation role (as the chosen successor of Sir Henry Parkes who died before Federation was achieved). ISBN/ASIN: 1876409088. Our Book No: 17246. $25 AUD.

67. Easson, Mary (2017). Keating's and Kelty's Super Legacy: The Birth and Relentless Threats to the Australian System of Superannuation. Redland Bay, QLD: Connor Court Publishing. 380 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear. The Australian business advisor and former Labor politician reveals how the birth pangs of the Australian superannuation system were painful, its delivery uncertain, and how its survival was constantly threatened (thus requiring frequent changes). ISBN/ASIN: 9781925501414. Our Book No: 17375. $20 AUD.

68. Eddy, John (editor); Schreuder, Deryck (editor) (1998). The Rise of Colonial Nationalism: Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa First Assert Their Nationalities, 1880 - 1914. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 258 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, spine lightly faded as common, front flyleaf little toned, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. The Rise of Colonial Nationalism (Allen & Unwin, 1998). This book, edited by two Australian academic historians, explores the first sense of nationalism in the Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and white South African colonies in the late 19th century. It profiles the writings of Richard Jebb, a young imperialist and reformer, who first coined the phrase "colonial nationalism", to reflect that each of the new colonies were gradually developing their own culture as distinct from traditional British culture. ISBN/ASIN: 0043050050. Our Book No: 17984. $30 AUD.

69. Edgar, Don (2001). The Patchwork Nation: Re-thinking Government, Re-building Community. Sydney: HarperCollins. 221 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minimal edgewear, barcode sticker inside rear cover. A vision for the future of Australia as a patchwork nation. Bound by loose ties, this nation would be connected by a government sensitive to diverse regional needs, and by community-building based on a more direct democratic approach. ISBN/ASIN: 0732266106. Our Book No: 22494. $12 AUD.

70. Ellis, Bob; Ramsey, Stephen (with); Spruce, Damien (with) (2013). The Year It All Fell Down. Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 164 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition. In 2011, history was made and the future broken. One of our most incisive and eloquent observers, Bob Ellis has reviewed the occurrences of 2011 and found it to be a year as important as 1848. He and his collaborators refresh and repopulate our memories with enormous events already forgotten, revealing their coherence and resonance. From the Arab Spring to the London riots and Occupy Wall Street, from the Christchurch earthquake and the Fukushima meltdown to the possible discovery of the Higgs God particle, from the shooting of US Senator Gabby Giffords to her vote on the bill that saved America's economy, from Assange fighting extradition to the Murdoch empire on trial, from the last hours of Kim Jong - il and Vaclav Havel to the Breivik massacre in Norway and the executions of Gaddafi and bin Laden - the year 2011 was portentously charged. The shockwaves from these events continue to reverberate through the corridors of power. ISBN/ASIN: 9780670077410. Our Book No: 16363. $30 AUD.

71. Ellis, M. H. (1958). Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures and Times (3rd ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 614 pp. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition, colour portrait frontispiece, endpaper map, minor edgewear, bookplate prelim page, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Third edition (1958). Biography by M. H. Ellis of the Scottish soldier, Lachlan Macquarie, who was the innovative governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. His innovations included the first organized finance and commerce, the first inland exploration and settlement, the first first highways and paved streets, as well as fine architecture and official patronage of the arts and literature. (Originally published in 1947. The black bookplate is for Brian McGrath, showing a man fishing, and is designed by Alison Forbes. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: B001L4I6I2. Our Book No: 18026. $40 AUD.

72. Ellis, M. H. (1958). Lachlan Macquarie: His life, Adventures and Times (3rd revised ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 614 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in fair dustjacket), colour plates including frontispiece, single black & white plate, map, edges little foxed, reverse side jacket lightly foxed (spine faded, flap edges lightly foxed, small edge tears, slight loss top spine, corners chipped, tiny piece missing rear cover corner), pages lightly toned, some edgewear. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Third edition. Biography by M. H. Ellis of the Scottish soldier who was innovative and respected governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. The author has revised the text, correcting some small errors in dates, largely due to misprinting, and in quotations. He also adds a little material which has come to light in the past ten years, clarifying some passages hastily written in the turmoil of the years after the close of the Second World War. He adjusts the account of the rebellion against Governor Bligh, and the evaluation of the proceedings of John M'Arthur to the facts in the M'Arthur family papers and other research material not available when the earlier editions were issued. (All 8 colour plates present. Loosely inserted related printed material and newspaper clippings. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: B001L4I6I2. Our Book No: 30944. $40 AUD.

73. Ellis, M. H. (1978). Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures and Times (5th ed) [Famous Australian Lives]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 614 pp. Paperback small thick octavo, very good plus condition, black & white portrait frontispiece, minimal edgewear, owner's written name. Fifth edition. Biography by M. H. Ellis of the Scottish soldier, Lachlan Macquarie, who was the innovative governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. His innovations included the first organized finance and commerce, the first inland exploration and settlement, the first first highways and paved streets, as well as fine architecture and official patronage of the arts and literature. Paperback reprint of the 5th edition in the Famous Lives series. Originally published in 1947, and revised four times. ISBN/ASIN: 0207137560. Our Book No: 3754. $25 AUD.

74. Ellis, Ulrich (2007). A Pen in Politics. Canberra, Charnwood: Ginninderra Press. 271 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, tiny bump top spine, minor edgewear. The autobiography of Ulrich Ellis: his life in journalism, political activism and public servant (in support of Country Party leaders). Includes snippets on the the history of journalism, the early years and growth of Canberra as the national capital, the Country Party, and his role in the New England New State Movement. On a planned trip to Italy in 1971, he became ill with aphasia, which disturbs the language function of the brain. In the Editor's note, the author explains that he started his memoirs in 1973, taking five years, and his wife and a friend assisted with editing. This book will fascinate anyone interested Australian politics. ISBN/ASIN: 9781740274067. Our Book No: 30178. $30 AUD.

75. Errington, Wayne; Van Onselen, Peter (2007). John Winston Howard: The Biography (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 458 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white photos centre spread, minor edgewear, owner's written name. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. On the eve of the 2007 Australian Federal election, provides the most incisive analysis of the Prime Minister's life and political career yet published. In more than 100 interviews with a wide range of Howard's family and contemporaries, including Malcolm Fraser, Janette Howard, Andrew Peacock, Alexander Downer, Peter Costello - and Howard's latest adversary Kevin Rudd - we see first hand how John Howard approaches life and politics. As Howard faces the greatest fight of his political life, here is unprecedented insight into what makes him the formidable politician who lasted three decades. (Howard lost the election, and later wrote his autobiography. But this remains the definitive critical study.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780522853346. Our Book No: 16541. $30 AUD.

76. Errington, Wayne; Van Onselen, Peter (2015). Battleground: Why the Liberal Party Shirt-fronted Tony Abbott [Battle Ground]. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 234 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition. Tony Abbott came to the Australian prime ministership lauded as the most effective opposition leader since Whitlam. Why then did he fail to succeed in the job to which he had aspired for decades? Frontbenchers leaked about cabinet processes to the media, while backbenchers complained about the lack of access to their leader. Abbott's long apprenticeship in religion, journalism and political life prepared him for neither the mundane business of managing people, nor the commanding heights of national leadership. Public goodwill evaporated after a tough first budget. Inside the Liberal Party, individual ambitions and a succession of poor polls fuelled increasing concern that the next election was unwinnable. Chronicles the paradox of the Abbott prime ministership: steadfast loyalty when pragmatism was required; social values at odds with community attitudes; and stubbornness when tactics and strategy were essential. All would bring him undone. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522869712. Our Book No: 16699. $18 AUD.

77. Errington, Wayne; Van Onselen, Peter (2016). The Turnbull Gamble (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 200 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, light crease in front cover, light sticker mark rear cover, minor edgewear. This book is about the replacement of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot with Malcolm Turnbull. The narrow election victory may have justified the gamble to place him in office. Shows concerns that Malcolm Turnbull has the leadership qualities needed to break the cycle of division and instability of the last decade. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522870732. Our Book No: 40462. $18 AUD.

78. Evans, Raymond; Moore, Clive; Saunders, Kay; Jamison, Bryan (1997). 1901: Our Future's Past: Documenting Australia's Federation. Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 295 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings & photos, pages faintly toned, spine ends little rubbed, minor edgewear jacket. This readable and informative book was commissioned by the National Australia Day Council to look at this crucial time in Australia's history. The authors have examined letters, diaries, speeches, newspapers and journals. There are almost 100 original drawings and photos. ISBN/ASIN: 0732908914. Our Book No: 30078. $25 AUD.

79. Evatt, H. V.; Wran, Neville (foreword) (1979). William Holman: Australian Labour Leader (Abridged ed) [Famous Australian Lives]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 450 pp. Paperback trade, good plus condition, few black & white text-photos & drawings, spine slightly faded as common, minor edgewear. A detailed biography of the Labor Premier of New South Wales, 1913 - 1920, by another noted Labor politician, H. V. Evatt. ISBN/ASIN: 0207140413. Our Book No: 7037. $20 AUD.

80. Farrall, Lois (1992). The File on Fred: A Biography of Fred Farrall. Carrum, VIC: Lois Farrall / High Leigh Publishing. 215 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear & creasing, old price marks. Lois Farrall provides a biography of Fred Farrall (1897 - 1991), a Victorian Labor union official. He served in France during World War 1 (WW1). He later became mayor of Prahran, an inner suburb of Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 0646109812. Our Book No: 17036. $30 AUD.

81. Ferguson, James (2011). John Alexander Ferguson: Preserving Our Past, Inspiring Our Future. Canberra: National Library of Australia (NLA). 236 pp. Paperback octavo (with flaps), very good plus condition, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos, minimal edgewear. John Alexander Ferguson - a noted Sydney barrister - single-handedly compiled the 7-volume Bibliography of Australia. In this biography, his grandson attempts to identify the man behind the scholar, to consider the influences on him, and the motivations that drove his valuable bibliographic work. His large collection of 34,000 Australian books and manuscripts is now housed in the National Library of Australia (NLA). ISBN/ASIN: 9780642277183. Our Book No: 17587. $45 AUD.

82. Fitzgerald, Paul (1998). The Sydney Airport Fiasco: The Politics of an Environmental Nightmare. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger. 250 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, map, minor edgewear. Explains how Sydney Airport got its third runway, said to be Australia's worst single urban planning decision. The decision was not based on safety or effectiveness, or environmental sustainability, but a political decision, with its roots in the deep soil of party political affiliations. ISBN/ASIN: 0868066729. Our Book No: 16742. $20 AUD.

83. FitzGerald, Stephen (2015). Comrade Ambassador: Whitlam's Beijing Envoy. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 272 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. Modern Australia was in part defined by its early embrace of China: a turning from the White Australia Policy of the 1950s to the country's acceptance of Asian immigration and engagement with regional neighbours. It saw the far-sighted establishment of an embassy in Beijing in the 1970s by Gough Whitlam, headed by Stephen FitzGerald. Here, FitzGerald's story as diplomat, China scholar, adviser to Gough Whitlam, first ambassador to China under prime ministers Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, is interwoven with the wider one of this dramatic moment in Australia's history. Comrade Ambassador also highlights the challenge Australia faces in managing itself into an Asian future. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522868685. Our Book No: 17075. $22 AUD.

84. Flannery, Tim (2009). Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia? (Revised ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. 193 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, light crease front cover, light toning edges, minor edgewear. Tim Flannery discusses the idea of sustainability, and asks whether humanity can rise to this challenge. He discusses in detail three potential climate-change solutions, with special reference to Australia. This edition includes nine responses to this book, by leading figures, and the author's reply. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863954297. Our Book No: 40238. $12 AUD.

85. Flint, David; Abbott, Tony (foreword) (2003). The Twilight of the Elites. Melbourne, North Melbourne: Freedom Publishing. 250 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, small paperclip crease & rubber stamp prelim page, minor edgewear. Conservative social and political analysis of Australia by emeritus law professor and chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Authority. A compulsive analysis of Australia's chattering classes, ranging across cultures and centuries, from Marx to Mabo, from Whitlam to Wik, from Foucault to Foreign Correspondent. How the media and legal elites impose their own leftist agendas. Foreword by Tony Abbott. ISBN/ASIN: 0957868251. Our Book No: 23031. $16 AUD.

86. Frankel, David (1991). Remains to be Seen: Archaeological Insights into Australian Prehistory (1st ed). Melbourne: Longman Cheshire. 158 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, good plus condition, black & white photos, maps, diagrams, graphs, tables, faint toning edges, crease top corners two pages, corner tips covers slightly scuffed, bottom corner front cover creased, minor edgewear. David Frankel introduces the many techniques currently used by archaeologists to find answers to the many questions about the unwritten prehistoric past of Australia. Each chapter contains an account of actual sites and investigations as well as enquiry-based exercises to help students to think about the importance of learning to do their own research. The book provides an attractive introduction to the art, craft and science of archaeology. ISBN/ASIN: 0582870402. Our Book No: 30886. $20 AUD.

87. Frappell, Leighton (2003). Lords of the Saltbush Plains: Frontier Squatters and the Pastoral Independence Movement 1856 - 1866. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing (ASP). 227 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white photos & map centre spread, minimal marking front cover & top edge, minor edgewear & rubbing, bookplate. A movement that aimed to establish a new "purely pastoral" colony encompassing the entire western half of New South Wales, driven by great squatters of the Murrumbidgee who were determined not to share their land. By academic historian, Macquarie University. (Bookplate of publisher and book collector Victor Crittenden.). ISBN/ASIN: 1740970233. Our Book No: 17288. $60 AUD.

88. Freudenberg, Graham (2005). A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir. Brisbane, Milton: John Wiley & Sons. 307 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, endpaper drawings, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name title page), owner's written name. This memoir by Graham Freudenberg follows a journey from deeply conservative beginnings through a lifelong career at the highest level of Australian Labor politics as speechwriter to Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke, ans NSW premiers Neville Wran, Barrie Unsworth and Bob Carr. This book captures the drama of Australian politics from the inside. ISBN/ASIN: 1740311051. Our Book No: 25760. $35 AUD.

89. Galbally, Ann (1995). Redmond Barry: An Anglo-Irish Australian (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 228 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, two colour photos, family tree, map, minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear jacket, bookplate, small sticker taped to spine. Biography of Redmond Barry, the Anglo-Irish colonial judge in Victoria, who strongly supported libraries and universities. This important biography tells the challenging complexities and large scale of his life, both public and private. Ann Galbally tackles the full gamut of his interests, achievements, strengths, weaknesses, and concludes that he was not replacable. The story is told boldly and well. (Bookplate from library of Frank McDonald on front free flyleaf.). ISBN/ASIN: 0522845169. Our Book No: 41185. $35 AUD.

90. Gallop, Geoff; Blair, Tony (foreword) (1998). A State of Reform: Essays for a Better Future (1st ed). Perth, Wembley: Helm Wood Publishers. 124 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, tables, top corner rear cover little creased. Geoff Gallop, the Labor Opposition Leader (and later Premier) of Western Australia outlines a new vision for his state that is inclusive and democratic. He proposes ways and means by which the power of government can be used to promote social, economic and environmental improvement whilst at the same time subject to a range of checks and balances that protect our rights and interests. First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0646337300. Our Book No: 28395. $18 AUD.

91. Gapps, Stephen (2018). The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the Early Colony 1788 - 1817 (1st ed). Sydney: NewSouth Publishing. 319 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Steven Gapps provides the first detailed account of the warfare that occurred across the Sydney region from the arrival of a British expedition in 1788 to the last recorded conflict in the area in 1817. The book puts new light on how British and Aboriginal forces developed military tactics and how the violence played out. He shows that white settlers often lived in fear, whereas Aboriginal people fought back as their land and resources were taken away. The violent conflicts formed part of a long period of colonial strategic efforts to secure the Sydney basin and, in time, the rest of the continent. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742232140. Our Book No: 41087. $35 AUD.

92. Garnaut, Ross (2013). Dog Days: Australia After the Boom. Melbourne, Collingwood: Redback Books. 293 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, crease front cover, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. Ross Garnaut reports on the future of Australian society and economy by a leading adviser to government and business. Both a forecast and analysis, it heralds a new era for Australia after the boom. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863956222. Our Book No: 27866. $13 AUD.

93. Garner, Helen (2014). This House of Grief (1st ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 300 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom corner front cover creased, minor creases in rear cover & last two pages, minor edgewear. True story about A Victorian court case about the three young boys who drowned when the car their father was driving went off the road and plunged into a dam. Describes the theatre of the court in an extraordinary account of the quest for justice. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922079206. Our Book No: 29307. $15 AUD.

94. Geering, R. G. (editor); Segerberg, A. (editor) (1994). Christina Stead: Selected Fiction and Nonfiction [UQP Australian Authors]. Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 281 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom corners covers little creased, front cover little creased, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, faint remainder mark bottom edge. This cross-section of Christina Stead's work, both published and unpublished, displays the range of her writing as well as her political and social views. Material not available before in book form includes extracts from interviews, and the draft of a rare public talk on "The Uses of the Many-charactered Novel”. ISBN/ASIN: 0702225207. Our Book No: 30100. $10 AUD.

95. Giese, Diana (2009). A Better Place To Live: Making the Top End a New Kind of Community. Perth, Claremont / Adelaide: Freshwater Bay Press / Seaview Press. 117 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good plus condition, black & white photos, minimal edgewear. This book by Diana Giese is about the Giese family arriving in Darwin in 1954. Darwin was an outpost, ruined by bombing raids during WW2, in a country that was itself searching for a role in the post-war world. In this portrayal of her family's involvement in the process of reconstruction that led eventually to self-government, the author - daughter of Harry and Nancy, both post-war pioneers - shows how the people of the Top End, of many different backgrounds, created a new kind of community. Assisted by a Northern Territory Archives Service History Grant. Lengthy discussion of indigenous communities. ISBN/ASIN: 9781740085212. Our Book No: 26532. $40 AUD.

96. Gilpin, Alan (1990). An Australian Dictionary of Environment and Planning. Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP). 271 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), figures, tables, sketches, minor edgewear jacket (front flap creased), owner's written names. Alan Gilpin has compiled a comprehensive Australian dictionary embracing the whole range of environmental and planning issues, many of them controversial, that have emerged in Australia in recent years. It will be useful for environmental planners, consultants, lecturers, and all those who participate in planning and development assessment process, and public debate. ISBN/ASIN: 019554806X. Our Book No: 22428. $25 AUD.

97. Gleeson, Michael; Allan, Toni; Wilkins, Michael (1992). An Act of Corruption? Nick Greiner's Years in Power and his Unorthodox Demise. Sydney: ABC Books. 234 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear. Michael Gleeson and colleagues describe how the Terry Metherell affair cost Nick Greiner his job in 1992 as Liberal Premier of New South Wales (NSW). ISBN/ASIN: 0733302637. Our Book No: 14282. $18 AUD.

98. Glow, Hilary (2007). Power Plays: Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda. Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Currency Press. 207 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. Hilary Glow investigates the why and the how of some of Australia's most successful mainstream playwrights. These writers explore the cultural, political and economic life of Australia, and they write to influence public debate. ISBN/ASIN: 9780868198156. Our Book No: 24777. $12 AUD.

99. Golding, Peter (1996). Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator [John McEwan]. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 374 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, minimal edgewear jacket. Peter Golding has used research, including interviews McEwen's family and colleagues, to produce this book about John McEwen's life and the dominant political issues of his career. This book offers an unprecedented insight into the life of this great Australian politician and leader of the Country Party, a longtime coalition partner of the Liberal Party. ISBN/ASIN: 0522847188. Our Book No: 26380. $50 AUD.

100. Goldsmith, Marlene (1996). Political Incorrectness (1st ed). Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. 243 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, light foxing top edge, covers lightly scratched, few tiny creases covers. This collection of articles covers a range of political taboos discussed by the author, who is a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. ISBN/ASIN: 0733602665. Our Book No: 24398. $14 AUD.

101. Graham, Trevor (1999). Mabo: Life of an Island Man (1st ed). Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Currency Press. 151 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, few tiny stains top edge & last few pages & rear cover, minimal edgewear. This inspiring play is about Eddie Koiki Mabo and his 10-year battle with Australia and its legal system. The original screenplay and the post-production script are published together. The author describes the practical and ethical dilemmas he faced in his journey between the two. A fascinating insight into the making of one of the most successful Australian documentaries of all time. ISBN/ASIN: 0868195804. Our Book No: 29960. $20 AUD.

102. Grassby, Al; Hill, Marji (1988). Six Australian Battlefields: A Controversial Look at Australia's Bloody Past: The Black Resistance to Invasion and the White Struggle against Colonial Oppression (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 324 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, maps, minor edgewear jacket (front cover & flap creased), faint toning pages, top corner tip clipped front free flyleaf. Six Australian Battlefields, by All Grassby and Marji Hill (Angus & Robertson, 1988). This book gives a new view on the history of Australia. It begins not 200 but over 50,000 years ago with a vivid outline of the story of the Black nations who discovered and successfully colonised the continent. Detail is given about their fight against invasion of their lands that began in 1788. The authors speak for those who were defeated in battle and for those who believe that justice is worth fighting for. ISBN/ASIN: 020715595X. Our Book No: 30885. $35 AUD.

103. Green, Michael (2021). Sons of Grace: A Story of a Mother's Love for Her Sons and the Perils and Politics in the 1940s and 1950s. Sydney, Newtown: Green Hill Publishing. 408 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few light creases rear cover, minor edgewear. This is an Australian novel by Michael Green about a family, first in a country mining village, then later in the city (Sydney) in the 1940s and 1950s. It focuses on the love between mother, father, son and wife, especially after the father is killed in a mining accident. It highlights the futility of words to reform political corruption. (No date, but 2021, Trove.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781922722843. Our Book No: 41151. $30 AUD.

104. Greenland, Hall (1998). Red Hot: The Life and Times of Nick Origlass 1908 - 1996. Sydney, Neutral Bay: Wellington Lane Press. 324 pp. Paperback octavo (card covers with flaps), very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, minor crease front cover, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). This is the story of Nick Origlass, who for more than 50 years, from the 1940s to the 1990s, was the elected champion of Balmain's workers and citizens. The author recreates the world of radical and Trotskyist Balmain, in Sydney's inner west, and uncovers the secrets and contradictions in the life of Balmain's enduring revolutionary local politician. ISBN/ASIN: 090802214X. Our Book No: 26195. $35 AUD.

105. Griffiths, Max (1992). The Hungry Heart. Sydney, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. 176 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white maps, colour photos, some edgewear. A compelling account by Max Griffiths of the difficult life in Australian Aboriginal communities - some of the most scattered and isolated on earth. The author worked for the Australian Inland Mission from 1964 to 1985, and was Superintendent for the last 11 years. ISBN/ASIN: 0864174861. Our Book No: 20708. $15 AUD.

106. Griffiths, Max (1995). Aboriginal Affairs: A Short History (1788 - 1995). Sydney, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. 328 pp. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, inside covers & pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. Aboriginal affairs has had a meteoric rise to the top of the Australian political agenda. Max Griffiths places the current debates into comprehensive historical perspective from the First Fleet to Mabo, during which government policy moved from protection to assimilation, and then to self-determination. Includes policies of the governors and the British Parliament, conflict with pastoralists, missions, welfare legislation in the 1930s, formal recognition of Aborigines in 1948 via the Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1967 referendum, land rights, the Whitlam and Fraser advances, the black bureaucracy, and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. ISBN/ASIN: 0864177291. Our Book No: 11915. $16 AUD.

107. Gurr, Michael (2006). Days Like These. Melbourne, Carlton: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 284 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom corner tip front cover lightly creased, minor edgewear, faint remainder stripe. The author, a playwright and activist, gives his personal account of a writer's evolution against the backdrop of the changing Australian nation, and his role as speechwriter for the Victorian Labor Party campaign on brought Steve Bracks to power. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 0522852823. Our Book No: 22299. $10 AUD.

108. Guthrie, Bruce (2010). Man Bites Murdoch: Four Decades in Print, Six Day in Court. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 354 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), colour & black & white photos spread (one page little creased during manufacture), corner cloth cover little bumped. A blow-by-blow account of almost 40 years in the news business - from his dismissal from Australia's biggest selling paper (Melbourne's Herald-Sun), through the celebrated court case that exposed the inner workings of the world's biggest media company (News Limited). An expose on the interlinked backrooms of Australian media, politics and business. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522858167. Our Book No: 14888. $20 AUD.

109. Hamilton, Clive; Downie, Christian (research assistance) (2007). Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change. Melbourne: Black Inc. Agenda. 266 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear corners, autograph (author's written name). Clive Hamilton exposes the shadow world of lobbyists and skeptics, spin and hidden agendas, deceitful government and compliant media. The definitive account of the politics of global warming in Australia. By Australian academic and executive director of the Australia Institute. ISBN/ASIN: 9780977594900. Our Book No: 15948. $25 AUD.

110. Hamilton, Clive (editor); Maddison, Sarah (editor) (2007). Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 279 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. These essays, edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison, uncover the frightening tactics used by the conservative Howard Government to undermine public debate in Australia, silence whistleblowers, and to demand silence from funded agencies and NGOs - all of which undermine Australia's hard-fought democracy. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741751017. Our Book No: 16231. $15 AUD.

111. Hamilton, Hugh; Thomas, Pete (1971). They Dig Queensland: Development, Who For? (Reprint (revised) ed). Brisbane: Building Worker's Industrial Union, Queensland Branch. 64 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover, black & white text-photos, staples rusted, faint foxing covers, spine faintly faded, minor edgewear. This pamphlet critically examines the character and purpose of Queensland development. Based on a fact-finding tour by a union concerned that the foreign owners of mines are ripping off the Queensland government regarding royalties and other matters. Our Book No: 21042. $10 AUD.

112. Hamilton, R. S. (editor) (2011). Waltzing Matilda and the Sunshine Harvester Factory: The Early History of the Arbitration Court, the Australian Minimum Wage, Working Hours and Paid Leave. [Melbourne]: Fair Work Australia. 233 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, two colour illustrations, few sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos, tables, top spine lightly scuffed, minor edgewear, erratum sticker inside front cover. These essays, edited by R. S. Hamilton, report on the establishment and development of Australia's unique industrial relations system. It starts with the story of the Arbitration Court - the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration - why it was established, what it did, and the influence it had on Australia's social, economic and political history. Australia's national workplace relations tribunal was first established with the passage of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904. Since that time the institution has evolved in line with substantial legislative, social and economic changes, the most recent development being the passage of the Fair Work act 2009 and the subsequent establishment of Fair Work Australia. Written for use as an educational resource for schools and anyone interested in Australian history. (Erratum sticker: Correction to Maternity Leave Case.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780646548814. Our Book No: 27401. $35 AUD.

113. Harris, Stewart (1979). It's Coming Yet - An Aboriginal Treaty within Australia between Australians. Canberra: Aboriginal Treaty Committee. 87 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black card cover, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. Stuart Harris of the Aboriginal Treaty Committee describes how they want to set up a treaty with the Australian Government to look after Aboriginal interests. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959521704. Our Book No: 20275. $15 AUD.

114. Hartcher, Peter (2009). To The Bitter End: The Dramatic Story behind the Fall of John Howard and the rise of Kevin Rudd. Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 280 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, small mark bottom edge, pages faintly toned, tiny tear fore-edge & bump fore-edge, minor edgewear. Australian journalist provides a much-needed look at the fall of Prime Minister John Howard and the rise of Kevin Rudd on 24 November 2007. A revealing look into what happened in the back rooms of the ACTU, the closed doors of the Liberal Party, and examines the campaign war room of the Labor Party. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741756234. Our Book No: 30490. $15 AUD.

115. Hartcher, Peter (2011). The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck - and Could Now Throw It All Away (1st ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. 289 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. Does Australia now have the best living conditions in the world? Is our country both fair and free? Are we the only developed nation to have avoided a recession in the past 20 years? Takes readers on a vastly entertaining and thought-provoking tour through Australian politics and history. Shows how a convict colony could have become a banana republic but didn't, how Australia came through the global financial crisis - it wasn't just the mining boom. How we could now throw our success away if we don't recognise our strengths and demand true leadership of our politicians. Australia's prosperity was not built on dumb luck. In a time when the authoritarian success story of China is strong, Australia offers a better model: a democratic success story. Is it perfect? Of course not. But on some of the most important and apparently intractable problems of the modern world, Australia, believe it or not, is as good as it gets. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863954976. Our Book No: 15760. $12 AUD.

116. Hartcher, Peter (2013). The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck - and Could Now Throw It All Away (2nd or revised ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. 289 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minimal edgewear. Revised edition. Does Australia now have the best living conditions in the world? Is our country both fair and free? Are we the only developed nation to have avoided a recession in the past 20 years? Takes readers on a vastly entertaining and thought-provoking tour through Australian politics and history. Shows how a convict colony could have become a banana republic but didn't, how Australia came through the global financial crisis - it wasn't just the mining boom. How we could now throw our success away if we don't recognise our strengths and demand true leadership of our politicians. Australia's prosperity was not built on dumb luck. In a time when the authoritarian success story of China is strong, Australia offers a better model: a democratic success story. Is it perfect? Of course not. But on some of the most important and apparently intractable problems of the modern world, Australia, believe it or not, is as good as it gets. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863956383. Our Book No: 17950. $15 AUD.

117. Hasluck, Paul (1988). Shades of Darkness: Aboriginal Affairs, 1925 - 1965. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 154 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, edges inside covers little toned, minor edgewear, owner's name in biro front free flyleaf. Paul Hasluck, as Minister for Territories from 1951 to 1963, played a large part in improving administration in the Northern Territory and in co-ordinating Australia-wide measures for the benefit of Aborigines. His book corrects some of the misunderstanding about the policy of assimilation which was adopted officially in the 1930s and applied by all Australian governments until the late 1960s. The author has had long personal experience interacting with Aboriginal communities. ISBN/ASIN: 052284362X. Our Book No: 41220. $50 AUD.

118. Hawkins, Freda (1989). Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared (1st Australian ed). Sydney, Kensington: New South Wales University Press. 368 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. Freda Hawkins provides a comparative overview of the evolution of immigration policy in Canada and Australia. She focuses on 1972 to 1984, when both countries made major changes in immigration policy, law, and management, including the introduction of multiculturalism. ISBN/ASIN: 0868402273. Our Book No: 13103. $35 AUD.

119. Heiss, Anita (editor); Minter, Peter (editor) (2008). Macquarie Pen Anthology of Aboriginal Literature (1st ed). Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 260 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, light crease rear cover, minimal edgewear. This book is a collection of work from some of the great Australian Aboriginal writers. The work covers over 200 years of Aboriginal history, culture and life. The editors have selected work that represents the range and depth of Aboriginal writing in English. The anthology includes journalism, petitions and political letters from both the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as major works that reflect the start of Aboriginal poetry, prose and drama from the mid-20th century onwards. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741754384. Our Book No: 30704. $30 AUD.

120. Henderson, Anne (2008). Enid Lyons: Leading Lady to a Nation (1st ed). Melbourne, North Melbourne: Pluto Press. 356 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, spine little creased, tiny dent front cover, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written & dated dedication title page). Anne Henderson tells the story of an amazing woman. Dame Enid Lyons was the mother of twelve, Prime Minister's wife, first woman member of the House of Representatives and the first woman in a Federal cabinet, radio broadcaster, newspaper columnist, and author of three books. The author also looks at the first half of the 20th century and what politics was like back then. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980292497. Our Book No: 27384. $25 AUD.

121. Henderson, Heather (2013). A Smile for My Parents (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 227 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), sepia (brown-tinted) & colour photos, single cartoon, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear jacket. A very special memoir that is a rare and surprising look into the lives of Dame Pattie and Sir Robert Menzies and their family and friends. Written with warmth, love and humour by their only daughter, Heather. ISBN/ASIN: 9781743315705. Our Book No: 27931. $15 AUD.

122. Hewett, Dorothy (1990). Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923 - 1958. Melbourne: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books. 278 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). Autobiographical account of the first 35 years of the life of one of Australia's more famous playwrights and poets. The author has combined the passions of her life with her power as a writer to create this classic sketch of people, place and political history. ISBN/ASIN: 086914197X. Our Book No: 17332. $20 AUD.

123. Hewett, Dorothy (2012). Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923 - 1958. Perth, Crawley: UWA Publishing. 394 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, black & white photos, minimal edgewear, copy 2. Reissued in 2012 (originally published in 1990). An autobiographical account of the first 35 years of the life of one of Australia's most famous playwrights and poets. The author has combined the passions of her life with her power as a writer to create this classic sketch of people, place and political history. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742583952. Our Book No: 26660A. $20 AUD.

124. Hill, David (2022). Reckoning: The Forgotten Children and Their Quest for Justice (1st ed). Sydney, North Sydney: William Heinemann. 343 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, top corner tip rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. In 1959, David Hill's mother - a poor single parent living in England - reluctantly sent her sons to Fairbridge Farm School near Molong in New South Wales. She was told they would have a better education. From 1938 to 1974, thousands of parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children to Fairbridge to solve the problem of child poverty in Britain, at the same time populating the colony. This book relates their stories from the bizarre luxury of the voyage out to Australia, to the harsh reality of their daily lives in the school, and the struggles after they left. Both a tribute to the children who were betrayed by an ideal that went wrong, and a compelling account of an extraordinary episode in British-Australian history. This book follows on from 'The Forgotten Children’, the story of how David Hill and the other Forgotten Children took on the institutions that tried to break them - and won. (The author was a former managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.) ISBN/ASIN: 9781761045523. Our Book No: 31080. $32 AUD.

125. Hirst, John (2000). The Sentimental Nation: The Making of the Australian Commonwealth (1st ed). Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP). 388 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings & text-photos, glossy paper, minor edgewear, owner's written name. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. John Hirst provides a comprehensive history of the attainment of Federation in Australia. The author isone of Australia's leading historians. A major contribution to the centenary celebrations in 2001. ISBN/ASIN: 0195506200. Our Book No: 15404. $40 AUD.

126. Hirst, John (2002). Australia's Democracy: A Short History (1st p/b ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin 360 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, few drawings, graphs, spine ends little rubbed, white background covers little marked, top corner tip front cover little creased, minor edgewear. John Hirst, a leading Australian historian at Latrobe University, describes how Australians have created a unique form of democracy. He traces the growth of democratic rights and freedoms from convict times to the present, such as the transition from racism to concern that everyone's human rights should be respected. He examines noted Australian innovations such as the secret ballot, the basic wage, and the practice of democratic manners. Also examines such democratic oddities as compulsory voting, the lack of universal welfare, private schools, and loyalty to the British monarch. ISBN/ASIN: 1865088455. Our Book No: 31047. $30 AUD.

127. Hogarth, Murray (2007). The 3rd Degree: Frontline in Australia's Climate War [Now Australia Series]. Melbourne: Pluto Press. 106 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom corner tips faintly creased several rear pages, minor edgewear. Murray Hogarth sees climate change as Australia's greatest challenge - and opportunity. He goes inside big business, the government, the media and the environment movement and examines what measures have been taken so far. Hogarth was a journalist (former environment editor, Sydney Morning Herald) and now eco consultant. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980292411. Our Book No: 22628. $12 AUD.

128. Horne, Donald (1997). The Avenue of the Fair Go: A Group Tour of Australian Political Thought. Sydney: HarperCollins. 278 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white drawing, pages lightly toned, spine little creased (binding error), some edgewear. Donald Horne, the noted historian and intellectual, has produced the widest, most irreverent, and most accessible range of Australian political ideas - set in their worldwide context, ever brought together in an Australian book. This humorous book is both a comedy of ideas and a comedy of manners. Australian political thought as a theme park - the chamber of racist horrors, garden of mateship, memorial for lost optimism, etc. ISBN/ASIN: 0732258677. Our Book No: 30654. $20 AUD.

129. Horner, David (1996). Inside the War Cabinet: Directing Australia's War Effort 1939-45. Sydney: Allen & Unwin / Australian Archives. 283 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket, rear dustjacket little rubbed, small part on black front board slightly rubbed. This book describes the inner workings of the War Cabinet and the Advisory War Council, and how they shaped Australia’s experience in the Second World War. The book gives a fascinating look at the work of some of the figures of Australian public life. The book describes decision-making at a time of maximum peril by using a series of detailed ‘snapshots’ of the unfolding war. From the authors acknowledgements page: This book grew out of desire of the Australian Archives to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and to draw attention to some of its resources, particularly the handwritten notebooks of the War Cabinet secretaries. ISBN/ASIN: 1863739688. Our Book No: 41211. $60 AUD.

130. Howard, John (2011). Lazarus Rising: A Personal and Political Autobiography (Revised, reprint ed). Sydney, Pymble: HarperCollins. 728 pp. Paperback very thick octavo, very good plus condition, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. John Howard reveals his personal and political journey from his childhood in the post-war era, school debating team, legal career, to joining the Liberal Party, and finally becoming the second longest serving Prime Minister of Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 9780732289966. Our Book No: 17575. $30 AUD.

131. Howe, Brian (2007). Weighing up Australian Values: Balancing Transitions and Risks to Work and Family in Modern Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press). 207 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Brian Howe, the former Labor Deputy Prime Minister explains why so many Australians feel a greater sense of risk, and suggests some positive and innovative new directions in social policy designed to anticipate and help people address risk. He emphasises the importance of time sovereignty - that is, the capacity of people to bank time so that they can vary their work commitments in the light of caring responsibilities, their need for further education and training, or because they may be carrying more community leadership responsibility. ISBN/ASIN: 9780868408859. Our Book No: 25102. $18 AUD.

132. Hoyle, Arthur (2001). The Life of John Hunter, Navigator, Governor, Admiral (1st ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 189 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket (as issued), very good plus condition, pictorial cover, few colour reproductions (includes frontispiece portrait), maps at rear. Arthur Hoyle provides the first biography of Admiral John Hunter who was the second Governor of New South Wales, and who came with the First Fleet in 1788 as second Captain of HMS Sirius. He was the Governor for five years. He battled shortages of food, almost mutinous NSW Corps and a population of convicts. The minister in distant London failed to understand his difficulties. He was later recalled to London in semi-disgrace, but was vindicated a year later when his successors failed also, and his recommendations were finally acted upon. He had an interesting life in the Royal Navy over a period of 68 years, where he rose from the position of Captain's Servant to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Red. (Loosely inserted: Invitation, on Mulini Press letterhead, to book launch by Bishop Tom Frame.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910880. Our Book No: 29724. $45 AUD.

133. Humphreys, L. R. (Ross) (2000). Wadham: Scientist for Land and People. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 225 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white photos, old price marks. Samuel Wadham arrived from England in 1926 as Professor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. As man who ignored the heat, dust and flies, to talk to farmers in remote districts, Wadham defied the accepted image of a university educator. He analysed rural problems with rigour. Through government bodies he shaped soldier settlement, and endorsed the Snowy Mountains Scheme. His popular weekly talks on ABC radio stressed the importance of agricultural health. Humphreys skilfully documents Wadham's concerns and interests and - through access to the Wadham family papers - also reveals the complexities of his character and his family life. ISBN/ASIN: 0522849342. Our Book No: 14108. $25 AUD.

134. Irving, Terry; Cahill, Rowan (2010). Radical Sydney: Places, Portraits and Unruly Episodes. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press). 368 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tables, black & white text-photos, maps, corner tip creased one page, minor edgewear. Terry Irving and Rowan Cahill relate the history of the Sydney that is more than a place on a map, but also a product of the radical imagination, which interleaves with left-wing Labor politics. The book ranges from the convict era through to the recent past. The authors give a look at the lives and stories that have been marginalised or ignored in mainstream accounts of the city. The many photos bring the book to life. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742230931. Our Book No: 29762. $30 AUD.

135. Isaacs, Mark (2017). The Undesirables Inside Nauru (1st this revised ed). Melbourne, Richmond: Hardie Grant Books. 344 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. The author went to work inside the Nauru Detention Centre in 2012. As a Salvation Army employee, he provided humanitarian aid to the men interned in the camp. This book tells about his time on Nauru, detailing daily life and the stories of the men held there, the self-harm, suicide attempts, and riots, the rare moments of joy, the moments of deep despair. This revised edition reveals the human rights abuses discovered by his father in 2014. ISBN/ASIN: 9781743793121. Our Book No: 29706. $18 AUD.

136. Ivison, Duncan (2002). Postcolonial Liberalism (1st ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 214 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, old price marks. Duncan Ivison presents a compelling account of the challenges to liberal political theory by claims to cultural and political autonomy and land rights made by indigenous peoples today. Written in Australia, this book has a focus on Australian Aborigines. Public debate between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples has been often mired in mutual recrimination and misunderstanding. This experience is not unique to Australia. Attempts to present a larger picture within which to consider these questions, beyond the technicalities of legal doctrine and the bureaucratic imperatives of public policy. What is distinctive about this book is the middle way it charts between separatism, on the one hand, and assimilation, on the other. These two options present a false dichotomy as to what might constitute a genuinely postcolonial liberal society. ISBN/ASIN: 0521527511. Our Book No: 30432. $30 AUD.

137. Jericho, Greg (2012). The Rise of the Fifth Estate: Social Media and Blogging in Australian Politics. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 313 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Greg Jericho provides the first book to examine social media (particularly Twitter) as a new force in covering Australian politics. Reveals who makes up the Australian political blogosphere, and tackles how journalists and federal politicians use social media and digital news, the motivations of bloggers and tweeters, and the eruption of Twitter wars. The mainstream media's reaction to all this tends to be defensive and dismissive. As Jericho found to his own cost when he was outed by The Australian as the anonymous media critic and blogger Grog's Gamut. Journalists welcome Twitter as a work tool but they have to deal with vitriolic online comments. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921844935. Our Book No: 17818. $15 AUD.

138. Keane, Bernard; Razer, Helen (2014). A Short History of Stupid: The Decline of Reason and Why Public Debate Makes Us Want to Scream. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 330 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. The authors discuss, in a humorous manner, the many ways that public debate and lack of commonsense in media, politics and society can become frustrating. Bernard Keane is the correspondent and politics editor in Canberra for Crikey, and Helen Razer (also a Crikey contributor) has elaborated upon her already published thoughts on the impotence of the current Australian public debate. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760110543. Our Book No: 40279. $15 AUD.

139. Keating, Pat (1994). Worlds Apart: Life on an Aboriginal Mission. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger. 160 pp. Paperback large trade, dustjacket, good plus condition, flexible cover, few black & white text-photos, front flyleaf removed, minor edgewear. Pat Keating and her teacher husband Neil were sent to a two-teacher school at a Government Aboriginal Reserve several miles outside a western NSW town (named anonymously as Yarrawinna) in 1962. She entered into a world apart. She and her husband chose to live on the mission in the dilapidated teacher's house rather than live in town, much to the surprise of the local white population. She describes in great detail the shame of poverty, prejudice and official neglect. ISBN/ASIN: 0868065161. Our Book No: 3876. $40 AUD.

140. Kelly, Paul (2014). Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation (Revised ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 560 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Drawing on more than 60 interviews with all the major players, a senior journalist from "The Australian" provides an inside account of the hopes, achievements and bitter failures of the Labor Government from 2007 to 2013. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard came together to defeat John Howard, formed a brilliant partnership and raised the hopes of the nation. Yet they fell into tension and then hostility. The full story of Julia Gillard's tragedy as our first female prime minister - her character, Rudd's destabilisation, the carbon tax saga, and how Gillard was finally pulled down on the eve of the 2013 election by Tony Abbott. Also about the rise of Tony Abbott, and his success in defeating Rudd in 2013. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522867817. Our Book No: 17878. $25 AUD.

141. King, Madonna (2014). Hockey: Not Your Average Joe. Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 322 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition, black & white & colour photos. There is a lot more to the Australian Treasurer than meets the eye. After embarking on his political career as a student, Hockey worked tirelessly to rise through the ranks of the Liberal Party, learning pivotal lessons along the way and earning himself one of the nation's toughest jobs. Having held a raft of senior ministerial positions in the Howard government, he presides over some of the most controversial financial decisions of the decade. But what about the man behind the politician? Drawing on hundreds of interviews, as well as full access to Joe Hockey, his family and friends, Madonna King's biography explores the influences that have shaped his life, and provides an exclusive and unparalleled insight. ISBN/ASIN: 9780702250149. Our Book No: 16471. $20 AUD.

142. Krygier, Martin (2005). Civil Passions: Selected Writings. Melbourne: Black Inc. 302 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, corner rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. This very readable collection of essays looks at Australian civil society from many unexpected angles. The author, Martin Krygier, is Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). ISBN/ASIN: 0975076981. Our Book No: 22251. $20 AUD.

143. La Nauze, J. A. (editor); Nurser, Elizabeth (editor) (1974). Walter Murdoch and Alfred Deakin on Books and Men: Letters and Comments 1900 - 1918. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 108 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece portraits, top edge foxed, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear jacket, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. This book contributes to the biographies of two notable men who are remembered in Australian political history (Prime Minister Alfred Deakin) and cultural history (Walter Murdoch), It consists of letters exchanged between them that recall the literary atmosphere of Edwardian Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 0522840566. Our Book No: 26930. $20 AUD.

144. Lagan, Bernard (2005). Loner: Inside a Labor Tragedy (Reprint ed) [Mark Latham]. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 246 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. The tragic rise and fall of Mark Latham, the talented former leader of the Australian Labor Party. ISBN/ASIN: 1741145155. Our Book No: 24197. $15 AUD.

145. Latham, Mark (2005). The Latham Diaries. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 429 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This book was published within 12 months of Mark Latham's resignation as Opposition Leader and ALP politician. The diaries are honest bulletins from the front line of labor politics. They give a pungent and unique view into the life of a man, the party and the nation at a crucial time in Australian history. ISBN/ASIN: 0522852157. Our Book No: 26072. $30 AUD.

146. Latham, Mark (2014). The Political Bubble: Why Australians Don't Trust Politics. Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 291 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Mark Latham joined the Labor Party in the late 1970s hoping to improve people's lives through parliamentary service. But 25 years later, the then Opposition Leader ended up disillusioned, as pithily reported in 'The Latham Diaries', which ensured he had burned his political bridges, Latham is free to explore how parliamentary democracy has lost touch with the people it's supposed to represent. As with most institutions at risk, politics has become more tribal, with left- and right-wing fanatics dominating formerly robust, mainstream parties. After the disappointment of the Rudd/Gillard years, Tony Abbott promised to restore trust in Australian politics but, as with most of his promises, it was dispensable. Contains a lengthy report on the unsupported conservative newspaper smear campaign against Julia Gillard as Prime Minister. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742614076. Our Book No: 18131. $20 AUD.

147. Lawrence, Carmen (2006). Fear and Politics [Scribe Short Books]. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 136 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, covers creased, pencil annotations, autograph (prominent person written name). Dr Carmen Lawrence (academic psychologist and former Labor premier, Western Australia, and Federal minister) argues that fear has been a crucial factor in shaping Australian public policy in recent years, and in Fear and Politics she charts its consequences on the Australian body politic. She discusses how xenophobia has shaped policies toward refugees, indigenous Australians, and Islamic fundamentalists, and examines the effects of being constantly warned about the risk of terrorism. She also looks at the sustained campaigns on law and order, and the exaggerated anxieties people now have of the risks of assault, murder, child abuse, and robbery. Dr Lawrence argues that fear can never provide a foundation of moral and political argument, and that the necessary antidote to the toxin of fear is a wholehearted embrace of the principles of freedom, equality, and co-operation. (Autograph of Geoff Gallop, former premier of Western Australia, plus his extensive pencil annotations to the text.). ISBN/ASIN: 1920769870. Our Book No: 16633. $15 AUD.

148. Legal Service, Aboriginal (1995). Telling our Story: A Report by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc) on the Removal of Aboriginal Children from their Families in Western Australia. Perth: Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia. 247 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Our Book No: 13512. $25 AUD.

149. Lewer, John (2015). Not Charted on Ordinary Maps: The Newcastle Steelworks Closure (1st ed). Melbourne, North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 305 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, corner tips rear cover little scuffed, minor edgewear. This book focuses on industrial relations at the Works. This investigative study shows the complex struggles and challenges leading up to the closure announcement and then the final day in September 1999. The story is about workers and their unions, managers and their decisions, and Newcastle, which was intertwined in the largest deindustrialisation event in Australia's economic and social history. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925003437. Our Book No: 29938. $40 AUD.

150. Lindqvist, Sven; Death, Sarah (translator) (2007). Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One's Land (1st ed). London: Granta. 248 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, maps, black & white text-illustrations, light foxing edges, few tiny foxed spots some pages, minor edgewear. A meditative journey through the bleak deserts of Australia, to find similar effects of colonialism as he has previously found in Africa. Explores how racism against Aboriginal people led to policies of cultural genocide, many acts of individual cruelty, and some of kindness. Translated from the Swedish language. ISBN/ASIN: 9781862078956. Our Book No: 30705. $12 AUD.

151. Loewenstein, Antony (editor); Sparrow, Jeff (editor) (2012). Left Turn: Political Essays for the New Left. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 279 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. These essays look at new perspectives for left-wing politics in Australia: currently largely removed from the mainstream, showing possibilities for resistance, and for renewed struggle for change. The writers include Larissa Behrendt, Christos Tsiolkas, Guy Rundle and Lee Rhiannon. Edited by Antony Loewenstein and Jeff Sparrow. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522861433. Our Book No: 30106. $20 AUD.

152. Long, John A. (2004). Gogo Fish! The Story of the Western Australian State Fossil Emblem. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 40 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour text-photos & drawings, bottom corner covers little creased, minor edgewear. In July 1986, a 375 million-year old fossil fish was discovered in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The campaign of a Perth primary school helped make this fish the Western Australian State fossil emblem. This is the story of Dr John Long's discovery of the Gogo fish, the campaign, and a glimpse into the fascinating world of a Devonian reef. This book is for primary to secondary school students and anyone interested in this fascinating story. ISBN/ASIN: 1920843086. Our Book No: 24946. $10 AUD.

153. Love, David (2008). Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's Interrupted Revolution. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 264 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. David Love, a veteran economic and financial journalist reports fascinating and frank conversations with the former Australian Prime Minister both before and after his political demise, about his unfinished financial plan for Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921372193. Our Book No: 25145. $18 AUD.

154. Lucy, Niall; Mickler, Steve (2006). The War on Democracy: Conservative Opinion in the Australian Press. Perth, Crawley: University of Western Australia Press (UWAP). 172 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual. minor edgewear. This book by Niall Lucy and Steve Mickler has a focus on the published ideas of seven of Australia's most influential conservative media commentators, analysing how each one tries to discredit those they label 'extremists'. This topical book, written in an accessible and lively style, will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary Australian culture, politics, the media and public policy. ISBN/ASIN: 1920694900. Our Book No: 24115. $25 AUD.

155. Macquarie, Lachlan (1979). Lachlan Macquarie Governor of New South Wales: Journals of His Tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1810 - 1822 (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Series]. Sydney: Library of Australian History / Library Council of New South Wales. 280 pp. Hardback large wide octavo, no jacket, good condition, new endpapers, tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, three folding maps, edges little foxed, pages lightly toned, few foxed spots some pages, reverse side maps lightly foxed, minor edgewear. The journals of the Scottish soldier Lachlan Macquarie who was the innovative governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. His innovations included the first organized finance and commerce, the first inland exploration and settlement, the first highways and paved streets, as well as fine architecture and official patronage of the arts and literature. The text is printed from the original manuscripts in the Mitchell Library. The illustrations are reproduced from the paintings in the Mitchell Library and Galleries and in the Dixon Library and Galleries. (No 17 in the Library of Australian History Facsimile series. All 11 colour plates present.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120338. Our Book No: 30937. $35 AUD.

156. Magazanik, Michael (2015). Silent Shock: The Men Behind the Thalidomide Scandal and an Australian Family's Long Road to Justice. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 342 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour & sepia (brown-coloured) photos centre spread, top corner clipped title page, corner tip front cover creased, minimal edgewear. Baby Lyn Rowe was born in Melbourne in 1962, seven months after her mother Wendy took the new wonder drug for morning sickness called thalidomide. The baby had no arms and legs. For 50 years the Rowe family cared for Lyn - exhausting, round-the-clock work. But then in 2011 Lyn Rowe launched a legal claim against the thalidomide companies. Against the odds, she won a multi-million-dollar settlement. The author is one of the lawyers who ran Lyn's case. He exposes a 50-year cover up of history's most notorious drug, and he details not only the damning case against the German manufacturer, whose ruthless promotion of their lucrative drug in the face of mounting evidence beggars belief. Spanning the world, this book is an epic account of corporate villainy against a backdrop of heroic personal struggle and sacrifice. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922182098. Our Book No: 17060. $17 AUD.

157. Main, Andrew (2003). Other People's Money (The Complete Story of the Extraordinary Collapse of HIH) (1st, reprint ed). Sydney: HarperCollins. 305 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, bottom edge little rubbed, minor edgewear. A chronicle of arrogance, ignorance and self-delusion. The amazing collapse of the large Australian insurance company in 2001. The last days looked more like a closing down sale in a bargain bazaar - insiders helped themselves, but the policy holders had to put up with a trickle of payouts that was just fast enough to escape official intervention. Every Australian shareholder should read this book. Includes the Royal Commission into the collapse. First edition reprint. ISBN/ASIN: 0732276659. Our Book No: 13457. $30 AUD.

158. Manne, Robert (2011). Making Trouble: Essays Against the New Australian Complacency. Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc. Agenda. 430 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, cover corner tips little creased, minor edgewear. This book by Robert Manne will enlighten and challenge, as it traces the ideas and events that have recently changed the Australian nation. As this eloquent and important book shows, no one in Australia makes a better argument than Manne, Australia's leading public intellectual. He takes aim at the "new Australian complacency". ISBN/ASIN: 9780977594979. Our Book No: 26604. $18 AUD.

159. Manning, Paddy (2015). Born to Rule: The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 442 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, minimal edgewear jacket, base spine little rubbed. Paddy Manning provides an unauthorised biography that looks at the many extraordinary life story of businessman and politician Malcolm Turnbull. Based on interviews and long research, it is a forensic investigation into one of Australia's most well-known and wealthy politicians (who later became Prime Minister). ISBN/ASIN: 9780522868807. Our Book No: 40198. $30 AUD.

160. Marr, David (1999). The High Price of Heaven (A Book About the Enemies of Pleasure and Freedom). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 319 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. About how Christian moral crusaders, under Prime Minister John Howard, are attacking modern Australian society. ISBN/ASIN: 1865082015. Our Book No: 16588. $15 AUD.

161. Marr, David (2011). Panic: Terror! Invasion! Disorder! Drugs! Kids! Blacks! Boats! (1st ed). Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc. 262 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, scuff mark (affects title) & light crease front cover. Provocative book about the things Australian society has fears about. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863955515. Our Book No: 26257. $18 AUD.

162. Marr, David (2013). Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott (Expanded ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. 200 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, covers faintly scratched, minor edgewear. This dramatic portrait shows that as a young Catholic warrior at university, Tony Abbott was already a brutally effective politician. He later led the way in defeating the republic and rose rapidly in the Liberal Party. His reputation as a head-kicker and conservative made him an unlikely leader. Marr shows that Abbott thrives on chaos and conflict. Part fighter and part charmer, he is deeply religious and deeply political. What happens, then, when his values clash with his need to win? Written when Abbott was on the cusp of becoming Australia's Prime Minister. (Expanded and updated edition of an essay originally published in Quarterly Essay 47.) ISBN/ASIN: 9781863955980. Our Book No: 17829. $15 AUD.

163. Marr, David; Wilkinson, Marian (2003). Dark Victory (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 350 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor creasing spine, minor edgewear. First edition. The secret history of John Howard's campaign against boat people that began with the Tampa incident, and ended 10 extraordinary weeks later with the Australian voters giving Howard his third election victory. (This early printing does not have the cover subtitle at the base of the front cover.). ISBN/ASIN: 1865089397. Our Book No: 12378. $16 AUD.

164. McCallum, Prof. Ron (2019). Born at the Right Time: A Memoir (Reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 226 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, minor edgewear. A beautifully written autobiography by Ron McCallum who has been blind from birth. His mother always insisted on treating him as normally as possible. In this memoir, he recalls his social awkwardness and physical mishaps, and shares his early fears about coping with a career, finding love and wondered if he would ever become a parent. Ron has managed all of these, and more, becoming a professor of law at a prestigious university, and chairing a committee at the United Nations. His is a life richly lived, by a man who remains open to all people from all walks of life. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760875015. Our Book No: 40738. $25 AUD.

165. McCarthy, Elizabeth (2015). John Jess: Seeker of Justice: The Role of the Parliament in the HMAS Voyager Tragedy. Melbourne, Glen Waverley: Sid Harta Publishers. 320 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, corner tip rear cover & few rear pages lightly creased, minor edgewear, owner's written name. This is the story of the HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager collision off Jervis Bay on the evening of 10 February, 1964. This book is not an interpretation of history, rather an investigation of the collision, particularly the coverup of those responsible by the Royal Commisssion. John Jess was a Federal Parliamentarian, one of the few willing to speak up at the time, putting his career on the line, and establishing himself as an honest, uncompromising 'seeker of truth'. This book was written by his daughter, Elizabeth McCarthy, after his death in 2003. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925230888. Our Book No: 30028. $35 AUD.

166. McClymont, Kate; Besser, Linton (2014). He Who Must be Obeid (1st printing ed). Sydney: Vintage / Random House Australia. 418 pp. Paperback thick octavo, as new condition. Queensland had the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Moonlight State. New South Wales has Eddie Obeid, a minister in the Labor Government. Two senior reporters from the Sydney Morning Herald expose the brazen misdeeds of Australia's most corrupt politician, perhaps on a scale not exceeded since the days of the Rum Corps. The powerbroker not only made and unmade premiers, but he and his family profited from government leases (mining, cafes, marina). (First printing edition: this printing was withdrawn because of a misidentification of Chris Brown on page 58, who threatened legal action, being two people with the same name.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780857984357. Our Book No: 17966. $28 AUD.

167. McGregor, Craig (2004). Australian Son: Inside Mark Latham (1st ed). Melbourne, North Melbourne: Pluto Press. 198 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, small crease front cover, minor edgewear. An analysis of the mind and world (early life) of Australian politician Mark Latham. He gives new insights into Latham and the factors that have been an influence on his policies. He follows him from an angry young man to a family man, from backbencher to Labor leader, the passions that drive him, and his ideas for a fairer and more generous Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 186403288X. Our Book No: 30482. $15 AUD.

168. McIntyre, Andrew (editor) (2011). The Greens: Policies, Reality and Consequences (1st ed). Ballan, VIC: Connor Court Publishing. 145 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. A conservative report on the void in Australia's media analysis of the policies of the The Greens political party. Leading Australian experts look at a wide range of their policies in detail - from Agriculture to Zionism - to reveal the practical consequences of these policies. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921421983. Our Book No: 27596. $15 AUD.

169. McKnight, David (1994). Australia's Spies and Their Secrets. Sydney, St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. 350 pp. Paperback octavo, good condition, black & white photos centre spread, inner hinge little split (all pages firm), spine little creased, some edgewear covers, owner's rubber stamp. David McKnight relates the inside story of the rise and fall of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the premier Australian spy body. His research is based on thousands of documents never before revealed, along with interviews with over 30 former ASIO officers, as well as many of those spied upon. He exposes the extensive files on ordinary Australians. He throws new light on the Petrov Royal Commission, on ASIO links to the leaders of the NSW branch of the ALP, and why ASIO thiought Lionel Murphy might be a KGB spy. The author is a journalism lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney. ISBN/ASIN: 1863736611. Our Book No: 26358. $30 AUD.

170. McKnight, David (2005). Beyond Right and Left: New Politics and the Culture Wars (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 298 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom edge lightly marked, minor edgewear. The author argues that the new Australian right has a radical agenda, not a conservative one. He shows how this drives some of the most vexed cultural issues of our time: overconsumption, work-family balance, immigration and the environment. The discussion is original and incisive. ISBN/ASIN: 1741145708. Our Book No: 24632. $15 AUD.

171. McKnight, David (2018). Populism Now! The Case for Progressive Populism (1st ed). Sydney, Kensington: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 200 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). Populism is currently seen as a dirty word, because of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. However, it is better seen as a backlash against free market globalisation, that can be harnessed as a positive force in difficult times. This timely book by Australian progressive journalist David McKnight exposes the failures of globalisation: greedy banks, predatory privatisation, corporate tax avoidance, and a growing underclass of temporary foreign workers. 'Progressive populism' could address the genuine economic grievances of everyday people, without scapegoating immigrants or ethnic minorities. This may be the best way to defeat the racist backlash of right-wing populism. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742235639. Our Book No: 17695. $20 AUD.

172. McLachlan, A. J. (1948). McLachlan: An F.A.Q. Australian [An FAQ Australian]. Melbourne: Lothian Publishing. 279 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), edge pieces missing base of jacket (edge tears repaired, spine lightly faded), pages faintly toned as usual, owner's written name front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Autobiography of the Scottish-Australian lawyer from South Australia who became a Commonwealth senator and minister in the Bruce-Page and Lyons governments. He is best known for promotion of the CSIR (forerunner of the CSIRO) and (as Postmaster General) expanding the network of radio stations. SALE PRICE. Our Book No: 12019. $10 AUD.

173. McNeil, Ben (2009). The Clean Industrial Revolution: Growing Australian Prosperity in a Greenhouse Age. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 266 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, few figures, top corners little creased last few pages, minor edgewear. Since the first Industrial Revolution in the 1850s we've been burning carbon to run our lives, but climate change and dwindling oil supplies are now forging a new clean industrial revolution that will end our reliance on carbon for good. Ben McNeil, from the Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales (NSW), demonstrates the numerous economic opportunities that will be available if Australia leads the new clean, environmentally friendly, industrial revolution. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741757224. Our Book No: 25618. $14 AUD.

174. McPherson, Mary (editor) (1996). Telling Tales Out of School. Sydney: Kangaroo Press. 180 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. Entertaining anecdotes about life in government schools from about 1850 to 1950, collected and edited by Mary McPherson, information officer from NSW Department of School Education. (This copy: Paperback wide octavo.). ISBN/ASIN: 0864178077. Our Book No: 4491. $20 AUD.

175. Megalogenis, George (2012). The Australian Moment: How We Were Made For These Times (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Penguin Books. 394 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, minimal edgewear. One of Australia's sanest journalists explores contemporary social and political history in Australia. He draws on new research and candid interviews with Australia's five previous prime ministers to tell the story of how we've come to be living in the "Australian Moment". ISBN/ASIN: 9780670075218. Our Book No: 27679A. $14 AUD.

176. Milner, Andrew (1984). The Road to St. Kilda Pier: George Orwell and the Politics of the Australian Left. Sydney, Westgate: Stained Wattle Press. 91 pp. Paperback large wide trade, very good condition, rear endpapers foxed (edges & front endpapers slightly), minor edgewear. Not a serious account of Orwell's political thought nor a detailed study of the Australian Left. An attempt to conjure up from the shadow of George Orwell, to ask him what he would have made of the Australian Left had he lived here now. Provocative and informative, Andrew Milner, an Australian socialist, provides a trenchant critique of the splintered Australian Left - its present crises, and its future prospects. ISBN/ASIN: 095904860X. Our Book No: 23571. $12 AUD.

177. Mitchell, Susan (2011). Tony Abbott: A Man's Man. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 197 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minimal edgewear. A blistering critique of the conservative Australian politician. When Julia Gillard - a woman who was unmarried and childless, and an atheist - became prime minister in 2010, Tony Abbott was left boiling with rage. Not only had he lost, but he had been defeated by a modern woman. For the time being, the ambitions of this fundamentalist Catholic and fiercely combative reactionary politician had been thwarted. (The former pugilist and would-be priest did later indeed destroy the Gillard-Rudd Labor government, and become PM - but was himself ousted later after losing the support of the Liberal party room.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781921844300. Our Book No: 14899. $15 AUD.

178. Monture-Angus, Patricia (2000). Journeying Forward: Dreaming Aboriginal People's Independence. Sydney, Annandale: Pluto Press. 158 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Patricia Monture-Angus is a Mohawk woman living in Canada, who is a university teacher and advocate for independence of indigenous peoples rather than self-government. Her assessment is highly relevant to Australia today, at a time when reconciliation has stalled and native title is under threat. ISBN/ASIN: 1864031018. Our Book No: 20579. $15 AUD.

179. Moorhouse, Frank (2014). Australia Under Surveillance (1st ed). Sydney: Random House. 298 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, front cover little creased near spine, slight scuff last page, minor edgewear. Frank Moorhouse, who has an ASIO file, states that his book is not so much about the news of today but rather a contemplative look at the serious changes and patterns in Australian law and political thinking following the extensions of ASIO's powers. He examines whether we are legislating ourselves into a national security state. ISBN/ASIN: 9780857985972. Our Book No: 29613. $18 AUD.

180. Morris, Leon (1996). Yirra: Land Law and Language: Strong and Alive. Broome / Fitzroy Crossing, WA: Magabala Books / Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre. 64 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour text-photos, map, inside covers lightly toned, top edge lightly foxed, tiny tear fore-edge single page, minor edgewear. About the Yirra Festival in August 1994, which was organised by the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC). The many different language groups of the Kimberley come together for celebration and cultural exchange. Yirra (pronounced Ir-ray) is a permanent waterhole in Nyikina country on the banks of Raparapa (Fitzroy River) and is part of the Aboriginal owned Mount Anderson pastoral station about 70 kilometres from Derby. The book includes a map of Kimberley languages, and an historical and political overview of the Kimberley. The groups attending the festival include: Nyikina and Mangala, Bardi, Jaru, Ngardi and Kukatja, Wangkajunga and Walmajarri, Kija and Ngarinyin, Kija and Miriwoong, Karanypany Joonba. ISBN/ASIN: 0646267841. Our Book No: 28750. $40 AUD.

181. Moyle, Angela; Coate, Ian (illustrator) (2013). Phoebe Digs Politics (1st ed). Perth, Fremantle: Vivid Publishing. 32 pp. Paperback small square quarto, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings (mostly full-page), minor edgewear. This very special children’s picture story is about a wombat named Phoebe who lives in a nice warm burrow in the bush capital of Australia - Canberra. One day Phoebe decides to investigate the lovely green hill. Phoebe has many adventures which lead her to come face to face with the Prime Minister of Australia. The rhyming text and large bright illustrations will appeal to any age and will make you smile. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925086317. Our Book No: 30075. $20 AUD.

182. Murray, Edna (editor) (2007). Remembering Minto: Life and Memories of a Community. Sydney: Information and Cultural Exchange Inc. / Remembering Minto Group. 124 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, many colour text-photos, minor edgewear. The Remembering Minto Group dedicates this colorful and informative book to the life and times of the people who have lived, and others who are still living, in the Department of Housing area of Minto (a southern suburb of Sydney) during the demolition and renewal of their homes. Edited by Edna Murray. ISBN/ASIN: 9780958026925. Our Book No: 22781. $25 AUD.

183. Murray, Kay; Carter, Julie (2001). Celebrating 100 Years of the Federation of Australia 1901 - 2001 [State Emblems]. Sydney, Terrey Hills: Carter's Antiques & Collectables. 111 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, pictorial card covers (with rear flap), colour drawings (some full-page), glossy paper, tiny scuff mark top edge front cover, minor edgewear. A colourful booklet of Australian State emblems, compiled and edited by Kay Murray and Julie Carter, to celebrate the centenary of Australia, when the States united together as a federated nation. The superb colour drawings depict the unique birds, animals and plants used as emblems for each state and territory of Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 187607907X. Our Book No: 22909. $15 AUD.

184. Neill, Rosemary (2002). White Out: How Politics is Killing Black Australia. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 311 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Journalist Rosemary Neill argues that since it was adopted 30 years ago, the promise of self-determination for Australian Aborigines has been distorted and betrayed by idealists and conservatives alike. Despite billions of dollars of government spending, indigenous Australians remain far more likely to suffer unemployment, poverty, domestic violence, imprisonment and low levels of education. ISBN/ASIN: 1865088552. Our Book No: 18073. $25 AUD.

185. Nolan, Sybil (Editor); Hocking, Jenny (introduction) (2015). The Dismissal: Where Were You on November 11, 1975? (New ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 166 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, light toning pages, bottom corner tip front cover little creased. This book of essays addresses the dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor government on November 11, 1975. Thirty Australians recall the events of that day and the days and weeks that followed. From Bob Ellis to Bob Hawke, Lindy Morrison to Frank Moorhouse, Michelle Grattan to David Kemp, they write about those times with a mixture of passion, pride, regret, scepticism and humour. In this new edition, a foreword by editor Sybil Nolan considers the dual perspective this collection provides: the original memories of people, and the views they held in 2005. Edited by Sybil Nolan. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522869217. Our Book No: 31073. $30 AUD.

186. Norington, Brad (2016). Planet Jackson: Power, Greed and Unions (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 328 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, front cover corner lightly creased. Kathy Jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million-dollar fraud of Michael Williamson, the corrupt boss of the Health Services Union (HSU). But what if Jackson was just as corrupt as Williamson? Or worse? While Jackson was being portrayed as a Joan of Arc figure, she was spending vast amounts of her own union members' money on international holidays, fashion, jewellery, a mortgage, and even part of a divorce settlement. This is the real HSU story - the staggering misuse of the union dues of some of the lowest paid workers in Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522870336. Our Book No: 17234. $18 AUD.

187. O'Donovan, Annie; Tandberg, Ron (1984). Tandberg's Age of Consensus. Melbourne, Hawthorn: Anne O'Donovan. 96 pp. Paperback oblong, very good condition, black & white cartoons, few black & white text-photos, bottom corner creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This is cartoonist Ron Tandberg's third book. Most of the political cartoons in this collection originally appeared in 'The Age' newspaper. ISBN/ASIN: 0908476167. Our Book No: 2691. $12 AUD.

188. O'Loughlin, Toni; Watson, Ian (1997). Loyalty is a One Way Street: NESB Immigrants and Long-term Unemployment. Sydney: Australian Centre for Industrial Relations and Training, University of Sydney (ACIRRT). 213 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, tables, spine slightly creased, minor edgewear. This study, commissioned by the Australian Government, is of chronic long-term unemployment in Australia during the 1980s and 1990s, with focus on non-English speaking background (NESB) immigrants. Because of Australia's de-industrialisation, many mature-age blue-collar workers have been thrown out of work, and this particularly affects NESB migrants. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 1864513209. Our Book No: 12713. $15 AUD.

189. O'Neil, Bernard (1982). In Search of Mineral Wealth: The South Australian Geological Survey and Department of Mines to 1944 [Special Publication, no 2]. Adelaide: South Australian Department of Mines and Energy. 359 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings, black & white & colour maps, spine little faded jacket (sticker mark front cover, some edgewear, top spine chipped, corners scuffed), endpapers lightly toned. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Bernard O'Neil records the origin and development in South Australia of a Government Geological Survey and Department of Mines through to the Jubilee of the department in 1944. The historical review highlights the nature of the relationship between the Government and private enterprise in the evolution of this organisation. This book was prepared from a Master of Arts thesis in the Department of History at the University of Adelaide, and was financed by a grant from the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy. (Special Publication, no. 2.). ISBN/ASIN: 0724360956. Our Book No: 29316. $40 AUD.

190. O'Neill, Margot (2008). Blind Conscience (1st ed). Sydney, Kensington: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press). 286 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, corner tips creased front cover, minor edgewear, barcode sticker inside rear cover. This very moving book is the story of the people who struggled to get asylum seekers out of detention and change government policy. The author is an ABC-TV Lateline journalist who covered many of these stories as they were happening. Inspiring and disturbing in equal measure, with a gripping narrative that will surprise many readers. ISBN/ASIN: 9780868408538. Our Book No: 29503. $18 AUD.

191. Oliver, Pam (2017). The Intrepid Hilda Abbott: Author, Designer, Red Cross Officer, Political Wife, 1890 - 1984. Darwin: Historical Society of the Northern Territory. 201 pp. Paperback small quarto, as new condition, black & white text-photos. Hilda Abbott was wife of the Northern Territory Administrator, CLA Abbott. The frequently unfair criticisms regarding Hilda's behaviour during and immediately after the Japanese bombing of Darwin in February 1941 are forensically examined. Also examines her life experience through two world wars and multiple careers as a Sydney Morning Herald correspondent, ABC broadcaster, Red Cross worker, and interior designer. The story of a woman who, while not flawless, showed great determination, kindness and loyalty. Her legacy is far more positive and varied than is portrayed in the historical record. Based on her archives and many published essays. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925167726. Our Book No: 17596. $50 AUD.

192. Opperman, H. F. (Hubert) (1977). Pedals, Politics and People. Sydney: Haldane. 511 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear & edge tears jacket (tape repairs folds reverse side, reverse side lightly foxed, front cover little scuffed), owner's written name, autograph (author's written dedication label front pastedown), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Sir Hubert Opperman (Oppy, 1904 - 1996) was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s. His records included marathons such as Fremantle - Sydney, Kalgoorlie - Perth, and the Paris - Brest - Paris road race. He later became a long-time cabinet minister in the Australian Parliament and its foreign representative in Malta. This book is his account of his amazing cycling and political careers. In 1996, at the age of 91, he died of a heart attack on his exercise bike at his Melbourne home. (Written dedication reads: With best wishes, Hubert Opperman, 'Oppy'.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909918090. Our Book No: 3884. $350 AUD.

193. Orgill, Brad (2012). Why Labor Should Eat Their Greens: A Platform for Progressive Politics. Byron Bay, NSW: Captain Honey. 187 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, slight bump top spine, minor edgewear. Brad Orgill, a former investment banker, reviews the major economic, social and environmental policies of the Greens political party in Australia, and argues that progressive voters deserve an aligned Labor (ALP) - Greens platform incorporating the best elements of each. ISBN/ASIN: 9780987426000. Our Book No: 30430. $25 AUD.

194. Parkinson, Liz (1989). The Underwoods: Lock, Stock and Barrel. Terrigal, NSW: Lazy Lizard. 272 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, page edges lightly toned, minor edgewear corners. A self-published genealogical study written and illustrated by Liz Parkinson. The story of three brothers who came to Sydney from the London docks. They went on to employ hundreds of men, sail fleets of ships, and carry cargoes all over the world. The Underwood estate was one of the largest ever settled in Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 1862529256. Our Book No: 16663. $60 AUD.

195. Pascoe, Bruce (2007). Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with Your Country (1st ed). Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 302 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine little creased, light toning inside covers, bottom corners tips covers little creased, minor edgewear. Indigenous writer Bruce Pascoe provides a powerful, lyrical and passionate new book. He asks us to fully acknowledge our past and the way these actions continue to influence Australia today, both in a physical and intellectual sense. The author draws on the past through a critical examination of major historical works and witness accounts, and finds uncanny parallels between the techniques and language used there to today's national political climate. ISBN/ASIN: 9780855755492. Our Book No: 41097. $38 AUD.

196. Pasquarelli, John (1998). The Pauline Hanson Story, by the Man Who Knows. Sydney: New Holland. 338 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, bottom edge little rubbed, minor edgewear. Pauline Hanson and her conservative One Nation party had a controversial impact on the Australian political scene. The fish and chip shop lady in Ipswich, Queensland, was initially elected as the Federal Member for Oxley in 1996, As her political advisor, John Pasquarelli proved instrumental in launching Pauline Hanson's political career. He was a former New Guinea District Officer. ISBN/ASIN: 186436341X. Our Book No: 15619. $20 AUD.

197. Patrick, Aaron (2013). Downfall: How the Labor Party Ripped Itself Apart (Reprint ed). Sydney: HarperCollins. 328 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, covers minimally creased, minor edgewear. Examines the ins and outs of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from being one of the most successful centre left political parties in the world in 2007 to the struggle to come out on top later. Written by A former member for Young Labor, and now senior editor with Australian Financial Review. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733331756. Our Book No: 28597. $20 AUD.

198. Patrick, Aaron (2022). Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party's Civil War. Sydney: HarperCollins. 324 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, corner tips covers & cover join to spine little creased, minor edgewear. Journalist Aaron Patrick reveals the egos, alliances and thwarted power that left a trail of personal destruction across the Australian political world, during the time of Malcolm Turnbull as prime Minister (not really his fault). The author reveals the stories behind the Morrison government’s biggest scandals, from the shocking allegations against Christian Porter to the treatment of women inside the Liberal Party. These stories have profound implications for Australian politics, media and society. ISBN/ASIN: 9781460761434. Our Book No: 41154. $30 AUD.

199. Pearl, Cyril (1979). The Three Lives of Gavan Duffy (1st ed). Sydney, Kensington: University of New South Wales Press. 237 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), brown endpapers, black & white text-illustrations, minute insect damage front free flyleaf, bookplate front pastedown, owner's written name free flyleaf, minor edgewear & edge tears jacket (faint foxing reverse side, little plastic coating top edge front cover lifted). Cyril Pearl has written a a biography of an Irish rebel, Gavan Duffy, who became an Australian patriot. Between 1842, when he established and edited "The Nation", and 1855, he played a leading part in Irish politics. He migrated to Australia after resigning his seat in the British House of Commons. In Melbourne and Sydney a conquering hero's welcome awaited him, and in 1856 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Duffy tried to bring about federation of the Australian colonies, and rose to become premier in 1871. His third 'life' began when he resigned his Victorian seat and took up residence in Nice, France. In 1903 he died after seeing his dream of Australian federation realised. One son helped to draft the Australian Constitution, and another became Chief Justice of the High Court. ISBN/ASIN: 0868400165. Our Book No: 26626. $25 AUD.

200. Pearse, Guy (2007). High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future. Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 480 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, small tear base first page repaired, pages faintly toned as usual, tiny mark fore-edge, minor edgewear. A damning insider's exposure by a former Liberal Party member and lobbyist. Guy Pearse explains how government policy under John Howard's Liberal Coalition government was to actually increase carbon emissions rather than to reduce them. It is a devastating indictment of how the 'Greenhouse Mafia' (coal industry and other resources representatives and supporters) dominated the decision-making of the conservative Howard Australian government. ISBN/ASIN: 9780670070633. Our Book No: 12600. $30 AUD.

201. Pennay, Bruce (1998). Placing Federation: A Checklist for Local Studies of Federation and Surveys of Federation Places in New South Wales (1st ed). Albury: Charles Sturt University. 28 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos & drawings, tables, spine lightly scuffed staples slightly rusted, single sheet (letter) loosely inserted. A checklist that helps to place federation in two senses at a local level. First, it looks at ways in which we might investigate how Australian federation of states was conceived. Second, it looks for evidence of federation in the historic environment - this helps the search for federation places, such as heritage buildings where federation activities were held. A lot of drawings are reproduced from the Bulletin magazine. (Loosely inserted: one-page form letter from Hazel Hawke, Heritage Council of NSW. Incorrect ISBN in book: 184670398.). Our Book No: 40770. $25 AUD.

202. Pieters-Hawke, Sue (editor); Swinn, Louise (project manager) (2019). Remembering Bob. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 353 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, colour photos, scuff base spine, minor edgewear. This biography was instigated and edited by Sue Pieters-Hawke, former Prime Minister Bob Hawke's eldest daughter. It is a collection of stories and memories about Bob by his friends, colleagues, old political foes and ordinary Australians who met Bob. The stories are funny, serious, warm, illuminating and inspiring. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760879440. Our Book No: 30859. $20 AUD.

203. Poynting, Scott; Noble, Greg; Tabar, Paul; Collins, Jock (2004). Bin Laden in the Suburbs: Criminalising the Arab Other [Sydney Institute of Criminology Series]. Sydney: Institute of Criminology. 333 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, few figures, corner tips covers slightly creased, minor edgewear, red texta remainder mark fore-edge. Scott Poynting and colleagues look at public worrying over 'ethnic crime' and what it tells us about Australia today. The book argues that we are seeing the emergence of the 'Arab Other' as the pre-eminent problem of our time, and it analyses a decisive moment in the history of government, the law, and multiculturalism in Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 0975196707. Our Book No: 30951. $40 AUD.

204. Prentis, Malcolm (2008). A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History (1st ed). Dural, NSW: Rosenberg Publishing. 264 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white text-photos, maps, tables, illustrated title page, black & white photos rear jacket flap (minimal edgewear). This reference book looks at Australian Aboriginal history from creation stories involving the Dreaming through to Aboriginal cultural and political activity in the 21st century. The entries are alphabetically arranged and include biographies, historical events, pioneering work by anthropologists, historical controversies, literature and sport, and social issues. ISBN/ASIN: 9781877058622. Our Book No: 25989. $15 AUD.

205. Priest, Tim (2009). Enemies of the State (1st ed). Sydney: New Holland. 271 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tiny mark inside cover & flyleaf, minor edgewear, tiny scuff top spine. The author has drawn on extensive research from parliamentary enquiries, royal commissions, court documents, interviews, police court briefs, speeches, television and newspaper coverage to write this book. He is a former police detective, serving in Sydney, including King's Cross and Cabramatta. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741108705. Our Book No: 26453. $20 AUD.

206. Priest, Tim; Basham, Richard (2003). To Protect and Serve: The Untold Truth About the New South Wales Police Service. Sydney: New Holland. 288 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. Detective-Sergeant Tim Priest, after years struggling to fight serious crime and drug trafficking in the Cabramatta region of western Sydney, became disillusioned with the management of the New South Police Force - the politics, bureaucratic bungling, chronic lack of resources, and crazy decision-making. His hard-hitting story, written jointly with Richard Basham, an urban anthropologist at the University of Sydney, and who has studied Asian crime gangs. ISBN/ASIN: 1741100402. Our Book No: 3925. $20 AUD.

207. Radcliffe, Russ (editor) (2008). Petty's Parallel Worlds (1st ed). Melbourne: High Horse Books. 186 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, very good plus condition, black & white & colour cartoons (few single-colour), minimal edgewear jacket (few small scratches). This book showcases the range of Bruce Petty's artistic & political cartoon styles, as well as his intellectual and moral concerns. Much of the work has been previously unpublished. ISBN/ASIN: 9780646490281. Our Book No: 26851. $30 AUD.

208. Reid, Peter (1969). The Stolen Generations: The Removal of Aboriginal Children in New South Wales 1883 to 1969 [Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs Occasional Paper]. Sydney: D. West, Government Printer. 20 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, minor annotation inside front cover. This occasional paper is about the Aboriginal children removed from their families and placed with white families. This article is about what happened to these Aboriginal children in New South Wales. The author is working with the Wiradjiri people of central New South Wales. (No date, but 1969. No 1 in this series.). Our Book No: 40703. $25 AUD.

209. Reynolds, Henry (2021). Truth-telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement (1st ed). Sydney: NewSouth Publishing / University of New South Wales Press. 274 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Henry Reynolds, the noted Australian historian, has been inspired by the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart', and its statement that Indigenous sovereignty 'has been ceded or extinguished'. He revisits the very premise of the settlement of Australia and challenges us to do the same. This book shows why our national War Memorial must acknowledge the frontier wars, why we must change the date of our national day, and why treaties are important. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742236940. Our Book No: 41136. $28 AUD.

210. Richmond, Ruth (2009). The Stench in this Parliament: The Authorised Biography of John Hatton AO: The Story of the Independent Nobody who Brought down a Premier. Mulwala, NSW: Self-Published: Ruth Richmond / Printed by McPherson’s Printing. 267 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, front hinge slightly split (all pages firm), top corners few pages creased, minor edgewear, minimal bio annotation. The life-story of an honest Australian politician. John Hatton AO was born in poverty but his indomitable tenacity served seven parliamentary terms as Independent member for South Coast New South Wales, and brought about the Wood Royal Commission which exposed endemic corruption in the NSW Police Force. He and his wife Vera were threatened with death, but both survived. ISBN/ASIN: 9780646521831. Our Book No: 41160. $25 AUD.

211. Rickard, D. R. (1999). In the Navy. Adelaide, Brighton: Self-Published: D. R. Rickard. 158 pp. Paperback large octavo, good condition, black & white photos, few black & white drawings, top corner rear cover & the last few pages creased, light creases in covers, spine ends little rubbed, edges lightly toned, minor edgewear. D. R. Rickard provides a lighthearted look at life in the Royal Australian Navy, starting in the 1960s and covering three decades. The book has interesting characters, anecdotal accounts that are unique to the day-to-day living in a confined shipboard environment. The story is played out in the Far East, South Seas and a Sydney dockyard, and set against the backdrop of a war in South-East Asia, together with many other significant world events of the time. ISBN/ASIN: 0646389297. Our Book No: 41222. $20 AUD.

212. Rutgers, Dr Sir Hendrik (1992). A Testimony of a Lawyer. Sydney, Blacktown: Hexagon Press. 150 pp. Hardback octavo, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, black & white photos (one in colour), endpaper maps, rear cover scratched (small dent). Autobiography of Dutch-Australian solicitor and MBE. His remarkably varied life included being part of the Dutch Underground during WW2, and a judge advocate in Indonesia during war crime trials. ISBN/ASIN: 090806313X. Our Book No: 13491. $15 AUD.

213. Safe Climate, Psychology for a (2013). Let's Speak about Climate Change. Melbourne, Fairfield: Psychology for a Safe Climate. 24 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, stapled (minimally rusted), card covers, black & white text-photos & drawings (cartoons), minor edgewear corner tips covers. This booklet, by the Australian 'Psychology for a Safe Climate' group, provides an opportunity for readers to reflect on how they and other people in the community have felt about climate change. The book is an insight into how we can encourage community and political action. (No date, by 2013. Unnumbered pages.). Our Book No: 40888. $30 AUD.

214. Sandland, Ron; Thompson, Graham (2012). Icon in Crisis: The Reinvention of CSIRO (1st ed). Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 358 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, few tiny dents front cover & first few pages, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. After facing funding cuts and loss of reputation in 2001, CSIRO (Australia’s government research organisation) set about reinventing itself through what became known as its National Flagship Initiative. The authors were involved with the initiative and designing many of its systems and processes. Charts in detail CSIRO's successful drama filled transformation. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742233390. Our Book No: 29965. $35 AUD.

215. Santamaria, B. A.; Morgan, Patrick (editor) (2007). B. A. Santamaria, Your Most Obedient Servant: Selected Letters 1938 - 1996 (1st ed). Melbourne: Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press / State Library of Victoria. 575 pp. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, corners boards lightly bumped, minor edgewear jacket (spine ends & corners little worn, few scratches). Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. B. A. Santamaria, Your Most Obedient Servant: Selected Letters 1938 - 1996, edited by Patrick Morgan (2007). This collection of letters spanning 60 years shows facets of Santamaria's personality and activities not previously disclosed. The letters are both personal and professional. He speaks frankly on matters of state, church and family, and he is revealed as a person more subtle in his views than his public persona would suggest. The letters offer a rare glimpse into a mind that was preoccupied for more than six decades with world events and ideological controversies. B. A. Santamaria remained a unique and influential conservative Irish-Catholic force in Australian and Victorian politics for more than 50 years. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522852745. Our Book No: 26887. $30 AUD.

216. Saunders, Peter (2002). The Ends and Means of Welfare: Coping with Economic and Social Change in Australia (1st p/b ed). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 300 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tables, minor edgewear. By Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. The relation between economic liberalism and social policy in Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 0521524431. Our Book No: 20789. $20 AUD.

217. Saunders, Peter (2007). The Government Giveth and the Government Taketh Away. Sydney, St Leonards: Centre for Independent Studies (CIS). 165 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tables, covers lightly scratched, minor edgewear. This book shows what can and should be done to restore individual self-reliance to the bulk of the community while making sure those that need assistance can be helped more appropriately. ISBN/ASIN: 9781864321654. Our Book No: 24981. $12 AUD.

218. Saville, Margot (2007). The Battle for Bennelong: The Adventures of Maxine McKew, Aged 50 Something. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 182 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, front cover creased, minor edgewear. This book reveals the pathos, the inside machinations, and the many fete openings and raffle draws that the author, Margaret Saville, attended with Maxine McKew, or John Howard, or both. Or, how the ABC journalist McKew defeated a Prime Minister in his own seat during the Australian 2007 Federal election. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522854428. Our Book No: 23056. $10 AUD.

219. Savva, Nikki (2019). Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull's Demise and Scott Morrison's Ascension. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 397 pp. Paperback octavo, good condition (intact reading copy), black & white photos centre spread, front cover creased, laminate lifting fore-edge front & rear covers, bottom corner creased first few pages, some edgewear. Nikki Savva, an informed political journalist, reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise successor, Scott Morrison, who went on to take the party to a miraculous electoral victory. The relentless campaign of destabilisation by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, helped along with his acolytes in the Parliament and his powerful media mates, the betrayals of colleagues, and the rise of the religious right - all played a part in Turnbull's downfall. An enthralling sequel to her bestselling 'The Road to Ruin'. ISBN/ASIN: 97819258349189. Our Book No: 18166. $15 AUD.

220. Sexton, Michael (2015). On the Edges of History: A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics. Ballarat, VIC: Connor Court Publishing. 270 pp. Paperback small octavo, as new condition. Michael Sexton has taken part in and recorded some of the most interesting history of Australia's post-war years. He tells the story here of his major cases as a lawyer, many of them as Solicitor General for New South Wales, and of his long involvement with politics and public administration. He recounts the controversies surrounding some of his own books, in particular his account of the Whitlam Government where he was a ministerial adviser, and his use of secret documents to reveal how Australia forced its way into the Vietnam War in the 1960s. A fascinating look at some of modern Australia's legal, political and literary history. (A printed copy of a print-on-demand, POD, book.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781925138641. Our Book No: 17192. $20 AUD.

221. Shorten, Bill (2016). For the Common Good: Reflections on Australia's Future. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 171 pp. Paperback small trade, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. Bill Shorten, the Australian Labor leader (at the time), reflects on the values and beliefs that led him to devote himself to the Labour movement and stand for Australia's highest office. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522869415. Our Book No: 30470. $20 AUD.

222. Simpson, Mary Lou (2014). From Convict to Politician: The Life of William Henry Groom. Brisbane: Boolarong Press. 355 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. This is the story of William Henry Groom who was transported from Britain for stealing money from his employer. Most of the research comes from 19th century newspapers. The 13-year-old boy left Plymouth as a boy prisoner who had a job to survive. It is thought that he hated social injustice and this later helped him to become a powerful person as an adult. He was a journalist who later became involved in politics in Queensland. He spent 38 years in the Queensland parliament, which he believed he could create a just society. He was a man who lived by the pen, and he built a new life in Australia. Short listed 2015 Queensland Literary Awards. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925046779. Our Book No: 29416. $35 AUD.

223. Skelton, Russell (2010). King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya. Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 245 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, edges lightly toned as common, minor edgewear corners. About Papunya, a dysfunctional Northern Territory Aboriginal community, home to noted artists. In 2004, the author received an email about Papunya and the health problems that were happening there. He then spent several years of reporting in the Red Centre of Australia. (Sticker: Winner of the Walkley Book Award.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781741756227. Our Book No: 26035. $20 AUD.

224. Smith, Alan H. (2008). Gunners in Borneo 1962 - 1966: Artillery During Confrontation. Sydney, Manly: Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company. 184 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos, maps, diagrams, frontispiece, black & white photo front endpaper, map rear endpaper, few tiny bumps fore-edge. Alan Smith records the story of the Confrontation of Indonesia with Malaysia in Borneo in the 1960s. The author has given an artillery perspective to operations that were mainly infantry, artillery and tactical air deployment of persons and supplies. The book covers command and control from General to gunner, the nuts and bolts of operations, aspects of Security Forces modus operandum from an intelligence, tactical, logistic and administrative point of view, including the involvement of other essential services, from cartographers to sailors and airmen, and other resources, human and material, needed in war time. The book includes the experiences of individuals, soldiering in some of the most inhospitalble climate and terrain on earth. There is a selected Chronology of the Campaign, Glossary, Appendices, Nominal Roll of 102 Battery, Bibliography, and a Biography of Major B C Forward: A Military Intellect (1929 - 1975). ISBN/ASIN: 9780980393309. Our Book No: 41208. $60 AUD.

225. Souter, Gavin (1978). Lion and Kangaroo: The Initiation of Australia 1901 - 1919 (1st pb ed). Sydney: Fontana / Collins. 344 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, owner's written name. Gavin Souter provides a majestic survey of the first 18 years of the Australian nation. Covers an immense panorama from the South African veldt to the Somme, from constitutional conventions of the late 19th century to the Peace Conference of 1919, from the first Empire Day in 1905 to the slaughter at Gallipoli and Pozieres, from leisurely Edwardian cruises 'home' to Ross Smith's extraordinary London-Melbourne flight in 1919. ISBN/ASIN: 0006345123. Our Book No: 3682. $15 AUD.

226. Sowden, W. J.; Tate, Prof. Ralph (appendix) (1882). The Northern Territory as It Is: A Narrative of the South Australian Parliamentary Party's Trip, and Full Descriptions of the Northern Territory, its Settlements and Industries. Adelaide: W. K. Thomas & Co. 192 + 6 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, original black cloth cover (gilt lettering, minor marks, corners bumped), adverts at rear, new endpapers, cloth top spine split & chipped, edges little foxed, minor edgewear, otherwise internally excellent. Cover subtitle continues: "With An Appendix, Containing Reports on the General Resources of the Territory By Professor Tate, F. G. S." Plus six pages of adverts at rear. His detailed account of the Northern Territory after 20 years of South Australian administration. He travelled for two and a half months under difficult conditions with the South Australian Parliamentary Party, which inspected the current state of the Territory. Contains chapters on Palmerston (later renamed Darwin), the far interior, Government plantations, and the rich riverine country. The 33-page appendix by Tate details the natural resources and geology of the Northern Territory. Our Book No: 16204. $60 AUD.

227. Spender, Lynne (2004). Between the Lines: A Legal Guide for Writers and Illustrators (1st stated ed). Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Keesing Press / Australian Society of Authors. 272 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, top corner front cover & few page corners creased. The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) commissioned this book in response to daily queries about legal issues from authors and illustrators. The author has used her own values to form the book. ISBN/ASIN: 0975208306. Our Book No: 24894. $24 AUD.

228. Stevens, David (editor) (1998). Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century: The Australian Experience. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 329 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), cancelled EX-LIBRARY (spine label, barcode, rubber stamps, sticker), black & white text-photos, maps, faint toning page edges, protected by fixed library semiarchival plastic sleeve. Collection of 17 essays, updated from a conference in 1997, describing Australian naval experience during the last century. Topics covered include: HMAS Adelaide and the punitive expedition to Malaita in 1927; involvement at Noumea in 1940; Australia's role in developing a worldwide naval intelligence system; coastal patrols; peacekeeping in the Persian Gulf. ISBN/ASIN: 1864487364. Our Book No: 14088. $20 AUD.

229. Stilwell, Frank (2000). Changing Track: A New Political Economic Direction for Australia. Sydney: Pluto Press. 353 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minimal edgewear. By professor of political economy, University of Sydney. Takes a fresh look at the Australian economy and how it has served our society, and shows that there is an alternative to the current emphasis on globalisation, economic rationalism and corporatisation. How the privatisation, deregulation, market rule "experiment" visited upon Australians by government and business ideology has caused more harm than good. Better systems are needed to solve unemployment, stimulate industry, create a fairer tax system, link wages to welfare, and take economic sustainability seriously. ISBN/ASIN: 1864031689. Our Book No: 9779. $20 AUD.

230. Swan, Wayne (2005). Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation. Sydney: Pluto Press Australia. 248 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, sticker top corner front flyleaf. Wayne Swan, then Labor Federal Shadow Treasurer, explains how Australia is a prosperous country, but the benefits of this prosperity are not being fairly shared. About 1 million working Australians and their dependents are below the poverty line. The Australian nation has become a frayed patchwork of winners and losers from economic change. Swan draws on the latest research data and his own experience of moving around Australia and talking to many people, including disadvantaged locations such as Palm Island, Redfern and the Glenquarie Estate. (He later became Treasurer in the Hawke Labor Federal government.). ISBN/ASIN: 1864033606. Our Book No: 18078. $35 AUD.

231. Tatz, Colin (1981). Race Politics in Australia: Aborigines, Politics and Law (2nd impression ed). Armidale, NSW: UNE Publishing Unit. 118 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, covered staples on spine, spine edges little rubbed, crease bottom edge front cover & near spine, edges lightly toned, white covers little rubbed, minor edgewear, two rubber stamps. Colin Tatz of the University of New England (UNE) provides students of contemporary Aboriginal studies a body of ideas, arguments, case studies, information, facts and references about how political, legal and cultural policies and practices bear on Aborigines. ISBN/ASIN: 0858342243. Our Book No: 40180. $20 AUD.

232. Tedeschi, Mark (2017). Murder at Myall Creek: The Trial that Defined a Notion (1st p/b ed). Sydney: Simon & Schuster. 320 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, black & white & colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. 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 created an enormous amount of controversy because it was unknown for Europeans to be charged with the murder of Aborigines.The prosecutor was the Attorney General of New South Wales, John Plunkett. This was his greatest test, as it pitted his forensic brilliance and his belief in equality before the law against the combined forces of the free settlers, the squatters, the military, the emancipists, the newspapers, and even the convict population. Some of perpetrator’s were hanged. The author, a senior lawyer, also brilliantly describes the social setting in the a1830s and 1840s. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925533484. Our Book No: 18162. $26 AUD.

233. Terrill, Greg (2000). Secrecy and Openness: The Federal Government from Menzies to Whitlam and Beyond. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 323 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. A very important book on the history of official secrecy, openness and propaganda in regard to the Australian (Federal) government. The Menzies government was very secretive. Whitlam initiated reforms towards more openness and access to archives, but the concept of openness as an independent legal doctrine did not happen until the Hawke era. ISBN/ASIN: 0522848567. Our Book No: 21830. $20 AUD.

234. Tickner, Robert (2020). Ten Doors Down: The Story of an Extraordinary Adoption Reunion (1st ed). Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 243 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, tiny dent fore-edge front cover & first few pages, minor edgewear. Robert Tickner, who was adopted, describes his meeting with his birth mother, and later his birth father and siblings. This moving memoir is a testament to the importance of all forms of family and how they shape us, and the power of love to heal great harm. The author was a former Labor politician. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925849455. Our Book No: 41078. $25 AUD.

235. Tiffen, Rodney; Gittins, Ross (2004). How Australia Compares. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 282 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tables, minor edgewear jacket, bottom edge lightly marked, little pencil annotation. A very good reference book that compares Australia with 17 other developed democracies on a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. A double-page spread is devoted to each topic, with tables on one page and a clear explanation and analysis on the facing page. ISBN/ASIN: 052183578X. Our Book No: 30127. $25 AUD.

236. Tingle, Laura (2017). In Search of Good Government: Great Expectations and Political Amnesia (Revised ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. 243 pp. Paperback trade, as new condition. Revised edition, with a new essay on Malcolm Turnbull in Power. The Australian political journalist incisively analyses the problems and dysfunction in current Australian governance, in particular hollowing out of the public service from frequent restructuring. Based on two Quarterly Essays: Great Expectations and Political Amnesia. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863959285. Our Book No: 17962. $15 AUD.

237. Tink, Andrew (2014). Australia 1901 - 2001: A Narrative History (1st ed). Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 432 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, frontispiece, spine little creased, edges faintly toned, minor edgewear. The story of Australia in the 20th century, from federation in 2001 to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The author writes with empathy, humour and insight to bring the decades to life. The book provides history that is readable and appealing. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742234083. Our Book No: 29171. $20 AUD.

238. Toyne, Phillip; Vachon, Daniel (1984). Growing Up the Country: The Pitjantjatjara Struggle for their Land (1st ed). Melbourne, Fitzroy: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books. 157 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, map, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. First edition. Phillip toyne and Daniel Vachon tell the Pitjantjatjara story - an Aboriginal people who believe that their survival rests in protecting their traditional relationship with their lands, located near the South Australian, Western Australian and Northern Territory border area. A passionate defence of Aboriginal land rights in the face a strong opposition. (Loosely inserted: Newspaper cutout about Phillip Toyne. Weekend Australian, August 25-26, 1984.). ISBN/ASIN: 0140076417. Our Book No: 3404. $20 AUD.

239. Trenoweth, Samantha (editor) (2013). Bewitched and Bedevilled: Women Write the Gillard Years. Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books. 254 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. This book, edited by Samantha Trenoweth, intelligently examines Australian attitudes, including from the media, towards Australia's first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. The women who write about her prime mininstership are: Tanya Plibersek, Jane Caro, Eva Cox, Clementine Ford, Kathy Lette, Chloe Hooper, Helen Razer, Shakira Hussein, Emily Maguire, Tracey Spicer, Ruth Hessey, Catherine Lumby, Helen Pringle, Carol Johnson, Claire Harvey, together with speeches from Anne Summers and Julia Gillard. Full of wit, and incisive comment. A great book for anyone intrigued or outraged during Julia Gillard’s tenure as the first Australian female Prime Minister. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742706931. Our Book No: 30736. $25 AUD.

240. Triggs, Gillian (2018). Speaking Up (1st ed). Melbourne, Carlton: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 300 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few sepia (brown-tinted) photos, colour photos & drawings, illustrated endpapers, minor edgewear jacket, bottom cover little rubbed. This is the memoirs of Gillian Triggs, who has been a law professor at both Melbourne and Sydney Universities. She was President of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) from 2012 to 2017, which became controversial, and hhe withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny. She shares the values that have guided her convictions and the causes she has championed. This passionate memoir is a call to everyone who wants a fairer world. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522873511. Our Book No: 41168. $30 AUD.

241. Turnbull, Malcolm (2020). A Bigger Picture (1st ed). Melbourne: Hardie Grant. 698 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in very good jacket), colour & few black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, spine ends little rubbed, front hinge slightly split (all pages firm), minor edgewear dustjacket. Malcolm Turnbull records his diverse and influential life. He describes his early years in Sydney, growing up with a single father, defending 'Spycatcher’ Peter Wright against the UK government, the years representing Kerry Packer and his media empire, leading the Australian Republican Movement (ARM), making millions in business, and becoming Prime Minister of Australia. He finally reveals all in his own words. ISBN/ASIN: 9781743795637. Our Book No: 41126. $30 AUD.

242. Turner, Brook (2022). Independents' Day: The Inside Story of the Community Independents and Volunteers who Changed Australian Politics Forever. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 294 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. Brook Turner relates the story of the people in the safest Liberal seats who wore teal, pink and purple T-shirts, turned up at railway stations at dawn and danced through shopping centres at lunch time. They wanted real action on climate change, integrity in politics, and gender equality, and they had found strong candidates who wanted to listen to them. The author also looks at why the established Liberal and Labor parties misread the public mood. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761067976. Our Book No: 41195. $25 AUD.

243. Turner, J. M. W.; Wilton, Andrew (1985). Turner Abroad - France - Italy - Germany - Switzerland: Exhibition Managed by the International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited and Indemnified by the Commonwealth Government (Reprint ed). London: Colonnade / British Museum Publications. 208 pp. Paperback large oblong quarto, card cover, very good condition, colour photos (paintings), black & white text-photos (including frontispiece). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. An exhibition catalogue of 128 watercolour plates of landscape paintings by produced by the English artist J. M. W. Turner during his European tours. The International Cultural Corporation of Australia brought out this exhibition to Australia, the largest, most comprehensive viewing ever offered in Australia. Turner, the revolutionary watercolour landscape painter, has particular relevance and interest to Australians through his impact on the development of Australian landscape painting from Conrad Martens to Sidney Nolan. ISBN/ASIN: 0714180475. Our Book No: 21085. $35 AUD.

244. Tyler, Peter J. (2011). State Records New South Wales 1788 to 2011. Sydney, Annandale: Desert Pea Press / Federation Press. 150 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), black & white photos. A history of the State Records Authority of New South Wales, which is responsible for maintaining the archives of government departments in New South Wales (NSW). ISBN/ASIN: 9781876861117. Our Book No: 15648. $35 AUD.

245. Uren, David (2012). The Kingdom and the Quarry: China, Australia, Fear and Greed (1st ed). Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc. 260 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, light bump top edge rear cover near spine, few light creases covers. China has rapidly become Australia's most important trading partner. It is also the rising power in our region. Takes us inside the high-stakes world of the two countries' relationship. From resource grabs to cyber-surveillance, this is an authoritative and news-breaking book that takes us inside key political and business events of recent times and tells us what really happened. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863955669. Our Book No: 26807. $15 AUD.

246. Voigt, Johannes H. (editor); Fletcher, John (assisted); Moses, John A. (assisted) (1983). New Beginnings: The Germans in New South Wales and Queensland (Neuanfange Deutshe in New South Wales und Queensland) [Studies in International Cultural Relations]. Stuttgart, Germany: Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations. 290 pp. Paperback small quarto, good condition, black & white text-photos (few full-page photos), corner tips few pages lightly creased, small mark fore-edge, spine & top edge covers faded, top corner front cover creased, front and rear hinges slightly split (pages firm), spine & free flyleaf little creased, minor edgewear. This book is about the assimilation of Germans into New South Wales and Queensland. Some of the chapters are: The centenarians - 100 years of Concordia Club - Immigration, assimilation, and pioneers - Religious, cultural, and scientific relations. Includes a section at the rear on early German connexions with natural history, geology, and mining in New South Wales and Queensland. (Volume 20 in this series. English text, parallel German translation.). Our Book No: 30621. $20 AUD.

247. Walker, William (1977). Reminiscences (Personal, Social and Political) of a Fifty Years' Residence at Windsor, on the Hawkesbury: A Lecture Delivered at the Windsor School of Arts, 22nd August, 1890, Together With Some Personal Recollections of the Late Sir James Martin, C. J. (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Series]. Sydney, North Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 83 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown covers (gilt spine lettering little faded), frontispiece portrait, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. William Walker, MLA for Windsor, describes his 50 years living in the Windsor area (Hawkesbury), northeast of Sydney. The original lecture appeared in serial form in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette during October 1890, and was published with the added recollections of Sir James Martin in December 1890. The author was born in Glasgow in 1828, arrived in Sydney in 1837, and died at Windsor on 12 June 1908. (No 206 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Facsimile of book originally published in Sydney by Turner & Henderson in 1890. No 4 in this Library of Australian History Facsimile series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908120036. Our Book No: 28662. $30 AUD.

248. Wallace, Christine (2004). The Private Don: Don Bradman on Cricket, Investment, Politics, the Media, Family and Friends (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 266 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, frontispiece, minor edgewear jacket (small mark front cover). The author draws on famous cricketer Don Bradman's letters to close friend Rohan Rivett, editor of Murdoch's 'The News' in Adelaide, which reveal the private Bradman. ISBN/ASIN: 1741144752. Our Book No: 28226. $22 AUD.

249. Walsh, Kerry-Anne (2013). The Stalking of Julia Gillard: How the Media and Team Rudd Brought Down the Prime Minister (Reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 305 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom corners covers little creased, pages lightly toned, otherwise minimal edgewear & creasing. This is the story of a disgraceful episode in recent Australian political history. The focus is on Team Rudd and the campaign of destabilisation in the media that had a bad effect on Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the proper running of her government. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781742379227. Our Book No: 27778. $10 AUD.

250. Walsh, Kerry-Anne (2018). Hoodwinked: How Pauline Hanson Fooled a Nation. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 294 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Kerry-Anne Wals provides a narrative formulated after extensive research, including numerous interviews and conservations with those who know and have dealt with controversial rightwing Australian politician Pauline Hanson. Walsh states that she has used verifiable quotes and information from hundreds of newspaper articles, blogs, transcripts, TV appearances, videos and other source material, plus Hansard and other official records. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760112288. Our Book No: 31077. $20 AUD.

251. Wells, Deane (1979). The Deep North. Melbourne, Collingwood: Outback Press. 137 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket (slightly rubbed), pages lightly toned. Deane Wells provides a biography of Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the long-term and controversial premier of Queensland. This book is an incisive philosophical analysis of his premiership. The author states that a political leader can get away with whatever those around him will tolerate. This book exposes just how far Bjelke-Petersen exploited this fact of political life. ISBN/ASIN: 0868882291. Our Book No: 41054. $22 AUD.

252. Wells, Jamelle (2018). The Court Reporter (1st ed). Sydney: ABC Books. 309 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, bottom corner tip front cover creased, minor edgewear. This memoir is about a seasoned Australian court reporter, the ABC's Jamelle Wells. In the line of duty, she has sat next to criminals and their families, been chased, spat on, stalked, and taken by ambulance for emergency surgery after an accident outside ICAC. This book is a tough and fearless journalist's memoir that looks at the cases that have shocked, moved and never left us about the underbelly of Australian society. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733337888. Our Book No: 40428. $20 AUD.

253. Wentworth Esq., W. C.; Wentworth, W. C. (foreword) (1978). Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of New South Wales, and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land [etc] (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Doubleday Australia. 466 pp. Hardback thick small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown leatherette cover (embossed gilt lettering front cover & spine), top edge little foxed, otherwise excellent. Title continues: "With a particular enumeration of the advantages which these colonies offer for emigration, and their superiority in many respects over those possessed by the United States of America". Facsimile of the first edition published in 1819. William Wentworth was Australia's first native-born patriot, statesman, explorer, orator and promoter. He explains the colony's benefits and defects and their resolution (which he worked on for the next 30 years). He supported Governor Macquarie's expansion and Australia's independence. The foreword in 1978 was written by his grandson, of the same name, who was also a politician. (The publisher, Doubleday, is printed on the spine only.). ISBN/ASIN: 0868240036. Our Book No: 16285. $30 AUD.

254. White, Judith (2017). Culture Heist: Art versus Money. Sydney, Blackheath: Brandl & Schlesinger. 246 pp. Paperback small trade, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. Judith Wright tells the story of the struggle at the heart of our cultural institutions: the conflict between the public good and the forces of corporatisation. This is an insider's story of life at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). This book invites the broadest discussion about the issues facing the arts and sciences today. ISBN/ASIN: 9780994429759. Our Book No: 30320. $20 AUD.

255. White, Kate (1982). John Cain and Victorian Labor 1917 - 1957. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger. 208 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, pictorial card cover, black & white text-photos, page edges little rubbed (few minimal tears), pages lightly toned (inside covers toned), minor edgewear, old price marks. A long overdue biography of John Cain, controversial Labor Premier of Victoria, as well as politics in Victoria from 1917 to 1957 during his 40 years in Parliament. This covered many crises: the anti-conscription campaigns during World War 1, the curious influence of wealthy businessman John Wren, the tribulations of the Great Depression of the early 1930s, and finally, the havoc wrought by the Movement. and the 1955 split in the Labor Party culminating in the formation of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). The author, Kate White, a former academic lecturer in politics, faced considerable mistrust from both right and left factions during her six years of research. ISBN/ASIN: 0868060275. Our Book No: 18167. $26 AUD.

256. Whitlam, Nicholas; Stubbs, John (1974). Nest of Traitors: The Petrov Affair. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press. 259 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear & small edge tears jacket (red lettering on spine little faded), pages faintly toned as usual, edges minimally foxed. Nicholas Whitlam and John Stubbs tell a story of intrigue and espionage. They examine the official version of events that led to the defection of Russian spies Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov to Australia. The authors are critical of the official version of events. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0701607963. Our Book No: 8933A. $20 AUD.

257. Whitton, Evan (1989). The Hillbilly Dictator: Australia's Police State. Sydney: ABC Enterprises. 197 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, edges lightly foxed, spine minimally faded, minor edgewear. Evan Whitton records how democracy was subverted in Queensland during the premiership of Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Extensive corruption in the Queensland police force was revelaed by the Fitzgerald Inquiry. The author previously wrote 'Can of Worms', about government and police corruption in New South Wales. ISBN/ASIN: 064212809X. Our Book No: 6155. $30 AUD.

258. Wilkie, Andrew (2004). Axis of Deceit: The Story of the Intelligence Officer who Risked All to Tell the Truth about WMD and Iraq (1st ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. Agenda. 200 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor creasing front cover, spine little creased, minor edgewear, barcode sticker inside rear cover, owner's written name. The autobiography of a intelligence officer and whistleblower Andrew Wilkie whose act of conscience (about the non-existent Iraqi 'weapons of mass destruction' used to justify the invasion of Iraq) won him the respect of many fellow citizens but put him on a collision course with the Australian government. A rare glimpse into the world of international espionage. (Wilkie is now an independent MP for a Tasmanian electorate in the Australian Parliament.). ISBN/ASIN: 0975076922. Our Book No: 23166. $15 AUD.

259. Windschuttle, Keith (editor); Jones, David Martin (editor); Evans, Ray (editor) (2009). The Howard Era. Sydney: Quadrant Books. 538 pp. Hardback thick, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), few small dents jacket. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . Essays, edited by Keith Windschuttle and two colleagues, on the conservative Australian government of John Howard. Generally supportive, but contains some criticism. Described as demonstrating 'realist Australian conservatism', that is, policies were derived for specific problems as they arose. His approach followed Edward Burke, who believed that our ‘inherited freedoms' (from the past) were important for political conduct, rather than abstract ideological speculation. A publication of Quadrant magazine. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980677812. Our Book No: 26158. $30 AUD.

260. Woollacott, Angela (2019). Don Dunstan: The Visionary Politician who Changed Australia (Reprint ed). Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 332 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear corner tips rear cover (& corner tip last few pages), minimal edgewear. Don Dunstan, Premier of South Australia in the 1960s and 1970s is one of Australia's foremost civil rights advocates of modern times. He actively promoted the rights of Indigenous Australians and women, as well as multiculturalism. He also championed the rights of homosexual citizens at a time when they were treated as criminals, classified as insane, and regarded as outcasts. He was also bisexual. Dunstan was a member of parliament for over 25 years, and then for the remainder of his life, to realise his vision of full equality for same-sex attracted citizens. This is the first comprehensive biography of the larger-than-life figure. He was well-loved by the public, but his career was marked by controversy and vilification, with scandal surrounding his personal relationships. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760631819. Our Book No: 40747. $30 AUD.

261. Wyatt, Major D. M. (1990). A Lion in the Colony: An Historical Outline of the Tasmanian Colonial Volunteer Military Forces 1859 - 1901. Hobart: Sixth Military District Museum, Anglesea Barracks. 62 pp. Paperback tall wide trade, good plus condition, stapled, black & white text-photos, few colour photos, minor edgewear corners, card stapled inside front cover, internally excellent. Major D. M. Wyatt provides an historical outline of the formation, decline and subsequent redevelopment of the Tasmanian Volunteer Military Forces from their beginnings in 1859 until the Federation of the Australian colonies in 1901. The title is symbolic of the contributions made by successive British Governments, Tasmanian Governments and colonial military leaders, who all influenced the formation, direction and growth of the Tasmanian Colonial Military Forces from 1859 to 1901. (Stapled card: Army Museum of Tasmania.). ISBN/ASIN: 0646011774. Our Book No: 30926. $30 AUD.