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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. Frank Hardy escaped Bacchus Marsh for Melbourne, and became Australia's most famous communist writer, political activist and supporter of workers and indigenous rights. His best-known novel 'Power without Glory' was about a gambling kingpin John West, but he was sued for libel by the real John Wren. Paul Adams traces the relationship between Frank Hardy's writings, his political activism, and the Australian (notably Victorian) historical events that shaped his diverse experimental literary works in the heydays of 1944 to 1975. ISBN/ASIN: 1876268239. Our Book No: 24823. $18 AUD.

3. Andrews, Munya; Rogers, Carla; Paddick, Rhys (illustrator) (2020). Practical Reconciliation: Strengthening Relationships for All Australians in 7 Easy Steps. Diamond Creek, VIC: Ultimate World Publishing. 163 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white drawings & text-photos, minor edgewear, light sticker mark inside rear cover. This easy-to-read book by Munya Andrews and Carla Rogers blends keen insight with engaging anecdotes and practical advice. This book will help non-Aboriginal Australians to understand what is involved in reconciliation by providing seven simple, reasonable and practical steps. Plenty of information about Aboriginal culture, language and spirituality. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922372666. Our Book No: 41390. $25 AUD.

4. 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.

5. Argy, Fred (2003). Where to From Here? Australian Egalitarianism Under Threat. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 209 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Fred Argy is an Australian economist and government adviser. He reports that Australia is proud of being a classless society. 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. Recommended by Reverend Tim Costello. ISBN/ASIN: 1865088528. Our Book No: 13603. $15 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 courses and resaearch. 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. Babones, Salvatore (2018). The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts (Reprint ed). Cambridge: Polity Press. 115 pp. Paperback small, as new condition, minimal edgewear. The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote in the UK have caused fear and panic among Western liberals. They argue that the populist backlash represents a dangerous new authoritarianism. But what if the authoritarianism is their own? In this provocative and highly original book, Salvatore Babones argues that democracy has been undermined by a quiet but devastating power grab conducted by a class of liberal experts. They have advanced a global rights-based agenda which has tilted the balance away from the lively and vibrant unpredictability of democratic decision-making toward the creeping technocratic authority of liberal consensus. Populism represents an imperfect but reinvigorating political flood that has the potential to sweep away decades of institutional detritus and rejuvenate democracy across the West. The author is an academic sociologist, University of Sydney (Associate Professor), and is noted for conservative comment. ISBN/ASIN: 9781509533091. Our Book No: 18531. $22 AUD.

10. 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.

11. Bailey, Ivy (1999). Single-handed Patriot: A Story of William Charles Wentworth. Sydney, Glebe: Book House at Wild & Woolley. 219 pp. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, top corner tip front cover creased, spine little scuffed, edges & inside covers lightly foxed, minor edgewear. This historical Australian novel by Ivy Bailey brings to life the manners, mores, conflicts and characters of early colonial history in the fictionalised story of William Charles Wentworth, the wealthy New South Wales politician and explorer who first pushed for an Australian identity. From the rear cover: Although fictionalised, this story is taken from government records, letters, contemporary newspapers and is totally accurate. ISBN/ASIN: 1740180305. Our Book No: 41692. $20 AUD.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Benson, Simon; Chambers, Geoff (2022). Plagued: Australia's Two Years of Hell - the Inside Story. Sydney, Neutral Bay: Pantera Press. 348 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, two senior political reporters for 'The Australian' newspaper, reveal the inside story of Australia's two years of hell, when the country was besieged by crisis after crisis, and a rolling series of challenges and setbacks (Pandemic, bushfires, overseas political tension). They reveal how the critical decisions were actually made, decisions that will forever change the nations place in the world. In early 2020, Covid19 breached Australian shores, triggering simultaneous health and economic crises. Australia had not endured trials of this scale since the Spanish flu and the Great Depression. The authors were granted exclusive access to the crucial decisions of government at the highest levels in the cabinet room, but which did not prevent the crushing defeat in the Morrison Liberal Coalition Federal Government at the 2022 election. This book chronicles a period of upheaval punctuated by the pandemic, natural disasters and political scandals within a world becoming more precarious with the rise of autocracy. ISBN/ASIN: 9780645476750. Our Book No: 18271. $20 AUD.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. Biard D'Aunet, [Georges] (1907). L'Aurore Australe [French language]. Paris: Librairie Plon: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Impimeurs-Editeurs. 403 pp. Hardback very small, good condition, 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' (Australian society, socialism in Australia, the Australian constitution and its functioning, the material value and situation of Australia, Australia seen from the outside). A French perspective on Australian society and politics contemporary with the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia. Based on personal observations by Georges Biard D'Aunet from 1893 to 1905 plus two published articles. Our Book No: 17029. $40 AUD.

22. 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 large trade, very good condition, card covers (with flaps), stapled (lightly rusted), 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.

23. Bowen, Chris; Keating, Paul (foreword) (2013). Hearts and Minds: A Blueprint for Modern Labor. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 154 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, light foxing edges, minor edgewear. Chris Bowen, the former Labor cabinet minister, writes a clarion call to Labor's heartland. He argues that the Labor project is far from complete and it is time for a radical program of renewal and reform of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). His book is also about creating a better and fairer Australian nation. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522864434. Our Book No: 31402. $15 AUD.

24. 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.

25. Bramston, Troy (2011). Looking for the Light on the Hill: Modern Labor's Challenges. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 279 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages toned as common, minor edgewear. Troy Bramston examines the history of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with fresh perspectives. He 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 heavyweights. This book is very relevant to current and future challenges. Troy Bramston is a deep party insider and former adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921844379. Our Book No: 30174. $15 AUD.

26. 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.

27. Bray, Mark; Rimmer, Malcolm (1987). Delivering the Goods: A History of the NSW Transport Workers Union 1888 - 1986. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 297 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, tables, black & white photos centre spread, top corners covers little creased, light toning pages as usual, minor edgewear. Mark Bray and Malcolm Rimmer provide the first account of the New South Wales Transport Workers Union to be published. The authors trace 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. A publication of the Industrial Relations Research Centre, University of New South Wales. ISBN/ASIN: 0043000932. Our Book No: 28235. $30 AUD.

28. Brennan, Frank (2015). Amplifying that Still, Small Voice: A Collection of Essays (1st ed). Adelaide: ATF Theology. 367 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, few tables, minor edgewear. A book of essays by Frank Brennan, an Australian Jesuit priest and professor of law at the Australian Catholic University. These passionate essays bring together some of his major addresses and writings on justice in the Catholic Church (sexual abuse by priests, same-sex marriage), human rights, and particularly, Aboriginal reconciliation. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925232097. Our Book No: 41489. $35 AUD.

29. Brett, Judith (1992). Robert Menzies' Forgotten People (1st ed). Sydney: Macmillan. 313 pp. Paperback octavo, good condition, black & white photos, pages little 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. The political self of Menzies was constructed around a denial of experience and an imagined England that filled the void. So too for the people and the country he led. (First edition, 1992, autographed.). ISBN/ASIN: 0732907616. Our Book No: 9608. $20 AUD.

30. 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.

31. 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 voyage to China and return. (Copy 67 of a limited edition of 155 copies. No date, but 1986, Trove. One of the Victoriana Collection from Queensberry Press.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174466. Our Book No: 17350. $100 AUD.

32. 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, minor edgewear. James Button relates his personal story about working in Canberra for a year writing speeches for PM Kevin Rudd's Labor government. A fascinating insider account of the Australian public servant culture. The author grew up around politics because his father was Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. An important theme is his experience of Kevin Rudd's failure to communicate his policies, and how this helped destroy his prime ministership. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522858587. Our Book No: 28041. $20 AUD.

33. 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.

34. Cameron, W. J. (Bill) (1978). Bourke: A Centenary of Local Government, 1878 - 1978. Bourke, NSW: Bourke Historical Society / Walter Stone & Sons (Printers). 68 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, pages little toned, sticker mark front flyleaf, owner's written name. W. J. (Bill) 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. $15 AUD.

35. 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.

36. Carr, Anna (2001). Grass Roots and Green Tape: Principles and Practices of Environmental Stewardship. Sydney, Annandale: Federation Press. 257 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Ground-breaking work by Anna Carr, investigating community-based environmental stewardship, based on a PhD thesis at Australian National University, Canberra. She 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. ISBN/ASIN: 1862873380. Our Book No: 13709. $16 AUD.

37. Cassidy, Barrie (2010). The Party Thieves: The Real Story of the 2010 Election. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 249 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Barrie Cassidy picked a hell of an election to cover: changes of leaders of both Liberal and Labor Party, Australia's first woman Prime Minister, a hung parliament, and a country not knowing who its Prime Minister was for nearly three weeks. Malcolm Turnbull's manic desire to get his own way in the party, and because he simply stopped listening, led to his demise. Kevin Rudd stole the party through his authoritarian approach to government and a cabinet that felt alienated from the job of governing. In both cases, the members of their respective parties came at the party thieves to reclaim what was rightfully theirs, and set the stage for the ascension of Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard. And all that, before we even get to the 2010 election campaign. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522857801. Our Book No: 16933. $20 AUD.

38. Cavalier, Rodney (2010). Power Crisis: The Self-destruction of a State Labor Party (1st ed). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 202 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom edge foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This book is an explosive account of the self-destruction of the New South Wales Labor Government, which saw a turnover of four premiers in five years, and which headed for humiliation by voters at the next state election. The author, Rodney Cavalier, as a former NSW Labor minister, provides an insider perspective. Sponsored by the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. (First printing.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780521138321. Our Book No: 15185. $18 AUD.

39. Chandler, Jo (2011). Feeling the Heat (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 292 pp. Paperback octavo, very good 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.

40. 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.

41. Clarke, John; Clarke, Lorin (introduction) (2017). Tinkering: The Complete Book of John Clarke (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 282 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few colour photos, black & white drawings, illustrated endpapers, edges little foxed, few foxed spots reverse side jacket (minor edgewear). This book is about the writing life of New Zealand / Australian comedian and satirist John Clarke, best known for the his mock interviews with Bryan Dawe on the 7.30 Report, ABV-TV.. The book is full of surprises, and has many kinds of puzzles and propositions. Each puzzle has different rules, but they tell the story of John's comic genius. This book also includes previously unpublished material including the 'Doorstop Poems', and 'Letters from the School’, suggesting what a serious matter birdwatching was to John Clarke. This fascinating book is introduced by his daughter Lorin Clarke. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925603194. Our Book No: 31203. $20 AUD.

42. 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, minor edgewear. 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.

43. 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.

44. Condon, Matthew (2014). Jacks and Jokers (The Extraordinary True Story Continues) (1st p//b ed). Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 466 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. Matthew Condon exposes 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." This book continues on from the bestselling 'Three Crooked Kings', this sequel opening 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. (First edition paperback, first printing.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780702249969. Our Book No: 15823. $25 AUD.

45. 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.

46. 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.

47. Crowe, Aileen; Kirby, Michael (foreword) (2022). Acts of Cruelty: Australia’s Immigration Laws and Experiences of People Seeking Protection after Arriving by Plane. Armadale, VIC: Palaver / Ethica Projects Pty Ltd. 229 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white text-photos & diagrams, minimal edgewear, autograph (written dedication by author title page). This book by Sister Aileen Crowe is born out of more than 20 years of assisting asylum seekers who arrive by plane seeking to be legally accepted into Australian society. The book documents the often cruel legal experiences of some of these asylum seekers, both individuals and families. The early chapters in the book explore the lives of these people before they arrived in Australia. The author, PhD, is a Franciscan nun who coordinates the Peace and Justice Office of the Sydney Catholic Archdiocese. (Published by Palaver / Ethica Projects, 2022.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780645588101. Our Book No: 41754. $30 AUD.

48. 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.

49. 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.

50. Davidson, Toby (2021). Good for the Soul: John Curtin's Life with Poetry. Perth, Crawley: UWA Publishing / University of Western Australia. 452 pp. Paperback thick ocatvo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear, owner's written name, bookshop sticker inside rear cover. Toby Davidson provides a unique and patiently researched re-evaluation of John Curtin, the revered Australian wartime Prime Minister. The author reveals the poetry of his times, notably the poems he himself read. For Curtin, reflection on his poetry reading influenced his thoughts and language from his socialist youth to the last days of his leadership of a nation transformed by the global peril of World War 2. (Sticker of Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781760801564. Our Book No: 18489. $28 AUD.

51. 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. (No ISBN in booklet.). Our Book No: 18384. $12 AUD.

52. Davis, Megan; Williams, George (2023). Everything You Need to Know About the Voice. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing. 217 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, few charts, minor edgewear. Megan Davis and George Williams provide a clear guide for the millions of Australians who would like to support the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart', but want to understand what a Voice to Parliment and constitutional recognition actually mean. Megan was a co-author of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Cobble Cobble woman. George is a constitutional expert. This updated edition charts the journey of this nation building reform from the earliest stages of Indigenous advocacy, explores myths and misconceptions, and explains how the Voice offers change that will benefit the whole nation. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742238111. Our Book No: 31165. $20 AUD.

53. Day, David (2001). Menzies and Churchill at War: A Revealing Account of the 1941 Struggle for Power (New ed). Sydney, East Roseville: Simon & Schuster. 271 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, light foxing edges, laminate minimally lifting bottom corner front cover, minor edgewear. This book is set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Two charismatic leaders, Robert Menzies and Winston Churchill, competed in a bitter struggle for power that would change the history of the world. David Day has written a provocative and challenging account of the political conflict between the two wartime leaders. The private papers and diaries of Menzies, and the British political elite of the time, have given the author valuable research material to uncover the story of this important struggle for power. Both leaders later sought to conceal the story. This book puts the record straight. ISBN/ASIN: 0731810589. Our Book No: 31213. $20 AUD.

54. 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.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. Dobbin, Cindy; Nicholls, Freda Marnie (2023). My Mother the Spy: The Daring and Tragic Double Life of ASIO Agent Mercia Masson. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 307 pp. Paperback octavo, good condition, black & white photos, light foxing edges, few top corner tips pages folded, minor edgewear. This is the remarkable story by of an ASIO agent Mercia Masson who was hung out to dry. She was exposed at a Royal Commission called to investigate the extent of Soviet espionage in Australia, following the defection of Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov. Written in association with Mercia's daughter Cindy Dobbin, this story by Freda Marnie Nicholls brings to life a determined woman at the centre of dramatic events in Australian politics during the Cold War. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761067280. Our Book No: 31473. $18 AUD.

58. 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. SCARCE. ISBN/ASIN: 1863355030. Our Book No: 22291. $25 AUD.

59. 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 by Beverly Duffy on behalf of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre 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. (Originally published, 1996.). ISBN/ASIN: 1864030267. Our Book No: 26468. $20 AUD.

60. Dunn, Judith (2010). Colonial Ladies: Lovely, Lively and Lamentably Loose: Crime Reports from the Sydney Herald Relating to the Female Factory Parramatta 1831 - 1835 (Reprint ed). Sydney: Self-Published: Judith Dunn. 192 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, top corner rear cover creased, minor edgewear, autograph (written dedication by author on title page). Subtitle: 'Crime Reports from the Sydney Herald Relating to the Female Factory Parramatta 1831 - 1835.' This reference book by Judith Dunn gathers together crime reports of convict women sent to the Female Factory, Parramatta, for secondary punishment. These articles have been sorted into subjects under four headings: Transport, Landing and Assignment of Convict Servants, Convict Discipline, Miscellaneous Reports, and Head Shaving References. (Published with support of a Royal Australian Historical Society grant. The author conducts historic tours. Loosely inserted: her business card, and single-page notice of talk to Mosman Lantern Club, 2012.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780646492254. Our Book No: 28483. $25 AUD.

61. 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.

62. Earnshaw, Beverley (2001). The Land Between Two Rivers: The St George District in Federation Times. Sydney, Kogarah: Kogarah Historical Society. 181 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, light foxing edges, top corner tip rear cover creased, minor edgewear. This special book by local historian Beverley Earnshaw provides an insight into Federation times in the St. George District of Sydney, that is, the area in southern Sydney bounded by Botany Bay, Georges River and the salt Pan and Wolli Creeks (including Kogarah and Sutherland). She includes many photos from the collection of the Kogarah Historical Society that are published here for the first time. ISBN/ASIN: 1876409231. Our Book No: 41416. $30 AUD.

63. Edwards, John (2005). John Curtin's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's Greatest Prime Minister. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 198 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, pages toned as common, minor edgewear jacket, loosely inserted printout & clippings. John Edwards lucidly explains that Labour politician John Curtin was arguably the most significant Australian prime minister of the 20th century. The author challenges our understanding of Curtin's place in Australian history. He offers a reinterpretation of the leader and the man in which Curtin emerges as a deceptively cunning player in the chess game of politics. He also argues that overblown claims for Curtin 'the warlord' have obscured his much more important legacy in laying the economic foundations of modern Australia. (Loosely inserted: printout of Perspective Program Transcript, and three newspaper articles about John Curtin.). ISBN/ASIN: 1865087041. Our Book No: 31197. $25 AUD.

64. Ellis, Bob; Ramsey, Stephen (with); Spruce, Damien (with) (2013). The Year It All Fell Down. Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 164 pp. Paperback octavo, very good 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.

65. Ellis, Bob (2014). The Ellis Laws: Ten Irreverent Laws of Life We Secretly Always Knew, but Have Not Before Now Seen Put into Words [A Penguin Special]. Melbourne: Penguin Group Australia. 84 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, light crease front cover near spine, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark rear cover. In this witty book, Bob Ellis, the well-loved Australian gadfly and wordsmith, investigates dislocation and security, competence and charisma, youth and old age, and other hidden irreverent facts of Australian life. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143572060. Our Book No: 31098. $15 AUD.

66. Ellis, M. H. (1958). Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures and Times (3rd revised 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. (Third revised edition, 1958. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: B001L4I6I2. Our Book No: 18026. $40 AUD.

67. 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. Third revised edition, 1958. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: B001L4I6I2. Our Book No: 30944. $40 AUD.

68. 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 condition, black & white portrait frontispiece, minor edgewear, owner's written name. 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, and revised four times. This copy: Paperback reprint of the 5th edition in the Famous Lives series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207137560. Our Book No: 3754. $30 AUD.

69. 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.

70. Environment and Planning, Department of (1986). Parramatta River Regional Environmental Study: Open Space and Recreation: Issue Paper 2: Natural Systems (2 volumes). Sydney: Department of Environment and Planning. 52 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, card covers, figures & maps at rear, map inside front cover, minor edgewear, rubber stamp & owner's written name title page. This book is a regional environmental study of open space and recreation potential within the Parramatta River Region (as declared by the Minister for Environment and Planning), and was undertaken to identify the major issues, and to provide a basis for future planning for the area. The main study, together with an atlas of mapped information, has been published as a two volume set. The current paper is one of three supplementary booklets giving more detailed and technical information about the visual elements, natural systems, recreational activities and open space resources of the Parramatta region. (This booklet: Natural systems, covering geology, soils, vegetation, fauna, plus data on on the water, air, and acoustical environments: 38 + 14 pages of maps & figures.). ISBN/ASIN: 0730516164. Our Book No: 31173. $30 AUD.

71. 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 a valuable critical study.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780522853346. Our Book No: 16541. $35 AUD.

72. Errington, Wayne; Van Onselen, Peter (2021). How Good is Scott Morrison? Sydney: Hachette Australia. 330 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen examine the trials and tribulations of Scott Morrison, the 30th Australian prime minister. Investigating his unlikely rise to the Liberal leadership and his miracle electoral win, they put his leadership under the spotlight. They cover his disastrous management of the catastrophic bushfire season that was highlighted by the extraordinary statement, 'I don't hold the hose, mate,' and the decision to holiday while the country burned. The authors show his resolve and the redemption from the practical but halting government response to the pandemic brought him. But what exactly is his vision for Australia? A pragmatist rather than an ideologue, he is a deeply Pentecostal, but he does not wear his faith as a badge of honour. So what does he really believe in? Will he be viewed as having courage and vision to change Australia for the better, or the worse? . ISBN/ASIN: 9780733645747. Our Book No: 18204. $20 AUD.

73. 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.

74. Evatt, H. V. (1977). Rum Rebellion: A Study of the Overthrow of Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps (Reprint ed) [A & R Classics]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 240 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom edge minimally rubbed, minor edgewear. The Hon. H. V. Evatt records the clash between William Bligh (17 years after the mutiny on the Bounty), who was Governor of New South Wales, and John Macarthur and officers of the New South Wales Corps over control of the importation of rum, used for trading. Bligh tried to restrict the importation of rum, and his officers rebelled and arrested Bligh. Additional subtitle on title page: 'Including the John Murtagh Macrossan Memorial Lectures Delivered at the University of Queensland, June 1937'. (Originally published by Angus & Robertson in 1938, and later reissued many times by various publishers. (This copy: a 1977 reprint of the A&R Classics paperback edition. Excellent copy. This edition now SCARCE.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207135975. Our Book No: 17109. $28 AUD.

75. Everingham, Sam (2009). Gordon Barton: Australia's Maverick Entrepreneur. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 432 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, crease front cover & corner tip rear cover, minimal foxing edges, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. A biography by Sam Everingham of Gordon Barton, one of the most extraordinary business people Australia has produced. A prominent and provocative commentator with an entirely new vision for Australia, he founded the political party that eventually became the 'Australian Democrats', owned two radical newspapers including 'Nation Review', and built a vast commercial empire with interests in transport, mining, insurance, hotels, casinos, and book publishing and retailing. Described as the Great Gatsby of his time, his private life was wild and unconventional. At the height of his business success, he generated countless headlines, but died a recluse in Italy having lost the European and Australian transport empires he worked so hard to create. To know Gordon Barton is to understand a unique period in Australia's social and political history. Combining deep research with rich personal insight, the author brings to life one of Australia's most dynamic and unconventional characters. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741752434. Our Book No: 15962. $30 AUD.

76. 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.

77. Faruqi, Mehreen (2021). Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud. Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 291 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour & black & white photos centre spread, minor edgewear. Mehreen Faruqi states her book is part memoir and part manifesto. It is about a life lived challenging dominant mindsets, bucking the trend and pushing boundaries, both in Pakistan where she grew up, and in Australia to which she migrated 30 years ago with my husband, my one-year-old son and two suitcases, to make a new life. It is the tale of a political outsider fighting for her rights and for the rights of others like her to be let inside on our terms. Mehreen Faruqi is a Federal Greens senator for New South Wales. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760878184. Our Book No: 41544. $32 AUD.

78. 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 condition, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos, glossy paper, minor edgewear. John Alexander Ferguson, a noted Sydney barrister and book collector, single-handedly compiled the 7-volume 'Bibliography of Australia'. In this overdue biography, his grandson James Ferguson 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). SCARCE. ISBN/ASIN: 9780642277183. Our Book No: 17587. $40 AUD.

79. Ferguson, Sarah; Drum, Patricia (with) (2016). The Killing Season Uncut: Based on the Acclaimed ABC Documentary Series. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 301 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, small dent spine edge, covers little rubbed, minimal edgewear. Sarah Ferguson records the uncut version of the documentary series 'The Killing Season' which is the brutal Rudd - Gillard saga that appeared on ABC-TV. This behind the cameras look reveals the untold stories and candid moments that did not go to air. Over 100 people were interviewed for the documentary, recording their graphic accounts of the public and private events that made the Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard Labor governments and then brought them undone. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522869958. Our Book No: 31461. $22 AUD.

80. 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.

81. 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.

82. Fowler, Andrew (2024). Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia's Sovereignty (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 198 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, front hinge slightly split (all pages firm), sticker mark inside rear cover, minor edgewear. Andrew Fowler tells the story about Australia's decision to buy a new submarine fleet from France, and the problems that happened when the deal fell apart. Interviewing many of the main people involved and talking to sources in Paris, London, Washington and Canberra, the author puts together the plot to cancel the French deal and switch to a nuclear-powered British and American submarines. In this tale of treachery and intrigue, Fowler exposes the lies and deception that so outraged the French President Macron. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522880311. Our Book No: 31392. $20 AUD.

83. Franklin, Lady Jane; Russell, Penny (editor) (2002). This Errant Lady: Jane Franklin’s Overland Journey to Port Phillip and Sydney, 1839 (1st abridged ed). Canberra: National Library of Australia (NLA). 275 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. Lady Jane Franklin (wife of Tasmanian Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Franklin) was the best travelled woman of her time. Jane became the first European woman to travel overland from Melbourne to Sydney. This diary of her travels from Van Diemen's Land to Port Phillip and then overland from Melbourne to Sydney in 1839 gives a detailed and colourful snapshot of colonial society, recorded by a very observant witness. This edition, carefully abridged and introduced by Penny Russell, makes the diary available for the first time to general readers. After her husband died, she continued travelling until well into her 70s and died at age 84, refusing to take her medicine to the last. ISBN/ASIN: 0642107491. Our Book No: 41776. $40 AUD.

84. 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 front free flyleaf, 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 replaceable. The story is told boldly and well. (Bookplate of Frank McDonald, art dealer, who ran Clune Galleries in Potts Point and Sydney CBD from 1960 to 2003. The unusual bookplate is black and in two parts.). ISBN/ASIN: 0522845169. Our Book No: 41185. $35 AUD.

85. Gallop, Geoff; Blair, Tony (foreword) (1998). A State of Reform: Essays for a Better Future. Perth, Wembley: Helm Wood Publishers. 124 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tables, minor edgewear. Geoff Gallop, the Labor Opposition Leader (and later Premier) of Western Australia outlines a new vision for Western Australia 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. Foreword by Tony Blair, U.K. Prime Minister.First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0646337300. Our Book No: 28395. $25 AUD.

86. 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.

87. Garner, Helen (2006). Joe Cinque's Consolation (A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law) (1st, reprint ed). Sydney: Picador / Pan Macmillan. 329 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned (notably edges inside covers), minor edgewear cover corner tips. In 1997, a clever young law student at Australian National University IANU) made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests - mostly university students - had heard rumours of the plan, but nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died in his own bed of a massive drug overdose. His girlfriend and her best friend were charged with murder. Helen Garner followed the trials in the ACT Supreme Court. Compassionate but unflinching, this book probes the gap between ethics and the law, examines the helplessness of the courts in the face of what we think of as 'evil', and explores conscience, culpability, and the battered ideal of duty of care. It is a masterwork from one of Australia's greatest writers. (This copy: first edition, reprint.). ISBN/ASIN: 0330364979. Our Book No: 18520. $28 AUD.

88. Garner, Helen (2014). This House of Grief (1st ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 300 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minimal foxing fore-edge, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written gift dedication title page). Helen Garner relates the true story of a Victorian court case about the three young boys who drowned in 2005 when the car their father was driving ran off the road and plunged into a dam. Ex-husband's revenge or tragic accident? This book describes the theatre of the court in an extraordinary account of the quest for justice. (This copy: First edition, 2014. Written dedication title page from Helen Garner to Ed Campion.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781922079206. Our Book No: 29307. $20 AUD.

89. 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 large trade, very good plus condition, black & white photos, minor 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. $30 AUD.

90. Gillard, Julia (2019). My Story (Australia Post ed). Melbourne: Vintage / Penguin Random House Australia. 536 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, faint crease front cover, minor edgewear. The autobiography of Julia Gillard, Australia's first female Prime Minister. She was PM for three years and three days, which required considerable resilience. She defeated a troubled Kevin Rudd in a leadership ballot in June 2010. Here is her chronicle of that turbulent time, a strikingly candid self-portrait of a political leader seeking to realise her ideals. It is her story of facing government in-fighting and hostile media, and to manage a hung parliament. She aimed to build a diverse and robust economy, created an equitable and world-class education system, ensure a dignified future for Australians with disabilities, all the while attending to our international obligations and building strategic alliances for our future. She was driven by a sense of purpose - from campus days with the Australian Union of Students, to a career in the law, to her often gritty, occasionally glittering rise up the ranks of the Australian Labor Party. (The scarce Australia Post edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781760896201. Our Book No: 18318. $35 AUD.

91. Gillespie, Rollo; Cutler, Sir Roden (foreword) (1975). Viceregal Quarters: An Account of the Various Residences of the Governors of New South Wales from 1788 until the Present Day (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson Publishers. 297 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, colour plates, maps, minor edgewear jacket (light foxing reverse side), edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, autograph (written name by author of foreword). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This book is a fascinating well illustrated history of the three main residences for the state governor of New South Wales. There is an account of the construction, repairs, improvements and furnishings of the various houses, and many antiquarian and historical details. The book also is about the history of the governors, who mainly came from the most distinguished British families. This book is a history of New South Wales social and political life from a fresh and highly significant viewpoint. (This copy: Autograph of A. R. Cutler, Governor of NSW, who wrote the foreword.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207129282. Our Book No: 41802. $30 AUD.

92. 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.

93. 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.

94. Grey, Stephen (2011). The Protectors: A Journey through Whitefella Past. Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 296 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, spine little creased & scuffed (title letter affected), pages & inside covers lightly toned, minor edgewear. This beautifully written powerful and provocative book by Stephen Grey is a very personal exploration of a little acknowledged part of Australian history: the white bureaucrats who were protectors of Aborigines. The questions Stephen Gray raises about guilt, judgement and good intentions apply as readily to the complexities of black/white relations today as they did 100 ago. Winner of the Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues. The author teaches criminal law and Indigenous legal issues at Monash University, Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741759914. Our Book No: 41621. $30 AUD.

95. 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. $20 AUD.

96. 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.

97. Griffiths, Max (2006). Aboriginal Affairs 1967 - 2005: Seeking a Solution. Sydney, Dural: Rosenberg. 238 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Almost 40 years after the 1967 referendum which gave the Commonwealth, rather than the various states, power to make laws covering the Aboriginal people of Australia, there is little evidence that any real progress towards bettering their position has been made. The main focus has initially been Aboriginal land rights, but health outcomes remain poor. This book provides a detailed and objective account of the history of Aboriginal Affairs from the time of the 1967 referendum to 2005. It is a sequel to his 'Aboriginal Affairs: A Brief History 1788 - 1994' published in 1995. He argues the case for a total overhaul of government policies and programs. . ISBN/ASIN: 1877058459. Our Book No: 18452. $32 AUD.

98. 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 condition (in very good 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.

99. 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.

100. 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. $12 AUD.

101. 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.

102. Harris, G. P.; Hamilton-Arnold, Barbara (editor) (1994). Letters and Papers of G. P. Harris 1803 - 1812: Deputy Surveyor-General of New South Wales at Sullivan Bay, Port Phillip, and Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land. Sorrento, VIC: Arden Press. 158 pp. Paperback small quarto, good plus condition, black & white sketches, watercolour plates, family tree, edges lightly foxed, light foxing inside covers, bottom corner tips few pages & rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. Barbara Hamilton-Arnold has edited the letters of George Prideaux (G. P.) Harris, a young lawyer from Devon, who spent seven years in New South Wales as Deputy Surveyor-General. He then camped briefly at Sullivan Bay, Port Phillip, before Lieutenant-Governor David Collins transferred his convict colony across Bass Strait to establish Hobart Town in Van Diemen's Land. The letters, papers and sketches provide a dramatic and poignant account of the hardships of life in the fledgling colony. The letters cover his duties as surveyor, explorer and magistrate and, at times, Deputy Commissary and editor of the Derwent Star. He had a special interest in natural history, and he identified a number of new species, including the Tasmanian Devil and Tasmanian Tiger. The letters to his mother and sister in Gandy's Lane, Exeter, and to his brothers in the War Office, London tell the story through the eyes of a high-principled young man, brought up in the tenets of the Quaker faith. His sketches and watercolours are a major contribution to early Australian art. ISBN/ASIN: 0646141597. Our Book No: 41241. $45 AUD.

103. Harris, Michele (editor) (2012). A Decision to Discriminate: Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory. Melbourne, East Melbourne: Concerned Australians. 116 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial covers, illustrated endpapers & fore-edges, colour photos, map, minor edgewear. This book, edited by Michele Harris, has been written with the aim to record the words of many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory in regard to the Federal Stronger Futures legislation that became law in June 2012. While evidence has already been recorded through the official process of a Senate inquiry, the opinions that were expressed do not remain easily accessible to most people. ISBN/ASIN: 9780646588483. Our Book No: 41716. $25 AUD.

104. 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, two covers (thin brown cover over a black cover), black & white text-photos, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear, owner's written name. 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. [There are two states of this booklet: two covers (thin brown cover over a black cover), and the later single black cover. This copy is the first state.]. ISBN/ASIN: 0959521704. Our Book No: 18374. $15 AUD.

105. 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.

106. 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, minor edgewear. 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? Journalist Peter Hartcher 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. The author is political and international editor of the 'Sydney Morning Herald'. Revised edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863956383. Our Book No: 17950. $15 AUD.

107. Hartcher, Peter (2021). Red Zone: China's Challenge and Australia's Future (Revised ed). Melbourne, Carlton: Black Inc. 360 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, small mark top edge, minor edgewear. Peter Hartcher , an Australian journalist, reveals how decades of economic dependence left Australia open to the strategic ambitions of the most successful authoritarian regime in modern history. He shows how Xi Jinping's personal story has reshaped China, and puts new light on Beijing's overt and covert campaign for influence - over trade and defence, media and politics. The author draws on interviews with Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull and other key policymakers, and a rare interview with Australia's spy chief. This book lucidly examines China's power and Australia's future. Revised edition, 2021. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760642167. Our Book No: 41530. $20 AUD.

108. 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.

109. 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.

110. 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.

111. 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.

112. 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.

113. 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.

114. Hooper, Chloe (2009). The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (New ed). Melbourne: Penguin Books. 277 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. In this remarkable award winning book, Chloe Hooper reports on the death in custody of an Indigenous person, Cameron Doomadgee, in 2004 on Palm Island, Queensland, one of Australia's largest Aboriginal communities. One morning on this tropical paradise, Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. This lead to a riot and a coronial inquest. The author reveals the tragedy and social context of this highly dysfunctional community in which there is social justice for neither Indigenous residents and police alike. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143010661. Our Book No: 26524. $15 AUD.

115. 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.

116. 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. $32 AUD.

117. 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.

118. 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.

119. Humphreys, L. R. (Ross) (2000). Wadham: Scientist for Land and People. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 225 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge & top part reverse side jacket lightly foxed, black & white photos, minimal edgewear, old price marks. Sir Samuel Wadham arrived from England in 1926 as Professor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. As a 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. Ross 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. The author is Emeritus Professor of Agriculture, University of Queensland. ISBN/ASIN: 0522849342. Our Book No: 14108. $25 AUD.

120. Hussein, Shakira (2016). From Victims to Suspects: Muslim Women Since 9/11. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing. 181 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, small closed tear spine, minor edgewear. Shakira Hussein looks at the lives of Muslim women negotiating the hazards of the post-9/11 terrain, from volatile Afghan refugee camps and Pakistani weddings to Australian suburbia and campaigns to 'ban the burqa'. A unique perspective on feminism, multiculturalism, race and religion. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742231204. Our Book No: 41313. $21 AUD.

121. 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 47 short essays rangesfrom the convict era through to the recent past (for example: radical bookshops, John Norton and the democratic riots of 1887, the march of striking soldiers in 1916, Inky Stephensen and his far right colleagues, the radical New Theatre). 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.

122. 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.

123. Kabaila, Peter Rimas (1997). Belconnen’s Aboriginal Past: A Glimpse into the Archaeology of the Australian Capital Territory (1st ed). Canberra: Black Mountain Projects Pty Ltd. 60 pp. Paperback large oblong quarto, very good condition, dark grey & white text-photos, frontispiece, maps, tables, minimal edgewear. Peter Rimas Kabaila examines rapid changes over 200 years in the Belconnen area of Canberra from prehistoric to suburban landscapes. This study traces the ways in which the Aboriginal people adapted to the white settlers. The book presents original research on Aboriginal sites in Belconnen and uses archaeology to explain them. The maps and photos make this a great addition to any Australian Aboriginal history collection. ISBN/ASIN: 0646315617. Our Book No: 41821. $100 AUD.

124. 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 small octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. Bernard Keane and Helen Razer discuss, in a humorous manner, the many ways that public debate and lack of commonsense in media, politics and society can become frustrating. Keane is the correspondent and politics editor in Canberra for Crikey, and 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.

125. Kelly, Sean (2021). The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison. Melbourne: Black Inc. 278 pp. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, minor edgewear, signed sticker front cover, autograph (author's written name). Journalist Sean Kelly gives a definitive portrait of Scott Morrison, a Sydney-based Liberal politician not quite like any other, who later Prime Minister during difficult times. Morrison looks at politics as a game which he must win. He also understands something essential about Australia, but there are some things he does not understand. This is the story of those failures, too. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760643119. Our Book No: 31465. $18 AUD.

126. King, Madonna (2014). Hockey: Not Your Average Joe. Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 322 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, minor edgewear. There is a lot more to Joe Hockey, the Australian Treasurer than meets the eye. After embarking on his political career as a student, he worked tirelessly to rise through the ranks of the Liberal Party, learning pivotal lessons along the way and earning himself one of Australia'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. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780702250149. Our Book No: 16471. $15 AUD.

127. 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.

128. Lagan, Bernard (2005). Loner: Inside a Labor Tragedy (Reprint ed) [Mark Latham]. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 246 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. Bernard Lagan records the tragic rise and fall of Mark Latham, the talented former leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The author spent a year inside politics with Mark Latham. This is his story of that rollercoaster ride. He highlights the personal dramas of the plots and intrigues, loyalties betrayed, and a set of demons that Mark Latham could not keep at bay, which turned Australia's most dynamic political performer into the sick and embattled man we all saw on our television screens after defeat by PM John Howard at the 2004 Federal election. (Reprint edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 1741145155. Our Book No: 24197. $20 AUD.

129. Lamb, Rebecca (2006). Macquoid of Waniassa: Portrait of a Colonial Sheriff (1st ed). Canberra, Wanniassa: Waniassa Publications. 293 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white & colour photos (Including a watercolour), few black & white sketches, maps, light foxing edges, minor edgewear. The story of Thomas Macquoid who was Sheriff of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He purchased Waniassa farm (one 'n') in the early 1830s. He was meticulous, intelligent and hard working, and envisaged prosperity and prestige for his family. But he struggled to make a quick fortune and retire comfortably, and his health suffered by the pressure of office, bad financial ventures, disastrous drought and a depressed economy. The Sheriff's administration became troublesome and his life ended in tragedy. (His most famous case was administering the trial of the white murderers of Aborigines at Myall Lake.) The southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa consumed Macquoid's grazing property in the 1970s and its name is a reminder of the region's colonial pastoral history. ISBN/ASIN: 0977523705. Our Book No: 41791. $50 AUD.

130. 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.

131. 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.

132. Lawrence, Carmen (2006). Fear and Politics [Scribe Short Books]. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 136 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, covers little creased, pages lightly toned as common, extensive 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 this book 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. The author 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.

133. 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 condition, typewritten text, edges foxed, minor edgewear. A report by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc) on the removal of Aboriginal children from their families in Western Australia, issued July 1995. Our Book No: 13512. $25 AUD.

134. Leigh, Andrew (2021). What's the Worst that Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics (1st ed). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 234 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket,) minor edgewear jacket. Andrew Leigh examines catastrophic risks and how to mitigate them. He argues provocatively that the rise of populist politics makes catastrophe more likely. He outlines the biggest existential risks facing humanity. Populism involves charismatic politicians who support 'the people' rather than alleged corrupt elites. He makes suggestions on how we can find a remedy for them. The author is an Australian former professor of economics, and currently Assistant Treasurer (etc.) in the Albanese Labor government. ISBN/ASIN: 9780262046077. Our Book No: 31449. $28 AUD.

135. Lindqvist, Sven; Death, Sarah (translator) (2007). Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One's Land (1st U.K. ed). London: Granta Books. 248 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, maps, black & white drawings, maps, top edge minimally foxed, minor edgewear. A meditative journey by Sven Lindqvist through the bleak deserts of Australia, where he finds similar effects of colonialism as he has previously found in Africa. He explores how racism against Aboriginal people led to policies of cultural genocide, many acts of individual cruelty, and some of kindness. Particularly noted is the above-ground nuclear weapon tests conducted in Australia from 1953 to 1963, leaving some 20 kilograms of plutonium dust spread over hundreds of mile without concern for Aborigines. Translated from the Swedish language. The author is a Swedish intellectual and prolific writer. ISBN/ASIN: 9781862078956. Our Book No: 30705. $15 AUD.

136. Lingard, Jan (2022). Refugees and Rebels: Indonesian Exiles in Wartime Australia (2nd ed). Sydney: Australian Indonesia Association of NSW. 313 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, few cartoons, minor edgewear. In accounts of wartime Australia the influx of over 5,000 Indonesian men women and children has been largely overlooked. Jan Lingard records that these exiles or refugees were military personnel, merchant sailors, civilians and political prisoners of the Dutch, all evacuees from the Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. They arrived as subjects of the Dutch colonial empire, and the majority of them left after the war as rebels - supporting the fledgling Indonesian republic which Soekarno had proclaimed when the Japanese surrendered. This book is the fascinating story of these Indonesians and their engagement with White Australia as they were dispersed to cities and country towns, and of the repercussions for their Australian friends, the unionists (particularly the Waterside Workers Federation and Seamens Union), and eventually the Chifley labor Government itself. (Originally published, 2008. This copy is the second edition, 2022.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780646859415. Our Book No: 31393. $35 AUD.

137. 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. $25 AUD.

138. Long, John A.; Ruse, Jill (illustrator); Long, John A. (illustrator) (2004). Gogo Fish! The Story of the Western Australian State Fossil Emblem. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 40 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, laminated board cover, black & white & colour text-photos & drawings, glossy paper, minor edgewear. In 1986, John Long of the Western Australian Museum discovered an unknown 375 million-year old fossil fish in the Gogo Devonian limestone formations in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The campaign of a Perth primary school helped make this fish the Western Australian State fossil emblem. Dr John Long describes his 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 discovery of a new fossil fish species. ISBN/ASIN: 1920843086. Our Book No: 24946. $18 AUD.

139. Lucke, Alec; Mitchell, Claire (contributor) (2013). Road to Exploitation: Political Capture by Mining in Queensland. Bingara, NSW: Self-published: Alec Lucke. 392 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication). Alec Lucke recounts his personal experience exposing and campaigning against the environmental degradation and pollution of mining activities in the heavily industrialised Gladstone region of Central Queensland. Specifically, he describes the activities of the East End Mine Action Group. Alec and wife Heather are enviromental activists from Bingara, NSW. Alec previously was involved with intensive farming of pigs and poultry in Central Queensland. He now passionately advocates for the preservation of farm land, its aquifers, and the rural lifestyle that contributes so much to society. ISBN/ASIN: 9780987373106. Our Book No: 18535. $50 AUD.

140. 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.

141. Maiden, Samantha (2020). Party Animals: The Secret History of a Labor Fiasco. Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 315 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition, minimal edgewear. Journalist Samatha Maiden explains that the Australian Labor Party was the unbeatable favourite to win the 2019 Federal election, until the polls closed and voters delivered the surprise verdict to elect Scott Morrison and his Liberal Party. If the results staggered pundits, they also shocked Labor leader Bill Shorten and his front bench, who had spent the final weeks of the campaign carefully planning for their first days in office. This book uncovers the secret history of a Labor fiasco, the untold story behind the Morrison miracle. . ISBN/ASIN: 9781760893156. Our Book No: 18507. $25 AUD.

142. Maloney, Shane (2006). Something Fishy: A Murray Whelan Mystery (1st U.K. ed). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. 242 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, small bump top spine, minor edgewear, remainder stripe. A Murray Whelan crime fiction novel by Australian author Shane Maloney. Whelan MP has found respectability as a Labor politician, but his true love salty Lyndal Luscombe presents him with an ultrasound photo showing an uncanny resemblance to Murray. But there is a catch, and Murray gradually reels it in. The author writes with a distinctive Australian vernacular and humour. The uncommon British edition. ISBN/ASIN: 1841958107. Our Book No: 24149. $12 AUD.

143. 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.

144. 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.

145. 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. $25 AUD.

146. Massola, A. (Aldo) (1963). A History of Lake Condah Aboriginal Reserve. Melbourne: Victorian Historical Society. 48 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, grey card cover, few black & white photos, appendices, minor edgewear. Aldo Massola reports the history of the Aboriginal mission at Lake Condah in the Western District of Victoria, located on an Aboriginal reserve, largely from 1867 to 1913. Two appendicies record the names of Aboriginal births and deaths at the mission. This pamphlet is a reprint from the 'Victorian Historical Magazine', volume 34, no 1, 1963, and records a talk to the Victorian Historical Society. The author is curator of anthropology, National Museum of Victoria. Our Book No: 18281. $25 AUD.

147. Mayo, Thomas; O'Brien, Kerry; Wilcox, Cathy (cartoons) (2023). The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Hardie Grant Explore. 98 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. This book is a clear guide for the millions of Australian who would like to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but want to understand what a Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition actually mean. Written by Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and former ABC journalist Kerry O'Brien in support of the Voice Referendum in 2023. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741178869. Our Book No: 31143. $15 AUD.

148. Mcilroy, Jack (1989). Excavations at the New And Old Penitentiaries: Sarah Island Historic Site, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania [Occasional Paper]. Hobart: Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife. 36 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, concealed staples, black cloth spine, orange card covers, black & white plans, few black & white figures, top part front covers little faded, minor edgewear, owner's written name & date title page. Sarah Island is located in Macquarie Harbour in southwest Tasmania. The main aim of the excavations was the examination of deposits in the ruins of the New Penitentiary which were liable to be destroyed during stabilisation works planned for the building later in 1987. A second aim of the project was to assess the effectiveness of using a resistivity meter to test for buried features on an historic site. One of the sites, the presumed site of the Old Penitentiary, was excavated. The excavation aimed to provide a plan which could be compared with the computer tabulated results of the resistivity search.(Occasional Paper No. 18 of the Tasmanian Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife.) ISBN/ASIN: 0724621210. Our Book No: 41377. $25 AUD.

149. 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.

150. McKenna, Mark (2002). Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place (1st, 1st printing ed). Sydney: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press). 269 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos (some full-page), maps, minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Mark McKenna provides an award-winning history of reconciliation efforts between non-indigenous (settler) and indigenous Australians. The author owns a property near Blackfellas' Point, an Aboriginal meeting place on the Towamba River near Eden in southeastern New South Wales (NSW). He uses case histories at this location, and the Eden-Monaro area more generally, as a springboard for discussing reconciliation more broadly, such as the role of place in indigenous belief systems. But the most important message is that settlers (and some indigenous people) have largely forgotten about the troubled history of indigenous dispossession. The author is a research fellow, Australian National University. (First edition, 1st printing, 2002.). ISBN/ASIN: 0868406449. Our Book No: 26144. $32 AUD.

151. McKillop, Robert; Ellsmore, Donald; Oakes, John (2008). A Century of Central: Sydney's Central Railway Station 1906 to 2006 (1st ed). Sydney, Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. 160 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, glossy thick card covers (with side flaps), black & white text-photos, two fold-out diagrams with photos, minor foxing edges, minor edgewear. This book by Roberts McKillop, Robertis about the history of Sydney's Central Railway Station 1906 to 2006. The many photos and the two fold-out architect's drawings with large black & white photos bring this fascinating book about a very important transport system in Sydney to life. A wonderful addition to any local history library. ISBN/ASIN: 9780975787069. Our Book No: 41834. $60 AUD.

152. 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.

153. McKnight, David (2005). Beyond Right and Left: New Politics and the Culture Wars. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 298 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. David McKnight argues that Australian politics is moving away from right versus left wing. 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. The author is a senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, and a expert in Australian political history. ISBN/ASIN: 1741145708. Our Book No: 24632. $20 AUD.

154. 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.

155. 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.

156. 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.

157. Mead, Tom; Martyrs, Tolpuddle (1992). Man is Never Free: Martyrs of Injustice (New ed). Sydney: Dolphin Books. 239 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white drawings & text-photos, minor edgewear. New edition. Tom Mead tells the enthralling true story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs - British rural labourers convicted on a legal technicality - sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia for daring to start one of Britain's first trade unions. Not even the harsh brutality of the penal system could break their spirit. Dialogue is re-created to aid readability. (No date, but 1992 or later reprint, Trove. Originally published, 1946.). ISBN/ASIN: 0958532524. Our Book No: 20200. $25 AUD.

158. Megalogenis, George (2012). The Australian Moment: How We Were Made For These Times (1st, reprint ed). Melbourne: Penguin Books. 394 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, minor edgewear. George Megalogenis, 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’, that is, how we are made for these times. He examines how we developed from a closed economy racked by the oil shocks, toughed it out during the devastating pains of deregulation, and survived the Asian financial crisis, the dotcom tech wreck and the GFC to become the last developed nation standing in the 2000s. A prize-winning classic. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780670075218. Our Book No: 27679A. $20 AUD.

159. Megarrity, Lyndon (2018). Northern Dreams: The Politics of Northern Development in Australia. Melbourne, North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 230 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, map, minimal edgewear. Lyndon Megarrity provides passionate arguments regarding Northern Australia's national significance, and analysis of the political debates that have periodically drawn public attention northwards. The author has also highlighted the roles taken by Gough Whitlam, Ben Chifley, Robert Menzies and Bob Hawke in shaping northern development policies to suit their times. Northern Australia (north of the Tropic of Capricorn) is rediscovered by each new generation of Australian politicians. The region has a long history back to 1901 of nation building initiatives and proposals. This history must be looked at to avoid the mistakes of the past. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925801187. Our Book No: 41481. $35 AUD.

160. Menadue, John (J. L.) (1999). Things You Learn Along the Way. Melbourne: David Lovell Publishing. 298 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, small sticker top corner first page, owner's written name inside front cover. The autobiography of John Menadue, an innovative Australian public servant and businessman. He worked for Rupert Murdoch, was Head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra (both for Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser), was Australian Ambassador to Japan, and Head of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, as well as CEO of Qantas. ISBN/ASIN: 1863550739. Our Book No: 18361. $50 AUD.

161. Menzies, Robert; Martin, A. W. (Dr Alan) editor); Hardy, Patsy (editor) (1993). Dark and Hurrying Days: Menzies' 1941 Diary. Canberra: National Library of Australia (NLA). 177 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos, glossy paper, minor edgewear, owner's written name, extended written annotated notes rear flyleaf. The text of a diary kept by Prime Minister Robert Menzies of his experiences during a wartime trip to England in 1941, including details of his discussions with PM Winston Churchill. It was a grim time as British cities were being heavily bombed and German invasion seemed imminent. Menzies sat in the war cabinet, but had some disturbing talks with ministers including Churchill. On his way to London, he visited Australian troops in North Africa. Edited by Dr Alan Martin and Patsy Hardy. . ISBN/ASIN: 0642192855. Our Book No: 18448. $20 AUD.

162. Milligan, Louise (2020). Witness: An Investigation into The Brutal Cost of Seeking Justice. Sydney: Hachette Australia. 376 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition, minimal edgewear. Louise Milligan writes a masterful and deeply troubling expose, the culmination of five years of research, charting the experiences of people who have the courage to come forward to police and then try to find justice in court. Milligan has watched how witnesses are treated (or, too often, mistreated) in the courtroom. They have described to her how they relive the associated trauma, often years later. Then, she saw this first-hand when she became a witness and was cross-examined during the George Pell trial. Uncovered court transcripts expose widespread systemic flaws. And through a combination of extraordinarily candid interviews with defence counsel, prosecutors and even judges, and the heart-breaking stories of witnesses in a number of high-profile cases, the brutal reality of the system is laid bare. She reveals the devastating effects of an adversarial legal system that can be sexist, callous and too often weighted towards the rich and powerful. Milligan also highlights its failure to protect the wellbeing of the most vulnerable. In detailing these flaws and the ongoing human cost, this book is a compelling call for change. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733644634. Our Book No: 18584. $26 AUD.

163. Milne, Christine (2017). Christine Milne: An Activist Life. Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 343 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos & drawings, minor edgewear. This is the story of an apparently ordinary woman - a high-school teacher from Tasmania who became a fiery environmental warrior and social justice advocate, pitted against the most powerful forces in the country. In this fascinating memoir, Christine Milne shares her life through the many objects that have special meaning for her. This very special book is also a revealing insider's look at being a woman in Australian politics as a Federal Tasmanian senator and leader of The Greens political party. The book also chronicles the fight to save the planet and offers an empowering vision for the future. ISBN/ASIN: 9780702259814. Our Book No: 41671. $28 AUD.

164. 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.

165. Monteath, Peter; Munt, Valerie (2015). Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred Rose (1st ed). Adelaide, Mile End: Wakefield Press. 373 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). A biography of the Australian communist anthropologist, Professor Fred Rose. Peter Monteath and Valerie Hunt (Flinders University) follow him from his birth during the Great War to his death in Berlin shortly after the Wall is taken down. His research among Aborigines lead him to communism, and he was investigated during the Petrov years. Fred Rose's life takes us through rip-roaring tales from Australia's northern frontier to enthralling intellectual tussles over kinship systems and political dramas as he runs rings around his Petrov inquisitors. He was a professor in East Germany for the last 30 years of his life. . ISBN/ASIN: 9781743053720. Our Book No: 28763. $40 AUD.

166. 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.

167. 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.

168. 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.

169. Moyle, Angela; Coate, Ian (illustrator) (2013). Phoebe Digs Politics. Perth, Fremantle: Vivid Publishing. 32 pp. Paperback small square quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings (mostly full-page), minor edgewear. This special children's picture story by Angela Moyle 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 by Ian Coate will appeal to any age and will make you smile. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925086317. Our Book No: 30075. $25 AUD.

170. Murphy, Brian (1993). The Other Australia: Experiences of Migration. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 274 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white photos, light foxing top edge book & top edge reverse side jacket, minor edgewear, small sticker front free flyleaf. Brian Murphy traces the patterns and impact of immigration to Australia since 1945, focusing on immigrants from non-English speaking backgrounds who came to New South Wales. Australia has been diversified by the range of immigrants who have come to its shores, but this diversity has been welcomed by some and vehemently opposed by others. The author describes the personal experience of many newcomers to Australia, who came as displaced persons, refugees, on business migration programs or independently. A celebration of multiculturalism. A chapter describes the Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales (which sponsored this book). ISBN/ASIN: 0521441943. Our Book No: 24746. $30 AUD.

171. 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.

172. 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.

173. North, Jessica (2022). Mary Ann and Captain Piper: The Remarkable True Story of the Convict's Daughter Who Became the Toast of Colonial Sydney (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 346 pp. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, colour & black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, map, family tree, light crease rear cover, top corner tip front cover little scuffed, front hinge little split (pages firm), minor edgewear. This is the story of Mary Ann Piper who was born on Norfolk Island to First Fleet convicts. At the age of 14 she entranced the Commandant, Captain John Piper. Mary Ann learnt how to behave as a lady, and became mistress of the colony's grandest home. Mary Ann's life journey from barefoot child to Sydney's fashionable society shows triumphs, tragedies and travels around the globe. The author Jessica North reveals that Mary Ann Piper to be one of the most remarkable women in colonial Australian history. (Although most of his property was in the eastern suburbs, Captain Piper had a farm at Petersham.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781760879433. Our Book No: 41800. $20 AUD.

174. Noye, Larry (2009). O'Malley MHR: American Wanderer, Australian Trailblazer. Melbourne, Glen Waverely: Sid Harta Publishers. 439 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece), colour drawings, light foxing edges, minor edgewear. This is the story of American-born King O'Malley who came to Australia to become a legendary figure in Australian parliamentary history (South Australian parliament, then Federal parliament as representing Tasmania). Larry Noye has written a lively and fascinating biography on one of Australia's most colourful and enigmatic politicians. As Minister for Home Affairs, he launched the bold bid to push a railway across the wastes to Western Australia, and he led the building of Canberra. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921362224. Our Book No: 31410. $30 AUD.

175. O'Donovan, Annie; Tandberg, Ron (1984). Tandberg's Age of Consensus. Melbourne, Hawthorn: Anne O'Donovan. 96 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, 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. $14 AUD.

176. 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.

177. 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. $45 AUD.

178. 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, minor edgewear corner tips, 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, Margot O'Neill, 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.

179. 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.

180. 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. (Autographed. Written dedication reads: With best wishes, Hubert Opperman, 'Oppy'.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909918090. Our Book No: 3884. $280 AUD.

181. Orgill, Brad (2012). Why Labor Should Eat Their Greens: A Platform for Progressive Politics. Byron Bay, NSW: Self-Published / Captain Honey (Printer). 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.

182. 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.

183. 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.

184. Patrick, Aaron (2022). Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party's Civil War. Sydney: HarperCollinsPublishers. 324 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, 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 Scott Morrison as prime Minister. The author reveals the stories behind the its biggest scandals, from the shocking allegations against Christian Porter to the treatment of women inside the Liberal Party. Malcolm Turnbull, the previous Prime Minister, is alleged, during pursuit of causes close to his heart, to disloyally contribute to the destabilisation of the Morrison government. These stories have profound implications for Australian politics, media and society. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781460761434. Our Book No: 41154. $20 AUD.

185. 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.

186. 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.

187. Petty, Bruce; Radcliffe, Russ (editor) (2008). Petty's Parallel Worlds. Melbourne: High Horse Books. 186 pp. Hardback small square quarto, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour cartoons (few single-colour), minor 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. Edited by Russ Radcliffe, and published by High Horse Books, Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 9780646490281. Our Book No: 26851. $30 AUD.

188. 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.

189. 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.

190. Priest, Tim (2009). Enemies of the State. Sydney: New Holland. 271 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. Tim Priest 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 about crime, corruption and policing in New South Wales. Where are the police that previously brought safety to our community? He argues that ineffectual policing has allowed organised crime to spiral out of control and that the war on drugs has been lost (as observed in 2009). He is a former police detective serving in Sydney, including Kings Cross and Cabramatta. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741108705. Our Book No: 26453. $15 AUD.

191. Pullan, Robert (2020). Freedom Lost: A History of Newspapers, Journalism, and Press Censorship in Australia. Samford Valley, QLD: Australian Academic Press. 293 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, top corner tips little creased last few pages, minor edgewear. This book is an epic collection of essays by Robert Pullan, a life-long journalist, who relates the lives of the poets, preachers, drunks, gunmen and genius-editors who shaped Australian press history and battled the censorship ogre. From the front cover: Forensic, poetic tales of the ongoing conflict since 1803 between Australian newspapers and the law and government - and losing our liberty. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925644388. Our Book No: 41450. $40 AUD.

192. 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.

193. 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.

194. 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.

195. 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.

196. Robb, Andrew (2011). Black Dog Daze: Public Life, Private Demons. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 182 pp. Paperback thin octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, bottom corner tip front cover & top corner tip rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. In this confronting and inspiring book, Andrew Robb talks about the challenges of managing depression, political ambition and life in the Liberal Party. Andrew Robb was Federal Director of the Liberal Party, campaign organiser, and a minister in the Howard and Abbott Liberal Coalition governments. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522858570. Our Book No: 26692. $25 AUD.

197. Robin, Eleanor (2022). The Quest For Eden-Monaro: A Core Sample of Australian Democracy. Melbourne, North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing (ASP). 323 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, map, minor edgewear. The politically-sensitive Federal electorate of Eden-Monaro adjoining Canberra, has been the power base for two influential and high-flying Members of Parliament, Sir Austin Chapman and Allan Fraser CMG. In this fascinating book, Eleanor Robin takes us from the high plains of Federal policy and governance to the essence of Australian democracy where, from daily lived experience, Australian society demands both a personal advocate and a representation of their interests and views on the national agenda. She blends a knowledge of place and perceptive biography with significant national history. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922669483. Our Book No: 41718. $35 AUD.

198. Roggeveen, Sam (2023). The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace. Melbourne, Collingwood: La Trobe University Press / Black Inc. 232 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear. Sam Roggeveen sheds new light on the contest for leadership in Asia and the strategy Australia needs to grow. This includes a radically different approach to defence in the light of the rise of China. There has to be a bolder Australian foreign policy, with three goals: leadership in the Pacific; a much stronger relationship with Indonesia; and a regional order centered on a gathering of its great powers. The author is director of the Lowy Institute International Security Program and a former senior Australian intelligence analyst. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760643683. Our Book No: 41503. $32 AUD.

199. Ronayne, Jarlath (2002). First Fleet to Federation: Irish Supremacy in Colonial Australia (2nd ed). Dublin / Melbourne: Trinity College Dublin Press / Europe-Australia Institute, Victoria University. 252 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour plates, black & white drawings, few colour text-photos & charts (family trees), glossy paper, yellow base spine lightly faded as common, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A well researched book by Professor Jarlath Ronayne that is both fascinating and controversial. It is about the amazing influence of a network of Irish graduates in law from Trinity College Dublin, on learning and politics in 19th-century Australia. The author weaves in and out of the established Australian colonial story, negotiating major events and characters and arcane byways with equal assurance, and with irony and wit. He writes a radically different perspective on that inexhaustibly interesting subject - the Irish in Australia - and the Australian story generally. The author is an Irish-born academic who is now foundation vice-chancellor of Victoria University, Melbourne, and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). (Second edition stated, dated 2002. Autograph dedication states: To dear Patrick and Dierdre. Thank you for the inspiration. Very best wishes, Jarlath 9 May 2002.). ISBN/ASIN: 1862726043. Our Book No: 41420. $50 AUD.

200. Rowse, Tim (2000). Obliged To Be Difficult: Nugget Coombs' Legacy in Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 254 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Tim Rowse examines Dr H. C. (Nugget) Coombs' legacy in public policy regarding Aboriginal affairs. Since the 1967 constitutional referendum, Australian governments have moved toward policies of indigenous self-determination. Presents the central issue of self-determination as seen by Coombs, who was the most influential policy maker after the referendum. By what political mechanisms will indigenous Australians find their own voice? This narrative of Coombs' work draws on many unpublished sources, and illuminates the interplay of government policy with indigenous practice. Both an account of government policies, and a biographical slice of an outstanding Australian public servant. ISBN/ASIN: 0521774101. Our Book No: 13639. $40 AUD.

201. Rowse, Tim (2005 ). Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life (1st p//b ed). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 419 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, spine little ceased, minimal foxing top edge, light foxing edges, minor edgewear, owner rubber stamp front flyleaf. A biography of H. C. (Herbert Cole) Coombs, an outstanding Australian public servant. Tim Rowse shows that Nugget Coombs understood 'economic rationality' as the socially integrative mission of private and public sector elites. He is best known as the first governor of the new Reserve Bank, and for his passion for Aboriginal affairs. He tested the adaptability of 20th-century liberalism, and made his career a 'reforming life’. Also an account of integrating government policies with Australian society. Tim Rowse previously wrote 'Obliged to be Difficult: Nugget Coombs' Legacy in Indigenous Affairs' (2000). ISBN/ASIN: 0521677831. Our Book No: 41264. $50 AUD.

202. Rutgers, Dr Sir Hendrik (1992). A Testimony of a Lawyer. Sydney, Blacktown: Hexagon Press. 150 pp. Hardback small octavo, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white photos (one in colour), endpaper maps, top edge foxed, rear cover little scratched, minor edgewear. Autobiography of Hendrik Rutgers, a Dutch-Australian solicitor and MBE. His remarkably varied life included being part of the Dutch Underground during World War 2 (WW2), and a judge advocate in Indonesia during war crime trials. ISBN/ASIN: 090806313X. Our Book No: 13491. $15 AUD.

203. 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.

204. Sager, Janine (2014). Imaging Australia In Black and White: Newspaper Illustrations 1880 - 1940: Selections from The Moffitt Collection. Sydney: Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS). 96 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, black & white & single-colour text-photos, glossy paper, minor edgewear. Herbert Moffitt (1877 - 1953) was a bohemian New South Wales black & white artist and judge. The Moffitt Collection of his artwork, plus that of contemporary black & white artists that he collected, has been exhibited around Australia, but now has been donated to the National Library of Australia. Janine Sager, the curator of the Moffitt Collection, has sorted and researched the artwork, and written this special book. The two main themes of the book are the life of Judge Moffitt, and the social and political influence exerted by these black-and-white images as published in the popular press. Each image is reproduced and presented with contextual information. Each artist is introduced individually with biographical details, plus relationships within the newspaper industry, Australian art historical networks, and the style of illustrative presentation. . ISBN/ASIN: 9780646915128. Our Book No: 41663. $40 AUD.

205. 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. $36 AUD.

206. 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, minor edgewear. Peter Saunders shows what can and should be done to restore individual self-reliance to the bulk of the Australian community while making sure those that need assistance can be helped more appropriately. The author is to the Social Research Director, Centre for Independent Studies, a Sydney neoliberal (free market) or conservative think-tank. ISBN/ASIN: 9781864321654. Our Book No: 24981. $15 AUD.

207. 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. $12 AUD.

208. Savva, Nikki (2019). Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull's Demise and Scott Morrison's Ascension. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 397 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, pages faintly toned as usual, minor 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 (a Pentecostal Christian), 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: 9781925849189. Our Book No: 18166. $22 AUD.

209. Scrimgeour, David (2022). Remote As Ever: The Aboriginal Struggle for Autonomy in the Western Desert. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 274 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, map, bottom corner tip rear page little scuffed, minor edgewear. David Scrimgeour tells the story of his working as a doctor in isolated communities in Australia's Western Desert in the late 1970s. He became involved in the Homelands movement and the Aboriginal community-controlled health campaign. This story is replete with strong controversies and stronger personalities. He demonstrates that the future of these communities, and indeed the health of its individual members, remain in the balance. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522878974. Our Book No: 41367. $32 AUD.

210. Shaw, Geo. M. (1983). Concord Jubilee 1883 - 1933: : A History of the Municipality of Concord with Illustrations (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Canberra Press / Bloxham & Chambers (Printer). 192 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, black cloth cover (gilt lettering & borders), many black & white photos, many adverts, maps, glossy paper, minor edgewear, tiny sticker front free flyleaf. An illustrated history of the Municipality of Concord (Sydney Inner West), published initially in 1933 for the Jubilee of the Municipality of Concord (that is, festival activities to mark its 50th anniversary). Compiled by Geo. M. Shaw, Town Clerk of Concord. Many details of Council activities, photos of buildings, and business adverts. This copy is a facsimile, printed in 1983 by Bloxham & Chambers, to mark 100 years of the founding of Concord in 1883. (No date of facsimile in book, but 1983, Trove.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959226818. Our Book No: 18631. $45 AUD.

211. Sheridan, Greg (2015). When We Were Young and Foolish: A Memoir of My Misguided Youth With Tony Abbott, Bob Carr, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Other Reprobates. Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 365 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white & colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). Greg Sheridan, a foreign affairs reporter for 'The Australian' newspaper, records his determined and passionate journey from an underprivileged but emotionally rich childhood in Sydney's inner west, to the world of emotionally charged political fronts. His varied early experience includes early life in a seminary, a surprising period as a union organiser, and heady intellectual times at 'The Bulletin' magazine. The book gives a new and personal look at politicians as they were as students and in their 20s, and the events, philosophies, relationships and inner demons that contributed to their current behaviour. (Written author dedication title page.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781760113391. Our Book No: 28949. $28 AUD.

212. 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.

213. Simons, Margaret (2023). Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms. Melbourne: Black Inc. 340 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition, colour photos centre spread, minimal edgewear. Elected to Federal parliament at age 28, Tanya Plibersek has lived half her life in the public eye, and is the longest-serving woman in the Australian House of Representatives. She was born in Sydney to Slovenian parents, and their experiences as migrants profoundly shaped her life. She joined the Labor Party at a time of intense factional battles and emerged as one of a new generation of ALP leaders who served as minister in the Rudd, Gillard and Albanese governments. For all her career she has campaigned for social justice regarding paid parental leave, violence against women and rights for same-sex couples. Awardwinning journalist Margaret Simons relies on exclusive interviews with Plibersek, her political contemporaries, family and close friends to trace the personal and political strands of this modern Australian story. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760643386. Our Book No: 18625. $28 AUD.

214. 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.

215. 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.

216. Slattery, Luke (2014). The First Dismissal [Lachlan Macquarie] [A Penguin Special]. Sydney: Penguin Random House Australia. 163 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark rear cover. The impressive story of the Scottish soldier who was the innovative governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Governor Lachlan Macquarie was a reformer and an emancipator. He believed a person’s worth - be they gentry, infantry or convict - lay in what they were capable of doing, not what they had done in the past. He freed the brilliant mercurial convict Francis Greenway and made him government architect for the buildings that would shape a new nation. The Tory British Government of 1820, thought that Macquarie and Greenway's unconventional alliance threatened the very legitimacy of NSW as a penal colony. Luke Slattery breathes dramatic life into Australia's first political dismissal and, along the way, maps Macquarie and Greenway's bold collaborations and architectural and cultural legacy. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143572473. Our Book No: 31097. $25 AUD.

217. Smethurst, Annika (2021). The Accidental Prime Minister. Sydney: Hachette Australia. 374 pp. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), single black & white photo, colour photos, minor edgewear jacket, pages lightly toned, slight split front & rear hinges (all pages firm), spine ends little rubbed. This is the first biography of Scott Morrison, the controversial 30th prime minister of Australia, who however managed the Covid-19 pandemic response comparatively well despite political dysfunction. The author has drawn on interviews with Scott Morrison, senior cabinet ministers, staffers, parliamentary allies and rivals, as well as colleagues, close friends, and friends from school and university. The interviews and research took place between September 2020 and April 2021. The author is a political journalist. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733646942. Our Book No: 41634. $25 AUD.

218. 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. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 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 inhospitable 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.

219. 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. $20 AUD.

220. Sowden, William 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. With An Appendix, Containing Reports on the General / Resources of the Territory By Professor Tate, F.G.S. Adelaide: W. K. Thomas & Co. 198 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (as issued), good plus condition, original black cloth cover (gilt lettering, minor marks, corners bumped), adverts at rear, new endpapers, top edge single page little torn (repaired), pages toned as usual, top spine little torn, edges little foxed, minor edgewear, otherwise internally very good. The comprehensive account by William J. Sowden 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. This report contains chapters on Palmerston (later renamed Darwin), the far interior, Government plantations, and the rich riverine country. The 33-page appendix by Ralph Tate details the natural resources and geology of the Northern Territory. Plus 6 pages of adverts at rear. (192 + 6 pages. The author was a journalist who accompanied the parliamentary expedition to inspect the Northern Territory.). Our Book No: 16204. $50 AUD.

221. Sparrow, Jeff (2018). Trigger Warnings: Political Correctness and the Rise of the Right. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 300 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Donald Trump quite literally lives in a building serviced by a golden elevator. He presents himself as the scourge of the elites. He has built a persona based on conspicuous consumption and excess - yet he won the U.S. presidency on an antiestablishment ticket. This demonstrates the political paradox of the 21st century. In this new Gilded Age, the contrast between the haves and the have-nots could not be starker. The world's eight richest billionaires control as much wealth as the poorest half of the planet. Progressives have failed to make gains in circumstances that should favour egalitarianism and social justice. The current angry populism explicitly targets ideas associated with the left, and none more so than so-called 'political correctness' (PC). If Trump and his followers can turn hostility to PC into a winning slogan, how should the left respond? Should progressives double-down on identity politics and gender theory? Must they abandon PC and everything associated with it to reconnect with a, alienated working class? Or is there another way entirely? Jeff Sparrow excavates the development of a powerful new vocabulary against progressive causes. From the New Left to the Alt-Right, he traces changing attitudes to democracy and trauma, symbolism and liberation, in an exhilarating history of ideas and movements. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925713183. Our Book No: 18590. $25 AUD.

222. Spender, Lynne (2004). Between the Lines: A Legal Guide for Writers and Illustrators. Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Keesing Press / Australian Society of Authors. 272 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear,. The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has commissioned this book in response to daily queries about legal issues from authors and illustrators. Lynne Spender has used her own values to create the book. The author is an Australian author and publisher. First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0975208306. Our Book No: 24894. $20 AUD.

223. Suares, Julie (2019). JB Chifley: An Ardent Internationalist [MUP Academic]. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 322 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, some pencil annotation (mostly rubbed out), inside rear cover little scuffed, owner's written name. Ben Chifley, former train driver and Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949, lived through two economic depressions and two world wars. This, combined with his rural background and commitment to the labour movement, played a major role in the development of his internationalist perspective. Often overlooked by historians, Chifley believed that the only way to avoid war and economic depression was through the establishment of international rules-based economic and collective security institutions. These were beliefs he had held since the early 1930s. Chifley was a prime minister with a keen interest in post-war Asia, who understood that the old colonial order was ending. He was a great admirer of the Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. This book reveals the extraordinary convergence of worldviews of two fellow internationalists, Chifley and Nehru. This book byJulie Suares is based on her PhD thesis at Deakin University. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522874709. Our Book No: 18479. $50 AUD.

224. Swan, Wayne (2005). Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation. Sydney: Pluto Press Australia. 248 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, top corner tip front cover creased, minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover (covers a few letters of text). 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 Kevin Rudd Labor Federal government.). ISBN/ASIN: 1864033606. Our Book No: 18608. $35 AUD.

225. Tanner, Lindsay (2011). Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 232 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common (toned spot fore-edge), minor edgewear. Lindsay Tanner, the Australian Labor politician, discusses the decline of political reporting and political behaviour that occurred during his career as Federal Minister for Finance and member for the electorate of Melbourne. The book is part memoir, part analysis, and part critique. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921844065. Our Book No: 26634. $16 AUD.

226. 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 condition, black & white & colour photos centre spread, few small toned spots, 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, Mark Tedeschi, a senior lawyer, also brilliantly describes the social setting in the 1830s and 1840s. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925533484. Our Book No: 18162. $25 AUD.

227. 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.

228. Therry, Sir Roger; Bennett, J. M. (introduction); Else-Mitchell, Hon. Mr Justice (foreword) (1974). Reminiscences of Thirty Year's Residence in New South Wales and Victoria (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) / Sydney University Press (SUP). 522 pp. Hardback thick, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge & fore-edge foxed, minor edgewear, minimal musty smell (may need airing). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. The memoir of Sir Roger Therry about his 30 years residence in New South Wales and Victoria. Originally published in London in 1863, the first edition sold out at once. A second or revised edition quickly followed, but was recalled from sale by Therry because of strong criticisms in Australia about the opinions he had expressed, such as about the transportation system, the administration of justice, and the personalities of judges. The present facsimile of the second edition makes Therry's writings more accessible, and also commemorates the 150th anniversary in 1974 of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, of which Therry was a senior judge. Introduction by J. M. Bennett, a councillor of the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS). ISBN/ASIN: 042406880X. Our Book No: 21745. $40 AUD.

229. Tickner, Robert (2020). Ten Doors Down: The Story of an Extraordinary Adoption Reunion. Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 243 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, minor edgewear. Robert Tickner had always known he was adopted, but had rarely been curious about his origins. This is the story of a Federal Labor minister's remarkable reunion with both his birth parents. Born in 1951, he had a happy childhood - raised by his loving adoptive parents, Bert and Gwen Tickner, in Forster, New South Wales. He grew up to be a confident young man with a fierce sense of social justice from political change. Serving in the Hawke and Keating governments, he held the portfolio of minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. He initiated the reconciliation process with Indigenous Australians, and instigated the national inquiry into the Stolen Generations. Even so, he did not anticipate reconciling the deep scars that his forced adoption had imposed on his mother, and the astonishing series of coincidences that had already linked their lives (she lived only 10 doors down the street from his adoptive grandparents). This moving memoir is a testament to the importance of family and how they shape us, and the power of love to heal great harm. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925849455. Our Book No: 41078. $30 AUD.

230. 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.

231. 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.

232. Triggs, Gillian (2018). Speaking Up (1st ed). Melbourne, Carlton: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 300 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), colour photos & drawings, few sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). 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. She became controversial for advocating for the disempowered, disenfranchised and marginalised. Consequently, she 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. (First edition, 2018.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780522873511. Our Book No: 41168. $36 AUD.

233. Turnbull, Malcolm (2020). A Bigger Picture (1st ed). Melbourne: Hardie Grant. 698 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & few black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, spine ends little rubbed, front hinge slightly split (all pages firm), minor edgewear jacket. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Malcolm Turnbull eloquently relates 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. $32 AUD.

234. 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.

235. 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.

236. Tyler, Peter J. (2011). State Records New South Wales 1788 to 2011. Sydney, Annandale: Desert Pea Press / Federation Press. 150 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good 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.

237. Uren, David (2012). The Kingdom and the Quarry: China, Australia, Fear and Greed. Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc. 260 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. David Uren reveals how China has rapidly become Australia's most important trading partner. It is also the rising power in our region. He takes us inside the high-stakes world of the Australia-China 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. The author is economics editor of 'The Australian' newspaper. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863955669. Our Book No: 26807. $15 AUD.

238. 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 [Petersham, now Tempe, Sydney Inner West] - 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. No ISBN in book.). ISBN/ASIN: B0000EAZG7. Our Book No: 30621. $25 AUD.

239. 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.

240. Wallace, Christine (2004). The Private Don: Don Bradman on Cricket, Investment, Politics, the Media, Family and Friends. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 266 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, frontispiece, minor edgewear jacket. Christine Wallace 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: troubled father, loyal friend, detailed investment advice, and outspoken critic. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 1741144752. Our Book No: 28226. $20 AUD.

241. Walsh, Kerry-Anne (2013). The Stalking of Julia Gillard (How the Media and Team Rudd Brought Down the Prime Minister) (1st, reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 305 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Kerry-Anne Walsh relates the story of a disgraceful episode in recent Australian political history. The focus is on Team Kevin Rudd and their campaign of destabilisation in the media that badly damaged Prime Minister Julia Gillard (the first female Prime Minister) and the proper running of her competent Labor government. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742379227. Our Book No: 27778. $20 AUD.

242. 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 Walsh examines the ups and downs of the One Nation party and its leader, the controversial rightwing Australian politician Pauline Hanson. Is Hanson truly a champion of the battler and disaffected Australian, or just populist and attention seeking? The author provides a narrative formulated after extensive research, including numerous interviews and conservations with those who know Hanson, and 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. $18 AUD.

243. Wenberg, Adelaide ; Jones, Julie-Anne (2022). Cootamundra Girl: Surviving the Stolen Generation (Revised ed). Wollongong, NSW: Self-Published: Julie-Anne Jones. 198 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, autograph (author's extensive written & dated dedication title page). This is the memoir of Adelaide Wenberg, an Indigenous Australian who is a survivor of the Stolen Generation (as told to Julie-Anne Jones). At six years of age, Adelaide was taken from Sydney to Cootamundra, far from her parents and brothers and sisters and everything she had ever known. She spent has eight years and a span of experiences that are unfamiliar to most of us growing up in Australia. Adelaide has shown a dogged determination to survive, to endure and to finally carve out a life of her own choosing. The story of this one life travels through a big landscape. One lived in the city and the country, among the rich and the poor, having artists and politicians as friends, the well-educated and the uneducated. Adelaide has led an amazing and at times harrowing life. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922480231. Our Book No: 41546. $40 AUD.

244. 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.

245. 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.

246. 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.

247. Whitlam, Gough (2005). The Truth of the Matter (3rd ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 303 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Third edition. 'The Truth of the Matter' by Gough Whitlam was an instant bestseller when published in 1979. It is about his controversial sacking as Labor Prime Minister of Australia by GOvernor-General Sir John Kerr in 1975. Out of print for many years, it is here reissued by Melbourne University Press on the 30th anniversary of the Dismissal. It has a new introduction by Gough Whitlam in which he replies to critics and provides new information uncovered more recently. ISBN/ASIN: 0522852122. Our Book No: 18423. $28 AUD.

248. Wilkinson, Marian (2020). The Carbon Club: How a Network of Influential Climate Sceptics, Politicians and Business Leaders Fought to Control Australia's Climate Policy. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 438 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, corner tips covers & few pages lightly creased, minor edgewear. Marian Wilkinson looks at the truth behind Australia's two decades of climate inaction. It is the story of how a loose confederation of influential climate-science sceptics, politicians and business leaders sought to control Australia's response to the climate crisis. They were afraid that dealing with climate change would undermine Australia’s wealth, jobs and competitive advantage - as well as the power of the Carbon Club. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760875992. Our Book No: 31115. $26 AUD.

249. 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 centre spread, bottom corner tip rear cover & last few pages little creased, minor edgewear. Don Dunstan, Premier of South Australia in the 1960s and 1970s is one of Australia's foremost civil rights advocates of modern times. Angela Woollacott reveals how 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. The author is professor of history at the Australian National University, Canberra. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781760631819. Our Book No: 40747. $25 AUD.