Our Country: Where History Happened by Mark Greenwood
$26.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Our Country Ser.
The second title in the OUR COUNTRY series, celebrating and contextualising the richness of Australia's history, and where it happened. In every corner of Australia, history happened. The pages of this book are a journey through tens of thousands of years. Our history is recorded in ancient rock art, in ...Show more
Amazing Ancient World Atlas 1 (Lonely Planet Kids) by Nancy Dickmann
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lonely Planet Kids Ser.
Unearth our ancient world, continent by continent, with this amazing kids atlas. Explore over 40 historical cultures, societies and civilizations from across the planet. Mind-blowing maps bring history to life and show the rise and fall of mighty empires over time. Plus discover where the remains of our ...Show more
Songlines: First Knowledges for younger readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
How do you find your way around, get your food and drink, connect with your friends and family? How do you know the right and safe way to do things, or how to make things? Before the white people came to the continent, all Australian Aboriginal people knew how to do all these things - and much, much mor ...Show more
The Magnificent Book of Treasures: Vikings by Stella Caldwell
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Magnificent Book Of Ser.
Take an incredible journey back in time to a land of warriors, longboats and legends. Marvel at fabulous treasures and sagas of heroes, monsters and epic voyages. Travel back in time more than a thousand years to visit the world of the Vikings. Board a longship to go on a voyage of exploration, and ...Show more
In the Lamplight (HB) by Dianne Wolfer
$26.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lighthouse Girl Ser.
From fighting for the right to vote to nursing conscripted young men, Rose's life changes forever when World War I arrives in the peaceful English village of Harefield. With an influx of wounded Australian soldiers, the villagers rally around to provide care and comfort, despite suffering their own casu ...Show more
Finding Our Heart: A Story about the Uluru Statement for Young Australians by Thomas Mayo
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
Author Thomas Mayor's journey around Australia with the Uluru Statement has been a moving experience. In particular, when he visited schools he was inspired by the children he spoke with. Unlike past generations, Australian children today are learning Indigenous languages, seasons and the truth of this ...Show more
Big Ideas from History: A History of the World for You by The School of Life
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
The present can loom very large in a child's mind: all the crises and challenges of the modern world can feel overwhelming and at times dispiriting. This book is a big history of the world, from the beginnings of the universe to now, which places the reader at its centre. It encourages them to think abo ...Show more
The Last Light Horse (HB) by Dianne Wolfer
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The fourth and final book in the Light series, which began with Lighthouse Girl and includes the CBCA shortlisted Lighthorse Boy.There were 136,000 Australian horses sent to fight during the First World War. Just one came home. From the high country of Victoria to the desert sand of Egypt, from the wate ...Show more
Convicts (Fair Dinkum Histories All the Stinky Bits) by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: History
Telling BITS of history as they really were! In 1788, beautiful Australia became a prison as England sent their convicts to the new colony on crowded, smelly ships. And when they arrived, they brought the stink with them. Life as a convict was toughflogging was frequent, food was scarce, and they knew a ...Show more
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something? Or thought about how we can weigh the earth? Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe? Uncover the mysteries of time, space and life on earth in this extraordinary book - a journey from the centre of the planet to the dawn of the dinosaurs, and ever ...Show more
The Story of Australia: For the Young (And the Curious) by Don Watson
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A modern classic- Don Watson's history of Australia for children of the twenty-first century History told so well it gives us a better idea of who we are - and who we are likely to become. Don Watson's The Story of Australia is a modern history of our nation that integrates new understandings about Ind ...Show more
Castle (Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections) by Stephen Biesty
$16.99 AUD
Category: History
Step inside a magnificent 14th century castle and back in time. This fully updated edition of "Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle" takes you on an illustrated tour of a fully functioning 14th century castle. Explore life within the castle walls with colourful cut-away pictures that give you a unique ...Show more