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This book contains previously unpublished translations of European experiences in the early colonial period. The journals and records of these French explorers and scientists offer cultural insights and an outsiders' perspective on the new colony & its re

Studiosity is the brand new look and name for the former Yourtutor Service. It provides online tutoring designed for students in Years 3 -12. It provides one-to-one academic support in the following subjects: Mathematics, Science, English, Commerce (including basic level Business Studies and Econ...

Nowhere else in the world, except outback Australia, would these boat journeys be possible and no one else in Australia but Rex Ellis would operate them. His desert boat safaris oftern defy description.

Solitary widower Alex Lambert, protective of his beloved deaf daughter Charlotte, prefers to keep himself to himself. That is until the charismatic and smooth Noel Murray moves into the neighbourhood and Charlotte goes missing

Hal Challis is in trouble at home and abroad: he's missing his lover, Ellen Destry, who is overseas on a study tour. But there's plenty to keep his mind off his problems. A rapist in a police uniform stalks Challis's Peninsula beat.

It's 1970's London and Glaswegian Colin Grant is finally free. After four years at Her Majesty's pleasure, Colin needs to make up for lost time. Visit his uncle in Ghana, great choice. Now work out how to fly a planeload of gold out of the country.

Relationships can be tricky - for experienced daters and the not so experienced. Packed with humour and sound advice, this book will help you make better decisions, have healthier relationships, and be more prepared for your future.

Here, largely in his own words, is the incredible story of Edward Koiki Mabo, from his childhood on the Island of Mer through to his struggle within the union cause and the black rights movement.

The author writes about heroes, visionaries and eccentrics of Australia's vast outback. Thirty-two characters are included

An argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing-behaviours...

A gentle thriller featuring a charming Laotian doctor who investigates the cause of death of three young Vietnamese men and a Communist Party leader's wife.

Covers important works and movements in world literature. Has an archive of characters, literary topics, themes, movements and genre. A Penrith City Library card membership number is required to logon

Colonel rose pioneered the live cattle trade from the NT to Asia in the late 1950s. He also pioneered the establishment of a research institute near Alice Springs with programs ranging from water analysis to tick-dip analysis

In 1919 the Commonwealth Government put up £10,000 prize money for the first Australian air crew to fly from London to Port Darwin. 16 outstanding young aviators participated in this unique air race, flying 11,000 miles with very few landing strips

A digital magazine for primary school aged kids from years 3 to 6. Like it's big sister, Good Reading Young Adults Magazine, which is hugely popular with high school students, Good Reading For Kids encourages students to submit their creative works & then experience the thrill of being published.

Morgan arrived in New World in 1655. Over the next 3 decades, his exploits in the Caribbean in service of the English became legend. Morgan gathered sailors, soldiers, adventurers, runaway slaves, and sociopaths & turned them into the most feared army