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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...

This is an anthology of writing about what it is really like to grow up Asian-Australian. Established writers, public figures and exciting new talents, this diverse and unpredictable collection throws out the cliches and takes readers behind the stereotypes.

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 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts destined for NSW. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover

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