Collection: History Support Collection

Profiles the men and women who have attained Australia's highest public office & the forces that shaped them. This revised edition completes the extraordinary story of the Rudd prime ministership, and includes information on Julia Gillard.

A study of the socio-economic development of Australian cities, considering the wide aspects of city-region relations, historical aspects, commercial, retail and industrial developments, and the internal residential and social structure of cities. Inequalities in cities, in social and medical pat...

Australians have fought in overseas wars for more than a century and created a legend of land, sea and in the air. This new edition brings their remarkable story up to date and includes an account of recent operations in Timor, Afgahnistan and Iraq

National Parks in Australia over 100 years from 1879 to 1979

In this landmark book, Stuart Macintyre explains how a country traumatised by World War I, hammered by the Depression and overstretched by World War II became a prosperous, successful and growing society by the 1950s.

A detailed description of Australia's five notes -- $1,

This books tells the story of Australia's first century from the proclamation of the nation in Sydney's Centennial Park 1 January 1901 to the Olympic Games in September 2000. News photographs are included from 'The Australian'.

Examines the emergence of Italian culture and community in Australia, and the impact Italians have had on Australian society.

First report produced as part of a review of the state of the National Estate and to meet the growing need for well-researched studies on conservation measures.