Collection: Reference

Ben Quilty has worked across a range of media including drawing, photography, sculpture, installation and film. His works often respond to social and political events, from the current global refugee crisis to the complex social history of Australia; he is constantly critiquing notions of identit...

In 1914, the Royal Australian Navy purchased its first 2 submarines. In this pictorial tribute, the authors have interspersed intimate images and candid personal interviews with archival material spanning Australia's long association with submarines.

Life history of Bennelong the first Aboriginal to have long and close association with European colonials, based on the chronicles of Hunter, Tench, Bradley, Collins and White; Bennelongs capture in 1789; spearing of Phillip, his relationship with the Cameragal tribe; his wife Barangaroo's death ...

Over 200 of the best catalogue designs in the world. interviews with the best designers in each category. Catalogue by internationally acclaimed designers.

Explains how and why surf lifesaving enjoys iconic status across Australia, and remains relevant and popular today. Covers all aspects of surf lifesaving; including technology, competition, membership, both professionals and volunteers

Complete text with introduction and notes to each book to guide through the labyrinth of literary, textual, and theological issues to demonstrate how and why the Bible has affected the literature, art, and general culture of the English-speaking world.

"Edited extracts from the first 125 years of The Weekly Times, Australia's biggest selling rural newspaper. All introductions written by the author, with an introduction by Prof. Geoffrey Blainey."

More than 600 photographs brings to life the events that shaped a city and the nation. The journey from Australia's first European settlement to today's nation of 20 million people is a rich and powerful story. Most of it has been reported as it happened by Australia's oldest newspaper, The Sydne...