Collection: Reference

Illustrates a century of dramatic change in the Australian art world between 1850 and 1950, through the lives and works of 45 major Australian artists.

Commences with the arrival of the Curved Dash Oldsmobile in 1902 and culminates with the current world class offerings of Holden Ltd. Tells two stories, one is the history of events, people and places, the second is of the cars.

King George V granted the title 'Royal Australian Navy' to the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1911. Since then, the Royal Australian Navy has served with distinction in several conflicts & natural disasters. This book celebrates one hundred years of the RAN

Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012, Babelsberg is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world and the biggest on-stop studio complex in Europe. From box-office hits to artistic triumphs, many of them have been created here

Presents summary and censorship accounts of books that have been banned throughout history for political, religious, sexual, and social reasons. Although the literary merit of the majority of these has been proven, efforts are still in place today to suppress some of them.

This book is an illustrated Who's Who of Australia's First Fleet pioneers - the 1,300 men, women, and children who founded the first European settlement at Sydney Cove. (From verso).