Collection: Reference

Few chief justices in Australia have been so reviled and misrepresented as the very first, Sir Frances Forbes. The wilful distortions of his character his motives and his actions have endured for two centuries. This is a major reassessment of his true qualities.

The Sistine Chapel is the geographical and spiritual centre of the Vatican City, but it is also one of the most internationally famous artistic sites. Michelangelo's masterpieces make the Sistine Chapel the most visited place in the world, illustrated in detail, so the you can not only appreciate...

Problems involved in management of site registers and the recording of sites

Brings together a collection of topographic map extracts, exercises that enable students to understand geography through practice and supporting explanatory text. Accompanying each map is a set of graded questions

Slavery in North America, including the slave trade on the west coast of Africa and the transatlantic journey to North America, slave auctions, plantation life, escape attempts and insurrections, the Civil War and eventual emancipation...