Collection: Reference

Stories of the river itself and disastrous floods are ample testimony that the lives of early settlers were not easy. The author is a fifth generation member of a Hawkesbury district family. His aim is to project the images of the people of the parish.

The Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. An up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-spe...

From Bennelong's 1796 letter to contemporary creative writers, selected work that represents the range and depth of Aboriginal writing in English. Includes journalism, petitions and political letters from 19th and 20th centuries and major works...

""The book itself is creatively put together, with foldouts, seemingly endless images, and a loving introduction by the director of the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague""

Contains the story of May Gibbs' life and a selection of her beautiful original colour illustrations and 57 specially selected black pen and wash drawings which she drew to illustrate her stories.