Collection: Reference

This work has more than 1000 images that highlight the beauty, subtlety, simplicity or complexity of textiles created around the world. The historical and contemporary examples highlight the skill and imagination of textile designers throughout history.

Life and work of every important designer from 1840 to the present day, including not only couturiers but also shoe, hat and knitwear specialists, costume designers, jewelers and hairdressers. The fashion media, photographers and illustrators.....

This is a bestselling and comprehensive introductory textbook that uses a four-part structure to cover all aspects of the visual arts, including: how art is designed the visual language of art; how art is made the media and processes, covering everything from painting and sculpture to graphic des...

This is a concise but comprehensive guide to help the family historian embark on the search for Australian military ancestors, as well as providing simple overviews of Australia's military history

The Territory Remembers is a program of activities commemorating the the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin and World War II wartime events with a connection to the Northern Territory. This commemorative book provides a contribution to this wartime history of the Northern Territory through...

Examines the work of Australian puppeteers over the last 50 years, with particular emphasis on developments in the 1970s and '80s. Puppet theatre enjoyed a worldwide resurgence in this time but was not well documented.