Soaring With Cockatoos    by Trevor Steele
Price: $4.95 USD. 106650 words. Language: English. Published by Mirador Publishing  on May 14, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
The last decades of the nineteenth century. European powers are colonising the whole planet and seem unstoppable. In the British colony of Western Australia white settlers ignore the rights of the Aborigines, murder them or chase them from their land, or perhaps readmit them to work as unpaid labourers on newly created properties. This is their story...

Daisy's War    by Shayne Parkinson
Price: $2.99 USD. 101040 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
(4.33 from 3 reviews)
In 1914, Daisy lives in the quiet New Zealand valley where her family has farmed for generations. Her world seems a warm and safe one. But the Great War is casting its long shadow over New Zealand. Daisy watches in growing fear as more and more of the men leave to fight in Europe, and the War strikes ever closer to the heart of her family.

Eureka    by Warne Wilson
Price: $0.99 USD. 6720 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
A fictional tale of a friendship bond between four men of different backgrounds, who came together to dig for gold in the rush following the discovery of gold in Victoria Australia in 1852. Without looking for trouble they were caught up in the aftermath of the battle at Eureka Stockade uprising against police license hunts and British red coated soldiers.

Blind Hope    by Garry  Boyd
Price: $4.99 USD. 85590 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Lola Catrell is a young woman who journeys to the Gulgong Goldfields in 1871 to act as tutor for 8 year old Prue. The booming goldfields township is vividly brought to life as Lola befriends Dylan, a Welsh miner and a larrikin Irishman. She battles the ruthless stepfather, a scheming paedophile and corruption that is rife within the town. Her journey begins in Sydney, her life begins in Gulgong.

Posh-2 Waitangi and War    by brian holloway
Price: $4.99 USD. 60960 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2012. Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure.
This is the second book in the trilogy of Posh. The young migrant arrives in 1839 to witness the Treaty of Waitangi, and soon develops intense friendships with the maori people.But simmering land issues evolve into war. The township is sacked,and Matthew becomes a scout in the British Army.There is love and hope for a new life,and tragedy.New Zealand history told in a personal and warm style.

The Eulo Queen and Other Outback and Opal Stories    by Colin Wurth KOA-Publications
Price: $0.99 USD. 63160 words. Language: English. Published by Kylie Reynolds on April 5, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
Based on facts, this collection of Australian stories revolves around frontier life on the opal fields at the turn of the of the century (19thC to 20thC).

Blue Angels    by Ian Moffitt
Price: $4.99 USD. 77750 words. Language: English. Published by BWM Books  on March 29, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
What really happened to Bomber Command navigator Brian Maxwell during the Second World War? Why is his widow so mysteriously silent on the subject of her late husband? To answer these questions, "Blue Angels" flashes back to the murderous kaleidoscopic days of the aerial battle over Europe. Deeper, at the core of the mystery lies the tale of a longer war between a man and a woman.

In Pursuit of Happiness    by Christine McCaffrie
Price: $2.99 USD. 128490 words. Language: English. Published on March 28, 2012. Fiction » Romance » General.
Georgia Sills and Charles Ravenwood have lives that leave little to be desired. Born in England into a life of wealth and privilege in the ascendancy of the British Empire, they are about to marry, unlike many of their contemporaries, for love. But on their wedding day they are suddenly and mysteriously separated. From that day, their lives change dramatically. Will they ever meet again?

Breakfast at Midnight    by Fiona MacFarlane
Price: Free! 88570 words. Language: English. Published on March 26, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
(3.00 from 1 review)
Hobart, Tasmania, 1894. From the mouldering cells of Port Arthur to the sun-dappled grounds of Wintersleigh House, Breakfast at Midnight analyses the expectations placed on young people by family members and by society as a whole. It also explores the polarised society of the mid 1890's, a time when trenchant Victorian conservatism and burgeoning feminist ideals seemed increasingly incompatible.

The Alone Man    by Ian B G Burns
Price: $3.18 USD. 7540 words. Language: English. Published on March 16, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
The Alone Man draws on the concept of ‘dreamtime’. It is a ‘double love story’ about a man’s love for his wife and family and his love of the land and nature.