Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand

No Road Out: Yarrabah Mission    by Kathleen Denigan
Price: $6.50 USD. 25760 words. Language: Australian English. Published on May 15, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.

Yarrabah Mission was a dumping ground for Aboriginal people—especially half-caste children and women—forced from their homes by state police, who were appointed as their protectors. From its establishment in 1892, to its takeover by the Queensland Government in 1960, Yarrabah mission was a place of no return, with no way out and absolute control exercised over every aspect of an inmate's life.
About The ANZAC War    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 1980 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2013. Nonfiction » History » War.

The ANZAC's fought at Gallipoli. Here is an outline of the war against the Ottomans and some information about the history of the ANZAC celebration.
The Pencil Case    by Lorraine Cobcroft
Price: $2.99 USD. 123870 words. Language: English. Published on March 28, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Neither wrongful incarceration nor childhood abuse and deprivation could break Paul Wilson’s indomitable spirit, but survival means an endless battle against the system that stole him from his family and denied him his identity.
Was the Publican a Serial Killer?    by David Coombe
Price: $2.99 USD. 28320 words. Language: English. Published on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.

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A suspicious death, a coroner’s inquest, a Supreme Court verdict of fraud and a family cut out of a last minute will. Evidence suggests that a Victorian era publican may have murdered four men at her hotel in Adelaide – two of them husbands. This is the story of Josephine, from 1863 to 1874 the publican at the Gasworks Hotel. Author David Coombe presents the circumstantial case against Josephine.
Antarctic Diaries of the Heroic Era    by Heather Rossiter
Price: $1.99 USD. 9270 words. Language: Commonwealth English. Published on March 4, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Polar regions.

Extracts from the Heroic Era Antarctic expedition diaries exemplify the immediacy and continuity of such records, qualities that are not consistently present in the other forms of recording. The diaries emerge as the most truthful, dependable and encompassing record of the Heroic Era polar experience.
Born in 1953? What else happened?    by Ron Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 45240 words. Language: English. Published on February 12, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.

Each year-book in the Series (from 1939 to 1964) talks about the large number of newsworthy events that happened that year. To get his material,Ron Williams, worked his way through newspapers, magazines, books, and other sources day by day until he came up with the major events,ideas and trivia, of those years. He presents them in a thoroughly readable book, with a mixture of humour and gravitas.
Journeys into the Mystery    by Gary Cook
Price: $4.99 USD. 49260 words. Language: English. Published on November 26, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.

'I have made many intriguing journeys into this land, its sacred places and its hidden past. I was always dissatisfied with the history of New Zealand we were taught at school... I felt short-changed. I couldn't understand why the Maori accounts were not an accepted part of the past, part of a truth that revealed a deeper history' - Gary Cook, explorer. This book reveals some of that truth.
Victoria Under Siege    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 1160 words. Language: English. Published on November 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Nature.

Victoria has many volcanoes in its region. However St Kilda beach eastern shoreline hold a story of volcanic history that has not yet been analysed! Here is an outline of the possibility of Victoria Melbourne region being blown under siege by a wave of mind blowing volcanic eruptions.
Outline Of Ned Kelly's Life    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 980 words. Language: English. Published on November 6, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.

Ned Kelly was Australian bush ranger lived and died as an outlaw. Here is a brief outline of his life.
Children of Arnhems Kaleidoscope    by Graham Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 116040 words. Language: English. Published on October 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

I grew up in aboriginal Arnhem Land where my parents came as missionaries in 1951. For over 50 years their life was spent in a place called Oenpelli, near Kadadu National Park. This our family's story, growing amongst the colours of this land, seen through my child then adult eyes. It tells of joy and painful change as an aboriginal world becomes a part of modern Australia.