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The Master: The John Fahey Story
John Fahey and Joy Ringrose
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This is the story of John Fahey, well known throughout Australia as The Master, an acknowledgement of his consummate horsemanship. Champion Gentleman Rider in all of Australia’s biggest Royal Shows, he is not only an Olympian show jumper but also wor...

Incredible Dog Journeys
Laura Greaves
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Determined dogs from around the world travel vast distances and overcome unbelievable odds.

Meet Bonnie, the kelpie-blue heeler cross, who led her owner to safety through one of the deadliest bushfires in Australia's history; Penny, a Hungarian vi...

Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories
Jim Haynes
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The ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising.

Did you know that in 1932 the Australian army was called out to wage war on an invading army of 20,000...emus? Or that the first royal...

Australian Light Horse
Phillip Bradley
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Throughout history, mounted troops have been known as elite men of arms and the Australian Light Horse is a part of that legendary tradition. Part cavalry and part infantry and often recognised by the emu feathers in their slouch hats, the light hors...

Down the Dirt Roads
Rachael Treasure
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Down the Dirt Roads starts as a heartfelt and moving insight into the life of a single mother displaced from her home, and becomes a groundbreaking and powerful book about healing, health and hope. Nourishing and sustaining, it presents a practical a...

Great Australian Ute Stories
John Bryant
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We invented it. We love it. The ute is a national icon alongside the pie and sauce. It is the very symbol of our resourceful ingenuity. No matter what you drive, this collection of ute yarns will charm you with its laconic humour and Aussie warmth. W...

Working Stock Dog Magazine Issue 5
Wayne & Mandy Flintham
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The Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine is a bi-annual publication that is dedicated to Australian working dogs. If you own a Kelpie, Border Collie or any other breed of stock dog then this magazine is a must read. Whether you work cattle, sheep o...

Workers on the Wallaby
Barry Brebner
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Have you dreamt of exploring the vast land of Australia, from central Australia’s arid landscape to the luscious greenery of Tasmania? Let Workers on the Wallaby be your guide. Our collection of travel stories tells of the experiences of travellers a...

Working Stock Dog Magazine Issue 6
Wayne & Mandy Flintham
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The Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine is a bi-annual publication that is dedicated to Australian working dogs. If you own a Kelpie, Border Collie or any other breed of stock dog then this magazine is a must read. Whether you work cattle, sheep o...

An Outback Life
Paula Heelan
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From the high plains to the bush, heartwarming stories and beautiful images of our wide brown land, and the people and animals who live there.

OUTBACK STATION dweller and award-winning photographer Paula Heelan captures the beauty, drama and roman...

Sons of the Southern Cross
Grantlee Kieza
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'We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties.'
Since it first flew above a crowd of angry miners at the Eureka Stockade almost 160 years ago, the Southern Cross flag has stirred the hearts...

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
Graham Pizzey / Frank Knight
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Australia's most up-to-date and comprehensive bird guide.
The definitive and most respected work on bird identification in Australia, The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia was first published in 1980 after years of field study and intensive rese...

The House and Garden at Glenmore
Mickey Robertson
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A PASSION FOR HOME...Twenty-five years ago Mickey Robertson and her husband made an impulsive decision to buy a collection of historic, but dilapidated, colonial farm buildings in New South Wales, Australian; thus beginning an unplanned, but intensel...

The Farm
Andrew Chapman
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Australian countryside, deeply and richly scarred by the human presence, shows the marks of sweat and toil, of lives and generations, of triumphs and failures and of enterprise often slowly decaying with time.
These beautiful images captured by And...

Jam Drops and Marble Cake
C.W.A.
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A timeless collection of over 130 tried-and-true recipes....Jam Drops and Marble Cake celebrates 60 successful years of the Cookery Competition held by The Land newspaper and the Country Women's Association of New South Wales. From peach blossom cake...

Around the Sheds
Andrew Chapman
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Woolsheds a stunning new photographic book exploring the world around the sheds – the shearers, the roustabouts, the dogs, the dunnies and the sheds themselves. Through the lens we meet farmhands, roustabouts, cooks, woolgrowers and even a one-armed ...

Woolsheds
Andrew Chapman
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For 35 years, photographer Andrew Chapman has roamed Australia in search of woolsheds. Some date back to the early 19th century; some are still in use; many are tumbling away into time. With an artist's eye and love of light, Chapman celebrates their...

The Australian Native Bee Book
Tim Heard
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Keeping native stingless bees is a hot topic in Australia for commercial, environmental and recreational reasons. You can do something about the decline of pollinators by conserving native bees.
In this book you’ll find the complete guide to native...

Wildlife Conservation in Farm Landscapes
David Lindenmayer
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An increasing number of Australians want to be assured that the food and fibre being produced on this continent have been grown and harvested in an ecologically sustainable way. Ecologically sustainable farming conserves the array of species that are...

The Convict's Daughter
Kiera Lindsey
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One wet autumn evening in 1848, 15 year old Mary Ann Gill stole out of a bedroom window in her father's Sydney hotel and took a coach to a local racecourse. There she was to elope with James Butler Kinchela, wayward son of the former Attorney-General...

City Girl Country Girl
Liz Harfull
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City Girl, Country Girl brings together the stories of women who have left lives in the city or another country to build a new future in places where knowing how to milk a cow or drive a tractor stand them in far better stead than an ability to negot...

Tan Your Hide
Phyllis Hobson
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Home Tanning Leather & Furs
Special Section on Working with Leather.
Fur hats and mittens. Leather vests. Belts, knife sheaths and wallets. These are just a few things you can make by home tanning and hand working your own furs and leathers. Phylli...

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