Australasian & Pacific History

A celebrity decorator with blue hair. A single mother who advised JFK in the Oval Office. A Christian nudist with a passion for almond milk.A centu...

In the 1980s and 90s, amid an explosion in international money flows, a handful of people saw a new financial future and staked claims in it, trigg...

This book is an investigation of the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has been entangled with Australian societys negotiation of Indigenous people...

Finding Queensland in Australian Cinema explores aspects of gender, race and region in films and television produced in the northern Australian sta...

Finding Queensland in Australian Cinema explores aspects of gender, race and region in films and television produced in the northern Australian sta...

This book is an investigation of the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has been entangled with Australian societys negotiation of Indigenous people...

The story of five young Australian sailors seeking adventure in a far-off war who fell foul of British Imperial authority and sparked one of the mo...

Aloha Compadre: Latinxs in Hawaii is the first book to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawa...

Aloha Compadre: Latinxs in Hawaii is the first book to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawa...

This classic Images of War book covers the dramatic events that befell both the Gilbert and Ellis Pacific island groups using a wealth of well-capt...

Gordon McLauchlan is a master storyteller adept at recognising a good yarn when he sees it. Following the success of his Great Tales from New Zeala...

Following the ongoing success of A Short History of New Zealand, Great Tales of New Zealand History and Great Tales of Rural New Zealand - all repr...

Cyclone Tracy was one of the most damaging disasters to ever impact Australia. The story of the terrible night of Christmas Eve 1974 has been told ...