Australasian & Pacific History

In 1835 a renegade group of Tasmanians wishing to expand their landholdings disembarked in what was to become Melbourne. This colonising expedition...

The famous statue of Kamehameha I in downtown Honolulu is one of the state's most popular landmarks. Many tourists and residents however, are unawa...

London, centre of the British Empire and the worlds greatest city, was also New Zealands metropolis for most of that countrys history; a main cent...

The Making of New Zealanders is an account of how transplanted Britons and others turned themselves into New Zealanders, a distinct group of people...

In this fascinating book, an Italian literary scholar traces the story of his grandparents childhood on Stromboli, Italy, at the end of the 19th ce...

Why are we speaking English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the...

The extraordinary rise, devastating fall and enduring legacy of an Australian icon Henry Lawson captured the heart and soul of Australia and its pe...

Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflictThe most in-depth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the F...