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Australian books on a variety of subjects ranging from gardening and nature to cricket and bushfire safety to Austalian Bush and Wild Food books and field guides. New, used, out of print and collectable. Several kids' books including books about bilbies at Easter, historical fiction books, saving the planet and a guide to Free Stuff for Aussie kids.

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book Letty

OUR AUSTRALIAN GIRL The second set of 4 books in the series: Grace Letty Poppy and Rose by various well-known Australian authors For more information about this series click here New softcover books. Published 2011 132 pages in each book. Delightful illustrations by Lucia Masciullo. Reading age: 8 - 11 years. * A Friend for Grace 1808 by Sofie Laguna Grace's journey continues in this the second of four books about a convict girl who is given a second chance. It's 1808 ... and Grace is on board the ship Indispensable with her new friend Hannah being transported to New South Wales from London to start her new life as a convict servant. Even though she misses the horses on Fleet Street she is h click the link
Plants Food

WILD FOOD PLANTS OF AUSTRALIA FIELD GUIDE by TIM LOW To see other Bush Food books click here New softcover book 204 pages. Excellent colour photos throughout. Wild Food Plants of Australia is the fieldguide edition of Wild Food Plants of Australia. It is presented in a concise convenient form to facilitate quick and ready reference in the field. Tim Low has provided a truly reliable guide to our edible flora making identification easy. Thus it is a perfect companion for bushwalkers naturalists scientists and with emphasis on wild food cuisine gourmets. Low describes more than 180 plants - from the most tasty and significant plant foods of southern and eastern Australia to the more important details
Smith new Cricketers Australian softcover Test book

AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKETERS An A - Z profiling every cricketer who's donned the Baggy Green by RICK SMITH Brand new softcover book 352 pages published by ABC Books in December 2006. RRP .95. This essential alphabetical ready-reference features career summaries statistics and photographs of every Australian Test cricketer from 1877 to 2006. Test cricket began in 1877 when an English professional touring team played a combined New South Wales and Victorian team. Thanks to some superb batting and bowling the colonials won by 45 runs beginning a tradition of excellence which continues to the present day. Since then nearly 400 players have donned the baggy green cap to represent AustraliaÃ¢â¬â further data
Oils

MEDICINAL PLANTS IN AUSTRALIA Volume 2 Gums Resins Tannin Essential Oils by CHERYLL WILLIAMS To see other Bush Food books click here New hardcover book 304 pages lots of full-colour photos. Published February 2011. It has taken centuries to truly appreciate the healing attributes of much of the Australian flora. This book is about the influential role the early discoveries had on medicinal practice in Australia and the new role these traditional medicines are fulfilling. Resins gums and tannins are natural products that once had important therapeutic and commercial value among them kino from the eucalypts and angophoras and gums and tannin sourced from acacias. The medicinal-quality essentia more advice
hardcover Underwood Home Our Country Riveren Large book out now Terry print My

RIVEREN My Home Our Country by TERRY UNDERWOOD with foreword by Darryl Somers See other rare and out of print books click here Used hardcover book published 2000. Book measures 28 x 25 cms. 80 pages including many full-colour and B W photos taken by the author. Book is in excellent condition - no marks writing tears loose or missing pages. dustjacket is also in excellent condition. In the Middle of Nowhere Terry Underwood's unforgettable story of life on a remote cattle station in the heart of the Northern Territory became an overnight bestseller. Now in Riveren: My Home Our Country Terry captures the essence and colour of life on her beloved Outback station in a breathtaking collection of h find out more.....
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FROM THE GROUND UP A complete garden guide for Victorian Gardeners by JANE EDMANSON For more Organic Gardening and Permaculture books click here Large hardcover book with dustjacket and lots of full-colour photos throughout 256 pages. Published 2009 From the Ground Up covers every aspect of creating and maintaining a beautiful garden. As the title suggests it starts with the soil keeping it healthy and well fed and moves through the realm of gardening both inspirational and practical. This book is specifically designed for Victorian gardeners from beginners to the more experienced as there is always something to learn. It is a collaborative effort using the recommendations of many experts co lots more
Smith Tout

The NATIVE PLANTS of ADELAIDE by Phil Bagust and Lynda Tout-Smith To see other Australian books click here New softcover book 132 pages superb full-colour photography throughout .Published 2010 by Wakefielf Press Australian native plants have been a popular option for gardeners for many years but only rarely are the words 'locally indigenous' used when selecting species. Locally indigenous natives are the plants that evolved to grow naturally in a particular area. In the case of the Adelaide metropolitan area these plants remain almost unknown by the general public largely because the unique native woodlands and wetlands of the Adelaide Plains have long since succumbed to urban development. more details.....
Style Maggie Notes New book softcover Alderson

STYLE NOTES From Australia's favourite fashion columnist by MAGGIE ALDERSON New softcover book published 2011 252 pages with internal illustrations by the author. Measures 13 x 20cm. Maggie Alderson novelist philosopher of fashion and arbiter of style brings us a new collection of her much-loved Style Notes column. Find out why men hate shopping and why women love wearing clothes men hate. Share the frustration of the search for the perfect Walkable Heeled Shoe and consider whether a size 'large' item of clothing is acceptable as a gift. Learn why it's good if your child is too embarrassed to be seen with you and how to harness your life force through the power of yoga - and liberally applie extra
Medicine softcover book Jennifer Isaacs Food Food Aboriginal Bush Herbal

BUSH FOOD Aboriginal Food and Herbal Medicine by JENNIFER ISAACS To see other Bush Food books click here Large new softcover book 256 pages superb full-colour photography. For perhaps fifty thousand years the Aboriginal people have lived and lived well in Australia. They have developed a unique knowledge of native plants and a deep understanding of the value of many animal products. Bush Food is an exploration these traditional skills and a compendium of the kinds of foods eaten by Aborigines. It indicates how food is caught or gathered hunted or picked how it is prepared and cooked and what nutritional value it has. It considers too the use of natural products in traditional Aboriginal herb more information.....
Sofie books Australian Laguna GirlGrace new books

OUR AUSTRALIAN GIRL - GRACE The full set of 4 books about Grace a convict girl who is given a second chance by SOFIE LAGUNA For more information about this series click here New softcover books. Published 2011 132 pages in each book. Delightful illustrations by Lucia Masciullo. Reading age: 8 - 11 years. * The Grace books 1808 by Sofie Laguna It's 1808 . . . and young orphaned Grace is living in London with her Uncle Ord. Families are starving on the streets sanitation is poor and jails are overflowing. Uncle Ord is mean to Grace and they have no money. Grace who is always lonely and hungry has to work as a 'mudlark ' searching the muddy bed of the Thames River for objects to sell. After ste here
Lost Australian Juliet books hardcover children's O'Conor Things book

BOTTERSNIKES and OTHER LOST THINGS A Celebration of Australian Illustrated Children's Books by JULIET O'CONOR See more books on Antiques and Collectables click here New hardcover book with dustjacket full of superb colour photos. Published 2009 264 pages. Lazy Bottersnikes in outback rubbish tips Sir Pronoun's dilemma about standing in Miss Noun's place and the story of how Jack built a house a hut or a shack are all to be found in this treasury of Australian children's books. Exploring everything from schooldays to fantasy worlds from its 19th century beginnings to the 21st century this book is remarkable for its breadth of coverage encouraging new ways of seeing the Australian child's lite related info
print book tremely

housemeeting by LANO WOODLEY aka COLIN LANE and FRANK WOODLEY 216 pages with illustrations by FRANK WOODLEY and foreword by ANDREW DENTON After 20 years together they have called it a day but their quirky comedy will live on forever in this out-of-print rare brilliant highly sought-after book. Their last show ever was in Melbourne Australia on November 11th 2006. ABOUT THE BOOK: Colin has had enough. After nine years he's decided Frank has to move out. But Frank doesn't want to go. He loves living with Colin and is scared of having to face the real world without his best friend. He tries everything to persuade Colin to let him stay but nothing works. What is he going to do? Is their friendsh click
Complete Book Bushfire book Joan Webster new Safety softcover

THE COMPLETE BUSHFIRE SAFETY BOOK This book could save your life by JOAN WEBSTER To see other Bushfire Safety books click here New softcover book 352 pages published 2000. The complete comprehensive unequalled guide to bushfire safety in Australia. Thoroughly researched with up to date information on every aspect of the subject. The Complete Bushfire Safety Book covers every aspect of protecting your family your home yourself and your animals from bushfire - from designing a house and garden which will not burn easily to deciding whether to evacuate or not and how to make sure your home survives when fire is threatening through to treating animals which have been injured. This is a comprehen here
book Gardening

WATERWISE GARDENING Third Edition by KEVIN WALSH See other Gardening books click here New softcover book published 2007 3rd Ed. 176 pages. Waterwise Gardening sets out the Six Vital Principles by which we can have a beautiful garden and save water too. It describes over 200 drought-tolerant trees shrubs groundcovers perennials and bulbs and discusses their features and requirements. Full of information on waterwise design the power of mulch the pros and cons of various watering systems and products this third edition is a complete revision of Kevin Walsh's pioneering and best-selling book Water-saving Gardening. This new edition is rich with colour and includes easy-to-follow text and diagra more info
book Fashion New Smith Mitchell Australian softcover Designers Oakley

FASHION Australian and New Zealand Designers by MITCHELL OAKLEY SMITH See other books on collecting including several Fashion books click here New large softcover book published 2010 352 pages with beautiful full-colour and B W photos. Measures 20 x 29cm. Not since the early 1980s has there been such a comprehensive survey of Australia's and New Zealand's most influential dynamic and creative fashion designers. Fashion showcases the most exciting players of the region. Mitchell Oakley Smith profiles in extensive detail 70 of the leading contemporary designers from both countries. From the well established Akira and Zimmermann to the globally renowned Easton Pearson and sass and bide and new more here.....
Gabrielle GirlPoppy Australian Our books

OUR AUSTRALIAN GIRL - POPPY The full set of 4 books about Poppy a Gold Rush girl who dreams of a better life. by GABRIELLE WANG For more information about this series click here New softcover books. Published 2011 132 pages in each book. Delightful illustrations by Lucia Masciullo. Reading age: 8 - 11 years. The Poppy books 1864 by Gabrielle Wang It's 1864 . . . and Poppy lives at a mission near Echuca in Victoria. Of Indigenous and Chinese heritage Poppy hates the mission especially once her brother Gus runs away to pan for gold. Many indigenous children were taken from their parents and placed in missions where they were trained in household chores and as farm hands before being adopted by more info
Finches hardcover Malcolm

AUSTRALIAN PARROTS and FINCHES by MALCOLM McNAUGHTON Superb brand large new hardcover book 208 pages. Beautiful watercolour paintings and pencil drawings. Parrots and finches with their spectacularly colourful plumage are among the best loved and most admired birds both in the wild and in aviaries. Malcolm McNaughton's book lavishly illustrated with full-page lifelike watercolour paintings by the author will provide accurate information and reading pleasure for bird enthusiasts everywhere. The book contains extensive information and illustrations of fifty species of parrots and eighteen species of finches. Includes scientific names main identification features of males and females and distri extra info
Jodi Rigby New

150 INDESTRUCTIBLE PLANTS by JODI RIGBY For more Gardening and Permaculture books click here Large softcover book with lots of full-colour photos throughout 304 pages. Published 2010 Putting a plant in the ground and watching it flower for the first time - or see it double in size or produce fruits the size of tennis balls - is such an exciting thing. It includes great feature plants that require very little looking after and still look like prima donnas and wonderful flowering plants that will happily bloom and brighten up the months without needing to be molly coddled. Being plant savvy is all about choosing the right plants for your garden's soil type and climatic region - and there&rsquo here
Used Australian EV McCarthy Plants softcover book Lassak T

AUSTRALIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS by E.V LASSAK and T McCARTHY To see other Bush Food books click here Used softcover book published 2008 240 pages black and white line drawings and full-colour photography. Cover has minor shelfware and a small crease on lower corner but the book itself is fine and 'as new'. Australian Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for all those interested in herbal medicine Aboriginal culture and Australian flora. Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since earliest recorded history all over the world. Australia is no exception its varied flora providing the Aborigines with their medicines. With the arrival of Europeans much of this knowledge was overtaken by considerably more details
Crime Ross Duncan Running book softcover McNab Dead Coulthart new True

DEAD MAN RUNNING An insider's story on one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs ... The Bandidos by ROSS COULTHART and DUNCAN McNAB See other Biographies click here New softcover book 405 pages. Published 2009 They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running.' The Australian Federal police have identified motorcycle gangs as the greatest organised crime threat in Australia - more potentially harmful to the community than any terrorist cell. This book tells the bloody story of the criminal involvement of the feared Bandidos gang - and how one man broke their code and turned informant. 'We are the people our parents warned us about' is the motto of the Bandidos one of the wo click the link

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