Télécharger le livre :  The Legend of Albert Jacka
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Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in...

Editeur : Hachette Australia
Parution : 2024-10-30

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Télécharger le livre :  The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse
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On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable...

Editeur : Hachette Australia
Parution : 2023-11-01

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Télécharger le livre :  The Sydney Opera House
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If only these walls and this land could talk . . . The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building, recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Mahal and other World Heritage sites, it is celebrated for its architectural grandeur...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2022-11-03

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Télécharger le livre :  The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins
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Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived.The son of pioneer pastoralists in South Australia, Hubert studied engineering before moving on to photography. In 1908 he sailed for England and a job producing films with the Gaumont Film Co....

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2022-05-05

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Télécharger le livre :  Breaker Morant
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The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero?Most people have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2021-05-06

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Télécharger le livre :  James Cook
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Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook?The nameCaptain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history -...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2020-05-07

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Télécharger le livre :  The Catalpa Rescue
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2019-10-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Mutiny on the Bounty
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's great epics - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before.Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2019-02-07

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Télécharger le livre :  Monash's Masterpiece
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The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WW1. A largely Australian force commanded by the brilliant John Monash, fought what has described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks,...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2018-06-07
Collection : Tom Thorne Novels
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Télécharger le livre :  Burke and Wills
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'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago.'MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2018-04-05

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Télécharger le livre :  Kokoda
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A story of young Australians' mateship and bravery against all odds in WWIIFor Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened - and just what our troops achieved. In this new edition of his bestselling account of this...

Editeur : Lothian Children's Books
Parution : 2016-10-25

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Télécharger le livre :  Kokoda
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‘an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller' Michael McKernan, Sydney Morning Herald The bestselling, acclaimed, authoritative account of one of the most famous battles in Australian military history – now established as a classic. For...

Editeur : Hachette Australia
Parution : 2010-12-16

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