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1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet by David Hill
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australia
"An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this. Set against the backdrop of Georgian England with its peculiar mix of elegance, prosperity, progress and squalor, the sto ...Show more
Australia's Birds in Watercolour by David Freedman; Richard Steele; Robin Hill (Foreword by)
$99.00 AUD
Category: Art
Australia's Birds in Watercolour is a beautifully illustrated book that celebrates Australia's wonderful and diverse bird life through the unique vision of David Freedman, a masterful watercolour artist. With 304 pages and 250 illustrations, it features Richard Steele's informative, very personal and en ...Show more
Below by David Hill
$17.99 AUD
Category: Teenage
A nerve-wracking underground adventure from a master storyteller . . . Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping novel for readers eight years and up. When you stood deep inside the tunnel, you could hear the mountain groaning overhead. That's ...Show more
Convict Colony: The Remarkable Story of the Fledgling Settlement That Survived Against the Odds by David Hill
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australia
The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the New World of the 18th century was dotted with failed colonies, and New South Wales nearly joined them. ...Show more
Sky High: Jean Batten's Incredible Flying Adventures by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
The little plane has been flying across the sea for eight hours. Huge black clouds surround it. Rain pours in. Wind slams. The aircraft is tossed around like a leaf. The pilot stares into the darkness. How much fuel is left? Is she flying in the right direction? How long till she reaches land? In 1934, ...Show more
Speed King: Burt Munro, the World's Fastest Indian by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Motor Books | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
In 1967 an unknown, elderly New Zealander and his ancient Indian motorcycle set a world land-speed record at Bonneville. The man was Burt Munro, and he became a Kiwi legend. How did he do it? His amazing true story is now a stunning picture book. A crowd of people stand on a flat white plain. In the di ...Show more
The Fair and the Foul: Inside Our Sporting Nation by David Hill
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
If anyone is qualified to talk about sport in Australia, it's David Hill. In this book, with the benefit of his years of personal experience both playing and working in the sporting world, he vividly narrates its rise in Australia since the end of the nineteenth century, from the first cricket tour of E ...Show more
The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants to Australia by David Hill
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In 1959 David Hill's mother - a poor single parent living in England - reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales where, she was led to believe, they would have a good education and a better life. David was lucky - his mother was able to follow him out to Australia ...Show more
The Gold Rush by David Hill
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australia
"The fever that forever changed Australia. David Hill relates the extraordinary people and staggering events of Australia's great gold-rush years. From the mid- to late-1800s, people from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, including two future prime ministers of Great Britain and Australia, ...Show more
The Red Poppy (Book & CD) by David Hill
$16.98 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
Five minutes...Two minutes....Young soldier Jim McLeod waits in the trenches of World War I for the order to attack the enemy. With him are his friends and Nipper, the messenger dog. When they charge across no-man’s land Jim is shot ... and finds himself face to face with an enemy soldier.A sensitively- ...Show more
The Special Relationship: Australia and the Monarchy by David Hill
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Australia and the British monarchy have always made for an odd couple: the young, rebellious, egalitarian nation wed to the ancient symbol of colonial power. How have the royals come to be as popular now as they ever were? David Hill tells the story of this relationship from the beginning. Many historie ...Show more
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