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The aftermath of the Second World War marked a radical new moment in the history of migration. For the millions of refugees stranded in Europe, China and Africa, it offered the …

Winner of the 2014 Davitt Award for Best True Crime Book and the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year The Pies beat the Saints and the city of Melbourne was still cloaked in …

I woke with a gasp. And lay in the dark, open-mouthed, holding my breath. That feeling . . . that feeling was indescribable. For a moment I had felt as if I were falling . . . …

THE PHOENIX TREE is a 1984 novel from Australian award-winning author Jon Cleary, set in Japan during the last days of World War II.In the closing days of World War II, two friends …

Written by a true insider, this is the coolest guide around to Sydney’s chicest shopping and hippest hangouts. Sydney is a tight-knit town, and locals often don’t want to share …

It is common (and comforting) to see public policy as the result of careful craft work by expert officials who recognise a problem, identify and evaluate possible responses, and …

The Australian Metropolis splendidly fills a huge gap in the literature on Australian cities. It is the definitive account of the history of Australian cities and the crucial role …

"Intimate and scholarly...Patient readers will be rewarded. An encyclopedic and epistolary family history, a eulogy for pre-Reich Vienna and an ode to midcentury modernism." -- …

What does it mean to display war? Examining a range of different exhibitions in Britain, Canada and Australia, Jennifer Wellington reveals complex imperial dynamics in the ways …