The Cane Toad Times Warts and All - Best of Collection 1977-1990
$30.00 AUD
$60.00 (50% off)
Category: Queensland History
The Port of Brisbane, its people, and its personalities by LUDLOW, PETER
$19.99 AUD
$59.99 (66% off)
Category: Queensland History
In his book, The Port of Brisbane, its people and its personalities, Peter Ludlow follows the development of our port from its wharves in the city centre and moves with them downriver to its development at its present location at Fisherman Islands. However, the book is much more than that: it is a histo ...Show more
The Queensland Caesar: Sir Thomas McIlwraith by Denver Beanland
$29.99 AUD
Category: Queensland History
This new book provides a fresh analysis of Queensland during the colonial era. It provides new insights into Queensland's past. Sir Thomas McIlwraith thundered across Queensland's political and business landscape for 30 years. The three times Premier took bold and audacious actions, and had the energy a ...Show more
The Regent: Brisbane's Motion Picture Cathedral by Michael T Gillies
$49.95 AUD
Category: Queensland History
How could a building—just bricks, timber and plaster—generate such extreme feelings of passion in a community? Why was this building the focal point of entertainment in the city for decades? Find that out and more in this new detailed history of Brisbane’s Regent Theatre, the largest and most ornate th ...Show more
To Preserve and Protect: Policing Colonial Brisbane by Anastasia Dukova
$32.99 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Early Australian policing had its roots on the streets of Dublin and London, where many of Australia's first law and order enforcers hailed from. Intrigued by this connection, historian Anastasia Dukova has researched and recreated the lives of colonial police officers and criminals in her adopted home ...Show more
Torres Strait Islands: Art, Culture and History by Queensland Art Gallery
$60.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Queensland's major arts organisations are joining forces to showcase the diversity and vibrancy of historical and contemporary arts and culture of Torres Strait Islander Australians
Under the Lino - The Mystery the History the Community by Caylie Jeffrey
$30.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
The story of an historical discovery under the flooring of a 1912 Brisbane Queenslander that turned into a major collaborative community project, tapping into Queensland's history all the way back to its separation from NSW. Iconic Brisbane provides many cameos throughout this fascinating story, togethe ...Show more
We'll Show the World: Expo 88 by Jackie Ryan
$32.95 AUD
Category: Queensland History
World Expo 88 was the largest, longest, and strangest of Australia's bicentennial events. A shiny 1980s amalgam of shopping mall, cultural precinct, theme park, travelogue, and rock concert, the Expo 88 behemoth is commonly credited as the catalyst for Brisbane's 'coming of age'. So how did one long and ...Show more