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Truganini

Journey through the apocalypse

by Cassandra Pybus ...

The haunting story of an extraordinary Aboriginal woman.Winner of the National Biography Award 2021**Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction 2021'A compelling story, beautifully told' - JULIA BAIRD, author and broadcaster'At last, a book to give Truganini the proper attention she deserves.' - GAYE SCULTHORPE, Curator of Oceania, The British Museum**Cassandra Pybus's ancestors ... Read more

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The haunting story of an extraordinary Aboriginal woman.Winner of the National Biography Award 2021**Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction 2021'A compelling story, beautifully told' - JULIA BAIRD, author and broadcaster'At last, a book to give Truganini the proper attention she deserves.' - GAYE SCULTHORPE, Curator of Oceania, The British Museum**Cassandra Pybus's ancestors
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A Very Secret Trade

The dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania

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Author of the bestselling Truganini, Cassandra Pybus has uncovered one of the darkest and best kept secrets in Australian colonial history.Shortlisted for the 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary AwardsLonglisted for the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards Premier's PrizeLonglisted for the 2024 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary AwardIn the nineteenth century, collectors and museum curators in ... ... Read more

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Author of the bestselling Truganini, Cassandra Pybus has uncovered one of the darkest and best kept secrets in Australian colonial history.Shortlisted for the 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary AwardsLonglisted for the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards Premier's PrizeLonglisted for the 2024 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary AwardIn the nineteenth century, collectors and museum curators in ...
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Epic Journeys of Freedom

Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty

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Cassandra Pybus adds greatly to the work of [previous] scholars by insisting that slaves stand at the center of their own history . . . Her 'biographies' of flight expose the dangers that escape entailed and the courage it took to risk all for freedom. Only by measuring those dangers can the exhilaration of success be comprehended and the unspeakable misery of failure be appreciated.--Ira Berlin, ... Read more

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Cassandra Pybus adds greatly to the work of [previous] scholars by insisting that slaves stand at the center of their own history . . . Her 'biographies' of flight expose the dangers that escape entailed and the courage it took to risk all for freedom. Only by measuring those dangers can the exhilaration of success be comprehended and the unspeakable misery of failure be appreciated.--Ira Berlin,
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Gross Moral Turpitude

The Orr case reconsidered

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Acclaimed historian Cassandra Pybus’s compelling re-examination of the scandal involving Sydney Sparkes Orr, dismissed from his position as Chair of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania in 1955 after allegedly seducing one of his female students.First published in 1993, Gross Moral Turpitude won the Colin Roderick Award that same year and its themes remain current today both within and outside ... Read more

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Acclaimed historian Cassandra Pybus’s compelling re-examination of the scandal involving Sydney Sparkes Orr, dismissed from his position as Chair of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania in 1955 after allegedly seducing one of his female students.First published in 1993, Gross Moral Turpitude won the Colin Roderick Award that same year and its themes remain current today both within and outside
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The Devil and James McAuley

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James McAuley was many things: poet, founding editor of the journal Quadrant, one of those involved in the notorious Ern Malley hoax, Catholic convert – and, as Cassandra Pybus reveals in this award-winning biography, an influential cold war warrior with connections to ASIO and the CIA. But how did these different aspects of his life influence each other? First published in 1999, The Devil and ... Read more

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James McAuley was many things: poet, founding editor of the journal Quadrant, one of those involved in the notorious Ern Malley hoax, Catholic convert – and, as Cassandra Pybus reveals in this award-winning biography, an influential cold war warrior with connections to ASIO and the CIA. But how did these different aspects of his life influence each other? First published in 1999, The Devil and
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Enterprising Women

Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlantic

by Kit Candlin, Cassandra Pybus ...

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In the Caribbean colony of Grenada in 1797, Dorothy Thomas signed the manumission documents for her elderly slave Betty. Thomas owned dozens of slaves and was well on her way to amassing the fortune that would make her the richest black resident in the nearby colony of Demerara. What made the transaction notable was that Betty was Dorothy Thomas’s mother and that fifteen years earlier Dorothy had ... Read more

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In the Caribbean colony of Grenada in 1797, Dorothy Thomas signed the manumission documents for her elderly slave Betty. Thomas owned dozens of slaves and was well on her way to amassing the fortune that would make her the richest black resident in the nearby colony of Demerara. What made the transaction notable was that Betty was Dorothy Thomas’s mother and that fifteen years earlier Dorothy had
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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

River of Dreams

by Anita Heiss ...

**‘There are books you encounter as an adult that you wish you could press into the hands of your younger self. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is one of those books – a novel that turns Australia’s long-mythologised settler history into a raw and resilient heartsong.' – Guardian***WINNER 2022 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD INDIGENOUS WRITER'S PRIZE******2022 ABIA SHORTLIST******2021 ARA HISTORICAL ... Read more

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**‘There are books you encounter as an adult that you wish you could press into the hands of your younger self. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is one of those books – a novel that turns Australia’s long-mythologised settler history into a raw and resilient heartsong.' – Guardian***WINNER 2022 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD INDIGENOUS WRITER'S PRIZE******2022 ABIA SHORTLIST******2021 ARA HISTORICAL
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People of the River

Lost worlds of early Australia

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A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British.Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021Winner of the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize 2021Co-winner of the Ernest Scott ... Read more

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A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British.Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021Winner of the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize 2021Co-winner of the Ernest Scott
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After Story

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When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother, Della, on a tour of England's most revered literary sites, Jasmine hopes it will bring them closer together and help them reconcile the past. Twenty-five years earlier the disappearance of Jasmine's older sister devastated their tight-knit community. This tragedy returns to haunt Jasmine and Della when another child mysteriously goes ... Read more

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When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother, Della, on a tour of England's most revered literary sites, Jasmine hopes it will bring them closer together and help them reconcile the past. Twenty-five years earlier the disappearance of Jasmine's older sister devastated their tight-knit community. This tragedy returns to haunt Jasmine and Della when another child mysteriously goes
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Infinite Splendours

by Sofie Laguna ...

The incandescent new novel from the acclaimed Miles Franklin winner author of The Eye of the Sheep and The Choke.WINNER OF THE 2021 COLIN RODERICK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARDLawrence Loman is a bright, caring, curious boy with a gift for painting. He lives at home with his mother and younger brother, and the future is laid out before him, full of promise. But when he ... Read more

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The incandescent new novel from the acclaimed Miles Franklin winner author of The Eye of the Sheep and The Choke.WINNER OF THE 2021 COLIN RODERICK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARDLawrence Loman is a bright, caring, curious boy with a gift for painting. He lives at home with his mother and younger brother, and the future is laid out before him, full of promise. But when he
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The Time Between Us

An emotional, gripping historical page turner

by Marina McCarron ...

Winner of the Gold Medal for Independent Publisher Award in the Historical Fiction category.'Haunting and enchanting by turns. This book will stay with me for a long time. Utterly magnificent' Jenni KeerCan the truth about her family's past unlock her future?Normandy, 1937. Sixteen-year-old Elise embarks on a whirlwind romance with a young American man, which transports her... ... Read more

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Winner of the Gold Medal for Independent Publisher Award in the Historical Fiction category.'Haunting and enchanting by turns. This book will stay with me for a long time. Utterly magnificent' Jenni KeerCan the truth about her family's past unlock her future?Normandy, 1937. Sixteen-year-old Elise embarks on a whirlwind romance with a young American man, which transports her...
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Elsa Goody, Bushranger

Thrilling, action-packed historical adventure story about a woman on a treasure hunt from a bestselling Australian author.

by Darry Fraser ...

Elsa Goody is a woman on a quest for buried treasure - and her own freedom. A thrilling historical romance adventure from a bestselling Australian author.1896 Robe, South AustraliaWhen Elsa Goody's father and brother George die in quick succession she and her sister Rosie are in trouble. Pursued by an unpleasant suitor with dubious motivation, Elsa leaves for Victoria on the hunt for a fortune in ... Read more

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Elsa Goody is a woman on a quest for buried treasure - and her own freedom. A thrilling historical romance adventure from a bestselling Australian author.1896 Robe, South AustraliaWhen Elsa Goody's father and brother George die in quick succession she and her sister Rosie are in trouble. Pursued by an unpleasant suitor with dubious motivation, Elsa leaves for Victoria on the hunt for a fortune in
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