 All colonies are built on dreams - and imagination was the only real freedom enjoyed by convicts brutally transported to Australia in the early days of white settlement.
As David Levell brings to light in this engaging account of Australia's convict years, escape myths were common currency in the young colony. The first convicts from Ireland believed China was just a few days' walk north of Sydney. Others were convinced a white civilisation existed nearby in the bush, or that (READ MORE...)
Tour to Hell: Convict Australia's Great Escape Myths
by David Levell
RRP - $34.95
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On Tuesday, 22 August 1876, bugles sounded, bands played, steam engines whistled and an artillery salute thundered across the showgrounds. The first Brisbane Exhibition had begun!
Acclaimed as the most important event in the colony, the inaugural show began a tradition that continues today. In the twenty-first century, the Ekka, as it is affectionately known, retains its status as a Queensland icon, our most loved event and an essential part of our history.
Celebrate Queensland's favourite show and relive (READ MORE...)
Showtime: A History of the Brisbane Exhibition
by Ross Laurie and Joanne Scott
RRP - $39.95
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LOVE, LOSS, LOYALTY, BETRAYAL
From the award-winning author John Clanchy comes a collection of five new tales that explore the fascinating - and often fraught - relations between fathers and daughters.
IT IS A WISE FATHER, the adage tells us, that knows his own child. But equally, as the stories in Her Father's Daughter reveal with great power and insight, it is a wise child that knows her own father.
An honest man, confronting the unpalatable facts of (READ MORE...)
Her Father's Daughter
by John Clanchy
RRP - $32.95
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