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Warndu Mai (Good Food): Introducing native Australian ingredients to your kitchenRebecca Sullivan...
Warndu Mai (Good Food): Introducing native Australian ingredients to your kitchenRebecca Sullivan and Damien Coulthard This gorgeous illustrated, informative and contemporary cookbook and compendium of native foods will show you how to create truly Australian food and drinks at home. With a few small adjustments and a little experimentation you can prepare delicious food that is better for the Australian environment, is more sustainable and celebrates the amazing ingredients that are truly lo...
$45.00
Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy From its humble beginnings as a stall at Sydney's Paddington Mar...
Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy From its humble beginnings as a stall at Sydney's Paddington Markets, Dinosaur Designs has become a beloved Australian brand that has attracted international acclaim. This book celebrates the innovation and inspiration that have, over thirty years, produced a covetable body of homewares and jewellery. As young art students Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy began selling resin jewellery with a stall at Sydney's Paddington markets. Today they have a business that...
$79.95
Jan Ramage, illustrated by Ellen Hickman From the break of dawn to nightfall, the tuart is not as...
Jan Ramage, illustrated by Ellen Hickman From the break of dawn to nightfall, the tuart is not as it appears. Leaves and bark, trunk and branches - all are places of pretence, traps and trickery. Find out what surprise a "moon crater" might hide and why a bullseye borer drills holes; how a crab spider goes shopping and a jewel beetle becomes a seedpod; why a dragon wears a beard and how a gecko talks. And meet the "mad hatterpiller", who does a very clever hat trick. 'Tuart Dwellers' celebra...
$26.95
100 Aussie Things We Know and Love
100 Aussie Things We Know and LoveBunny Banyai '100 Aussie Things We Know and Love' takes you on ...
100 Aussie Things We Know and LoveBunny Banyai '100 Aussie Things We Know and Love' takes you on a whistle-stop tour through the country's most incredible people, places, animals, food, events and cultural quirks. Ever wondered why magpies attack, or chiko rolls were invented, who we have to blame for ugg boots, and what stuff from New Zealand we can legitimately claim as our own? With 100 entries on unmistakably Australian things, from the lovable to the naff, this book is a chock-a-block wi...
$22.95
Christian Fletcher 'West' by renowned, award winning Western Australian photographer, Christian F...
Christian Fletcher 'West' by renowned, award winning Western Australian photographer, Christian Fletcher, is a stunning 182 page case-bound coffee table book. It features photographic images from Western Australia. This outstanding quality hard cover book is the latest from Christian with his best images and stories behind the work. About the Author:Christian Fletcher has been a professional photographer for 29 years and still retains all of the passion and enthusiasm for taking a great photo...
$60.00
Passion for Silversmithing, Philip Noakes NR
A Passion for Silversmithing: Philip NoakesDorothy EricksonPhilip Noakes' questing mind and life'...
A Passion for Silversmithing: Philip NoakesDorothy EricksonPhilip Noakes' questing mind and life's work have embodied his constant search for the refinement of his skills, leading him to become a renowned silversmith, goldsmith and jeweller.In 2016 he was recognised as a Fellow of the Institute of Professional Goldsmiths in the United Kingdom, taking his place among the most significant artists in the world. His work delves deep into his past and utilises the full range of his skills and imag...
$70.00
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a ...
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Abori...
$27.95
Noongar Bush Medicine: Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Hansen and...
Noongar Bush Medicine: Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Hansen and John Horsfall For over 50,000 years before colonisation, the Noongar people were much healthier than most Aboriginal Australians are today. Living in the open, in a land largely free from disease, they benefited from a better diet, more exercise, less stress and a supportive community. In 'Noongar Bush Medicine', the authors have recorded information on many of the medicinal plants that were regu...
$34.95
AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia
AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia The map is an attempt to represent the language, tribal or na...
AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia The map is an attempt to represent the language, tribal or nation groups of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. Aboriginal groups were included on the map based on the published resources available between 1988 and 1994 which determine the cultural, language and trade boundaries and relationships between groups. The map was developed along with the Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia as part of a research project. The borders between groups are purposeful...
$14.95
A Jewel in the Crown of a Global Biodiversity H...
A Jewel in the Crown of a Global Biodiversity HotspotEdited by Hans Lambers with cover illustrati...
A Jewel in the Crown of a Global Biodiversity HotspotEdited by Hans Lambers with cover illustration by Philippa Nikulinsky. South-western Australia is a region of exquisite landscapes and unique plants, animals and fungi. It was recognised in the 2000s as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, based on its highly diverse, endemic and threatened flora. The greater Perth region is particularly well-known for its species richness and endemism, being home to numerous declared rare flora and pr...
$89.95
Wildflowers of Southwest Australia
Wildflowers of Southwest Australia: Augusta - Margaret River RegionJane Scott and Patricia Negus ...
Wildflowers of Southwest Australia: Augusta - Margaret River RegionJane Scott and Patricia Negus Over several decades Jane Scott has developed a deep love and understanding of the wildflowers growing in the biodiversity hotspot that is Southwest Australia. At the same time Patricia Negus honed to a high art her skills at capturing details of the natural environment in her watercolours. During a three-year collaboration between these two talents, Jane collected and described 502 of the most co...
$39.95
Eucalypts of Western Australia's Wheatbelt
Malcolm French This locally-produced guide provides a wealth of information on each of the 159 na...
Malcolm French This locally-produced guide provides a wealth of information on each of the 159 naturally-occurring eucalypt species found in the WA wheatbelt - many never described before. Compiled especially to assist the layperson or the beginner in the identification of eucalypts, this book features more than 1300 detailed colour photographs, meticulously compiled distribution maps and a "special features" section for each species, providing a summary of its most readily recognisable chara...
$49.00