Summer Catalogue 2011-12 - Hill of Content Bookshop

Australian
May Gibbs: More
Than A Fairy Tale
Robert Holden &
Jane Brummitt
HB $49.95
May Gibbs travelled to
England in a quest to
develop as an artist and
became an early
supporter of the
suffragettes. One of the
few women to become a
commercial success, she did so by turning to fantasy
and children’s illustration. A fascinating illustrated
biography of one of Australia’s best loved artists,
complete with beautiful reproductions of May Gibbs’
work.
After Words:
Post-Prime
Ministerial Speeches
Paul Keating
HB $59.99
Books of speeches are
rarely published as a
compendium of work by
one person. After Words
is unique in Australian
publishing by virtue of its
scale and range of
subjects and that all the
speeches are the work of one mind: former Prime
Minister Paul Keating.
The Biggest Estate
On Earth
Bill Gammage
HB $49.99
Across Australia, early
Europeans commented
again and again that the
land looked like a park.
With extensive grassy
patches and abundant
wildlife, it evoked a
country estate in
England. Bill Gammage
discovered this was because Aboriginal people
managed the land in a far more systematic and
scientific fashion than we have ever realised.
Australians: Eureka
To The Diggers
Thomas Keneally
HB $59.99
In this companion
volume of Thomas
Keneally’s widely
acclaimed history of
the Australian people,
the vast range of
characters who have
formed our national
story are brought vividly to life.
A richly drawn portrait of a vibrant land on the
cusp of nationhood and social maturity.
Mawson’s
Forgotten Men
Heather Rossiter
HB $49.99
Tasmanian-born
Charles Turnbull
Harrisson was one
of the members of
Douglas Mawson’s
legendary
Australasian
Antarctic Expedition
of 1911-14. The diary he kept from December 1911
to March 1913 has been transcribed and
reproduced for the first time, complemented by his
sketches and watercolour paintings of the
landscape.
Into The Unknown
John Bailey
PB $34.99
Born in Prussia in the
early 19th century,
Ludwig Leichhardt was
fascinated by the natural
world and possessed a
desire for adventure and
exploration. Australia was
a continent ripe for
amateur naturalists and
explorers and Leichhardt
took up the challenge. His expeditions were to
begin in triumph, before finally ending in
disappearance and death and giving rise to one of
the enduring mysteries of Australian history.