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Elsie: Her Life, Letters and Love by Isobel E McKay

Elsie: Her Life, Letters and Love by Isobel E McKay

Elsie: Her Life, Letters and Love by Isobel E McKay

AU$43.00

Margaret Holmes: The Life and Times of an Australian Peace Campaigner by Michelle Cavanagh

Margaret Holmes: The Life and Times of an Australian Peace Campaigner by Michelle Cavanagh

Margaret Holmes: The Life and Times of an Australian Peace Campaigner by Michelle Cavanagh

AU$17.00

Growing Up in the Outback by Ruth Hawker

Growing Up in the Outback by Ruth Hawker

Growing Up in the Outback by Ruth Hawker

AU$19.00

Kate Kelly: The True Story of Ned Kelly's Little Sister by Rebecca Wilson

Kate Kelly: The True Story of Ned Kelly's Little Sister by Rebecca Wilson

Kate Kelly: The True Story of Ned Kelly's Little Sister by Rebecca Wilson

AU$17.00

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Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith

Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith

Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith

AU$17.00

Maybanke Anderson: Sex, Suffrage and Social Reform by Jan Roberts

Maybanke Anderson: Sex, Suffrage and Social Reform by Jan Roberts

Maybanke Anderson: Sex, Suffrage and Social Reform by Jan Roberts

AU$26.00

Judy Cassab Diaries

Judy Cassab Diaries

Judy Cassab Diaries

AU$19.00

A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life by Jacqueline Kent

A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life by Jacqueline Kent

A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life by Jacqueline Kent

AU$17.00

Eve Langley and the Pea Pickers by Helen Vines

Eve Langley and the Pea Pickers by Helen Vines

Eve Langley and the Pea Pickers by Helen Vines

AU$27.00

Outback Teacher: The Inspiring Story of a Remarkable Young Woman, Life With Her Students and Their Adventures in Remote Australia by Sally Gare with Freda Marnie

Outback Teacher: The Inspiring Story of a Remarkable Young Woman, Life With Her Students and Their Adventures in Remote Australia by Sally Gare with Freda Marnie

Outback Teacher: The Inspiring Story of a Remarkable Young Woman, Life With Her Students and Their Adventures in Remote Australia by Sally Gare with Freda Marnie

AU$28.00

Pass the Jam Please by Bonnie Hutchins-Lothian

Pass the Jam Please by Bonnie Hutchins-Lothian

Pass the Jam Please by Bonnie Hutchins-Lothian

AU$25.00

Belonging: A Memoir by Renee Goossens

Belonging: A Memoir by Renee Goossens

Belonging: A Memoir by Renee Goossens

AU$25.00

Women of the Land: Eight Rural Women and Their Remarkable Everyday Lives by Liz Harfull

Women of the Land: Eight Rural Women and Their Remarkable Everyday Lives by Liz Harfull

Women of the Land: Eight Rural Women and Their Remarkable Everyday Lives by Liz Harfull

AU$19.00

The Whole Woman by Germaine Greer

The Whole Woman by Germaine Greer

The Whole Woman by Germaine Greer

AU$17.00

Scarlet Pillows: An Australian Nurse's Tales of Long Ago by Mrs Arthur H Garnsey [Ann Stafford Bird]

Scarlet Pillows: An Australian Nurse's Tales of Long Ago by Mrs Arthur H Garnsey [Ann Stafford Bird]

Scarlet Pillows: An Australian Nurse's Tales of Long Ago by Mrs Arthur H Garnsey [Ann Stafford Bird]

AU$23.00

A Wealth of Women: Australian Women's Lives From 1788 to the Present by Alison Alexander with Prue Torney-Parlicki

A Wealth of Women: Australian Women's Lives From 1788 to the Present by Alison Alexander with Prue Torney-Parlicki

A Wealth of Women: Australian Women's Lives From 1788 to the Present by Alison Alexander with Prue Torney-Parlicki

AU$18.00

The Washerwoman's Dream: The Extraordinary Life of Winifred Steger 1882-1981 by Hilarie Lindsay

The Washerwoman's Dream: The Extraordinary Life of Winifred Steger 1882-1981 by Hilarie Lindsay

The Washerwoman's Dream: The Extraordinary Life of Winifred Steger 1882-1981 by Hilarie Lindsay

AU$26.00

Cleared Out: First Contact in the Western Desert by Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson and Yuwali

Cleared Out: First Contact in the Western Desert by Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson and Yuwali

Cleared Out: First Contact in the Western Desert by Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson and Yuwali

AU$28.00

Some Ghosts, Some Not by Eloise I Sharp

Some Ghosts, Some Not by Eloise I Sharp

Some Ghosts, Some Not by Eloise I Sharp

AU$33.00

Off the Record: Life With and Without Johnny O'Keefe by Renate Marianne

Off the Record: Life With and Without Johnny O'Keefe by Renate Marianne

Off the Record: Life With and Without Johnny O'Keefe by Renate Marianne

AU$19.00

Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza

Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza

Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza

AU$23.00

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The First Stone: Some Questions About Sex and Power by Helen Garner

The First Stone: Some Questions About Sex and Power by Helen Garner

The First Stone: Some Questions About Sex and Power by Helen Garner

AU$23.00

The Women Were There: Nineteen Women Who Enlivened Australia's History by Nance Donkin

The Women Were There: Nineteen Women Who Enlivened Australia's History by Nance Donkin

The Women Were There: Nineteen Women Who Enlivened Australia's History by Nance Donkin

AU$25.00

Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback by Jennifer Isaacs

Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback by Jennifer Isaacs

Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback by Jennifer Isaacs

AU$25.00

A Place by a River by Dorothea T Morrow

A Place by a River by Dorothea T Morrow

A Place by a River by Dorothea T Morrow

AU$25.00

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In Stockmen's Footsteps: How a Farm Girl From the Blacksoil Plains Grew Up to Champion Australia's Outback Heritage by Jane Grieve

In Stockmen's Footsteps: How a Farm Girl From the Blacksoil Plains Grew Up to Champion Australia's Outback Heritage by Jane Grieve

In Stockmen's Footsteps: How a Farm Girl From the Blacksoil Plains Grew Up to Champion Australia's Outback Heritage by Jane Grieve

AU$15.00

Henry Handel Richardson: Fiction in the Making by Axel Clark

Henry Handel Richardson: Fiction in the Making by Axel Clark

Henry Handel Richardson: Fiction in the Making by Axel Clark

AU$18.00

Call of the Outback: The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Hill, Nomad, Adventurer and Trailblazer by Marianne van Velzen

Call of the Outback: The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Hill, Nomad, Adventurer and Trailblazer by Marianne van Velzen

Call of the Outback: The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Hill, Nomad, Adventurer and Trailblazer by Marianne van Velzen

AU$21.00

No Births on Monday by Mavis Gaff-Smith

No Births on Monday by Mavis Gaff-Smith

No Births on Monday by Mavis Gaff-Smith

AU$30.00

10 Wilson Street by David Luhrs

10 Wilson Street by David Luhrs

10 Wilson Street by David Luhrs

AU$21.00

My Dream Time by Ash Barty

My Dream Time by Ash Barty

My Dream Time by Ash Barty

AU$18.00

Memoirs From the Corner Country: The Story of May Hunt by Harold Hunt

Memoirs From the Corner Country: The Story of May Hunt by Harold Hunt

Memoirs From the Corner Country: The Story of May Hunt by Harold Hunt

AU$23.00

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

AU$40.00

Mackie and Jack: They Married in Wartime and Said Goodbye by Jan William Smith

Mackie and Jack: They Married in Wartime and Said Goodbye by Jan William Smith

Mackie and Jack: They Married in Wartime and Said Goodbye by Jan William Smith

AU$21.00

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Lives Obscurely Great: Historical Essays on Women of New South Wales edited by Patricia Thompson and Susan Yorke

Lives Obscurely Great: Historical Essays on Women of New South Wales edited by Patricia Thompson and Susan Yorke

Lives Obscurely Great: Historical Essays on Women of New South Wales edited by Patricia Thompson and Susan Yorke

AU$21.00

Not Your Average Nurse: From 1970s London to Outback Australia, the True Story of an Unlikely Girl and an Extraordinary Career by Maggie Groff

Not Your Average Nurse: From 1970s London to Outback Australia, the True Story of an Unlikely Girl and an Extraordinary Career by Maggie Groff

Not Your Average Nurse: From 1970s London to Outback Australia, the True Story of an Unlikely Girl and an Extraordinary Career by Maggie Groff

AU$19.00

Pioneer Airwoman: The Story of Mrs Bonney [Lores Bonney] by Terry Gwynn-Jones

Pioneer Airwoman: The Story of Mrs Bonney [Lores Bonney] by Terry Gwynn-Jones

Pioneer Airwoman: The Story of Mrs Bonney [Lores Bonney] by Terry Gwynn-Jones

AU$30.00

Ready for Anything by Janet Wells

Ready for Anything by Janet Wells

Ready for Anything by Janet Wells

AU$23.00

Flying Nurse by Robin Miller

Flying Nurse by Robin Miller

Flying Nurse by Robin Miller

AU$90.00

Perspective by Ellyse Perry

Perspective by Ellyse Perry

Perspective by Ellyse Perry

AU$21.00

S'pose I Die: The Story of Evelyn Maunsell by Hector Holthouse

S'pose I Die: The Story of Evelyn Maunsell by Hector Holthouse

S'pose I Die: The Story of Evelyn Maunsell by Hector Holthouse

AU$17.00

Henrietta Augusta Dugdale by Susan Priestley

Henrietta Augusta Dugdale by Susan Priestley

Henrietta Augusta Dugdale by Susan Priestley

AU$27.00

Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms by Margaret Simons

Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms by Margaret Simons

Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms by Margaret Simons

AU$25.00

Whisper My Secret by J B Rowley

Whisper My Secret by J B Rowley

Whisper My Secret by J B Rowley

AU$25.00

One Leg Over: Having Fun - Mostly - In Peace and War by Robin Dalton

One Leg Over: Having Fun - Mostly - In Peace and War by Robin Dalton

One Leg Over: Having Fun - Mostly - In Peace and War by Robin Dalton

AU$20.00

Life on the Daly River by Nancy Polishuk and Douglas Lockwood

Life on the Daly River by Nancy Polishuk and Douglas Lockwood

Life on the Daly River by Nancy Polishuk and Douglas Lockwood

AU$30.00

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Daisy Bates: Grand Dame of the Desert by Bob Reece

Daisy Bates: Grand Dame of the Desert by Bob Reece

Daisy Bates: Grand Dame of the Desert by Bob Reece

AU$40.00

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My Natives and I: Incorporating the Passing of the Aborigines: A Lifetime Spent Among the Natives of Australia by Daisy Bates edited by P J Bridge with an Introduction by Bob Reece

My Natives and I: Incorporating the Passing of the Aborigines: A Lifetime Spent Among the Natives of Australia by Daisy Bates edited by P J Bridge with an Introduction by Bob Reece

My Natives and I: Incorporating the Passing of the Aborigines: A Lifetime Spent Among the Natives of Australia by Daisy Bates edited by P J Bridge with an Introduction by Bob Reece

AU$28.00

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Miss D and Miss N: An Extraordinary Partnership: The Diary of Anne Drysdale edited by Beverly Roberts

Miss D and Miss N: An Extraordinary Partnership: The Diary of Anne Drysdale edited by Beverly Roberts

Miss D and Miss N: An Extraordinary Partnership: The Diary of Anne Drysdale edited by Beverly Roberts

AU$36.00

Cathy: Her Own Story by Cathy Freeman with Scott Gullan

Cathy: Her Own Story by Cathy Freeman with Scott Gullan

Cathy: Her Own Story by Cathy Freeman with Scott Gullan

AU$15.00

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Without Warning: One Woman's Story of Surviving Black Saturday by Jane O'Connor

Without Warning: One Woman's Story of Surviving Black Saturday by Jane O'Connor

Without Warning: One Woman's Story of Surviving Black Saturday by Jane O'Connor

AU$15.00

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Lowitja: The Authorised of Lowitja O'Donoghue by Stuart Rintoul

Lowitja: The Authorised of Lowitja O'Donoghue by Stuart Rintoul

Lowitja: The Authorised of Lowitja O'Donoghue by Stuart Rintoul

AU$29.00

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Strength of Purpose: Australian Women of Achievement from Federation to the Mid-20th Century by Susanna De Vries

Strength of Purpose: Australian Women of Achievement from Federation to the Mid-20th Century by Susanna De Vries

Strength of Purpose: Australian Women of Achievement from Federation to the Mid-20th Century by Susanna De Vries

AU$26.00

Mollie 1905: The Story of Mollie O'Leary and Her Family by Mollie McCarthy nee O'Leary and compiled by Maureen Steffanoni

Mollie 1905: The Story of Mollie O'Leary and Her Family by Mollie McCarthy nee O'Leary and compiled by Maureen Steffanoni

Mollie 1905: The Story of Mollie O'Leary and Her Family by Mollie McCarthy nee O'Leary and compiled by Maureen Steffanoni

AU$23.00

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Outback Governesses by Paula Heelan

Outback Governesses by Paula Heelan

Outback Governesses by Paula Heelan

AU$20.00

Between the Leaves: Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens by Katie Holmes

Between the Leaves: Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens by Katie Holmes

Between the Leaves: Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens by Katie Holmes

AU$17.00

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Play On!: The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football by Brunette Lenkić & Rob Hess

Play On!: The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football by Brunette Lenkić & Rob Hess

Play On!: The Hidden History of Women’s Australian Rules Football by Brunette Lenkić & Rob Hess

AU$25.00

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Depraved and Disorderly: Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia by Joy Damousi

Depraved and Disorderly: Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia by Joy Damousi

Depraved and Disorderly: Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia by Joy Damousi

AU$25.00

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Fighters and Singers: The Lives of Some Aboriginal Women Edited by Isobel White, Diane Barwick and Betty Meehan

Fighters and Singers: The Lives of Some Aboriginal Women Edited by Isobel White, Diane Barwick and Betty Meehan

Fighters and Singers: The Lives of Some Aboriginal Women Edited by Isobel White, Diane Barwick and Betty Meehan

AU$26.00

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The Gloves Are Off: The Inside Story from Prisoner to Wiked by Maggie Kirkpatrick

The Gloves Are Off: The Inside Story from Prisoner to Wiked by Maggie Kirkpatrick

The Gloves Are Off: The Inside Story from Prisoner to Wiked by Maggie Kirkpatrick

AU$26.00

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