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Australia at War - A Winter Record Made by Will Dyson on the Somme and at Ypres, During the Campaigns of 1916 and 1917Everybody knows that Mr. Dyson, who has made these striking sketches of the great war in which he has himself been...

Australia Felix In a shaft on the Gravel Pits, a man had been buried alive. At work in a deep wet hole, he had recklessly omitted to slab the walls of a drive; uprights and tailors yielded under the lateral pressure, and the rotten...

Australia in Arms - A Narrative of the Australasian Imperial Force and Their Achievement at AnzacOne hot, bright morning early in the Dardanelles campaign, so the story goes, Lieut.-General Sir William Birdwood was walking up one of the worn tracks of Anzac that led...

Australia in Palestine Australia in Palestine should prove of great interest to the people of Australia, and especially to those whose lives have been spent outside the great cities, for it includes a record of the achievements of their very ownthe horsemen of Australia,...

Australia Revenged[Pg 1] In a handsome block of buildings in the neighbourhood of Piccadillya phrase which may embrace a considerable area, North, South, East or Westis located the quarters of that small and extremely select Club, known, and known up till now only to...

Australia Twice Traversed - The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876The journals of the first two expeditions, formed a small book, which was...

Australia, its history and present condition - containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies,The vast tract of country which it is the object of the present volume to describe in its leading features, both moral and natural, may be said...

Australia, The Dairy CountryThe suitability of Australia as a country for the dairyman is referred to in the report of the Scottish Agricultural Commission,[A] who toured the States of the Commonwealth in 1910-11, in the following terms: "The practice of dairying, in a limited...

The Australian Animal Encyclopedia introduces readers to more than 125 of the animals from one of the most unique ecosystems in the world. In addition, the book offers an in-depth introduction covering Australia's habitats that are home to species found nowhere else in the...

Australian EssaysIt would be absurd to suppose that it will not seem clear, to whatever readers this little book may find here, that one of the principal characters of the Dialogue is a man for whom we all, I think, feel more interest, admiration,...

Australian fairy talesCome, youngsters, draw up your chairs. Come, mothers, ye who live your romantic girlhood oer again in that of your children. Form up, gentlemen, fathers, hard men of the world, whose brows are wrinkled with care and worry, take rank in rear...

Australian Fairy TalesThe Stories in this little book have been set down almost in the same words in which they were told. How the telling of them came about is a very simple matter. Having three children, each of whom loved a Fairy Tale,...

Australian Heroes and AdventurersThis book is the first of a series which the Publisher intends to issue, illustrative of life and adventure in the Australian Colonies and the Islands of the Pacific. It has been carefully compiled from reliable sources of informationviz., Wills's Diary,...

Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies A neighbour of mine exclaimed, when I mentioned that I proposed making a small collection of the folk-lore legends of the tribe of blacks I knew so well living on this station,...

Australian Pictures, Drawn with Pen and PencilIn one respect this work differs from its predecessors. The companion volumes were written by travellers to the lands which they described, but Australian Pictures are by an Australian resident. Hence, when praise is required, the author has...

Australian Search Party IN a former narrative, published in the preceding volume of the ILLUSTRATED TRAVELS, I gave an account of a terrible cyclone which visited the north-eastern coast of Queensland in the autumn of 1866, nearly destroying the small settlements of Cardwell and...

Australian WritersAny survey of the work done by Australian authors suggests a question as to what length of time ought to be allowed for the development of distinctive national characteristics in the literature of a young country self-governing to the extent of being a...

Austria - containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of that EmpireOn turning over the pages of this work, some readers may possibly be surprised to find that so large a proportion of the engravings belong to one...

From the imperial palaces of Vienna to the snowcapped peaks of the Alps, readers embark on a journey through Austria's rich cultural and historical heritage. This volume explores the birthplace of classical music legends such as Mozart and Beethoven, the grandeur of Schönbrunn Palace,...

In this captivating memoir, the author embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover her family's hidden history during the Holocaust while pursuing Austrian citizenship. As Austria opens the door to reparation citizenship for descendants of those victimized by the Nazi and Austrofascist regimes,...