Excellent Aussie Non-Fiction

1.
The Land Before Avocado
The Land Before Avocado 3.91 avg rating — 4,199 ratings
2.
Dark Emu
Dark Emu 4.28 avg rating — 15,490 ratings
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The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire 4.04 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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Eggshell Skull
Eggshell Skull
by: Bri Lee
4.35 avg rating — 14,499 ratings
5.
Everywhere I Look
Everywhere I Look 4.09 avg rating — 3,594 ratings
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Any Ordinary Day
Any Ordinary Day 4.13 avg rating — 16,136 ratings
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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster 3.90 avg rating — 29,487 ratings
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The Dogs that Made Australia: The fascinating untold story of the dog's role in building a nation
The Dogs that Made Australia: The fascinating untold story of the dog's role in building a nation
by: Guy Hull
3.87 avg rating — 196 ratings
9.
The Hate Race
The Hate Race 4.30 avg rating — 3,628 ratings
10.
Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship 4.18 avg rating — 4,448 ratings
10.
Talkin' Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism
Talkin' Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism 4.49 avg rating — 428 ratings
12.
This House of Grief
This House of Grief 4.04 avg rating — 8,961 ratings
13.
Fight Like a Girl
Fight Like a Girl 3.98 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
14.
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory 4.29 avg rating — 3,477 ratings
15.
Accidental Feminists
Accidental Feminists
by: Jane Caro
3.94 avg rating — 614 ratings
16.
Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law
Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law 4.09 avg rating — 6,776 ratings
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Foreign Soil
Foreign Soil 3.91 avg rating — 2,344 ratings
18.
Things That Helped: Essays
Things That Helped: Essays 4.14 avg rating — 256 ratings
19.
Lucky For Me
Lucky For Me 3.74 avg rating — 121 ratings
20.
Australia Day
Australia Day 4.16 avg rating — 1,706 ratings
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On Violence
On Violence 4.38 avg rating — 190 ratings
22.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia 4.30 avg rating — 3,941 ratings
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Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies 3.89 avg rating — 3,045 ratings
24.
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee 4.26 avg rating — 4,072 ratings
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The Erratics
The Erratics 3.73 avg rating — 5,775 ratings
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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster 3.90 avg rating — 29,487 ratings
27.
Salt: Selected Essays and Stories
Salt: Selected Essays and Stories 3.97 avg rating — 419 ratings
28.
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
by: Jess Hill
4.66 avg rating — 5,896 ratings
29.
Hell Ship
Hell Ship 4.13 avg rating — 681 ratings
30.
Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne
Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne 3.85 avg rating — 155 ratings
30.
Songs of a War Boy
Songs of a War Boy 4.31 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
30.
Hazelwood
Hazelwood
by: Tom Doig
4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings
30.
Stern Justice: The Forgotten Story of Australia, Japan and the Pacific War Crimes Trials
Stern Justice: The Forgotten Story of Australia, Japan and the Pacific War Crimes Trials 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
30.
Children of Change
Children of Change it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
30.
Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge
Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge
by: Bri Lee
3.65 avg rating — 3,082 ratings
36.
Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story
Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story 3.78 avg rating — 112 ratings
36.
A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne 4.02 avg rating — 83 ratings
36.
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World
by: Tim Low
4.22 avg rating — 658 ratings
36.
The Battle Of Long Tan
The Battle Of Long Tan 4.46 avg rating — 65 ratings
40.
Axiomatic
Axiomatic 4.10 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
40.
The Blackburns
The Blackburns 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
40.
The Tyranny of Distance
The Tyranny of Distance 3.96 avg rating — 225 ratings
40.
Turning Point: The Battle for Milne Bay 1942 - Japan's first land defeat in World War II
Turning Point: The Battle for Milne Bay 1942 - Japan's first land defeat in World War II 4.45 avg rating — 191 ratings
44.
On Father
On Father 4.10 avg rating — 104 ratings
44.
Women to the Front: Australian Women Doctors of the First World War
Women to the Front: Australian Women Doctors of the First World War 3.84 avg rating — 51 ratings
44.
Australia Reimagined: Towards a More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society
Australia Reimagined: Towards a More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society 3.84 avg rating — 241 ratings
47.
The Change Makers
The Change Makers 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Animal Heroes - Thrilling Stories of Animals Who Have Worked and Played Alongside Australias Fighting Forces
Animal Heroes - Thrilling Stories of Animals Who Have Worked and Played Alongside Australias Fighting Forces 3.47 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Bulldog Track
The Bulldog Track 3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings
50.
The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing, and Mortality
The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing, and Mortality 4.29 avg rating — 432 ratings
50.
On Hate
On Hate 4.22 avg rating — 91 ratings
50.
Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse
Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse 4.29 avg rating — 722 ratings
53.
No Way! Okay, Fine.
No Way! Okay, Fine. 3.73 avg rating — 368 ratings
53.
On Merit (On Series a.k.a. Little Books, Big Ideas)
On Merit (On Series a.k.a. Little Books, Big Ideas) 3.78 avg rating — 88 ratings
53.
Horrie The War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog
Horrie The War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog 4.21 avg rating — 237 ratings
53.
The Misogyny Factor
The Misogyny Factor 4.02 avg rating — 308 ratings
53.
Best Foot Forward
Best Foot Forward 4.19 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
58.
Adult Fantasy: Searching for True Maturity in an Age of Mortgages, Marriages, and Other Adult Milestones
Adult Fantasy: Searching for True Maturity in an Age of Mortgages, Marriages, and Other Adult Milestones 3.90 avg rating — 417 ratings
58.
On Fairness
On Fairness 4.11 avg rating — 147 ratings
58.
What makes you so sure you're not wrong.
What makes you so sure you're not wrong. 3.71 avg rating — 500 ratings
61.
On Aunty
On Aunty 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings
61.
Lucky Goes to Sea
Lucky Goes to Sea 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings
61.
You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World
You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World 4.27 avg rating — 176 ratings
61.
The Dogs that Made Australia: The Story of the Dogs that Brought about Australia's Transformation from Starving Colony to Pastoral Powerhouse
The Dogs that Made Australia: The Story of the Dogs that Brought about Australia's Transformation from Starving Colony to Pastoral Powerhouse
by: Guy Hull
3.87 avg rating — 196 ratings
65.
A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work
A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work 4.29 avg rating — 230 ratings
65.
Adelaide
Adelaide 3.81 avg rating — 72 ratings
67.
In Search of Hobart
In Search of Hobart 3.80 avg rating — 111 ratings
68.
Melbourne (The City Series)
Melbourne (The City Series) 3.56 avg rating — 326 ratings
68.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia 4.30 avg rating — 3,941 ratings
70.
Dying: A Memoir
Dying: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 4,609 ratings
70.
Brisbane (The City Series)
Brisbane (The City Series) 3.45 avg rating — 145 ratings
70.
Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella
Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella 4.43 avg rating — 1,779 ratings
70.
Happy Never After: why the happiness fairytale is driving us mad
Happy Never After: why the happiness fairytale is driving us mad 3.87 avg rating — 469 ratings
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Canberra
Canberra 3.62 avg rating — 109 ratings
74.
A Certain Light: A memoir of family, loss and hope
A Certain Light: A memoir of family, loss and hope 3.96 avg rating — 109 ratings
74.
Holding the Man
Holding the Man 4.41 avg rating — 6,315 ratings
77.
You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead
You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead 3.57 avg rating — 1,259 ratings
77.
The Railway Dog: The True Story of an Australian Outback Dog
The Railway Dog: The True Story of an Australian Outback Dog 4.12 avg rating — 68 ratings
77.
Esther - The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony
Esther - The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony 4.07 avg rating — 408 ratings
80.
Stillways: A Memoir
Stillways: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 128 ratings
81.
The Nameless Names: Recovering the Missing ANZACS
The Nameless Names: Recovering the Missing ANZACS 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
82.
The Motherhood
The Motherhood 4.26 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
82.
A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great War
A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great War 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
84.
Shattered Anzacs: Living with the Scars of War
Shattered Anzacs: Living with the Scars of War 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
85.
White Coolies: A Graphic Record of Survival in World War Two
White Coolies: A Graphic Record of Survival in World War Two 4.34 avg rating — 189 ratings
85.
The Land Before Avocado
The Land Before Avocado 3.91 avg rating — 4,199 ratings
87.
Where Soldiers Lie
Where Soldiers Lie 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
87.
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse 4.14 avg rating — 789 ratings
89.
An Anzac's Story
An Anzac's Story
by: Roy Kyle
3.80 avg rating — 98 ratings
89.
Castaway: The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858
Castaway: The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858 4.04 avg rating — 231 ratings
91.
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly 4.06 avg rating — 119 ratings
91.
The Cherry Picker's Daughter
The Cherry Picker's Daughter 3.99 avg rating — 69 ratings
93.
Warning, The Story of Cyclone Tracy
Warning, The Story of Cyclone Tracy 3.45 avg rating — 85 ratings
94.
Missing in Action: Australia's World War I Grave Services, an astonishing true story of misconduct, fraud and hoaxing
Missing in Action: Australia's World War I Grave Services, an astonishing true story of misconduct, fraud and hoaxing 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
94.
Killers In Eden: The True Story of Killer Whales and their Remarkable Partnership with the Whalers of Twofold Bay
Killers In Eden: The True Story of Killer Whales and their Remarkable Partnership with the Whalers of Twofold Bay 4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Darwin
Darwin
by: Tess Lea
3.76 avg rating — 58 ratings
97.
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 4.04 avg rating — 184 ratings
97.
Witness
Witness 4.44 avg rating — 919 ratings
99.
Fifteen Young Men
Fifteen Young Men 4.10 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Fathoms: the world in the whale
Fathoms: the world in the whale 3.88 avg rating — 1,957 ratings
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