Best of Australian Non-Fiction

96.
Eggshell Skull
Eggshell Skull
by: Bri Lee
4.35 avg rating — 14,500 ratings
96.
The Story of Billy Young
The Story of Billy Young 4.34 avg rating — 53 ratings
96.
Weevils In The Flour: An Oral Record Of The 1930's Depression In Australia
Weevils In The Flour: An Oral Record Of The 1930's Depression In Australia 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings
104.
Struggletown
Struggletown 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
104.
Tam the Untamed
Tam the Untamed 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
104.
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire 4.04 avg rating — 5,911 ratings
104.
Botany Bay: The Real Story
Botany Bay: The Real Story 3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings
108.
Georgiana's journal: Melbourne, 1841-1865
Georgiana's journal: Melbourne, 1841-1865 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
108.
Ajax the Warrior
Ajax the Warrior 4.41 avg rating — 32 ratings
108.
Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery
Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery 3.21 avg rating — 327 ratings
108.
Invasion Rabaul: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War II (Rabaul Trilogy, #1)
Invasion Rabaul: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War II (Rabaul Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 257 ratings
108.
One Hundred Years of Dirt
One Hundred Years of Dirt 4.06 avg rating — 3,478 ratings
108.
Intruders in the bush: The Australian quest for identity
Intruders in the bush: The Australian quest for identity really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
108.
CSI Told You Lies
CSI Told You Lies 3.81 avg rating — 750 ratings
115.
Wakool Crossing: a modern-day investigation into the mysterious death of a young woman in 1916
Wakool Crossing: a modern-day investigation into the mysterious death of a young woman in 1916 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
115.
Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse
Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse 3.90 avg rating — 230 ratings
115.
The Water Dreamers: The remarkable history of our dry continent
The Water Dreamers: The remarkable history of our dry continent 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings
118.
Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 3.89 avg rating — 47 ratings
118.
Is Birdsong Music?: Outback Encounters with an Australian Songbird
Is Birdsong Music?: Outback Encounters with an Australian Songbird 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
118.
Any Ordinary Day
Any Ordinary Day 4.13 avg rating — 16,139 ratings
118.
The girls they left behind
The girls they left behind 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
122.
A Land Half Won
A Land Half Won 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
122.
Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change
Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings
122.
Pieces of Blue
Pieces of Blue 3.76 avg rating — 154 ratings
122.
Between the Dances: World War II Women Tell Their Stories
Between the Dances: World War II Women Tell Their Stories 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
122.
Paradise in Chains: The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia
Paradise in Chains: The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia 4.01 avg rating — 162 ratings
122.
Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture A New Earth
Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture A New Earth 4.31 avg rating — 606 ratings
128.
Women of the Centre
Women of the Centre really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
128.
The Bastard from the Bush
The Bastard from the Bush 3.45 avg rating — 38 ratings
128.
Town life in Australia,
Town life in Australia, 3.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
131.
First Australians: An Illustrated History
First Australians: An Illustrated History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42 ratings
131.
Australia's Pearl Harbour Darwin 1942
Australia's Pearl Harbour Darwin 1942 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
133.
This House of Grief
This House of Grief 4.04 avg rating — 8,967 ratings
133.
Aboriginal Australians: A History Since 1788
Aboriginal Australians: A History Since 1788 4.18 avg rating — 226 ratings
133.
The Road from Coorain
The Road from Coorain 4.02 avg rating — 13,391 ratings
133.
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
137.
Am I Black Enough For You?
Am I Black Enough For You? 3.87 avg rating — 582 ratings
137.
Stillways: A Memoir
Stillways: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 128 ratings
137.
Black Lives, White Law: Locked Up and Locked Out in Australia
Black Lives, White Law: Locked Up and Locked Out in Australia 4.47 avg rating — 116 ratings
140.
The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontier
The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontier 3.73 avg rating — 260 ratings
140.
The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia
The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia 4.07 avg rating — 149 ratings
140.
The Lady Bushranger : The life of Elizabeth Jessie Hickman
The Lady Bushranger : The life of Elizabeth Jessie Hickman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
140.
Life As I Know It
Life As I Know It 4.12 avg rating — 382 ratings
140.
The Lucky Country
The Lucky Country 3.69 avg rating — 673 ratings
145.
If everyone cared: Autobiography of Margaret Tucker
If everyone cared: Autobiography of Margaret Tucker 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
145.
Australian women at war
Australian women at war 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
147.
Beyond White Guilt: The Real Challenge for Black-White Relations in Australia
Beyond White Guilt: The Real Challenge for Black-White Relations in Australia 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
147.
Archaeology of the Dreamtime : The story of prehistoric Australia and its people
Archaeology of the Dreamtime : The story of prehistoric Australia and its people 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
147.
Young Digger
Young Digger 3.80 avg rating — 85 ratings
147.
Beyond the Ladies' Lounge: Australian Women Publicans
Beyond the Ladies' Lounge: Australian Women Publicans 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings
151.
Social sketches of Australia, 1888-1975
Social sketches of Australia, 1888-1975 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
151.
Optimism: Reflections on a Life of Action
Optimism: Reflections on a Life of Action
by: Bob Brown
3.98 avg rating — 292 ratings
151.
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
by: David Day
3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings
154.
Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia 1838-39
Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia 1838-39 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
154.
A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth (Quarterly Essay #55)
A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth (Quarterly Essay #55) 3.96 avg rating — 82 ratings
154.
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence 3.69 avg rating — 8,682 ratings
154.
Dopeland
Dopeland 3.31 avg rating — 185 ratings
158.
The Passing of the Aborigines: A Lifetime spent among the Natives of Australia
The Passing of the Aborigines: A Lifetime spent among the Natives of Australia 3.69 avg rating — 48 ratings
158.
In Search of Hobart
In Search of Hobart 3.80 avg rating — 111 ratings
158.
Colonel William Light Founder of a City
Colonel William Light Founder of a City 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
161.
The journal of Annie Baxter Dawbin July 1858 - May 1868
The journal of Annie Baxter Dawbin July 1858 - May 1868 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
161.
Adelaide
Adelaide 3.81 avg rating — 72 ratings
161.
The Petrov Affair
The Petrov Affair 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
164.
Moondyne Joe: The Man and the Myth
Moondyne Joe: The Man and the Myth liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
164.
Beyond the Rock
Beyond the Rock 3.83 avg rating — 100 ratings
164.
Anglicans in Australia
Anglicans in Australia
by: Tom Frame
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
167.
Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in Australia
Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in Australia 4.09 avg rating — 191 ratings
167.
Tom & Jack : A Frontier Story
Tom & Jack : A Frontier Story 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
167.
Alice Springs
Alice Springs 3.61 avg rating — 61 ratings
167.
Baby Boomers: Growing Up in Australia in the 1940s, 50s And 60s
Baby Boomers: Growing Up in Australia in the 1940s, 50s And 60s 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
171.
Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade 3.56 avg rating — 54 ratings
171.
Canberra
Canberra 3.62 avg rating — 109 ratings
173.
A Day in the life of Australia
A Day in the life of Australia 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings
173.
Shattered Anzacs: Living with the Scars of War
Shattered Anzacs: Living with the Scars of War 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
175.
Australia and New Zealand: Volume 2
Australia and New Zealand: Volume 2 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
175.
Maisie : Her life in her letters from 1898 to 1902
Maisie : Her life in her letters from 1898 to 1902 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
175.
Brisbane (The City Series)
Brisbane (The City Series) 3.45 avg rating — 145 ratings
175.
Invading Australia: Japan And The Battle For Australia 1942
Invading Australia: Japan And The Battle For Australia 1942 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
179.
Ghost towns of Australia
Ghost towns of Australia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
179.
An Introduction to Aboriginal Societies
An Introduction to Aboriginal Societies 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
179.
Murder at Dusk: How US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
Murder at Dusk: How US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne 3.89 avg rating — 62 ratings
179.
The Ways of the Bushwalker: On Foot in Australia
The Ways of the Bushwalker: On Foot in Australia 3.33 avg rating — 27 ratings
183.
Irish Women in Colonial Australia
Irish Women in Colonial Australia 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
183.
Before the Invasion: Aboriginal Life to 1788
Before the Invasion: Aboriginal Life to 1788 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
183.
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 4.04 avg rating — 184 ratings
183.
Activist Wisdom: Practical Knowledge and Creative Tension in Social Movements
Activist Wisdom: Practical Knowledge and Creative Tension in Social Movements 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
187.
Australia
Australia 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
187.
Aboriginal kunst
Aboriginal kunst 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
187.
Fifteen Young Men
Fifteen Young Men 4.10 avg rating — 82 ratings
187.
1932 : A hell of a Year
1932 : A hell of a Year 3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings
191.
Desert Art
Desert Art 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
191.
Inside the War Cabinet: Directing Australia's war effort, 1939-45
Inside the War Cabinet: Directing Australia's war effort, 1939-45 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
193.
The French Consul's Wife: Memoirs of Céleste de Chabrillan in Gold-Rush Australia (Miegunyah Press Second Series, 18)
The French Consul's Wife: Memoirs of Céleste de Chabrillan in Gold-Rush Australia (Miegunyah Press Second Series, 18) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
193.
Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
195.
Unnatural Lives: Studies in Australian Convict Fiction
Unnatural Lives: Studies in Australian Convict Fiction 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
195.
Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney
Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney 3.95 avg rating — 456 ratings
197.
Waltzing Matilda: The Secret History of Australia's Favourite Song
Waltzing Matilda: The Secret History of Australia's Favourite Song 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
197.
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly 4.06 avg rating — 119 ratings
199.
Notes and sketches of New South Wales: During a residence in the colony from 1839 to 1844
Notes and sketches of New South Wales: During a residence in the colony from 1839 to 1844 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
199.
My Love Must Wait : The Story of Matthew Flinders
My Love Must Wait : The Story of Matthew Flinders 4.16 avg rating — 57 ratings
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