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The narrative centers on the tragic wreck of the Dunbar, a celebrated 19th-century sailing ship, which met its fate near Sydney's South Head in 1857. Caught in a fierce storm, the ship was destroyed, resulting in the loss of 122 lives, with only one survivor, James Johnson. This maritime disaster not only marked one of Australia's worst tragedies but also prompted significant changes in navigation and safety protocols. Through rich contemporary accounts, the book vividly recounts the personal stories of those aboard and the profound impact on the young colony of Sydney.

The sprawling saga of legendary Australian cop, Bumper Farrell, the most feared and revered policeman in Australia's history.

Annotation. This dramatic tale tells the true story of the twenty-nine Australian amateur sportsmen and three sportswomen who left Circular Quay on the SS Mongolia in May 1936 and paid their own way to represent their country at the 'Hitler Olympics'. Using diaries, personal papers, media reports and accounts from family members, along with striking photos from the athletes' own collections, Dangerous Games recreates the tension of heats and races; offers a rich picture of life in the Olympic village; and shows how athletes came to realise Hitler's political manipulation of the Games. It reveals the depths of the behind-the-scenes, cutthroat wheeling and dealing, and the heights of American black runner Jesse Owen's gold medal triumph. It also recognises the actions of our individual Australian team members, some of whom went on to become public figures or war heroes, who believed that sport was the antidote to tyranny.

A vivid story of the men and women who took a stand when sport mixed with politics. In 1971, when the racially selected all-white Springbok rugby team toured Australia, it became a nation at war with itself. There was bloodshed as tens of thousands of anti-apartheid campaigners clashed with governments, police, and rugby fans -- who were given free reign to assault protestors. Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared a state of emergency. Prime minister William McMahon called the Wallabies who refused to play 'national disgraces'. Barbed wire ringed the great rugby grounds to stop protestors invading the field. Pitched Battlerecreates what became of the most rancorous periods in modern Australian history -- a time of courage, pain, faith, fanaticism, and political opportunism -- which ultimately made heroes of the seven Wallabies who refused to play, played a key role in the later political careers of Peter Beattie, Meredith Burgmann, and Peter Hain, and ultimately led to the abandonment of apartheid.