This is the heroic and sometimes tragic story of the Irish immigrant families, the Costellos, Duracks and Tullys, who came to Australia in the 1840s and 1850s. [click to continue…]
Ann Tracey
This is a personal history filled with all the colour and excitement of frontier times. Toohey succeeds in bringing to life the human stories of the founders of Mareeba, Atherton, Herbertron, Irvinebank, the Evelyn Tableland, Chillagoe, Ravenshoe, Millaa Millaa and Malanda. [click to continue…]
Australian Tragic is about a nation that began its life as a stage for misfortune – and ever since has struggled to outgrow its birthright. These are gripping tales that take us into the heart of this country: tales of genuine catastrophe, of grand chances gone astray, of fools and their plans pathetically undone, of heartbreaking sadness and violent loss, and of both goodness and human evil. [click to continue…]
1844 – A motley party under Charles Sturt sets out to penetrate Australia’s mysterious Centre. the hour is desperate: South Australia is sliding into bankruptcy and the colonials look to Sturt as the “Father of Australian Exploration” to find rich lands to rescue the economy. The massive, unwieldy expedition plods up the Murray, dragging along a whaleboat in the hopes of finding an inland sea. [click to continue…]
HERE ON EARTH is a biography of our planet and our species.
We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature—of our true abilities and of our history—is supremely important. [click to continue…]