Reports the earliest court decisions in Australia. Includes transcriptions of and extensive commentary on many of the case records of the NSW superior courts during the colony's first forty years.

'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have made the West into the most powerful culture in the world.

As temperatures rise, climate change is increasingly expressing itself in human politics through greater violence, social breakdown and spreading state failure. From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the new era of climate war has begun. The author locates the geography of this crisis as running along the old north-south axis of empire.

Tells the behind-the-scenes story of the ill-fated merger of Tribune Media Company with the Times Mirror Company - and through it, the story of the people and business decisions behind the epic collapse of American journalism.

The enthralling story of Mary MacKillop's life and work how it changed the lives of thousands of Australians and led to the canonisation of Australia's first saint is retold in this new release. Ages 8-12.

This series explores the events surrounding the gold rushes in Australia during the 1800s and the early 1900s. The political and social contexts that triggered gold fever and the key events and people of the era are examined. How life in Australia was changed by the gold rushes is also examined. Ages 8-12.