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Melbourne Moments by Andrew Watson
A Compendium of Fun Facts and Surprising Stories from the 'marvellous' City
This book celebrates some of the little-told and unusual stories in Melbourne's evolution from a few houses on the banks of the Yarra river to today's bustling metropolis.
Unsolved heists, a disappearing hill, a hidden creek, the big 'bad beer' panic, a killer elephant, a runaway lion, and trees with their own email address - Melbourne Moments bursts with these and many more tales from the city's extraordinary history. | Read more
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Melbourne Moments by Andrew WatsonA Compendium of Fun Facts and Surprising Stories from the 'marvellous' City
This book celebrates some of the little-told and unusual stories in Melbourne's evolution from a few houses on the banks of the Yarra river to today's bustling metropolis.
Unsolved heists, a disappearing hill, a hidden creek, the big 'bad beer' panic, a killer elephant, a runaway lion, and trees with their own email address - Melbourne Moments bursts with these and many more tales from the city's extraordinary history. | Read more
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⊜ Melbourne
A City Lost & Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne By Robyn Annear. Robyn comments on the changes to the Central Business District caused by the famous demolition firm, Whelan the Wrecker...
⊜ Melbourne
By: David Sornig Flamboyant singer-turnedjailbird "Black Elsie"and Richmond great Jack Dyer formed a strange friendship of sorts when he worked as a policeman in West Melbourne in the 1930s while...
⊜ Dromana
The greatest Australian story never told - until now. He fought Napoleon's army and survived. He was sent to the gallows and escaped the noose. Now he is in chains and on his way to the...
⊜ Australia
Camp Oven Cooking is a unique recipe collection collated from contributions to The Great Coronavirus Camp Oven Cookoff Facebook page. Launched in March 2020 by photo-journalist Peter Lorimer and...
⊜ Melbourne
Book: Much Ado About Melbourne by Jenny Sinclair What shapes the character of Melbourne, and from where does it get its x-factor? Jenny Sinclair goes in search of the answers and discovers that...
⊜ Melbourne
Rosie Batty knows pain no woman should have to suffer. Her son was killed by his father in a violent incident in February 2014, a horrendous event that shocked not only the nation, but the world....
⊜ Melbourne
RECIPES & MENU PLANS FOR 800-CALORIE DAYS, 250-CALORIE LIGHT MEALS, 125-CALORIE SNACKS AND MORE Losing weight has never been so easy, so sustainable, or tasted so good. The Fast Revolution makes...
⊜ Melbourne
Two articles about the best books about Melbourne The 14 best books about Melbourne by Stephen A Russell The best books about Melbourne by Tim Martin. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus...
⊜ Melbourne
Great cities deserve great encyclopedias. A city is known by its past, its characteristic virtues and troubles, and its ways of life. 'Marvellous Melbourne' symbolises the achievements of...
⊜ Australia
The Lyrics 1956 to the Present By: Paul McCartney From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive...
⊜ Australia
When McKinsey Comes to Town The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm By: Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An explosive, deeply reported...
⊜ Melbourne
In 1835 an illegal squatter camp was established on the banks of the Yarra River. In defiance of authorities in London and Sydney, Tasmanian speculators began sending men and sheep across Bass Strait...
⊜ Melbourne
Bayside Paths & Beaches by Robert Paterson is a recreational guide for the Melbourne bayside featuring the cities of Kingston, Bayside and Port Phillip. It takes readers around Beach Road and...
⊜ Melbourne
Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne By Robyn Annear In 'Bearbrass', Robyn Annear resurrects the village that was early Melbourne - from the arrival of white settlers in 1835 until the first gold...
⊜ Corner Flinders Street and St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Beyond the Facade: Flinders Street, More Than Just a Railway Station The book Beyond the Facade: Flinders Street by Jenny Davies explores the 100 year history of Flinders Street Station. The...
⊜ Flemington
Stephen Howell's The Story of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's Greatest Race celebrates the remarkable history of a wonderful horse race - one of the world's most famous and enduring tests of a...
⊜ Melbourne
Costa Rolfe's bestselling book has been updated to include the 2008 winner and now features a foreword by one of the most respected figures in Australian racing, Bart Cummings. With snappy...
⊜ Melbourne
Books about Melbourne is for Dan, who once asked if there were any books on Melbourne out there written by The Collector. It is by no means a difinitive list of books as there are new books...
⊜ Melbourne
Characters Cultural Stories Revealed Through Typography By Stephen Banham, Rick Poynor In Characters, Stephen Banham has meticulously researched the signage and typography of a city to present...
⊜ Australia
Chopper (feature film) | Chopper (book) Few Australian films have sparked as much controversy as Chopper, beginning well before it arrived in cinemas in 2000. Why perpetuate the myth of Mark...
⊜ Melbourne
Corners of Melbourne: The great orange-peel panic and other stories from the streets Corners of Melbourne By: Robyn Annear What better defines a city than its street corners? A corner gives...
⊜ Langwarrin
The Cruden Farm Garden Diaries by Lisa Clausen and Michael Morrison Hardback Publication Date: 18/04/2017 Buy Online: Fishpond This beautiful book was written by gardener Michael Morrison...
⊜ Melbourne
Daughters of Melbourne A Guide to the Invisible Statues of Melbourne by Maree Coote Meet the daughters of Melbourne. The rich gals; the poor gals; the gorgeous gay gals-And the gals who'd...
⊜ Melbourne
Della Daboo is an animated children's eBook about a group of lizards set around Woolloomooloo on Sydney's harbour, Australia. The "tale"delivers a message around the theme of accepting individual...
⊜ Melbourne
Dirty Deeds was written by AC/DC ex Bass guitarist Mark Evans, giving fans insight not only into the life of Evans but also that of singer Bon Scott and other rock 'n' roll icons like George...
⊜ Melbourne
Dodgy Mike By: Michael Yiannoudes This is the story of Michael. Dodgy Mike features real, witty, comical stories about family, friends, rebellious youth, teenage pranks, travels and...
⊜ Australia
The Story Continues: Dustin Martin is the all-new, up-to-date and illustrated companion to Dustin (Dusty) Martin's phenomenal football career. In this fully authorised edition, you will be able to...
⊜ Ray Peace - PO Box 8061 Ferntree Gully
People who grew up in Melbourne's east may well have happy memories of picnics in Wattle Park, playing in the old tramcars or listening to the Tramways Band near the rotunda on a lazy Sunday...
⊜ Melbourne
The Encyclopedia is an A to Z reference work covering the city's history from pre-European settlement up to the present day. Alphabetical entries range from short factual summaries about places,...
⊜ Melbourne
Fifty Shades of Grey By E. L. James When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced...
⊜ Melbourne
Two time International Award winning book - Bronze medal at the International Publishers Awards - Best culinary travel cookbook in Australia awarded by The Gourmand World Cookbook...
⊜ Melbourne
The Centenary, Limited Edition of Jenny Davies' book, "Flinders Street, more than just a railway station"was launched outside the National Gallery, Fed Square Book Market, on Saturday 12 December...
⊜ Melbourne
Guide to the Indigenous Plants of the Greater Melbourne Area The Flora of Melbourne is a resource that assists in the recognition and botanical identification of species while encouraging an...
⊜ Melbourne
FRAMED - The "True" Story of the Theft of Picasso's Weeping Woman Stuart Rosson Paperback "Framed" blows the lid off one of Melbourne's most puzzling secrets: Who stole Picasso's Weeping...
⊜ Melbourne
These reflections on 1960s Melbourne are going to start arguments. This is going to be the kind of book that starts arguments, because memories are dangerous to mess with. The editors of Go!...
⊜ Melbourne
When a Melbourne printer published a Guide for Excursionists from Melbourne in 1868 he was able to claim that it was 'the first attempt at publishing, in this shape, some account of what may be seen...
⊜ Melbourne
Melbourne based writer Heather Graves recent work includes a series of romantic novels based around thoroughbred horse racing in Melbourne. A keen race-goer, her books centre on the men and women...
⊜ Melbourne
Humans In Melbourne book is a hardcover, 200 page coffee table book full of gorgeous photos and stories from both the "Humans In Melbourne"Facebook page as well as the @melbourneiloveyou Instagram...
⊜ Northcote
If your little one is a baby gourmand and loves cafe culture, then I LOVE MY BABYCINOS is a must for their book collection. Research from Dairy Australia shows that only half of all Aussie kids...
⊜ Melbourne
The Strange Life and Death of Bushranger George Scott By: Paul Terry He was the gun-toting man of God who enthralled and appalled the nation for more than a decade. This is the story of the...
⊜ Melbourne
"The Dry" is a literary crime novel in the style of Peter Temple, telling a story of desperation, resolution and small town prejudice, played out against the blistering extremes of life on the...
⊜ Australia
488 Rules for Life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live. Providing you with the antidote to every annoying little thing, these rules are not made to be...
⊜ Caulfield North
Book - Labassa: House of Dreams Vicki Shuttleworth Hardback Labassa: House of Dreams, a book tracing Labassa's rich history This is the story of a remarkable survival. Labassa has...
⊜ Australia
Storytellers: questions, answers and the craft of journalism By: Leigh Sales Highly respected ABC anchor, bestselling author and hit podcaster Leigh Sales interviews the cream of Australian...
⊜ Australia
The long-awaited autobiography from one of Australia's most popular, much-loved and enduring media stars, Lisa Wilkinson. Lisa Wilkinson has lived much of her life in the public eye. One of...
⊜ Australia
400 million fans worldwide rejoice after a 30 year wait. Featuring unprecedented access to Liverpool Football Club, THE END OF THE STORM is the gripping feature-length inside story of the 2019/20...
⊜ South Road Longford
The Longford gas explosion was a catastrophic industrial accident which occurred at the Esso natural gas plant at Longford in the Australian state of Victoria's Gippsland region. On 25 September...
⊜ Melbourne
Lost Melbourne looks at the cherished places in the city that time, fashion and progress have swept aside - the old cinemas, the outdated hotels, the Victorian buildings in the wrong...
⊜ Melbourne
Making the Shrine by Laura Carroll Laura J Carroll's funny and tender graphic novel explores, in 25 handwritten and illustrated stories, the soul of a city's most treasured monument, along with...
⊜ Marysville
The book "Marysville, In Loving Memory"is a 32 page photographic essay by local photographer, David Casey, capturing Marysville's streetscapes and surrounds, prior to the devastating bushfires that...
⊜ Melbourne
Matt has to be Melbourne's finest photographer, if not its proudest Melburnian photographer. He has been capturing Melbourne on film for a long time selling prints, books and artwork in his shops...
⊜ Melbourne
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⊜ Melbourne
BOOK: MELBOURNE ON FILM: CINEMA THAT DEFINES OUR CITY Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) A collection of bold new writing capturing Melbourne's identity in cinema Melbourne...
⊜ Melbourne
Melbourne Precincts is a great new book out on sale now.. A Curated Guide to the City's Best Shops, Eateries, Bars and other hangouts. By Dale Campisi $34.99 Free shipping Australia wide |...
⊜ Melbourne
Book - Melbourne Precincts: A Curated Guide to the City's Best Shops, Eateries, Bars and Other Hangouts by Dale Campisi Melbourne is as an eclectic city full of top-quality restaurants, stylish...
⊜ Melbourne
Melbourne Remember When By: Bob Byrne Remember dropping into the Coles Cafeteria on Bourke Street for a feast of rashers, sausages and mash, with gravy, from the bain marie? Or catching a 'red...
⊜ Melbourne
Melbourne Symmetry is the most recent and contemporary perspective of our stylish and unique city of Melbourne! This is not your average pictorial souvenir book. Melbourne Symmetry identifies with...
⊜ Melbourne
Sophie Cunningham's book Melbourne is not your average local history book. Stories of Cunningham's school days in Hawthorn and publishing adventures in Fitzroy and Carlton sit alongside the...
⊜ Melbourne
Experience this wondrous city through the stories of its significant sites and fascinating personalities. Read about the infamous Madame Brussels of Little Lon's red-light district; Robert...
⊜ Melbourne
MELMO - Modernist Architecture in Melbourne is a comprehensive description of the development of Modernism in Melbourne and tells the story of the effects of the massive changes that occurred in...
⊜ Melbourne
Melway Commemorative 1966 1st Edition OWN A SLICE OF MELBOURNE HISTORY. The year is 1966. Decimal currency is introduced.. Harold Holt's in charge.. the Saints win the flag.. and a Melbourne...
⊜ Rothwell Publishing Melbourne
My Melbourne Adventure is a delightful childrens book that takes you on an adventure through the city of Melbourne. Harry and Nelly are looking for their friends in the city of Melbourne. In their...
⊜ Ferntree Gully
Author and photographer Nick Anchen has a long connection with the Dandenongs. Growing up in the Melbourne suburb of Croydon with the blue Dandenongs looming large in the distance, Nick explored the...
⊜ Melbourne
Photography Book Northside A time and place By: Warren Kirk From the photographer behind Westographyand Suburbia. From West Brunswick to Reservoir, Fitzroy to Hadfield, Warren Kirk turns...
⊜ Melbourne
Old Vintage Melbourne is a revealing collection of photographs from Melbourne's past offering a fascinating insight into the daily life and stunning streetscapes of Marvellous Melbourne from the...
⊜ Melbourne
Once Upon a Time in Melbourne Non-Fiction > Biographies & True Stories > True Stories > True Crime By: Liam Houlihan Buy Online: Booktopia | Fishpond | Amazon Once upon a time in Melbourne...
⊜ Melbourne
Book - Paul Hogan Autobiography: The Tap Dancing Knife Thrower my life -- without the boring bits By: Paul Hogan The icon and legend at last tells his story his way - without the boring...
⊜ Melbourne
A collection of more than 300 of Paul Kelly's favourite poems. Paul Kelly's songs are steeped in poetry. And now he has gathered from around the world the poems he loves - poems that have inspired...
⊜ Coburg
Over 10 years Adrian Didlick's interest in preserving images of Pentridge Prison grew into a subject matter that never stopped fascinating him. This collection of photos and unique insights is now...
⊜ Melbourne
Did you know that Melbourne is a UNESCO City of Literature? Treat yourself to some great Melbourne stories - fact and fiction - by taking a look at the Melbourne Library Service Melbourne...
⊜ Australia
Rosalie Ham has written the long-awaited sequel, The Dressmaker's Secret. The Dressmaker's Secret returns to the world and characters of Rosalie's bestselling debut novel The Dressmaker. It is...
⊜ Melbourne
Melbourne's queer history can be read through its streets and alleys, its parks and (almost) private spaces. Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne invites you to follow in the footsteps of some of...
⊜ Melbourne
The Slow Guide is for anybody who wants to slow down and live it up, seachange without shifting postcode. They celebrate all that's local, natural, traditional, sensory and most of all gratifying...
⊜ Australia
By: Jane Gazzo, Andrew P. Street The '90s was a magical time for Australian music. The Big Day Out and Triple J went national and suddenly everyone was getting a 3-piece together and gigging in...
⊜ Australia
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century- two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow -...
⊜ Melbourne
Photography Book Suburbia Familiar and Forgotten By: Warren Kirk From the photographer behind the acclaimed Westography The sentiment that flows through these images is a balm to the...
⊜ Melbourne
Join Andy and Terry in their spectacular new 78-storey treehouse. They've added 13 new levels including a drive-thru car wash, a combining machine, a scribbletorium, an ALL-BALL sports stadium,...
⊜ Australia
Classic Edition Revised and Updated By: Scott Pape THE ALL-TIME #1 AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER This is the only money guide you'll ever need. That's a bold claim given there are thousands of...
⊜ Australia
The Birthday Book What the day you were born says about you By: Shelley von Strunckel Combining astrology with tarot and other numerology tools, this irresistible book offers readers an...
⊜ Melbourne
William Buckley, John Batman And The Theft Of Kulin Country Book by: Adam Courtenay Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin...
⊜ Melbourne
The Man Who Invented Vegemite is the story about Cyril Callister, the man behind the story of Vegemite. Vegemite is perhaps Australia's most enduring cultural icon. But how did this pungent, salty...
⊜ Melbourne
The Melbourne Design Guide Alphabet Press sprang into life in 2007 as an attempt to fill the chasm that is design and architecture publishing in Australia. The Sydney Design Guide (2007) and...
⊜ Melbourne
Melbourne's trams and landmarks are the inspiration for the children's book: The Midnight Tram by Mitchell Toy. Sunday Herald Sun cartoonist Mitchell Toy spent years developing The Midnight Tram,...
⊜ Torquay
The Rip Curl Story 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride By Tim Baker Paperback / softback, 400 pages The Rip Curl Story is...
⊜ Melbourne
The Rosie Project is an international bestselling romantic comedy 'bursting with warmth, emotional depth, and..humor,' (EntertainmentWeekly) featuring the oddly charming, socially challenged genetics...
⊜ Australia
The hottest book in the UK in 2021: The Thursday Murder Club. The Thursday Murder Club is an intelligent mystery about a group of senior citizens who find themselves in the center of a murder...
⊜ Ballarat
Hazel Edwards is a Melbourne based author who writes books and scripts for children and adults. Picture book 'There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake' is her best known title which has been...
⊜ Melbourne
Authors: Jude van Daalen & Belinda Jackson What started as a conversation over the back fence to break the solitude of lockdown has grown into a friendship and a partnership between portrait...
⊜ Melbourne
The Ultimate Handbook By Aymeric Perfrement, Mal Rowe, Warren Doubleday Trams of Melbourne is your ultimate companion to the intricate tapestry of Melbourne's iconic tram network. Delve...
⊜ Trivia Nights for DUMMIES Melbourne
We are very excited to announce that our Melbourne Trivia writer Alan Lovett has written his first book Trivia Nights for DUMMIES due for launch on August 28, 2007. Part of the very successful...
⊜ Australia
By: Janet McCalman From award-winning author and historian Janet McCalman, the engrossing tale of Tasmanian convict settlers in colonial Victoria It was meant to be 'Victoria the Free',...
⊜ Melbourne
Photography Book Westography: Images of a Vanishing Suburbia By: Warren Kirk Westography is the name Warren Kirk gives to his photographs of Melbourne's western suburbs. The mysterious...
⊜ Melbourne
Photography Book Westography: Images of a Vanishing Suburbia By: Warren Kirk Westography is the name Warren Kirk gives to his photographs of Melbourne's western suburbs. The mysterious...
⊜ Melbourne
Whenever I'm asked what is my favourite book about Melbourne, the answer is easy: When We Think About Melbourne by Jenny Sinclair. Mr Melbourne - MelB When We Think About Melbourne The...
⊜ Melbourne
The world's BIGGEST & LONGEST SERVING tram network By: Aymeric I J Perfrement, Warren Doubleday, Mal Rowe (Photographer) Tram networks have been in operation since the first horse-drawn...
⊜ 547 Ballarat Road Sunshine
To commemorate 60 years of Turkish Cypriot migration to Australia, a historical book has been published that will surely live on forever. Yesterday & Today details the lives of early settlers,...
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