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The Deadly Diamond
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Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics
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The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe, Explorer
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Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS, THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBEY AND HUDSON FYSH
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS, THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBEY AND HUDSON FYSH
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The Memory of Trees
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Australia's Most Infamous Jail
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First Knowledges Country
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Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
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Straya Day: from the bestselling author of RUM and GOLD, with 45 trivia quiz questions to test your history
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