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Australian Heroines of World War 1: Gallipoli, Lemnos and the Western Front by Susanna De Vries
$29.95 AUD
Category: Military History
This is an updated editon with additional information on some of the nurses supplied by their relatives after they read the first edition.Australian Heroines of World War One is the story of eight courageous women through diaries, letters, original photos, paintings and maps.These eight women had the co ...Show more
Australian Heroines of World War One by Susanna de Vries
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian History
Australian Heroines of World War One is the story of eight courageous women through diaries, letters, original photos, paintings and maps. These eight women had the courage and strength for which the Anzacs are renowned and the compassion and tenderness that only a woman can bring. One brave nursing sis ...Show more
Desert Queen : The Many Lives and Loves of Daisy Bates by Susanna De Vries
$34.95 AUD
Category: Memoirs & Biography
The Queen of the Never Never as never seen before! In the 1890s when most women were content to marry well and raise families, Daisy Bates, an Irish-born, former charity case orphan, reinvented herself from governess to heiress to anthropologist. She would become one of the best known, and most controve ...Show more
Ethel Carrick Fox: Travels and Triumphs of a Post Impressionist by Susanna de Vries
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art & Photography
Looks at how Ethel Carrick Fox's life was as colourful as her brilliant paintings. This highly talented and determined woman became a professional artist when most women only "dabbled" in art. She became the highest priced female painter in Australia when her painting "Flower Market" was sold for $105,0 ...Show more
Great Pioneer Women of the Outback by Susanna de Vries
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Reading Level: near fine
In the 1800s, the first white farmers and graziers making their homes in the outback were joined by their wives, many of whom had no idea what lay in store. Expecting a tropical paradise, these female pioneers encountered instead conditions which would test, and often defeat them; relentless heat and du ...Show more
Heroic Australian Women In War by Susanna De Vries
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History
In this inspiring book, Susanna de Vries profiles the love, dedication and selflessness of eleven outstanding women over the course of two world wars: from Olive Kin, who saved countless lives in the war-ravaged Balkans, although she lost her heart; to Gallipoli nurse Alice Kitchen, who also served in F ...Show more
Historic Brisbane: Convict Settlement to River City by Susanna and Jake de Vries
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian History
Convict Settlement to River City. Susanna de Vries, award-winning author, and Jake de Vries, former City Architect of Brisbane, have pooled their talents to compile a joint book on the building of Brisbane, which transports us back to the first years of Brisbane's bleak existence. The book shows the Con ...Show more
Nell: The Australian Heiress Who Saved Her Husband From Stalin & the Nazis by Susanna DE VRIES
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
This is the story of an adventuress, Nell Tritton, Brisbane department store heiress, who married former Russian Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky. Stalin and Hitler had Kerensky on their hit list, so evading would be assassins makes this story a heart-stopping slice of history. Churchill sent a warship ...Show more
Rebel Women Who Changed Australia by Susanna De Vries
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Visionaries, pioneers, activists and artists - women who made a difference to Australia An updated and condensed edition of Susanna de Vries' Great Australian Women, this is a celebration of women who broke the mould, crashed through the ceilings, and shaped the nation in the fields of medicine, law, t ...Show more
Royal Mistresses of the House of Hanover-Windsor: Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals by Susanna De Vries
$34.95 AUD
Category: World History
Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals. The genuine love match between Prince William and Kate Middleton has rekindled enthusiasm for the British monarchy. In the past, young princes reluctantly entered into arranged marriages and took mistresses. Perdita Robinson, a famous actress, was enticed from the stage ...Show more
The Complete Book of Great Australian Women: Thirty-six Women Who Changed the Course of Australian History by Susanna De Vries
$35.00 AUD
Category: Feminism
This book talks about the stories of committed and resourceful women who demanded something different from the restricted lives of their mothers and grandmothers. The achievements of Australian women have long been overshadowed by the deeds of Australian men. Susanna de Vries has challenged this with he ...Show more
The Complete Book of Heroic Australian Women: Twenty-one Pioneering Women Whose Stories Changed History by Susanna De Vries
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
Women of grit and courage, women of integrity, resilience and resourcefulness. They faced different tests - harshness as pioneers in outback Australia; the turmoils of war - but when encountering adversity, even death, each proved her mettle.