Penguin Books Australia

Aboriginal troopers – led by white officers – formed Queensland's Native Police: a much-feared force that was responsible for the deaths of large numbers of Aboriginal people.

Secretive by nature, their workings have long been misunderstood. They would often burn their victims and not report their 'dispersals' – a euphemism for mass murders and reprisal killings. But historian Jonathan...

Written with passion and style, this is both a social history and an intensely personal account of growing up in Australia. Shirley Walker celebrates the sensual sights and perfumes of the northern NSW landscape, and the punishing splendour of Queensland's Burdekin region.

These extraordinary stories of the pioneering struggles and deep religious conflicts in four generations of Walker's family show...

Nick Earls, Janette Turner Hospital, David Malouf, John Birmingham, Andrew McGahan, Thea Astley, Venero Armanno, Rebecca Sparrow, Thomas Shapcott

From Malouf to McGahan, from Shapcott to Sparrow, Words to Walk By unveils Brisbane through the lives and works of the city's best-loved authors.