Collection: Junior Non-Fiction History

Look inside an 18th-century warship as it sails into battle on the high seas. Packed with extraordinary illustrations, this history book for children covers everything from warship design to navigation. Biesty's incredible drawings slice through a man-of-war to explore every corner, from the crow...

Can you imagine leaving your home and your family, and moving hundreds of miles away, to a different country, because it was too dangerous to stay in your own country? During World War II, this was the situation millions of people, many of them children, faced. Stories of World War II: Kindertran...

"How did Australia's earliest human inhabitants reach the island continent?...Which discovery ushered in a new era of immigration, prosperity and technological advancement?...How did a far-flung colony and military outpost transform into one of the wealthiest and most peaceful nations in the mode...

Learn about the Rum Rebellion, follow the rise and fall of the Macquarie era in Australia's early colonial history and discover the wider European exploration of Australia, and growing immigration to the country as you study the key events that shaped our nation's history between 1806 and 1830.

With the mid-1800s came a time of great development and change in Australia. Come with Australian Geographic as we take you through the feats, milestones and failures that helped shape this country, including the beginning of the gold rushes and the early stages of the democracy movement.

Come with Australian Geographic on a story through time as we examine the developments in transportation and settlement across the nation, and learn how a new era of great technological and cultural advancements, particularly in women's rights and campaigns for universal suffrage, shaped the coun...

The fifth volume of The Story of Australia series examines the events that took place in the lead up to federation in Australia. Witness the rise of fall of Ned Kelly and his gang, learn about the communications revolution, discover how the land boom led to recession, and much more.

Federation in Australia brought forth a new government and the establishment of a nation. Australian Geographic takes you through this transformative period, highlighting and capturing other key movements and events such as the White Australia Policy, protectionism versus free trade, industrialis...

Australian Geographic takes you through the transformative years of World War I and how it shaped the country's identity, and into the rise and fall of political giants, tension between the states, heartbreaking massacres, a worldwide pandemic, the changing relationship with Britain, and the star...

Australian Geographic takes you through a period of great change, from the polio epidemic, political turmoil and the expansion of aviation, to the strong push for Aboriginal rights, the beginnings of independence from the British Empire, and the heartbreak of another world war.