Download or read book Noosa Story written by Nancy Cato and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Cato, the prize-winning novelist, poet, painter and conservationalist died Monday 3 July 2000. She wrote more than 10 novels including a pro-conservation book titled The Noosa Story. The Noosa Story traces the history and development of the Noosa area from the time of its early Aboriginal tribes, to the present day dwellers and tourists. This well-documented and critical history works from three angles - history, tourism and conservation. This book encompasses the ever-changing face of Hastings Street, the development of the North Shore, and further attempts to restore Noosa?s famous beach. Today, the town is a prime target for developers and this beautifully photographed book documents the effects their developments are having on this truly magic region.
Download or read book The Noosa Story written by Nancy Cato and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Place of Shadows written by Phil Jarratt and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history of Noosa comes straight from the heart. Award-winning writer Phil Jarratt has lived in the seaside town for more than 30 years, and has played many roles, as both communicator and protagonist, over its transition from sleepy village to iconic resort. In many ways it is a love letter to his adopted home, but the Noosa story is not always a pretty one, and Jarratt does not flinch from the harsh realities of the cruelties inflicted on the Kabi Kabi First Nation, nor from the wild years when Tewantin was a playground for cashed-up gold diggers, nor from the unscrupulous development deals of the Joh era. But this is a history filled with admiration for the fighters of the past, and hope for the future.
Download or read book Surfboard Artisans written by and published by . This book was released on 1916-07-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Towards a Sociology of the Coast written by Nick Osbaldiston and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to understand the coast as a place that has deep significance both historically and sociologically. Using several case studies in Australia, the author uses Max Weber’s approach to rationalisation to understand the different ways coasts have been interpreted throughout modern history. While today, coastal places are known for their aspects of lifestyle or adventure, their histories, underpinned by colonialism and industrialization, are vastly different. The author examines the delicate dichotomy between the alternative experiences the coast provides today, versus the ideals and values imposed upon it in times gone by. The author makes an ethical argument about the ways in which we use and experience the coast today will adversely affect the lives of future generations in an attempt to generate further discussion amongst students and scholars of the sociology of place, as well as coastal managers and stakeholders.
Download or read book Karla written by Elizabeth Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the adventures of Karla, the Noosa koala, as she explores her local area.A charming tale written in rhyme by Fizzi and delightfully illustrated by Lili.
Download or read book Historical Tales of the Noosa Shire written by Irene Christie and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Castles in the sand written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home written by Evonne Goolagong and published by Simon & Schuster (Australia). This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of Evonne Goolagong Cawley, tracing her life from outback New South Wales to the Centre Court at Wimbledon.__
Download or read book By the Book written by Patrick Buckridge and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By the Book is an indispensable history of the literature of Queensland from its establishment as a separate colony in the mid-nineteenth century through major economic, political and cultural transformations to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Queensland figures in the Australian imagination as a frontier, a place of wild landscapes and wilder politics, but also as Australia's playground, a soft tourist paradise of warm weather and golden beaches. Based partly on real historical divergences from the rest of Australia, these contradictory images have been questioned and scrutini.
Download or read book Noosa s Native Plants written by Stephanie Haslam and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Looking for Transwonderland written by Noo Saro-Wiwa and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “remarkable chronicle” of a journey back to this West African nation after years of exile (The New York Times Book Review). Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria—a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed there, she didn’t return for several years. Then she decided to come to terms with the country her father given his life for. Traveling from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the decrepit kitsch of the Transwonderland Amusement Park, she explores Nigerian Christianity, delves into the country’s history of slavery, examines the corrupting effect of oil, and ponders the huge success of Nollywood. She finds the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despairs at the corruption and inefficiency she encounters. But she also discovers that it is far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, with its captivating thick tropical rain forest and ancient palaces and monuments—and most engagingly and entertainingly, its unforgettable people. “The author allows her love-hate relationship with Nigeria to flavor this thoughtful travel journal, lending it irony, wit and frankness.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society written by Sophie Green and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noosa Heads, 1987: Newly divorced Cynthia has returned to her home town from Los Angeles to reconnect with her 19-year-old daughter, who is pregnant and determined not to listen to her mother's advice. Cynthia's former best friend, Lorraine, has been stuck mowing lawns as part of a business she shares with her husband - his dream, not hers. When Cynthia convinces Lorraine to join the local Sunshine Gardening Society, they meet young widow Elizabeth, and rootless, heartbroken Kathy. The four women soon discover the society is much more than an opportunity to chat about flowers. Rather, it offers them the chance to lend a helping hand to people whose lives need a bit of care and attention right along with their gardens. Between pulling up weeds and planting natives, the women learn from each other that some roots go deep, and others shallow; that seeds can lie dormant for a long time before they spring to life, and that careful tending is the key to lives and friendships that reach their full potential. Praise for Sophie Green: 'This is a warm treat of a novel, filled with great music and small-town charm' WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN 'Atmospheric and incredibly descriptive, reading a Sophie Green book is the greatest escape' WHO 'A tender, heartwarming read' NEW IDEA 'Reading this book was like snuggling beneath a warm beach towel after a bracing dip in the ocean' JOANNA NELL 'Heartwarming, fulfilling and Australian as a lamb roast and full-bodied shiraz' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
Download or read book Boreen Point not Just Any Small Town written by Sylvia Bannah and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located on Lake Cootharaba, the largest lake on the Noosa River system, Boreen Point has long been a mecca for sailors, fishing enthusiasts, nature lovers, artists and holiday makers and was possibly the first tourist resort in the Noosa region. Boreen Point?not just any small town is an illustrated history of the township and nearby places in the Cooloola Section of the Great Sandy National Park from 1871 to 2021. While the main focus is on the establishment and development of Boreen Point, it is also a regional history covering themes that link it with broader economic, social, cultural and environmental developments in the Gympie/Noosa region. It includes early accounts of Aboriginal-European contact and highlights the impact of colonisation on the Kabi Kabi traditional owners. It also sheds light on the cohesiveness of the community and the inspiration that Boreen Point and the lakeside environment have provided for artists of all kinds, the most notable being renowned Australian poet and short story writer Judith Wright who was a regular visitor from 1953 to the mid-1960s, a period that was critical in shaping her as an environmental and Aboriginal activist.
Download or read book Whose History written by Grant Rodwell and published by University of Adelaide Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somebody once quipped that any work of Australian historical fiction is a 'burning fuse', travelling over decades through Australian culture and society. In some manner, every newly published Australian historical novel is connected to what it has preceded. Each work belongs to a proud history. Through multiple examples, Grant Rodwell encourages readers to see how a work of historical fiction has evolved. Thus, under various themes, WHOSE HISTORY? examines the traditions in Australian historical fiction, and ponders how Australian historical novels can engage teachers and student teachers. WHOSE HISTORY? aims to illustrate how historical novels and their related genres may be used as an engaging teacher/learning strategy for student teachers in pre-service teacher education courses. It does not argue all teaching of History curriculum in pre-service units should be based on the use of historical novels as a stimulus, nor does it argue for a particular percentage of the use of historical novels in such courses. It simply seeks to argue the case for this particular approach, leaving the extent of the use of historical novels used in History curriculum units to the professional expertise of the lecturers responsible for the units.
Download or read book Freak Out written by Tony Tony Wellington and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freak Out is Australia's coming-of-age story, how we as a nation responded to the global events that filled our daily news coverage, and how the music of the era was anthemic to that process. The gun was fired on a period of unprecedented innovation and creativity in pop and rock music, the likes of which have never been repeated.Music spoke to young people in their own bespoke language, urging them to view themselves as decidedly separate from mainstream society - even suggesting they might 'drop out' altogether. For a brief time, millions of young people across western culture believed they could successfully reinvent society. Liberation for pacifists, women, people of colour, homosexuals, students and the oppressed seemed just a short revolution away.There was no room for complacency or apathy in the face of the Vietnam War, Cold War, and dual threats of nuclear and environmental annihilation. Australians were spared the fear of bomb blasts, assassinations and kidnappings. Yet the ructions abroad invaded our national psyche, and the music that was generated in that milieu infiltrated Australian culture and transformed society forever.
Download or read book Trouserless Under the News Desk written by Mike Higgins and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From humble beginnings, to fame and fortune, and back again, Mike Higgins tells all on what went on behind the news desk as well as his inspirational fight to survive cancer. All the untold stories behind the news: his strange childhood, his career, his work for the environment and his United Nations Media Peace Award, his run-ins with drug gangsters and spies, and his six year battle with cancer after a prognosis of 16% survival.
