Murray Johnson

Ian McFarlane

The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Starting from antiquity, the book examines the devastating arrival of Europeans and subsequent colonization, warfare and exile. It emphasizes the regionalism and separateness, a consistent feature of Aboriginal life since time immemorial that has led to the distinct identities we see in the present, including the unique place of the islanders of Bass Strait. Carefully researched, using the findings of archaeologists and extensive documentary evidence, some only recently uncovered, this important book fills a longtime gap in Tasmanian history.

An Aboriginal History

Van Diemen's Land

A comprehensive and authoriative book on the history of Australian rock and pop.

The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop

"Discovering a ghost wants to eat him is enough to frighten the living daylights out of any teenager" Toby is excited by the adventure of meeting his best friend at the top of a famous London monument. But the gathering of ghosts they are watching is blown apart and the young teenager flees in fear as a creature with terrible red eyes hunts him down. His flight carries him to the infamous Westminster catacombs where he discovers that without vital clues that reveal the creature’s vengeful intentions he will die! In a magical world filled with talking animals, a despicable hag with an appetite for teenage boys, a ghost with revenge on its mind and a battle between sea creatures that had once been a figment of his imagination, Toby is running out of time. Will the ghost prove to be his downfall? And will a new friendship hinder his attempt at preserving his liver, and his life? Read The Ghost's Revenge and discover Toby's fate.

Book #1

The Ghost's Revenge

The discovery of the legendary King Arthur seems as realistic as surviving a toast with volcanic lava as Toby learns he must enlist the support of British royalty to retrieve a powerful legacy of the red dragon or suffer the ravages of all consuming dark magic. But when a vampiric sect kidnaps his irreplaceable ally Fay with plans for world domination he hastens a flawed rescue plan and rushes towards a cave filled with elements far more than simple shadows. The young druid knows he must act with speed and without caution for there is little time before a blood plague consumes his treasured ally with all-consuming dark magic and she wreaks the kind of ruin he has no defence against, and on a scale that will devour his magical world and spill into the human domain with devastating consequences. And yet hope is found deep in a city of stone where daily life is gay and nightlife is filled with terror. And where his archenemy toys with the young druid like a chess master that gambles with his queen with careless abandon. Time is running out and the world grows darker whilst Toby’s young ally carries the Blood Curse that ticks like a bomb on a short fuse. Buy Toby Fisher and the Blood Curse and discover his fate.

The Blood Curse #4

Completely revised and updated Second Edition of the most comprehensive guide to the bands and artists who moulded the shape of Australian popular music from 1956 to 2016.

Ian McFarlane

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