OUR GIRLS

Aussie Pin-ups of the 40s and 50s

Madeleine Hamilton

Meet feisty Adelie Hurley – daughter of famous Antarctic and war photographer Frank Hurley – who worked both sides of the lens; read about Dorothy Leckie, at eleven years old surely the youngest Pix cover girl; and see the shot that made Joyce Walter ‘Typical Australian’ of 1941.

   Who was Australia’s Marilyn Monroe? Did we have our own Lana Turner? Madeleine Hamilton tracks down the swimsuit and glamour models of an earlier era to share their stories. Enriched with first-hand accounts from the models and letters from their many fans, as well as gorgeous pictures of the girls themselves, Our Girls: Aussie Pin-ups of the 40s and 50s tells the tale of these women and Australian pin-up art before, during and after World War II..

 

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HOAX NATION

Australian Fakes and Frauds, from Plato to

Norma Khouri

Simon Caterson

Not for nothing did Mark Twain famously describe Australian history as ‘reading like the most beautiful lies’, but when he uttered those words, Twain didn’t know the half of it.

   In this cook’s tour of 2500 years of tall stories about and from Australia, Melbourne writer Simon Caterson shows why Australia has been
a hoax nation since ancient times. From imaginary voyages through to modern art frauds, literary scandals and impostures, Hoax Nation covers everything from Plato to Norma Khouri, the Tichborne Claimant to Ern Malley.

   After reading Hoax Nation, you’ll never look at our rich legacy of hoaxes – or Australian history – the same way again.

 

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MADAME BRUSSELS
This Moral Pandemonium

LM Robinson

‘She has made a name that will outlive even her “block of buildings”, a name that many a girl has wished to God she had never heard.’

– Truth 20 April 1907

Meet the keeper of Melbourne’s most famous brothel. ‘Female pest’, entrepreneur and jilted lover, Caroline Hodgson is Madame Brussels. LM Robinson charts the story of Melbourne’s ‘Queen of Harlotry’ through the decadent 1880s and the tumultuous 1890s, through courtroom dramas, love affairs and a war between heaven and hell.

 

‘ ... small, beautifully designed, with apt illustrations. In this illuminating biography, Caroline emerges as resourceful, smart and perhaps a hopeless romantic.’
– Lucy Sussex, The Age

 

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MAKING MODERN MELBOURNE

Jenny Lee

'You can read the past in this city, if you know where to look '

 

From illegal village to modern metropolis, Melbourne is a city of many layers. Jenny Lee observes them with a sharp eye, sampling the city's marvellous and not-so-marvellous moments and reintroducing some of the unconventional characters who've shaped its history. Discover the city that was, beneath the city that is.

'Jenny Lee loves Melbourne ... Her book comes as a small revelation, showing us the city growing up before our eyes.'

– Robyn Annear

 

‘a delicious, bite-sized history of our city '
– The Slow Guide, Melbourne

 

‘A punchy little introduction to the history of Melbourne’s settlement and evolution ... '

– Artshub.com.au

 

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