MacCallum’s autobiography. His highwayman ancestor came to Australia to avoid the hangman. Since then there have been a number of eccentrics in the family, including Uncle D’Arcy, who married a chambermaid in a hot air balloon floating over Watsons Bay. Read More

In World War II Ryan was an intelligence operative behind enemy lines in New Guinea, an experience that began at the age of eighteen. This is his account of that time. The book has been in print for many decades, and is considered a classic of Australian war writing. Read More