Eel traps older than the pyramids. A Dutch shipwreck that ended in massacre. A dead man with a code in his pocket. Diggers lost for 92 years. Beneath Australia lies a history most people have never heard.
Sixty-five thousand years of continuous culture. Eel traps older than the pyramids. Burials at Lake Mungo older than almost anything in Europe. What new discoveries reveal — told with respect.
Uluru, Karlu Karlu, Wave Rock, a crater where a star fell. Millions visit them — almost nobody hears the questions scientists still argue about.
A Dutch ship that ended in a massacre. A dead man on Somerton beach with a code in his pocket. An explorer who walked into the outback and vanished. The real evidence behind Australia's mysteries.
From the Eureka Stockade to Gallipoli, from the lost diggers of Fromelles to the bombing of Darwin — what archaeology, DNA and the archives revealed.
Four illustrated volumes — 578 pages — each with its complete audiobook. Four volumes: the First Australians, landmarks that don't add up, Australia's buried mysteries, and the battlegrounds.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that these books may contain names of people who have died.
The First AustraliansThe Oldest GroundLandmarks That Don't Add UpThe Balancing StonesAustralia's Buried MysteriesThe Ship in the DunesAustralia is home to the oldest living cultures on Earth, some of the strangest landscapes on the planet and a coastline littered with wrecks. Most Australians drive past extraordinary places every day without knowing what happened there.
These books tell those stories: the discoveries, the investigators, the Traditional Owners whose Country it is, the sailors and soldiers who never came home — and the questions nobody has answered yet. Everything in them is real.
“The answers were there all along. We just weren't listening.”Beneath Australia
No aliens, no giants, no invented lost civilisations. The real story is stranger — and it is told here like the mystery it is.
Most ancient-mystery videos are thirty seconds of music and a wild claim. These books are built the other way round.
Every contents list below is the real table of contents of the finished book. Each volume comes as an illustrated PDF and as a complete audiobook in the same voice.
Sixty-five thousand years of continuous culture. Eel traps older than the pyramids. Burials at Lake Mungo older than almost anything in Europe. What new discoveries reveal — told with respect.
Uluru, Karlu Karlu, Wave Rock, a crater where a star fell. Millions visit them — almost nobody hears the questions scientists still argue about.
A Dutch ship that ended in a massacre. A dead man on Somerton beach with a code in his pocket. An explorer who walked into the outback and vanished. The real evidence behind Australia's mysteries.
From the Eureka Stockade to Gallipoli, from the lost diggers of Fromelles to the bombing of Darwin — what archaeology, DNA and the archives revealed.
All 24 illustrated books across 3 collections — and every one of them with its complete audiobook: 2 hours of listening.
Beneath Australia is a library of illustrated books and audiobooks on the hidden history of the oldest continent — told with the suspense of a mystery and the accuracy of real research.
The rule of these books is simple: only real evidence, honest about what is still unknown, and respectful of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the Traditional Owners of the lands these stories come from.
— Beneath Australia
Yes. Every place, find and date comes from published research, official records and Traditional Owner organisations. Where experts still disagree, the books say so.
For every book: an illustrated PDF (it opens on any phone, tablet, computer or e-reader and prints cleanly) and a complete audiobook as an MP3 that plays in any music app. Your download page appears the moment your payment is complete, and we email you the link to keep.
Because they are digital: no printing, no warehouse, no shipping, no bookstore taking half. Bought separately the four volumes come to $60.99; the collection is priced so that the whole file is the obvious choice. The launch price holds while the counter at the top of this page is running.
Yes. Every volume stands on its own — The First Australians at $9.99, and the other volumes at $17 each. The collection simply costs less than buying two of them.
Every title we publish — 24 illustrated books across 3 collections — each with its audiobook, for one payment of $97 instead of $660.79.
No. The books are written for curious readers, not experts — like a great documentary you can read or listen to on a road trip.
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4 illustrated volumes and 4 audiobooks — $29.99 instead of $60.99.
Every book comes as an illustrated PDF + complete audiobook
Sixty-five thousand years of continuous culture. Eel traps older than the pyramids. Burials at Lake Mungo older than almost anything in Europe. What new discoveries reveal — told with respect.
Uluru, Karlu Karlu, Wave Rock, a crater where a star fell. Millions visit them — almost nobody hears the questions scientists still argue about.
A Dutch ship that ended in a massacre. A dead man on Somerton beach with a code in his pocket. An explorer who walked into the outback and vanished. The real evidence behind Australia's mysteries.
From the Eureka Stockade to Gallipoli, from the lost diggers of Fromelles to the bombing of Darwin — what archaeology, DNA and the archives revealed.
All 4 volumes + 4 audiobooks — 578 pages, 0 hours of listening.