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Dispossession, Memory and the Making of Jedda (1955) in Ngunnawal Country by Catherine Kevin
Category: No Category | Series: Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture Ser.
In 1955 'Jedda' was released in Australian cinemas and the international film world, starring Indigenous actors Rosalie Kunoth and Robert Tudawali. That year Eric Bell watched the film in the Liberty Cinema in Yass. Twelve years later he was dismayed to read a newly erected plaque in the main street of ...Show more
Drom the Emu by Pauline Reilly
Category: No Category | Series: Collection of Australian Animals Ser.
Drom the Emu
Dunera Lives: Profiles by Ken Inglis; Bill Gammage; Seumas Spark; Jay Winter; Carol Bunyan
Category: History | Series: Australian History Ser.
This second volume of Dunera Lives presents the voices, faces, and lives of 20 people, who, together with nearly 3000 other internees from Britain and Singapore, landed in Australia in 1940. All over the world there were Dunera Lives, those of men and women who passed through the upheavals of the Second ...Show more
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Category: Paperback Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals, he spends a day lounging with the lions, and even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. Sheena Knowles's upbeat, rhymin ...Show more
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair (PB) by Lee Fox
Category: Paperback Picture Books | Series: Lothian Australian Favou Ser.
'Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair. She hides in the cupboard and under the stair, she roars at her mum like a big growly bear, she whines and she moans and she howls in despair, but Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair!' Ella Kazoo will do anything to avoid having her hair brushed. Her poor mother is be ...Show more
Eudyptula the Little Penguin by Pauline Reilly; Kayelene Traynor (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Collection of Australian Animals Ser.
Eudyptula the Little Penguin
Exploration and Settlement in Colonial Australia by Joel Weston
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Timelines
The Europeans who stepped ashore on 26January 1788 knew next to nothing about the land that was to be their home. Almost immediately they began to explore the region around Sydney Cove, pushing further and further out, uncovering the rich agricultural lands and the hostile, barren landscapes.
Fatal Contact - How Epidemics Nearly Wiped Out Australia's First Peoples by Peter Dowling
Category: History | Series: Australian History Ser.
Fatal Contact explores the devastating infectious diseases introduced into the Indigenous populations of Australia after the arrival of the British colonists in 1788. Epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles and sexually transmitted diseases swept through the Indigenous populations of the ...Show more
Fervor by Paul Iskov; Chris Gurney (Photographer); Robert Wood
Category: Cooking | Food | Drink | Series: Journey Through Australian Native Food
With a focus on local, native ingredients, Fervor gathers together the best recipes from Paul Iskov’s roving dining experience with stories by Robert Wood and photographs by Chris Gurney. Together, they paint a beautiful picture of the food, lifestyle and landscape from a celebrated and award-winning ch ...Show more
Fortunate Life - Penguin Australian Classics (HB) by A. B. Facey
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
A true classic of Australian literature, this simply written autobiography is an inspiration Born in 1894, Albert Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, and spent 60 years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite endu ...Show more
From Roadside to Recovery The Story of the Victorian State Accident Commision by Peter Bragge & Russell Gruen
Category: No Category | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
In 1969 car crashes killed over 1000 Victorians, making Victoria's roads some of the world's most deadly. By 2016, the fatality rate had been cut by 85% and Victorians are now taking seriously the goal of eliminating death on the roads altogether.This extraordinary achievement is the product of sustaine ...Show more
Gardens on the Edge: A Journey Through Australian Landscapes by Christine Reid
Category: Gardening | Series: Australian Landscapes | Reading Level: 6 Gardening
18 stunning Australian gardens, each bordering a natural 'frontier', including rainforest, river, desert, bushland, saltbush plains, volcanic lake, mountain ranges and the ocean's edge This lavishly photographed book, written and curated by internationally respected gardening author Christine Reid and ...Show more