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Mulga Bills Bicycle 50th Anniversary Edition
Category: Paperback Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Celebrating 50 years in print, this is a new edition of the classic children's poem by Australia's favourite poet, A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson. Mulga Bill's Bicycle was written by Banjo Paterson in 1896. It was written at a time when cycling was a relatively new and popular social activity. Cycles were ridden ...Show more
My Australian Story: Banner Bold by Nadia Wheatley
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story Ser.
Something is happening. I can hear bullets going off, and people are running down towards the Eureka field ...In 1854 Rosa Aarons and her family travel from London to the goldfield at Ballarat. She makes new friends, learns to ride a horse, and helps her family get by. Soon Rosa becomes caught up in one ...Show more
My Australian Story: Don Bradman and Me by Peter Allen
Category: Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
The Don is my hero because he is the greatest batsman in the world. Dad says all Australians are proud of The Don, even those who don't normally follow cricket. He says The Don is an inspiration to everyone, because whenever he gets a big score, people smile and forget about their troubles. There are lo ...Show more
My Australian Story: Fremantle Prison Break by Deborah Lisson
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story
If Captain Anthony and his friends are smugglers, surely they would be smuggling stuff into the Colony, yet they were talking about taking them off in a whaleboat. What on earth would you want to smuggle out of Western Australia? Thomas Morris thinks something most mysterious is going on in Bunbury wher ...Show more
My Australian Story: Gallipoli by Alan Tucker
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story Ser.
Lying about his age and looking for adventure, 14-year-old Victor March enlists in the 10th Battalion of the AIF to fight in the Great War. Victor and his new mates, Fish, Needle and Robbo, are headed for the Gallipoli peninsula, and into battle. He is among the first soldiers to land at what will becom ...Show more
My Brilliant Career/My Career Goes Bung by Miles Franklin
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Classics
'I am given to something which a man never pardons in a woman. You will draw away as though I were a snake when you hear.' With this warning, Sybylla confesses to her rich and handsome suitor that she is given to writing stories and bound, therefore, on a brilliant career. In this ironically titled and ...Show more
My Brother Jack by George Johnston
Category: Classics | Series: Australian Classics
'The thing I am trying to get at is what made Jack different from me. Different all through our lives, I mean, and in a special sense, not just older or nobler or braver or less clever.' David and Jack Meredith grow up in a patriotic suburban Melbourne household during the First World War, and go on to ...Show more
Natural Woman by Penelope Sach
Category: No Category | Series: Australian pocket Penguins
In our increasingly chemical world, here are simple, natural solutions to health issues that every woman faces. Naturopath and herbalist Penelope Sach details the symptoms, prevention and treatment of common physical and emotional concerns, including: ~ weight control ~ fatigue and depression ~ stress ~ ...Show more
Nature Guide to Gemstones and Minerals of Australia-NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT by Lin Sutherland
Category: Science | Series: Australian Nature Guide S.
This text is an accessible reference and identification guide to all gemstones and minerals found in Australia. The book introduces the reader to the chemical and crystal systems of the stones, before providing detailed descriptions of each stone including composition, structure and distribution.
New Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
"Where's your thumb?" the doctor asked the injured ringer. "Oh, we stuck it over there on the gatepost, fer safe keepin'." And just as the doctor turned around to the gatepost, he saw a crow heading skyward, thumb and all. From the pilots, doctors and nurses who spread their 'mantle of safety' throughou ...Show more
Oboe Landings 1945 by Dayton McCarthy
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army Campaign Series
In mid-1945, the Australian 7th and 9th Divisions conducted three amphibious operations - code-named Oboe - on Borneo. The Allies enjoyed command of the sea and the air, and used both to isolate and pummel the Japanese defenders. The Borneo landings - well planned, resourced and executed - are rightly ...Show more
Off We Go Around Australia by Roland Harvey
Category: Hardback Picture Books | Series: Roland Harvey Australian Holidays Ser.
Four of Roland Harvey's hilarious illustrated family holiday books all rolled into one hugely entertaining Australian adventure. The perfect companion for this new era of holidaying at home.