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The Contagion (My Australian Story) by Kerry Greenwood
$17.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Series: My Australian Story | Reading Level: very good
As the horrors of the First World War are drawing to a close, a danger has arisen that will kill more people around the world that the Great War did—an influenza pandemic. Charlotte McKenzie, assisting the doctor next door, find herself experiencing at close hand the effects of this devastating disease— ...Show more
The Hard Slog : Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944-45 by Karl James
$69.95 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army History Series
The island of Bougainville in the South Pacific was the site of one of the largest and most gruelling campaigns fought by Australian forces during the Second World War. During the offensive against the Japanese from November 1944 to August 1945, more than 500 Australians were killed and two Victoria Cro ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$14.99 AUD
$16.99 (11% off)
Category: First Nations | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, m ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent 50th Anniversary Edition (HB) by Dick Roughsey
$24.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Celebrating fifty years - a timeless classic from the Dreamtime. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, mountains and gorges as it pushed upward. The name also reflects the snake-like meandering of water across a landscape and the colour spec ...Show more
The Tram to Bondi Beach 40th Anniversary Edition by Libby Hathorn
$24.99 AUD
Category: Hardcover Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A story of a young boy's adventures working as a paperboy on the busy trams, travelling to Bondi Beach. Keiran wants nothing more than to be a paperboy on the busy trams, to Bondi Beach. What he discovers along the way, through daring and friendship, is a deep love of the trams themselves. Rattle and hu ...Show more
Tinkering: Australians Reinvent DIY Culture by Katherine Wilson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Design | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
At a time when the labour-market is failing as a source of security and identity for many, domestic tinkering is emerging as a legitimate occupation in a way we have not seen since pre-industrial times. In Australia, practices of repair, invention, building, improvising and crafting, that take place in ...Show more
Tom the Outback Mailman by Kristin Weidenbach
$16.99 AUD
Category: Soft Cover Picture Books | Series: Lothian Australian Favourites
Tom Kruse was a real Australian hero. He delivered the mail to outback stations and towns all along the Birdsville Track. It was a tough job, but Tom was even tougher, making sure that the mail got through no matter what. Based on her bestselling book, MAILMAN OF THE BIRDSVILLE TRACK, Kristin Weidenbach ...Show more
Tyenna: Through My Eyes (Australian Disaster Zones) by Julie Hunt, Terry Whitebeach
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult Novels (A-Z) | Series: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones
An engaging and suspenseful novel about one girl's experience of the terrifying Tasmanian bushfires. They huddle low, nostrils burning from the smoke. A wave of despair flows over Tye. Nothing will survive this firestorm. The bush and everything she loves will be lost. It's the summer holidays, and Tye ...Show more
Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth by Lisa Nicol
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Reader Novels (A-Z) | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
Vincent is an ordinary boy - he lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary town. But Vincent's life changes dramatically when he meets young Florence from The Grandest Hotel on Earth. From shining shoes next to a dirty train station, to working in a hotel where your wildest dreams can come true, Vincent ...Show more
Who Am I? (My Australian Story) by Anita Heiss
$16.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Series: My Australian Story
I woke up this morning and I couldn't stop crying, cos this place is not my home, even though everyone says it is. When I was a little girl Mum would always hug me when I cried and tell me everything would be all right. Who's gunna hug me here? Mary lives with the Burkes, but they're not her real family ...Show more
Who am I?: The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney, 1937 by Anita Heiss
$19.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story
Mary Talence has been given a diary for her 10th birthday, and in it she documents her life at Bomaderry Aboriginal Children's Home. When a white couple fosters Mary, she must deal with a new family, environment and culture. But all the time, memories of Mary's past continue to confuse her. Ages 10+. ...Show more
Winston and the Wondrous Wooba Gymnastics Club by Tamsin Janu
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Reader Novels (A-Z) | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
When Winstons new step-sister-to-be Macy moves to Woobawittawoo with her dad, life in their small town quickly turns upside down. Winston is thrilled, but Macy is miserable. Wooba might have the Big Bread, but what use is a crumbling tourist attraction when Macy wants to become an Olympic gymnast? Its ...Show more