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All We Could Do - Queensland Flu Stories 1918-20 by Matthew Wengert (Foreword by, Editorial Coordinator); Pamela Rushby; Margaret Cook; Peter Cook; Edwina Shaw; Andrea Baldwin; Janet Reid; Roz Glazebrook; Samantha Faulkner; Rita Metzenberg; Duncan Richardson (Editor); Nicky Boynton-Bricknell (Editor); Caitlin Morgan (Cover Design by); Michael McDermaid (Cover Design by); Jill Barker; Steve Capelin; Glenn Davies; Brian Davies
Category: History
Anthology of short stories by various writers about the 'Spanish Flu' epidemic in Queensland. Each story is based on real people in real places. The first stories are about Queenslanders who died of the 'Flu' before the disease reached Queensland--including a soldier from Maryborough who died in France, ...Show more
Circles of Stone by Pamela Rushby
Category: Fiction
Two lives, 2000 years apart, linked by two stone circles. The body of a young girl is discovered in a peat bog in Scotland. SheâÂÂs been preserved in the cold water for over 2000 years. Lea Green is present at the discovery. And Lea knows who the girl is. SheâÂÂs Ana. Lea and Ana have met ...Show more
Cow That Swam Out to Sea by PAMELA RUSHBY
Category: Children's
Matilda dreams of seeing new places and things, away from her ordinary life on the farm. But she never expected to see them by being washed away in a flood! Will she ever see the other cows again? Based on a true story of a cow's journey down the Brisbane River, this is a book about finding courage and ...Show more
Flora's War by Pamela Rushby
Category: Children's Educational
It's 1915 and sixteen - year - old Australian, Flora Wentworth, is visiting Cairo with her archaeologist father. She watches with growing alarm as first a trickle and then a flood of wounded soldiers are shipped into the city from Gallipoli. Flora's comfortable life is turned upside down when a hospital ...Show more
From Little Things ... by Pamela Rushby
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Blueprints
Do you ever look around and think there's something you'd like to change about the world? Maybe you think that it's impossible for just one person to make a difference. Read some inspiring stories about people who started off with one small idea and turned it into something big - people who started just ...Show more
Interned (CBCA Notable 2023) by Pamela Rushby
Category: Junior Fiction
Based on true events, Interned is a moving, well-researched and evocative historical fiction novel that highlights an often forgotten moment in Australian history. It’s 1914. Gretta lives a privileged life in Singapore, the daughter of a businessman; Tilly lives a modest life in Brisbane, the daughter ...Show more
Lizzie and Margaret Rose by Pamela Rushby
Category: Junior Fiction
London, 1940. Bombs are falling and 10-year-old Margaret Rose survives a deadly raid, but her family home is destroyed. In faraway Townsville in Queensland, her aunt is ready to take her in, although her 11-year-old cousin Lizzie is not so sure. But first there is a long and dangerous voyage to a strang ...Show more
MILLIONS OF MUMMIES by RUSHBY PAMELA
Category: Junior Fiction
Millions of Mummies is a fascinating story inspired by the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals. Katty, her mum and new stepfamily share an exciting summer in Egypt where the interests of archaeologists and modern-day tomb robbers collide. It appears that Bastet, the cat goddess, will have a ...Show more
Princess Parsley by Pamela Rushby
Category: Junior Fiction
Could there possibly be anything more absolutely, mega embarrassing than being called Parsley? You bet. After a disagreement with the local council, Parsleys dad decides to set up his own principality, making 12-year-old Parsley - Princess Parsley! How about that for making you popular in your first yea ...Show more
Secret Battle by Pamela Rushby
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
Nine-year-old city newspaper seller Roddy becomes involved in the infamous Battle of Brisbane in 1942: when American and Australian servicemen fought against each other, rioting in the streets of the city for two days. When Roddy helps an American serviceman who's been involved in the fighting, he never ...Show more
Sing A Rebel Song by Pamela Rushby
Category: Young Adult Fiction
It's 1891. Maggie McAllister and her family are caught up in one of the most dramatic events in Australia's history: the Shearers Strike. The trouble that erupts between the Shearers Union, the pastoralists and the government has never been seen before on the quiet streets of Barcaldine. Maggie plays he ...Show more