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An Australian Collection: A B. 'Banjo' Paterson - Favourite Poems and Prose by A.B. Paterson
Category: Fiction | Series: An Australian Collection
This collection magically transports the reader to the raw Australian outback.
Annabel, Again by Meg McKinlay
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Australian
A humorous and touching middle-grade novel about the changing shape of friendship by multiple-award-winner Meg McKinlay. Livvy and Annabel have been best friends forever. Together, they've survived kamikaze magpies, wacky mothers and a nemesis named Summer. Together, they've carried their netball tea ...Show more
Annabelle and the Missing Turtles
Category: Early Reader | Series: Australian Girl Doll
The sea turtles are disappearing from their habitat on the Queensland coast. It's up to the five friends to solve the mystery of where the turtles could have gone. Perhaps someone or something has snatched them away. Thanks to their rainbow necklace, the girls are taken back in time and given some impor ...Show more
Anzac and Empire : George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence by John Connor
Category: WWI & WWII | Series: Australian Army History Series
Anzac and Empire is the remarkable story of George Foster Pearce - a carpenter who became one Australia's most influential politicians, and the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, World War I. The nation's longest-serving defence minister - holding the portfolio before, during and a ...Show more
Archer's Melbourne Cup (My Australian Story) by Vashti Farrer
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
The year is 1861 and a major horse race is about to be run for the first time - the Melbourne Cup. Thirteen-year-old Robby Jenkins is working as a stablehand, and is convinced that his favourite horse, Archer, can win. Archer's Melbourne Cup tells the story of how one of Australia's iconic events began. ...Show more
Arcto the Seal by Pauline Reilly; Kayelene Traynor (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books | Series: Collection of Australian Animals Ser.
Armageddon and OKRA - Australia's Air Operations in the Middle East a Century Apart by Lewis Frederickson
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Series: Australian Air Campaign Ser.
The dispatch of an Ottoman Army by Australian-led Imperial air power in the Wadi Fara on 21 September 1918 occurred just five years after the advent of military aviation in Australia. In 1914, the fledgling Australian air service operated the flimsy Bristol Boxkite; four years later it was flying the fa ...Show more
Armies of Empire: The 9th Australian and 50th British Divisions in Battle 1939-1945 by Allan Converse
Category: Fiction | Series: Australian Army History Series
Armies of Empire uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies facing similar challenges in the Second World War. The 9th Australian Division and the British 50th (Northumbrian) Division both saw long service and suffered heavy casualties, and both encountered morale, disc ...Show more
Asbestos in Australia: From Boom to Dust by Lenore Layman (Editor); Gail Phillips (Editor)
Category: History | Series: Australian History Ser.
Asbestos in Australia presents for the first time a multi-dimensional view of Australia's asbestos story featuring contributions from experts in the disciplines of history, journalism, medicine, law and public health. It also includes first-hand accounts of those whose lives have been touched by the min ...Show more
Asian Meals in Minutes by Susan Tomnay
Category: Cook Books | Series: "Australian Women's Weekly"
Each recipe featured in this book includes a photograph, simple instructions and has been triple-tested by "The Australian Women's Weekly Test Kitchen" to ensure success. It aims to provide readers with Asian recipes for quick and healthy mid-week meals.
At the Beach by Roland Harvey
Category: Children's | Series: Roland Harvey Australian Holidays Ser.
Children love to pore over detailed illlustrations and will thoroughly enjoy the details from the camping ground at Crabby Spit where Frankie and Penny on holiday write letters home to Gtandma. The illustrations are a delight for all ages. Lots of jokes-Past Tents is the name of a store selling second- ...Show more
At the Beach by Roland Harvey
Category: Picture Books | Series: Roland Harvey Australian Holidays Ser.
Detailing the perfect beach getaway, this charming picture book uses individual postcards to tell the tale of one family's adventures at Crabby Spit. In the spirit of Where's Waldo?, beach items such as a hat, towel, and sandals are lost--and children must find them with the help of the mischievous fami ...Show more