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Burke and Wills: Expedition Off the Map by Karen Tayleur
$16.98 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Our Stories Ser. | Reading Level: 9-11
In 1860, an expedition led by Robert O'Hara Burke walked off the map and into unknown territory. Along the way, William John Wills was appointed second-in-command. Their journey would not be easy. Death was a constant possibility from lack of food and water, hostile Indigenous tribes and a landscape com ...Show more
Captain Cook and the Endeavour by Michael Lefroy
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Category: No Category | Series: Our Stories Ser. | Reading Level: 10-13
This is the story of James Cook, his humble beginnings and visionary spirit which changed the course of history. It is the story of a coal ship purchased by the British navy for a scientific mission in the Pacific Ocean. It is the fascinating story of how together they sailed off the map and navigated h ...Show more
Child Convicts by Net Brennan
$17.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: Our Stories
At the age of seven, children in eighteenth century Britain were tried in court like adults. Some, as young as nine, were transported to the colonies. Their names may not be familiar, but one of these child convicts would become the first person hanged in Australia, another would be celebrated on our tw ...Show more
Eureka Stockade by Marion Littlejohn
$17.95 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Paperbacks | Series: Our Stories
On 3 December 1854, well-armed British soldiers and police stormed a crude wooden stockade that had been built by defiant miners fighting for their rights. The battle lasted just twenty minutes but it changed Australia forever. Some say the Eureka Stockade marks the birth of democracy in Australia.
Life in Colonial Australia by Marion Littlejohn
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Category: No Category | Series: Our Stories
What was life like for ordinary people in Colonial Australia? Can it really be called The Good Old Days when the work was backbreaking and the days were long, even for children? Life in Colonial Australia shows us exactly how it was.
Life on the Goldfields by Doug Bradby
$17.95 AUD
Category: Teenage Fiction | Series: Our Stories
What was life actually like on the goldfields? People travelled from all over the world to seek their fortune on the Australian goldfields. But when they got to Australia, they found life was tough. The diggers lived in makeshift tents that didn't keep out the weather or thieves. The food was bad, clean ...Show more
Mary's Australia: How Mary Mackillop Changed Australia (Our Stories) by Pamela Freeman
$17.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: Our Stories
Mary MacKillop watched Australia grow from a collection of small colonies into a nation - and she was proud of the country she had a part in creating. How did Australia change in her lifetime? And how much influence did Mary MacKillop have in shaping Australia?
Our Stories: Australian Federation by Janette Brennan
$18.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: Our Stories
One people, one destiny. Before 1901 the nation of Australia did not exist. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia were six separate colonies under British rule. But among the people of the colonies, the idea of unity was emerging: "a whole continent for a ...Show more
Our Stories: Australian Flags and Emblems by Karen Tayleur
$17.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: Our Stories
The story of Australia is told by the flags and the emblems we see around us. They display our past, our cultural heritage, our national treasures and the amazing diversity of each state. Australian Flags and Emblems is a fascinating window on our rich history and what we value.
Our Stories: Australian Writers of Influence by Bernadette Kelly
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Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: Our Stories
Our knowledge and ideas about the world are shaped by writers - poets, novelists, playwrights and journalists. The 1800s were a time of turbulence and change in the Australian colonies with droughts, strikes, bushrangers and long periods of mass unemployment. The freethinking writers of the time were of ...Show more
Our Stories: Canberra - Federal Capital by Tracey Hawkins
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Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: Our Stories
In 1901, when the six British colonies of early Australia came together to form one country, a new capital city was proposed. But why was Canberra selected? And how did it become an important treasure trove of historical, artistic, sporting and scientific achievement? Discover Canberra - the federal cap ...Show more
Our Stories Great Aussie Inventions by Amy Hunter
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Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Series: Our Stories
What makes Australians such brilliant inventors? Whose idea was the black box flight recorder? Who thought of spray-on skin? The Safe-n-Sound baby capsule? And the Hills Hoist clothes line? Australian inventions. You use them every day.