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  • King of the Outback: The Story of Sidney Kidman by &

    Ages 4+

    Sidney Kidman runs away from home at thirteen and travels to the outback on a one-eyed horse. He finds stray cows in the ...

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  • Yagan by &

    Yagan (c. 1795-1833) was a Nyoongar man from the Perth area who resisted white settlement until he was shot in the back and killed. There ...

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  • Aussie Notables Banjo Patterson by

    Aussie Notables Banjo Patterson

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  • Last Anzac by

    To James, Alec Campbell was a hero. He was right. The old man, the last living ANZAC, and all of the Australian and New Zealand ...

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  • And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda by &

    SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2016

    But the band played 'Waltzing Matilda' when we stopped to bury our slain. We buried ours, and ...

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  • Meet... Douglas Mawson by

    A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including the great Antarctic explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson.

    Douglas ...

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  • Our Stories Mary's Australia by

    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 ...

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  • Captain Moonlite by

    In 1869 Mt Egerton was outraged by the armed hold-up of the local bank by a masked villain calling himself 'Captain Moonlite'. The perpetrator turned ...

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  • Aussie Notables: Nellie Melba by

    The acclaimed Aussie Notables series - witty and informative biographies of the great Australians on our banknotes.

    Written by Allan Drummond; illustrated by Glenn Lumsden. Engaging ...

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  • The Black Dress by

    She is old now and dying but once she was young - young and poor and smart and drawn desperately to another life. This is the ...

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  • Arthur Corunna's Story: "My Place" for Young Readers - Part 2 by

    My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she ...

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  • Sally's Story: "My Place" for Young Readers - Part 1 by

    My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she ...

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  • Mother and Daughter: the Story of Daisy and Gladys Corunna: The Story of Daisy and Gladys Corunna: "My Place" for Young Readers - Part 3 by

    My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she ...

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