Rockin', Rollin', Hair and Hippies 1945-1972: Fair Dinkum Histories Bk07 by Jackie French
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Fair Dinkum Histories
World War II was over, and it was a good time to be Australian. Rock 'n' roll, television and the Olympics had come Down Under. But underneath it all was the menace of the Cold War, and then came the horrors of Korea and Vietnam. Why couldn't we all just get along? Covers a pivotal time in Australia's h ...Show more
Booms, Busts and Bushfires (#8 Fair Dinkum Histories) by Jackie French
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Fair Dinkum Histories S.
Australia had changed before, but slowly. Now everything was fast! Attitudes were evolving, technology was changing every aspect of life, and people were starting to recognise the damage we were doing to our land - and the way Australia's Indigenous people had been mistreated. Our resources had made us ...Show more
Fair Dinkum Histories 6 - Weevils W by FRENCH Jackie
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Fair Dinkum Histories S.
1920-1945, an iconic period in Australian history: Qantas founded, the Sydney Harbour Bridge built, Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup and dies in the US, Don Bradman wows the world at the wicket and becomes the main target in the Bodyline series. The Depression hits. Australia enters WW II. Aborigines lob ...Show more
Dodger: The Story of a Victorian Pickpocket (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My Story
Henry Moss soon discovers that crime is the only thing that pays, and in the tradition of Oliver Twist he becomes swept up in the dangerous world of pickpockets and fences, haunting dark alleys and unspeakable slums. But even for the most juvenile offenders the law is strict and the penalties harsh.
Standing Alone (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My True Stories
He was only fifteen when he enlisted in the navy without his father's permission. He was only sixteen when he died at Grimsby General Hospital with splinters of steel in his chest. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest sea battle since the Armada. Jack Cornwell was awarded a posthumous Victorian Cross f ...Show more
Fords and Flying Machines by Patricia Bernard
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My Story S.
Jack McLaren accompanies Hudson Fysh and Paul McGuiness on their historic 2170 km trek from Longreach, Qld to Katherine in the NT. They are surveying the country for a suitable landing field for what they hope will be an England-to-Australia flight. Age 10+
Snowy by Siobhan McHugh
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My Story S.
The Diary of Eva Fischer, Cabramurra, 1958-1959. Eva Fischer has moved to the top of the world - Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia. Eva feels on top of the world, too. Surrounded by people of every nationality, Eva makes new friends and tries strange foreign food, like pizza. Eva learns to ski a ...Show more
Riding with Thunderbolt : The diary of Ben Cross, Northern New South Wales 1865 by Allan Baillie
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Ben Cross runs away from home and ends up being looked after by Fred Ward (the bushranger known as Captain Thunderbolt) and his wife Mary-Anne, who are living on the run. Ben becomes one of Ward's apprentices and gets into some strife, before discovering that his presumed-dead aunt is still alive and wi ...Show more
On Board "the Boussole" - the Diary of Julienne Fulbert, on the High Seas, 1785-1788 (My Story) by Chris Edwards
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My Story
Julienne roams the fortress tunnel of Brest, France - cold, hungry and only knowing one thing about herself, her name. She pretends to be a boy, Jules, and journeys to Botany Bay and beyond on a voyage of discovery for the glory of France, led by Commander La Perouse. Ages 10+.
Yankee Whaler: My Story by Deborah Lisson
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My story
Thomas dreams of escaping his bleak life in a small town and becoming a world-famous journalist. Guided by his adventurous spirit and insatiable curiosity, he smuggles himself aboard an American whaling ship, and finds himself caught up in one of the most daring escape plans in Australian history.
Egyptian Princess: Princess Hatshepsut's Diary 1490BC (My Royal Story) by Vince Cross
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My Royal Story
In 1490 BC Asha, daughter of King Tuthmosis lives a carefree life at the royal court in Thebes. But when a prophecy foretells that 'a young woman will prove to be the best man in the Two Kingdom' she's caught up in a world of plots and danger...
Secrets and Sisterhood by Jenny Pausacker
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Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My Australian Story
Jan Packard starts a diary because she is bored, but she suddenly finds there is a lot happening around her. Everyone seems to be changing and doing things she never expected. Her mum is attending consciousness-raising meetings, her best friend has gone boy-crazy, she discovers her older brother was a d ...Show more