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Australians All A History of Growing Up from the Ice Age to the Apology by Nadia Wheatley
$49.99 AUD
Category: Information Books
Australians All encompasses the history of our continent from the Ice Age to the Apology, from the arrival of the First Fleet to the Mabo Judgement. A brief account of the lives of real young Australians opens up this chronological narrative. Some of the subjects of the eighty mini-biographies have beco ...Show more
Flight by Nadia Wheatley
$26.00 AUD
Category: Australian Picture Books
Tonight is the night. The family has to flee. They've been tipped off that the authorities are after their blood. Set in biblical times, a small family sets off across a desert in search of refuge from persecution in their own country, and an ancient story becomes a fable for our times. Their journey is ...Show more
Her Mother's Daughter - A Memoir by Nadia Wheatley
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
"Why didn't you and Daddy want people to give you any wedding presents?" I used to ask. But my mother could never be drawn into talking about the wedding. Later, I assumed it was because she did not wish to be reminded of the ghastly mistake she had made in marrying my father. Born in Australia in 1949 ...Show more
Luke's Way of Looking by Nadia Wheatley
$16.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Walker Classic
All the boys in Luke's class see things the same way - except for Luke, who has his own special way of looking. Luke feels as if he doesn't fit in. And then one day he discovers a place that feels like home. Suddenly, the whole world changes.
My Australian Story: Banner Bold by Nadia Wheatley
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: My Australian Story Ser.
Something is happening. I can hear bullets going off, and people are running down towards the Eureka field ...In 1854 Rosa Aarons and her family travel from London to the goldfield at Ballarat. She makes new friends, learns to ride a horse, and helps her family get by. Soon Rosa becomes caught up in one ...Show more
My Place by Nadia Wheatley
$20.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Walker Classic Ser.
This story tells how, between 1788 and 1988, the little plot of aboriginal land near Sydney has changed almost beyond recognition. As history shapes the new country of Australia so life on the piece of land changes from generation to generation.
Papunya School Book of Country and History by Papunya School Staff; Nadia Wheatley; Ken Searle (Illustrator)
$16.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Multi-award-winning, The Papunya School Book of Country and History is a unique and fascinating account of the history of Western Desert communities from an Indigenous perspective.
Playground by Nadia Wheatley; Ken Searle (Illustrator); Jackie Huggins (Contribution by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Fiction (5 to 8 years)
With stunning photographs and illustrations, this book is a fascinating insight, from earliest times to today, into the experiences of Indigenous children, whose land was, and is, their playgroundThere are things which Indigenous children have been doing for thousands upon thousands of years. In traditi ...Show more
Radicals: Remembering the Sixties by Meredith Burgmann, Nadia Wheatley
$40.00 AUD
Category: Political
The Sixties -- an era of protest,free love, civil disobedience, duffel coats, flower power, giant afros and desert boots, all recorded on grainy black and white footage -- marked a turning point for change. A time when radicals found their voices and used them. While the initial trigger for protest was ...Show more
The House That Was Eureka: Text Classics by Nadia Wheatley
$12.95 AUD
Category: Text Classics | Series: Text Classics
It's 1981 and Evie is sixteen. She has left school but can't find work, and her family has just moved into the run-down inner Sydney suburb of Newtown. Noel lives in the adjoining terrace house. He's fifteen, not taking school seriously and fed up with looking after his ancient bed-ridden grandmother. A ...Show more
The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift by Nadia Wheatley
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The long-awaited award-winning biography of one of Australia's most charismatic and misunderstood writers. Charmian Clift's writing captivated readers across the nation. Her life inspired legends and fascinated thousands. Now at last here is the real story. Charmian Clift was born in Kiama, New South W ...Show more
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