Meet Banjo Paterson

Meet Banjo Paterson PDF Author: Kristin Weidenbach
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0857985876
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Weary Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. This is the story of how Weary's bravery and compassion helped to save the lives and bolster the spirits of fellow prisoners of war on the Thai-Burma Railway.

Meet Banjo Paterson

Meet Banjo Paterson PDF Author: Kristin Weidenbach
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0857985876
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Weary Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. This is the story of how Weary's bravery and compassion helped to save the lives and bolster the spirits of fellow prisoners of war on the Thai-Burma Railway.

Reading Down Under

Reading Down Under PDF Author: Amit Sarwal
Publisher: SSS Publications
ISBN: 8190228218
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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The Englishness of English literature had been expressed in Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott, those writers whose works seemed best to embody the spirit of the place or the spirit of its folk. In what writers or works would the Australianness of Australian literature be discovered? (David Carter 1997)--------This first literary Reader on Australian studies from India not only investigates this central question but explores many other facets of Australian literature and especially Australian cross-cultural relationships with India and Asia. Taking a broad view of what Australian literature is, this Reader explores the dimensions of Australian literature (national, Aboriginal, multicultural, ecocritical, postcolonial, modernist, comparative, feminist, and popular) in its varied genres of drama, poetry, autobiography, explorers' journals, short stories, literature of war, travel writing, Anglo-Indian fiction, diasporic writing, mainstream novel, nature writing, children's literature, romance, science fiction, gothic literature, horror, crime fiction, queer writing, and humour. Each paper in this Reader presents different ways of "reading down under" and "performing Australianness." Juxtaposing the varied critical perspectives of nearly 60 critics this Reader hopes to create a constructive dialogue in the fight against the dominance of an Anglo-American academic approach.

Meet... the ANZACs

Meet... the ANZACs PDF Author: Claire Saxby
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0857981943
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including our brave Anzac soldiers. Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It is the name given to the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed at Gallipoli in World War I. The name is now a symbol of bravery and mateship. From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop; Captain Cook to Douglas Mawson, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.

Meet... Don Bradman

Meet... Don Bradman PDF Author: Coral Vass
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 1925324915
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia’s history, including cricket’s greatest ever batsman, Sir Donald Bradman. Don Bradman was Australia’s greatest cricketer. This is the story of how he first came to play for Australia, and how his record-breaking feats in the Ashes series became a source of pride and hope during the hard years of the Great Depression. From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop; Captain Cook to Banjo Paterson, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.

Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).

Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). PDF Author: Australia. Parliament. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1756

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Meet Sidney Nolan

Meet Sidney Nolan PDF Author: Yvonne Mes
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0857985906
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Sidney Nolan was one of Australia's most renowned artists. This is the story of how Sidney came to create his iconic Ned Kelly paintings.

Meet... Douglas Mawson

Meet... Douglas Mawson PDF Author: Mike Dumbleton
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0857981978
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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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 Mawson led the first Australian expedition to the Antarctic. Meet Douglas Mawson tells the story of how Mawson survived the dangers and challenges of the frozen continent. From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop; Captain Cook to the ANZACS and Douglas Mawson, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.

Meet... Nancy Bird Walton

Meet... Nancy Bird Walton PDF Author: Grace Atwood
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 085798487X
Category : Women air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Nancy Bird Walton grew up during the golden age of aviation. By the time she was 13, Nancy knew she wanted to fly. This is the story of how Nancy began her career as Australia's first female commercial pilot.

You Can't Take An Elephant On the Bus

You Can't Take An Elephant On the Bus PDF Author: Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 140884981X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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You can't take an elephant on the bus ... It would simply cause a terrible fuss! Elephants' bottoms are heavy and fat and would certainly squash the seats quite flat. Never put a camel in a sailing boat, or a tiger on a train, and don't even THINK about asking a whale to ride a bike ... This riotous picture book is filled with animals causing total disaster as they try to travel in the most unsuitable vehicles. A real romp of a book, with hilarious rhyming text and spectacular illustrations.

The Changi Brownlow

The Changi Brownlow PDF Author: Roland Perry
Publisher: Hachette Australia
ISBN: 0733627358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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This is the moving, powerful and surprising story of a group of Australian POWs who organise an Australian Rules Football competition under the worst conditions imaginable - inside Changi prison. After Singapore falls to the Japanese early in 1942, 70 000 prisoners including 15 000 Australians, are held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison, Singapore. To amuse themselves and fellow inmates, a group of sportsmen led by the indefatigable and popular `Chicken? Smallhorn, created an Australian Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches. The final game of the one and only season was between `Victoria? and the `Rest of Australia?, which attracted 10 000 spectators, and a unique Brownlow Medal was awarded in this unlikely setting under the curious gaze of Japanese prison guards. Meet the main characters behind this spectacle: Peter Chitty, the farm hand from Snowy River country with unfathomable physical and mental fortitude, and one of eight in his immediate family who volunteered to fight and serve in WW2; `Chicken? Smallhorn, the Brownlow-medal winning little man with the huge heart; and `Weary? Dunlop, the courageous doctor, who cares for the POWs as they endure malnutrition, disease and often inhuman treatment. Changi Brownlow is a story of courage and the invincibility of the human spirit, and highlights not only the Australian love of sport, but its power to offer consolation in times of extreme hardship.