My Favourite Australian Bush Friends

My Favourite Australian Bush Friends PDF Author: Board Book
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ISBN: 9781760792435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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A charming children's board book celebrating Australian wildlife

My Favourite Australian Bush Friends

My Favourite Australian Bush Friends PDF Author: Board Book
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760792435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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Book Description
A charming children's board book celebrating Australian wildlife

My Australian Bush Friends

My Australian Bush Friends PDF Author: New Holland Publishers
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ISBN: 9781921580819
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Board Book Age 0+ yearsPicture books, activity books & early learning material / Baby booksGreat gift idea for a new born

Australian Sketches. The Gold Discovery, Bush Graves, Etc

Australian Sketches. The Gold Discovery, Bush Graves, Etc PDF Author: Thomas MACCOMBIE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Great-Grandma Merle’s Australian Bush Tales Series

Great-Grandma Merle’s Australian Bush Tales Series PDF Author: Grandma Merle Latter
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984507729
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29

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Lillipet Lizard loved the Australian bushland where she lived with other Australian creatures. Their peace was disturbed when lazy campers did not extinguish their fire properly. Soon little flames were burning the paper and leaves. All the bush creatures were afraid for their homes and their lives. The smoke was just starting to rise into the air. If it wasn’t for our wonderful Australian firefighters, Lillipet Lizard and her bush creature friends would have lost their homes. Thank you to all our firefighters for your courage and bravery.

Heidi's Aussie Adventures

Heidi's Aussie Adventures PDF Author: Brian Scott
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479796506
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

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My book is a few of the many stories I told my youngest granddaughter, Heidi. As we drove around in the car together, she would always say, Tell me a story, Gud as soon as the car got moving. Gud is what all my grandchildren call me. It came about when my firstborn grandson started to talk. He couldnt say Granddad. All that came out was Gud and it stuck.

Jim an Australian Hero

Jim an Australian Hero PDF Author: Maria Ngo
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479760722
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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This is a story of gum trees, cobbled streets and long cups of tea shared between good friends. It is a story that spans over a century. It encompasses rural Victorian life in the early period of Australian settlement to life in the suburbs of Melbourne in the present day. This stirring tale captures the freedom of romping through native bushland and of sleeping under the stars. It is also a tale of waking up in a mice-ridden cellar and studying by the stub of a candle's glow. Jim's biography moves rapidly from one poignant account to another – a miraculous deliverance from addictive smoking, two world wars, life as a ganger on the railway and then as a Missioner to the 'lowest of the low' in Melbourne city. He lived for nearly twenty years among drunks, thieves, murderers and other hurting and damaged souls ravaged by alcohol abuse. James Collett drew the best out of each person he knew. He was 'Jim', 'Mr C', 'Uncle Jim,' 'Dad' and 'Grandpa'. By whichever name he was fondly and respectfully called, his legacy lives on. Jim's biography will inspire and change you. You will not be able to look at your world and life in the same way again. About reading this book: The story that you are about to read is in fact a story within a story. Or more accurately, a compilation of many stories – after all, our lives are made up of many moments and events. Some events have distinct beginnings and ends, while others just merge quietly into the next. Some events in our lives are more memorable than others while others are made memorable because we choose to grace them with our attention. As this particular story goes, it is a little of both . . . At the start of each chapter (and sometimes at the end as well) you will find what I call 'cameo conversations and exchanges' that have to do with more current events in Jim's life. These have been added to give you additional insight into Jim's character and relationships as well as giving you a peek at some 'behind the scenes' stuff. But, if you are only interested in a straight forward chronological narrative of this unique, yet typical-of-the-era Australian, skip those passages typeset in sans-serif text. You can come back to these later – if you wish. However, if you are up to the challenge, you could read it as it is . . . (For those familiar with The French Lieutenant's Woman as well as fans of the very popular TV series Lost and Once Upon a Time, this should not prove too daunting an approach.) I've tried to allow Jim's 'voice' to be reflected in his biography as much as possible. As such, minimal editing has been undertaken in the 'main' passages in order to preserve, wherever possible, the narrative style of an 'oral tradition'. REVIEWS Jim Collett's life which spans more than a century from his birth in 1902 with descriptions as a rural laborer appear far-fetched and removed from our comfortable, well-nourished lives today. His matter-of-fact descriptions of growing up in a large poor family in a rural town, his rudimentary schooling with few resources or books, the need to leave school early and find work far from home were in fact the norm for large numbers of his generation. Today's parents and young people would be shocked by the freedom young people had to roam the countryside with no supervision. Jim's life resonates with some of the anecdotes told to me of their earlier life, by my parents and their friends who also grew up in the country. Jim learnt the hard way that not all employers were humane or honest – yet his story bears no resentment. Jim's gentle, trusting nature shines through. Jim's recollections of life as a railway ganger records something of the lives of the men who hammered out the rail netwo

Friends and Dark Shapes

Friends and Dark Shapes PDF Author: Kavita Bedford
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 1609456653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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“Bedford beautifully portrays the life of an Australian Indian writer struggling with grief a year after the death of her father.” —Publishers Weekly Sydney’s inner city is very much its own place, yet also a stand in for gentrifying inner-city suburbs the world over. Here, four young housemates struggle to untangle their complicated relationships while a poignant story of loss, grieving, and recovery unfolds. The nameless narrator of this story has recently lost her father and now her existence is split in two: she conjures the past in which he was alive and yet lives in the present, where he is not. To others, she appears to have it all together, but the grief she still feels creates an insurmountable barrier between herself and others, between the life she had and the one she leads. Wry, relatable, lyrical, and beautifully told, a book about politics, desire, youth, relationships and friends, Friends and Dark Shapes introduces a bold new Australian voice to American readers. Praise for Friends and Dark Shapes Shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards “An unflinching novel that captures the isolation and emotional overload of modern life.” —ForeWord Reviews “An intimate portrait of an individual in an ever-changing city and a searching meditation on the madness of grief . . . Bedford brilliantly maps the city and examines the narrator’s “dysfunctional relationship” with it. She also explores issues of race, identity and belonging through her heroine’s journalistic assignments and encounters with immigrants and refugees. However, the novel is at its most powerful when it centers upon a world caving in and the aftershocks: what it is like to “lose a parent and lose your base.”“—The Star Tribune

Friends and Foes in the Australian Bush

Friends and Foes in the Australian Bush PDF Author: Edward Sylvester Sorenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature stories
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Favourite Australian Bush Songs

Favourite Australian Bush Songs PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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My Favourite Book of Australian Forest Fairies and Friends

My Favourite Book of Australian Forest Fairies and Friends PDF Author: Jan Wade
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921346453
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Jan's fairies are full of character and spirit as they flit through the bush alighting on flowers and chatting to native birds and animals. Each page has its own charming verse and a full illustration, together with some interesting sidenotes on the Australian flowers, birds and animals that are featured.