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2 12 y separately published work icon The Story of Rosy Dock The Story of Rosie Dock Jeannie Baker , Jeannie Baker (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 1995 Z822052 1995 single work picture book children's "For thousands of years changes in the Australian desert landscape have been made by the wind and sometimes the rain, but when settlers from Europe arrive with seeds, the wilderness undergoes a different change."
5 1 y separately published work icon Danny's Egg Colin Thiele , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1989 Z913593 1989 single work children's fiction children's

'When Danny finds an emu egg in the bush outside town and is determined to hatch it, his problems begin. It seems that Hacker, the school bully, has other ideas, and when he releases a hungry goanna and steals the egg at the school pet show, Danny has to move fast!'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2013 ed.).
3 2 y separately published work icon Coorong Captive Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1985 Z795552 1985 single work children's fiction children's
8 1 y separately published work icon Pinquo Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1983 Z827822 1983 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'Pinquo is a fairy penguin, who can swim, skip and dive faster than the blink of an eye. When Pinquo is wounded, the children Kirsty and Tim take him to Dr Piper, and they all look after Pinquo until he is ready to go to sea. Later the penguin with the droopy walk and kinky flipper comes back into their lives, with his new family. When disaster strikes Sickle Bay, Pinquo leads a mad stampede of a thousand frenzied penguins, to save the townspeople.' (Source: Bookseller's website)
6 8 y separately published work icon Tangara Tangara : 'Let Us Set Off Again' Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1960 Z39640 1960 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Tiger in the Bush [and] Tangara 1982;

'Sometimes when Lexie fingered a string of shells she had been given as a little girl, she felt strange memories stir. It was as if something very precious was buried away in her own mind. Great-great Aunt Rita's old shell necklace carries a power that Lexie can't possibly know. Then, when it leads her to a new friend, she and Merrina enter the secret gully where Merrina's people live.But the gully holds a terrible secret, as old as the necklace itself. Will Lexie be strong enough, as she relives the nightmare her Aunt Rita endured?This deeply moving classic by one of our great children's writers is part fantasy, part history, and one hundred percent masterpiece.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (UQP reprint).
13 7 y separately published work icon Blue Fin Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1969 Z918946 1969 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Storm Boy ; Blue Fin 1982;

'Everyone in Port Lincoln thinks Snook Pascoe is a loser. People joke about his clumsiness; his teacher ridicules him and even his father, skipper of the tuna boat Blue Fin, is convinced that Snook will never amount to anything. After all, tuna fishing is a hard life for ‘real men’.

'When Snook is allowed, for once, to sail on Blue Fin he faces a terrifying disaster. A waterspout engulfs the ship, the deck is swept clean, the radio and rudder are wrecked, the engine is disabled, the crew is lost overboard and Snook’s father lies unconscious down below. Snook is on his own, far out to sea…' (Publication summary)
2 1 y separately published work icon The Sknuks Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 Z828072 1977 single work children's fiction children's

The greedy sknuks pollute their beautiful planet and face extinction because they are suspicious and refuse outside help. (Source: Trove)
5 1 y separately published work icon The Hammerhead Light Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z269136 1976 single work children's fiction children's

'The Hammerhead Light was a tower of stone. Sometimes it stood gleaming in the sunlight on the high headland of Hammerhead Rock, like a great white monument, sometimes it loomed out of the black storm clouds. To Tessa Noble and the people of Snapper Bay, the Hammerhead Light was more than a lighthouse, but a symbol of safety.'

Source: Colin Thiele Classics ed.
7 5 y separately published work icon Magpie Island Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z667837 1974 single work children's fiction
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