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Seal Books is a paperback imprint of Rigby. The popular paperback series was initiated Vernon Branson 1968.

Includes

y separately published work icon The Shady Tree W. E. Harney , Douglas Lockwood , Adelaide : Rigby , 1963 Z253882 1963 single work autobiography travel
y separately published work icon Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines W. E. Harney , London : Robert Hale , 1961 Z499669 1961 single work autobiography
y separately published work icon Tales from the Aborigines W. E. Harney , London : Robert Hale , 1959 Z499775 1959 selected work short story Indigenous story 'Many Aborigines have recounted these tales to me and in the re-telling I have woven the camp-life and customs of the story-tellers into the tales. As an end piece to some of the stories I have put in some verse to explain-in their quaint way of expressing their English-many of their observations about our ways of life. In gathering these tales I experienced many pleasures and happy days amidst a very intelligent people, and I now take this opportunity of thanking them for the stories they so willingly narrated to me around the camp-fires in the Northern Territory of Australia.' (Source: Author's Note)
y separately published work icon An Emu in the Fowl Pen Ruth M. Hawker , Adelaide : Rigby , 1967 Z847841 1967 single work autobiography children's
y separately published work icon Mad as Rabbits Elizabeth Lane , Z1210280 1962 single work novel humour A 'humorous story of a girl growing up in a large family on a farm in the Victorian Wimmera'.
y separately published work icon Our Uncle Charlie : 'and that's the way she goes' Elizabeth Lane , Adelaide : Rigby , 1964 Z203291 1964 single work novel humour 'The author takes the beloved rascal of Mad as Rabbits, her Uncle Charlie, and tells of his adventures and misadventures, his good deeds and his misdeeds, his unconventionalities and his eccentric manner. Whether she writes of his odd yet common-sense way of quarrelling with her father, his escapades in the township, or of the way he imparts his vast knowledge to his nephews and nieces, Uncle Charlie is brought to life in every chapter.'
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y separately published work icon Beyond the Western Rivers Myrtle Rose White , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1955 Z520209 1955 single work autobiography Sydney : Rigby , 1969
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y separately published work icon From That Day to This Myrtle Rose White , Adelaide : Rigby , 1961 Z520311 1961 single work autobiography Adelaide : Rigby , 1971
y separately published work icon Fair Dinkum Douglas Lockwood , London : Cassell , 1960 Z1369378 1960 selected work prose Anecdotes concerning the people and history of the Northern Territory. London : Cassell , 1960
y separately published work icon Brimming Billabongs : The Life Story of an Australian Aboriginal W. E. Harney , Sydney London : Angus and Robertson , 1947 Z499994 1947 single work single work children's fiction children's

'The story of Marmel the Aboriginal, of the Uwadga tribe, a true story and friend of the author who travels to other parts of Australia. Macassar traders, traditional life, and work as a stockman in the Norhtern Territory.' (Source: AbeBooks website)

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1969
y separately published work icon Robbery Under Arms : A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia Rolf Boldrewood , 1882-1883 Z1039336 1882 single work novel

Dick Marston narrates the events of his and his brother Jim's association with notorious bushranger Captain Starlight.

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1970
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)

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1971
y separately published work icon Labourers in the Vineyard Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1970 Z223092 1970 single work novel Adelaide : Rigby , 1972
y separately published work icon The Sun on the Stubble Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1961 Z1057248 1961 single work children's fiction humour children's 'From the classic Australian children's author. Originally pubished in 1961, this is the coming-of-age story of a boy and his immigrant family in Depression-era Australia: Bruno Gunther lives on a farm in South Australia, where adventures spring up like wheat shoots. He has to cope with his stern dad, his mother and family--and trickiest of all is the new teacher in town, who is too alert for comfort. Then there are the local arguements, that all seem to flare up around complicated bits of machinery, like water pumps and cars. All they really need is a little help from Bruno to sort everything out . . . . For young readers ages 9-14. This novel and three others by Thiele inspired an Australian TV series, 'Sun on the Stubble': The Valley Between, Uncle Gustav's Ghosts & The Shadow on the Hills.' 

(Publication summary)

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1973
y separately published work icon The Rim of the Morning : Six Stories Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1966 Z827972 1966 selected work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
Storm Boy Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1963 Z947092 1963 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Kumurins un Kamolins; Es protu lekt pari pelkem; Vetras zens 1999;

The story of a boy and his pelican, Mr Percival, who live on the South Australian Coorong.

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
y separately published work icon Favourite Australian Stories Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Nigel Rigby , 1963 Z221991 1963 anthology short story Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
y separately published work icon Albatross Two Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z269034 1974 single work children's fiction children's

The tiny South Australian coastal town of Ripple Bay is changed when Albatross Two, a giant offshore oil rig arrives. As her brother is employed on the rig, Tina Banks tries to understand the need for oil exploration, until an oil spillage threatens to destroy all the coastal wildlife. (Source: Trove)

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
y separately published work icon Shop! Ted Schurmann , Adelaide : Rigby , 1975 Z1399266 1975 selected work short story Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
y separately published work icon The Man Who Sold His Dreaming Roland Robinson , Sydney : Currawong , 1965 Z408164 1965 anthology short story Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
y separately published work icon Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal Dick Roughsey , Artarmon : Reed , 1971 Z1436536 1971 single work autobiography

'The author is Lardil man from Mornington Island; comments on conception beliefs, birth, food plants, camp life, Creation myth, myths on origin of death, Thuwathu the Rainbow Serpent, marriage rules, relations with Mission staff, hunting & fishing, stellar myths, dugong hunting, wild bee myth; initiation myth, describes initiation ceremony, subincision, secret Damin language; flood ceremony, 22 lines of rain stopping song (with free translation), story of Warrenby, sorcery and sorcerers, clay as medicine, love magic, moon legend, death & mourning, burial, inquest, spirit beliefs; relations with Bentinck Island (Kaiadilt) people, stories of early settlement of Sweers Island; work on cattle stations & as deckhand, encouragement to work on bark painting' (Source: Online)

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
y separately published work icon Doctor and the Aborigines Charles Duguid , Adelaide : Rigby , 1972 Z1861809 1972 single work autobiography Adelaide : Charles Duguid , 1977
y separately published work icon Australian Accent John Douglas Pringle , London : Chatto and Windus , 1958 Z411398 1958 selected work criticism essay Adelaide : Rigby , 1978
y separately published work icon Roll the Summers Back J. A. Porter , Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1961 Z15364 1961 single work autobiography Adelaide : Rigby , 1978
y separately published work icon Yandy Donald Stuart , Melbourne : Georgian House , 1959 Z304167 1959 single work novel The story of a strike of Aboriginal station hands in the North-West of Western Australia in 1946. At first opposed by police and squatters they ultimately won their rights to independence. (Libraries Australia) Adelaide : Rigby , 1978
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