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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'The Noonkanbah drama from the Aboriginal viewpoint; the struggle to defend a particular piece of sacred ground against a proposed oil well, which involved the Noonkanbah people, the miners and the Western Australian Government; Amax; land rights; mining.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (1989 ed.).
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This image has been sourced from online.The 19th century 'black wars' in Tasmania with a response, in the revised 2004 edition, to Keith Windshuttle's writings about Aboriginal history. (...more)See full AustLit entry -
This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'Winner 1998 NSW Premier's Australian History Award. Also shortlisted in the 1998 Kibble and Dobbie Awards, and the 1997 Age Book of the Year selection. "An erudic, beautifully researched work of history which knits together the stories of Paraquay and Australian emigration as a quest for Utopia." Judges' comment - 1998 NSW Premiers Award. In the 1890s a brave band of ordinary Australians sailed out through Sydney Heads, to found a socialist Utopia in South America. Under the charismatic William Lane, over 500 settlers created a "New Australia" in the Paraguayan jungle.
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Image courtesy of publisher's website.See full AustLit entry'What is it about Australia that makes it so prone to fires? Have humans made things worse, or better? Is it possible to live in the Australian bush but be safe from fire?
'No other continent on earth is as susceptible to bushfires, over such a large area, as Australia. Fires are a constant and ongoing part of our history, ecology and culture. Yet despite repeated disasters, across all states throughout the last two centuries, we seem to be no better at surviving bushfires today than we were when fires burnt through the first European settlements.
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'Through revolution and empire, war and bloodshed, France remained fascinated with Australia, sending expeditions of dedicated young men to explore the utopian Paradise of the Pacific and Australia to the frozen hell of Antarctica. Voyages to the South Seas reveals the true stories of explorers who risked, and often lost, their lives in pursuit of their passion. It is the story of noble men impoverished by their passion, nobodies made famous by courage and intellect and young men–and some women–who often risked their lives for adventure and excitement but above all, in the pursuit of knowledge and discovery.
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A modern classic about the power of reading aloud. [...] explores the power and impact that reading aloud to our children can have—on literacy, development, confidence and connection.
Explore the publication history of this work in the AustLit record, linked below.
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'Bestselling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read.
'With passion and humor, Fox speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most out of a read-aloud session. She discusses the three secrets of reading, offers guidance on defining and choosing good books, and addresses the challenges that can arise.
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'More and more people are moving to Queensland - as they flocked to America's sunshine state California - but what's so special or so strange about Queensland? Is it the redneck state its critics claim?'
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'A reassessment of the case of Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, who was dismissed in 1956 for allegedly seducing a female student. His dismissal provoked extensive debate on intellectual freedom.'
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'The events of April 28, 1996 in Port Arthur left Australia and the world stunned. How as a country do we ever recover, ever come to terms with what happened? How do the people who were there on the day, and those who continue to live and work at Port Arthur, move on from such a horrendous experience? Through the stories of people who were there and those left to pick up the pieces of their lives afterwards, a glimmer of hope emerges, and the possibility of healing and understanding.'
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Duntroon, the Royal Military College of Australia, was opened in 1911, after the Australian Government acquired a sheep station of that name from the Campbell family [...]. This was the first history of the College, and the story of its establishment, its traditions, and its people.
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'Throughout Australia’s history the lives of those thousands of women who have been domestic servants has always been described by someone outside or above this station. We know much about what ‘upstairs’ thought about ‘downstairs’, but not what ‘downstairs’ thought. The voice of the domestic servant is heard through the hundreds of letters written by the girls who were made state wards in South Australia from 1887-1940. These children were committed to state institutions because they had been abandoned or orphaned or had a parent in hospital, gaol or other institution.
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