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1 3 y separately published work icon Gallipoli Diaries : The Anzac's Own Story Day by Day Jonathan King (editor), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2003 Z1079668 2003 anthology diary war literature

'Gallipoli, for the average Australian, is the most famous battle that our volunteer soldiers ever fought, because it was our first entry as a nation into the war, and our people were keen to prove themselves. It would be, however, a long time before the families back home, and the nation as a whole, heard of the terrible conditions on the peninsula and the waste of life that took place there. Although Gallipoli was a crushing defeat, it was, and still is, celebrated as a victory.

'In this updated commemorative edition, published 100 years after the 25 April 1915 landing, the Gallipoli story is told day by day, using the words of the diggers, drivers, soldiers, and war correspondents at the front-line. War historian Jonathan King has gathered together an unequalled series of extracts from letters and diaries, written by hundreds of Anzacs at Gallipoli, accounting for every one of the 240 days of the eight-month campaign — and even identifying the actual days of the week. Reading the men's own words, including misspellings and mistakes, we share in the soldiers' experiences.

'These Australians, of exceptional calibre and good cheer, each wrote for different reasons, although many made light of their hardships. It is all here — the fear, the frustration, and the boredom, as they scrounged for bully beef; went mad from the flies, the lice, and the stench of the unburied dead; swapped cigarettes with enemy Turks; dodged shrapnel while swimming at the beach; celebrated birthdays; sheltered from rain and shivered in snow; and waited for action while praying for deliverance.

'Although generals, historians, and war scholars have had their stories told many times, it is only now, when we read the private words of the men at the front-line, that we can glimpse what Gallipoli was really like.' (Publication summary 2014 edition)
 

1 1 y separately published work icon A Guide to Australian Folklore: From Ned Kelly to Aeroplane Jelly Graham Seal , Gwenda Beed Davey , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2003 Z1043949 2003 reference (taught in 1 units)
1 1 y separately published work icon Mad Harry : Harry Murray, Australia's Most Decorated Soldier George Franki , Clyde Slatyer , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2003 Z1030027 2003 single work biography
2 2 y separately published work icon Changi Days - The Prisoner as Poet : A Selection of Works by Australian and British Poets Submitted to the Changi Literary Society 1942-1945 David Griffin , Australia : David Griffin , 1996 Z1115337 1996 anthology poetry essay war literature
1 y separately published work icon So Far from Home : The Remarkable Diaries of Eric Evans, an Australian Soldier during World War I Eric Evans , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2002 7146000 2002 single work diary
1 y separately published work icon Bennelong : The Coming in of the Eora : Sydney Cove 1788-1792 Keith Vincent Smith , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2001 Z1496114 2001 single work biography (taught in 1 units)

'Biography of Bennelong (c1764-1813), a Sydney Aboriginal man who was kidnapped by Governor Phillip in 1789 and subsequently lived within both the European and Aboriginal cultures. Reveals Bennelong as a clever politician playing a double game between his people and Phillip. Recounts his leadership of a resistance movement against the European invaders, culminating in an unwritten peace 'treaty' in 1790.' (Source: Angus & Robertson website)

1 y separately published work icon Slaves of the Son of Heaven : A Personal Account of an Australian POW, 1942-1945 Roy Whitecross , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2000 Z1638345 2000 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Marvellous Horses Edel Wignell , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2000 Z1486671 2000 single work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon A Kind of Immortality : Volume I John Laffin , Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2000 Z972794 2000 single work autobiography
1 2 y separately published work icon Rose Paterson's Illalong Letters : 1873-1888 Rose Paterson , Colin Roderick (editor), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2000 Z556204 2000 selected work correspondence Rose Paterson's seven children all survived childhood and grew to maturity. No mean feat for a woman on an isolated sheep station in New South Wales in the latter half of the nineteenth century. In this book her letters to her sister Nora Murray-Prior reveal with "intellectual and emotional energy ... in well-chosen language and imagery a first-hand account" of her life. Colin Roderick says in his introduction to the letters that they were written by a woman of great "intellectual and emotional energy ... in well-chosen language and imagery" and that her reports rely "greatly on the literary skill of the writer". Her letters also give an insight into the abilities and personality of her son 'Banjo' Paterson. Colin Roderick comments on the background and circumstances surrounding the personalities and incidents described in the correspondence.
1 y separately published work icon Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Jill B. Bruce , Jan Wade (illustrator), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2000 14755170 2000 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Auschwitz to Australia : A Holocaust Survivor's Memoir Olga Horak , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2000 13871413 2000 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Burnum Burnum : A Warrior for Peace Marlene Norst , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 1999 Z1610704 1999 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Tibetan Transit Lolo Houbein , East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 1999 Z828220 1999 single work autobiography travel A pilgrimage of a lifetime to Tibet and its sacred places, retrieving recent and ancient history of places en route.
1 y separately published work icon Limerick to Sydney Ray Taylor , Kenthurst : Kangaroo Press , 1998 Z1496404 1998 anthology poetry humour
1 y separately published work icon Python Pauline Reilly , W. M. Rolland (illustrator), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 1998 23120540 1998 single work information book children's

'The female python warms her eggs for 3 months but once the baby pythons hatch they must face the dangers of the bush unaided.

'Picture Roo Books tell the life story of birds and other animals of Australia and New Zealand.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Pelican Pauline Reilly , W. M. Rolland (illustrator), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 1998 23120420 1998 single work information book children's

'This book tells the life story of pelicans: chicks hatching, feeding the chicks, growing into adult pelicans, catching food and mating.'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Frillneck : An Australian Dragon Pauline Reilly , W. M. Rolland (illustrator), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 1998 23120171 1998 single work information book children's

'Picture Roo Books tell the life story of Australian birds and other animals. This book tells the life story of the frillneck lizard: being hatched, catching food, habitat, predators, and mating.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Brolga Pauline Reilly , W. M. Rolland (illustrator), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 1998 23120082 1998 single work information book children's

'Brolga's parents built their nest in a shallow wetland. Both brolgas incubated the two big eggs. Brolga was the first to hatch and cut through the shell with the egg tooth on the end of his bill. The other chick was weak and could not break out of the shell . . .

'Picture Roo Books tell the life story of birds and other animals of Australia and New Zealand.'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Boobook the Owl Pauline Reilly , W. M. Rolland (illustrator), East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 1998 23120049 1998 single work information book children's
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