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'My Cronulla is Iain Winton's paean of praise to the place where he has made his home in the country that he adopted and that adopted him when he was a teenage. He has observed, loved, photographed and written about Sutherland Shire and its people for 60 years. This collection lets us share his delight in its open places and its secrets.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

A collection of poems grouped under themes, including: Happy living things; In Australia; Play; Stories; Portrait gallery; Speaking your mind; Light and dark; What are words worth?; On reflection.

Family story located in Brisbane, Queensland from 1930 to circa 1960

'Ray Kelly, born in 1921, grew up in Wagga Wagga rabbiting, helping his parents, enjoying school and church activities and devising plans to extend his pocket money. In 1941 he began work at the Aircraft Production Commission’s factory at Fisherman’s Bend, and in 1943, aged 21, he enlisted in the RAAF with the burning ambition to be a pilot. Fate – and the needs of the war effort – had him trained as a Wireless Operator Air Gunner and he served as a rear gunner in 463 squadron, Bomber Command until it was disbanded at the end of hostilities. This is his unadorned story.'

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'This remarkable short book is the diary of the seven-day migration journey from Amsterdam to Melbourne undertaken in 1954 by Theo and Pia Ligtvoet and their seven children. Originally written in Dutch by Theo, it has been translated by their daughter Dinah. Though primarily of interest to members of the Lightfoot family (the anglicisation of ‘Ligtvoet’) it is a social history document of trans-continental air travel in another era – a time when small children curled up on the floor under the seats of a KLM plane when they were tired, when there was a ‘Crossing the Line’ ceremony on aircraft, when planes had to skirt rather than fly over the top of erupting Indonesian volcanoes, and when passengers were accommodated overnight in first class hotels – until they reached Australia. This is more than ‘family history’.'

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'This book tells of a childhood in an extended family in England, boyhood and young manhood in Depression Sydney, schooling, social life and friendships, wartime service as ground crew in the RAAF, marriage and post-war life ‘learning to be a farmer’ near Junee, New South Wales. It is a self-deprecatory account of a man who took pride in his work whether he was delivering ice, making buttons, servicing aircraft, growing crops or breeding harness-racing horses, and for whom family and friends wee the centre of his existence. As well a creating a picture of an Australian way of life that is now vanishing, it is a timely reminder of the core values of a Good Society.'

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'Nightmares often have a hint of reality: from her childhood Susan Robinson’s dreams replayed the night of her father’s death. An industrial accident? Why did the dreams always imply that somebody else was on the scene? Ffiteen years after the accident, Susan is a Sydney lawyer starting a career in environmental protection. Is a rogue contractor dumping sewerage in a pristine waterway in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment? Why does Roly Wright insist on having Susan draw up his will? Are all the answers to all the questions linked?

'What about the biggest question of all? What part does God play in our lives?'

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'On Anzac Day 1930, Inspector Rex Pymble decided on a whim to join in the Sydney Parade. He had never before marched. His short duty as a Provost in France in August 1918 investigating suspected fraud in a regiment’s mess account had ended in a catastrophe which had returned him, wounded, to England, and thence home and to a resumption of his career in the NSW police.

'Anzac Day 1930, however, leads, almost by accident to the re-opening of the original case and to the solution of a chain of other matters (including murders) which just needed to be linked.'

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'Iain Winton, a Glaswegian, spent the majority of his working life in local government mainly in the fields of recreation, leisure, public relations and promotions – including as the Blacktown City Council's co-ordinator and promoter for the 2000 Olympics with special responsibility for Softball and Baseball. A long-time dabbler in poetry-writing, Iain has had individual poems published, but this is his first collection.'

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'Breaking up day!

'Raise a cheer!

'Christmas time is almost here!

'For all of those performers, teachers, families and friends who know we don’t have snow and sleighbells in December, here is THE book of poems.

'Here are Australian poems by Australian authors – poems that sizzle with the heat and fun of summer – that give thanks for sun and sand and holidays – that embrace the Nativity story and Santa Claus – that laught with and at family and pets and pests.

'You cannot have your end of the year concert without Celebrate!'

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A collection of poetry about life, nature and faith.

A collection of Max Fatchen's poems.

'Colin’s poems share with his stories his love of rural Australia and his admiration for the characters he knew. The collection also includes quirky humorous poems about bunyips and ducks and very big trucks – something for every performer to enjoy.'

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