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Captain Cook and the Endeavour by Michael Lefroy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories Ser.
This is the story of James Cook, his humble beginnings and visionary spirit which changed the course of history. It is the story of a coal ship purchased by the British navy for a scientific mission in the Pacific Ocean. It is the fascinating story of how together they sailed off the map and navigated h ...Show more
Child Convicts by Net Brennan
$17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories
At the age of seven, children in eighteenth century Britain were tried in court like adults. Some, as young as nine, were transported to the colonies. Their names may not be familiar, but one of these child convicts would become the first person hanged in Australia, another would be celebrated on our tw ...Show more
Eureka Stockade by Marion Littlejohn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories
On 3 December 1854, well-armed British soldiers and police stormed a crude wooden stockade that had been built by defiant miners fighting for their rights. The battle lasted just twenty minutes but it changed Australia forever. Some say the Eureka Stockade marks the birth of democracy in Australia.
Life in Colonial Australia by Marion Littlejohn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories
What was life like for ordinary people in Colonial Australia? Can it really be called The Good Old Days when the work was backbreaking and the days were long, even for children? Life in Colonial Australia shows us exactly how it was.
Our Stories: Australian Federation by Janette Brennan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories
One people, one destiny. Before 1901 the nation of Australia did not exist. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia were six separate colonies under British rule. But among the people of the colonies, the idea of unity was emerging: "a whole continent for a ...Show more
Our Stories: Australian Writers of Influence by Bernadette Kelly
$19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories
Our knowledge and ideas about the world are shaped by writers - poets, novelists, playwrights and journalists. The 1800s were a time of turbulence and change in the Australian colonies with droughts, strikes, bushrangers and long periods of mass unemployment. The freethinking writers of the time were of ...Show more
Our Stories: Canberra - Federal Capital by Tracey Hawkins
$19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories
In 1901, when the six British colonies of early Australia came together to form one country, a new capital city was proposed. But why was Canberra selected? And how did it become an important treasure trove of historical, artistic, sporting and scientific achievement? Discover Canberra - the federal cap ...Show more
Our Stories: Protest in Australia by Sue Lawson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Education | Series: Our Stories
Through protest, Australians have united to fight for change and have influenced the outcome of many causes. From human rights to the environment, this book traces Australia's proud history of protest.
When Granny Came To Stay (Our Stories) by Alice Pung
$12.99 AUD
Category: Early Readers | Series: Our Stories
OUR STORIES is a funny, relatable and engaging new early-chapter book series that celebrates Australia's multicultural society with authors and illustrators from a diverse range of backgrounds. Everything changes when Granny comes to stay. She doesn't drive, she cooks strange foods, and she thinks Dest ...Show more
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