Mary Gilmore - Aussie Notables by Allan Drummond
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Category: Aussie Notables | Series: Aussie Notables
The second title in the Aussie Notables.Born and raised inWagga Wagga, Dame Mary was a schoolteacher, utopian socialist, journalist, poet and girl friend of Henry Lawson, whose adventures took her to Paraguay, Patagonia and Casterton(!).Like all Aussie Notable titles, this is a great story which makes y ...Show more
Mary Reibey - Aussie Notables by Allan Drummond
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Mary Reibey became Australia's richest woman, but she had a skeleton in her closet. Orphaned after the death of her mother, father and a caring grandmother, she ran away from home disguised as a boy, 'borrowed' a horse and was sent to NSW. Was the criminal system inhumane? How did she find her way to th ...Show more
Matthew Flinders by Drummond, Allan
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Category: Aussie Notables
Matthew Flinders was one of the finest navigators, his greatest work being the charting of the coastline of Australia. In fact, he gave the island continent its name. Follow-up activities linked to the Australian Curriculum: History in Years 5 and 6 are also available, making Matthew Flinders an excell ...Show more
Nellie Melba - Aussie Notables by Allan Drummond
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Category: Aussie Notables | Series: Aussie Notables Ser.
The acclaimed Aussie Notables series - witty and informative biographies of the great Australians on our banknotes. Written by Allan Drummond; illustrated by Glenn Lumsden. Engaging reading - and valuable classroom resources. Linked to the Australian Curriculum: History in Years 5 and 6. Tests and activ ...Show more
Peter Lalor by Allan Drummond
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Category: Aussie Notables
The central event of the gold rushes to the Victorian goldfields was the Eureka Rebellion. And the central character in the Eureka Rebellion was Peter Lalor. Did you know he lost his left arm as a result of the battle? That put an end to his gold digging days.
Weary Dunlop by Allan Drummond
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A strapping young lad from country Victoria, Weary played rugby for Australia while studying medicine. He went to England to further his studies but caught caught up in the maelstrom of the Second World War. He served in Greece and Tobruk before becoming a hero of the prison camps of the Burma Railway. ...Show more
Yagan by Alex Kopp
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Category: Aussie Notables
Yagan (c. 1795-1833) was a Nyoongar man from the Perth area who resisted white settlement until he was shot in the back and killed. There was a war on: a war which it is time to acknowledge.