Worried because his parents' constant fighting has been aggravated by their financial troubles, twelve-year-old Keith decides to solve the problem by running away to pick up a fortune in the Australian opal fields.
Australia -- Fiction
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Author:Gleitzman, MorrisSummary: - Author:Rowe, JenniferSummary:
Margot Bell's mansion Deepdene is the home of her luxurious "makeover" clinic, where women go to become beautiful. Verity Birdwood discovers, however, that beneath the surface of Deepdene there are some very ugly things...
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Author:Stedman, M. L.Summary:A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore.
- Author:Clarke, JudithSummary:
Nothing is more important to 14-year-old Al Capsella and his friends than being "normal", even if they are not sure what normal means. Yet despite his heroic efforts to conform, Al faces a crippling pair of obstacles: his...
- Author:Dutton, GeoffreySummary:
Bottlebrush helps catch a burglar and solve the mystery of the night noises.
- Author:Noonan, MichaelSummary:
To escape an unhappy home situation, fourteen-year-old Rod McKenzie, six feet tall and more than eleven stone, enlists in the army during World War Two, claiming to be nineteen.
- Author:Klein, RobinSummary:
An ugly old pile of rubbish or a fantastic castle? A group of children battle against the demolition of their castle by unimaginative adults.
- Author:Shute, NevilSummary:
When American geologist, Stanton Laird, goes to outback Australia to drill for oil, he meets wealthy Mollie Regan. A triangle of conflict develops between her, Laird and a struggling sheep farmer.
- Author:Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)Summary:
This work was authored in the colonial period and contains terms, descriptions and accounts of aboriginal peoples which may be offensive to modern readers.
