Aboriginal land rights in Australia.
Australian
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Author:MADDOCK, KennethSummary: - Author:EGAN, TedSummary:
Presents a selection of Ted Egan's hilarious, very true tales. This is classic, down-to-earth humour.
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Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:Miranda Fox desperately wants to find the daughter her family took from her when she was young. A legacy from her late father at last promises independence and the opportunity to search for her daughter in England. But her domineering...
- Author:MCKINLEY, TamaraSummary:
Claire can't wait to escape the harshness of ranching life for college and a career in the big city. And Sydney in the 1960's seems much more exciting than Warratah Cattle Station.
- Author:BLAINEY, GeoffreySummary:
Tells the story of aluminium in Australia, from the first discoveries of bauxite in WA's Darling Range to an historic coming together of US and Australian mining and manufacturing interests.
- Author:LAPSLEY, JohnSummary:
Biography of this popular Australian country and western singer.
- Author:SHAW, PatriciaSummary:
The Hamilton and Oatley families are the owners of massive cattle stations in the Northern Territory. As the annual rains approach, the outback families prepare to leave for coastal Darwin.
- Author:WHITE, PatrickSummary:
The obstacles encountered by Johann Voss during his attempt to cross Australia and his moments of insight.
- Author:D'ALPUGET, BlancheSummary:
Judith Wilkes goes to Malaysia to report on an international refugee crisis. It is a mixed homecoming for her as 10 years before Malaysia had given her her first major success and also personal disaster.
- Author:SCOTT, KimSummary:
Billy is drifting, looking for a place to land. A young school teacher, he arrives in Karnama, a remote settlement in Australia's far north, in search of his own history, his Aboriginality, and of his future. Gradually he finds his...
- Author:LANG, TahitaSummary:
Young French widow, Claudette Arneau, arrives at a million acre cattle station in the Kimberley. Can she survive?
- Author:DENNIS, AnthonySummary:
A compelling and often hilarious picture of Australian life as seen by the authors during a 20,000 km rail odyssey around Australia, starting from Sydney's Central Station and returning there.
- Author:PUCKRIDGE, Doreen KSummary:
Story of a remarkable family whose fortunes have been linked so intimately with the history of Port Lincoln, South Australia.
- Author:PRICE, ColinSummary:
She came with courage and determination. This is the story of a young girl who came to the Avon Valley in Western Australia to be married at the end of the nineteenth century. Life was not easy, but she was supported by her neighbours...
- Author:PRICE, ColinSummary:
Fictional account of pioneering life in the Swan Valley.
- Author:FADDEN, ArthurSummary:
Autobiography of a colourful Australian Prime Minister and Treasurer in the middle decades of this century.
- Author:WINTON, TimSummary:
Australian. Seventeen overlapping stories of second thoughts and mid-life regret set in the brooding small-town world of coastal Western Australia. These elegiac stories examine the darkness and frailty of ordinary people and celebrate...
- Author:LONG, William StuartSummary:
It is 1807 and Captain Bligh battles the corrupt N.S.W. Corps in lawless Sydney Town. In the midst of this turmoil, 16-year-old Abigail Tempest and her sister Lucy arrive on the Indiaman "Mysore" from England. Sequel to "...
- Author:CLEARY, JonSummary:
The Carmodys travel the Australian outback, Paddy taking casual shearing or droving jobs but Ida and young Sean long to settle down.
- Author:LONG, William StuartSummary:
Now pardoned, with a land grant, beautiful Jenny Taggart struggles to make a new life for herself and her young son in N.S.W. Torn by betrayal and loss, and inflamed by love, she is sustained by her dream of better things to come....
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