My Australian Story
My Australian Story: Outback
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
So far we'd seen emus, birds, rabbits, kangaroos, flies, even a few mosquitoes, but no humans since we left Beltana. I was beginning to feel as though this whole country was empty of human life, except for me and Chip. J... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: Cyclone Tracy
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
I dropped to the ground. I could see nothing until lightning flashed. I started crawling towards the bottom of the stairs where I'd last seen Dad. Something slammed into my side and I hit the ground. My hip was hurting l... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: The Phar Lap Mystery
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
Without a doubt, it's an iconic Australian story. Phar Lap is not only a winner, he is a real star. Millions of Australians love him. But that's not enough for Mr Davis. He wants to make Big Red into a world star. Sally'... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: Our Don Bradman
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
Victor McDonald is cricket mad. He plays for his school team and his dream is to meet his cricketing hero, Don Bradman. But Australia is in the grip of the Great Depression. Work isn't easy to come by. Victor's father ha... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: Surviving Sydney Cove
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
Lizzie Harvey, a convict transported to Sydney Cove, is starved and overworked. She has to fetch the water, mend clothes, please her master, care for his china-doll daughter and tiptoe around his moody soldier son. She c... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: Who Am I?
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
I woke up this morning and I couldn't stop crying, cos this place is not my home, even though everyone says it is. When I was a little girl Mum would always hug me when I cried and tell me everything would be all right. ... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: A Banner Bold
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
Something is happening. I can hear bullets going off, and people are running down towards the Eureka field...In 1854 Rosa Aarons and her family travel from London to the goldfield at Ballarat. She makes new friends, lear... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: The Bombing Of Darwin
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
More bombs exploded and within seconds several ships were on fire. Japanese planes flew so close to me that I could not only see the red circles painted under their wings, but I could see the pilots' faces. It only took ... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: Refugee
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
I heard the voice of my father, arguing with the Taliban. I couldn't make out what he was saying, but I could tell he was angry, and then I could tell they were all angry. My uncle has told me that the Taliban pass throu... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: The Hunt For Ned Kelly
$16.99 – Hardcover book / Scholastic
I do not think that anyone alive in our time will ever forget Ned Kelly, no matter who might wish us to do so. I know I never shall. Was he a hero? Was he a villain? I cannot say, even now. Perhaps he was neither. But he... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: My Father's War
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
It scares me a lot, thinking of Dad out there, far away in that dangerous, terrible place, wondering how it will be when he comes back-if he comes back, that is...Marie's dad has been away for two years, fighting on the ... Buy or find out more →
My Australian Story: Plagues And Federation
$16.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
I know they had to pull down houses that you couldn't live in no more and they'll put up new ones instead only they'll be different so The Rocks'll really never look the same again, will it? The year 1900 was a momentous... Buy or find out more →