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Playing Beatie Bow
A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago as the result of a scary game.
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A Fence Around the Cuckoo: Text Classics
The first volume of autobiography by celebrated writer Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South, and winner of the Miles Franklin Award, the Age Book of the Year and the Colin Roderick Award.
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Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics
Following on from A Fence Around the Cuckoo, this is the second volume of autobiography by one of Australia's best storytellers, Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South and the Miles Franklin-winning Swords and Crowns and...
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The Harp in the South Trilogy PMC
The gritty realism of family life lived in the poverty-stricken slum of inner Sydney's Surry Hills during the 1940s. Also includes Missus and Poor man's orange.
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The Harp in the South: Popular Penguins
Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and rundown boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy. This Australian classic will take you straight back...
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When the Wind Changed
A fresh new edition of a timeless classic Ages: 4+ Josh is a little boy who likes to make faces. He practises his scary faces every day. If only Josh had listened when his father told him what would happen when the wind changed!...
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Playing Beatie Bow: Popular Penguins
The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an extraordinary, sometimes horrifying, adventure as she finds herself...
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The Muddleheaded Wombat
This paperback edition brings together four stories: The Muddleheaded Wombat; The Muddleheaded Wombat at School; The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday; The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops. A delight to rediscover, or read for the...
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The Muddleheaded Wombat
The Muddleheaded Wombat combines in one edition four of Ruth Park's much-loved classics, The Muddleheaded Wombat, The Muddleheaded Wombat at School, The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday and The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops....
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Callie
Two favourites in one volume. Callie's Castle introduces Callie Cameron, who is unhappy with her friend Frances, her family and, well, life. In Callie's Family, we return to the Cameron household with new dilemmas arising as the...
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The Harp in the South: Penguin Australian Classics
The Harp in the South is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful family life of the Darcys, of number twelve and a half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum. There grow the bitter sweet first and last loves of...
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The Harp in the South Trilogy: the play: Parts One and Two
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Swords And Crowns And Rings
Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her...
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Poor Man’s Orange
First published in 1949 as the sequel to the award-winning The Harp in the South , this novel continues the story of the Darcy family of Sydney. The author also wrote Swords and Crowns and Rings , which won the Miles Franklin...
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The Harp In The South
'The harp in the south' is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful life of the Darcys, of Number Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum. There grow the bitter-sweet first and fast loves of Roie...
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Missus
'Missus' takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and the country towns. Hugh Darcy, drifter, is the unwilling hero who sweeps the...
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The Muddleheaded Wombat
This paperback edition brings together four stories: The Muddleheaded Wombat; The Muddleheaded Wombat at School; The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday; The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops. A delight to rediscover, or read for the...
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The Harp In The South
'The harp in the south' is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful life of the Darcys, of Number Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum. There grow the bitter-sweet first and fast loves of Roie...
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Missus
'Missus' takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and the country towns. Hugh Darcy, drifter, is the unwilling hero who sweeps the...
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Poor Man’s Orange
First published in 1949 as the sequel to the award-winning The Harp in the South , this novel continues the story of the Darcy family of Sydney. The author also wrote Swords and Crowns and Rings , which won the Miles Franklin...
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Playing Beatie Bow
A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago as the result of a scary game.
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Playing Beatie Bow
A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago as the result of a scary game.
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The Muddleheaded Wombat
This paperback edition brings together four stories: The Muddleheaded Wombat; The Muddleheaded Wombat at School; The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday; The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops. A delight to rediscover, or read for the...
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Swords and Crowns and Rings
Ruth Park's Miles Franklin - winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the midst of the Great Depression. Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in...
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A Fence Around the Cuckoo
Written as vividly as any of her novels, Ruth Park's autobiography is a moving, passionate, often funny account of the people and places which influenced her early years. Her isolated childhood in the rainforests of New Zealand...
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Fishing In the Styx
The second volume of Ruth Park's autobiography is the tender portrait of her partnership with D'Arcy Niland in life and work. They were two talented, volatile people who shared dreams, disappointments and triumphs.
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The Harp in the South
Three of Ruth Park's best loved books - Missus, The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange - are brought together in this volume, tracing the saga of the Darcy family over thirty years. The story has its beginnings in the awkward...
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The Harp in the South
An Australian classic, this is the story of the Darcy family who live in the Depression era tenements of Surry Hills, Sydney.
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The Harp in the South
'The harp in the south' is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful life of the Darcys, of Number Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum. There grow the bitter-sweet first and fast loves of Roie...
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Missus
'Missus' takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and the country towns. Hugh Darcy, drifter, is the unwilling hero who sweeps the...
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Poor Man’s Orange
First published in 1949 as the sequel to the award-winning The Harp in the South , this novel continues the story of the Darcy family of Sydney. The author also wrote Swords and Crowns and Rings , which won the Miles Franklin...
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Playing Beatie Bow
An Australian time-travelling classic where Sydney girl Abigail suddenly finds herself back in the early nineteenth century.
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Swords and Crowns and Rings
Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her...
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The Harp in the South
'The harp in the south' is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful life of the Darcys, of Number Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum. There grow the bitter-sweet first and fast loves of Roie...
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Poor Man’s Orange
First published in 1949 as the sequel to the award-winning The Harp in the South , this novel continues the story of the Darcy family of Sydney. The author also wrote Swords and Crowns and Rings , which won the Miles Franklin...
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Missus
'Missus' takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and the country towns. Hugh Darcy, drifter, is the unwilling hero who sweeps the...
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The Harp in the South: Library Edition
This is an account of Australian life which is also a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful family life of the Darcys, of number 12-and-a-half Plymouth Street, Sydney. It follows the first and last loves of Rosie Darcy,...
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Missus: Library Edition
Missus takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and the country towns.
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Poor Man’s Orange: Library Edition
This poignant sequel toThe harp in the south' continues to follow the fortunes of the Darcy family as they struggle to cope with acute poverty in the Sydney slums, while maintaining their vitality and humour.
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Swords and Crowns and Rings: Library Edition
Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her...
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Playing Beatie Bow: Library Edition
A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago as the result of a scary game.
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Really Scary Stories For Brave Children
Presents two audios ranging from the really scary to the really, really scary. Turn out the lights and prepare for chilling entertainment. This work is aimed at children of age 9-years and above.
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Really Scary Stories For Brave Children
Presents two audios ranging from the really scary to the really, really scary. Turn out the lights and prepare for chilling entertainment. This work is aimed at children of age 9-years and above.
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Book Shops: How to Run Them
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Book Shops: How to Run Them
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Swords And Crowns And Rings
Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her...
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Playing Beatie Bow
A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago as the result of a scary game.
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Swords and Crowns and Rings
Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her...
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