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We are Australian (Vol 1 Colour Edition)

Australian Stories by Aussies

By: Rina Robinson,Jennifer Goard,Jo Tregellis,Linda Brooks

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We are Australian (Vol 1 Colour Edition)

Australian Stories by Aussies

By: Rina Robinson,Jennifer Goard,Jo Tregellis,Linda Brooks

You know us. We are your cousin Alice, who tells the story of Nanna's funeral; how all the cars followed Uncle George in the wrong direction, while a priest stood by the grave, waiting to conduct the burial. We are your dad, who you visit on warm summer nights, and he talks about the old days; when he met mum; when he worked in the cane fields. We are the migrant family next door, who laugh till they cry, telling of how, when they arrived in the fifties, they went to the milk bar for a gelati. The owner kept saying "Gilleti" and offering them razor blades. We are the Vietnamese mother who tells you one day how she came to Australia. She quietly talks of three weeks at sea in a small boat, crammed in with twenty others, knees to chest, cold, wet and hungry. We are anyone who has lived in Australia since the 1930s. Often, our stories will be your stories; but some will be strange, different; some will be funny and others will bring tears. We are the story tellers who started with memories that turned into stories. We wrote them down, and learned the frustration when the words wouldn't come; and experienced that magical moment when the words took over, and the story wrote itself. We became authors. Now here we are. These are our stories; our country's living history, by the best historians of all - those who lived it. John McBride (2010)

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Linda Ruth Brooks

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1461099854

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9781461099857

The Sarsaparilla Souvenir

By: Jo Anne Rey

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The Sarsaparilla Souvenir

By: Jo Anne Rey

Genre: Historical Fiction The Sarsaparilla Souvenir is fiction based on the true story of the life of Mary Broad, a girl from Cornwall, who becomes a First Fleet convict exiled from her home. Through her courage, determination and intelligence she organises the first successful escape from Port Jackson with her husband, William Bryant and their two children, four-year-old Charlotte and one year old Emmanuel. They are accompanied by seven other convicts, escaping in Governor Phillips cutter, making a voyage along the east coast of Australia to West Timor, a navigational feat said to be equal in brilliance to that of the Bligh voyage after the mutiny on the Bounty. In so doing Mary shines as the 'one who got away' - the first female convict expatriate of Australia. Although they defy storms, starvation, thirst and savage aborigines to succeed in this endeavour, betrayal within their own ranks leads to their recapture. During the course of their shipment back to Newgate Prison, six of the party die, including Will Bryant and the two children. Upon Marys much publicised return, James Boswell, lawyer and biographer of Sir Samuel Johnson, takes an interest in her case, assisting in obtaining her release and that of the remaining convicts, whereupon they must re-enter English life. While these are the main events in the story, the historical facts are the bare bones of The Sarsaparilla Souvenir. This is not just another convict life. She is the female Ned Kelly we have been looking for. The four-part structure of The Sarsaparilla Souvenir mirrors Marys emotional voyage. From loss of innocence and liberty, she sinks into the criminal world of prison hulk and convict ship, sailing down to be submerged in the antipodean destitution and subjugated within the impregnable confines of Port Jackson. The process of surfacing once more is played out in the emotional buffeting she takes from the lofty success of their escape, plunging to the depths of despair with their recapture and the deaths of her children, till she finally climbs to acceptance in her defeat. Along with her unexpected freedom in Part Four, Mary finds hope and a future in which she can soar. The Sarsaparilla Souvenir is a story with all the elements of epic drama, covering the full gamut of emotions as expressed through the strengths and weaknesses of the characters. Its appeal lies in the very ordinary human heart withstanding great suffering, in the very ordinary human being struggling and defeating an unjust and brutal system, and in the knowledge that two frail sarsaparilla leaves, relics of this great adventure, now rest quietly on a shelf in the Library of New South Wales two hundred years later, having survived an equally remarkable voyage. The fact that this is so defies sunny logic but brings Starlight to our Blackest Night.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465328777

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9781465328779

Waltzing Matilda

...and Other Australian Yarns

By: Linda Ruth Brooks,Jo Tregellis,Victoria Norton

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Waltzing Matilda

...and Other Australian Yarns

By: Linda Ruth Brooks,Jo Tregellis,Victoria Norton

In this uniquely Australian anthology of short stories we traverse the country known by Australians as the 'wide brown land'. You will be introduced to a Bachelors & Spinsters Ball, memories of yesteryear's Cracker Nights, Aussie nicknames and the dangers of our wildlife, all written by gifted sassy women who have learned to live in a harsh, unforgiving land with irreverent humour, optimism and grace. The women in this collection bring boundless energy and imagination with sharp observation. They skilfully explore life with poignancy, wry humour and a crisp flair for suspense, delivering a lively read that will not disappoint, as the authors embrace life in it's chaos, beauty and hilarity. Features: Christina Batey, Linda Ruth Brooks, Julie Cochrane, Louise Elizabeth, Mary Gabb, Jo Hanrahan, Marilyn Linn, Neridah Kentwell, Jane McLean, Helen Marshall, Victoria Norton, Rina Robinson, Jo Tregellis, Linda Visman, Pauline Young.

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220

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0648190242

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9780648190240

Third Wednesday Poets

An Australian Women's Poetry Anthology

By: Louise Berry,Jo Tregellis,Linda Ruth Brooks

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Third Wednesday Poets

An Australian Women's Poetry Anthology

By: Louise Berry,Jo Tregellis,Linda Ruth Brooks

Every third Wednesday we meet. Every third Wednesday we attempt to hone our craft. Stretching beyond rhyme, metre and description to tanka, cento, haiku, and abecedarium while we sip frothy cappuccinos, or perhaps indulge in cake, we go on a journey. When the blending of our words seems like rubbish, we laugh. When they fall flat, we groan and move on. Every now and then, someone will read a poem and we all sit still, poised in silent surrender to the soaring of our spirits and we are grateful for the places that poetry takes us.' Most pleasing of all is the profusion of poetic styles and forms... Running through all this are familiar and consistent themes: the power of the wry observation, condensed into verse, to remind us of life's absurdities ... the inescapable nature of loss ... and landscapes transformed by poetic eyes ... Read these poems and enjoy the verbal worlds created for you by these five poets. David Musgrave, Poet, writer, lecturer, publisher. '...the individual poems [give] a feeling of wholeness and a sense of egalitarian endeavour.' Mark Liston--Newcastle Cafe Poet 2012/13

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126

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0648298558

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9780648298557

We are Australian

A Living History

By: Linda Ruth Brooks,Gail Hennessy,Magdalena Ball

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We are Australian

A Living History

By: Linda Ruth Brooks,Gail Hennessy,Magdalena Ball

We are Australian. We are anyone who has lived in Australia: the migrant family next door; Vietnamese mother who quietly talks of three weeks at sea in a small boat; the aunt who tells of being late for late for Nanna's funeral because everyone followed Cousin George in the wrong direction. These are our stories; our country's living history.

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0980816165

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Book's by Jo Tregellis

We are Australian (Vol 1 Colour Edition)

We are Australian (Vol 1 Colour Edition)

The Sarsaparilla Souvenir

The Sarsaparilla Souvenir

Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda

Third Wednesday Poets

Third Wednesday Poets

We are Australian

We are Australian

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