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Edward "Ned" Kelly (1854 – 1880) was an Australian bushranger, and, to some, a folk hero for his defiance of the colonial authorities. Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish convict father, and as a young man he clashed with the police. Following an incident at his home in 1878, police...

C. J. Dennis, (1876 - 1938) was an Australian poet famous for his humorous poems, especially "The  Sentimental Bloke", published in 1916.   This ebook comes with an Active Contents. At the age of 19 he was employed as a solicitor's clerk. It was while he was working in...

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson OBE (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales...

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, known as Miles Franklin (14 October 1879 – 19 September 1954) was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, All That Swagger,...

Katy and the Free-Running Chooks is a novel for 8 to 15 year olds.        This is a story of a 12-year-old girl, who with the help of a couple of friends, exposes the cruelty occurring in a Chicken Farm. Katy tries to tell everyone about the horrible things that are being...

A great portion of the book is devoted to the reactions of Freda and Dick to this country after an absence of many years. The poet in Dick is depressed by the absence of trees in Hyde Park, Sydney, the invasion of human habitations on the shores of the harbour, and the general departure from the...

A TALE OF THE HORSE AND CATTLE STATIONS OF THE MURRUMBIDGEE This story of the horse and cattle stations of the Murrumbidgee area of New South Wales (Australia) is the second in a saga which follows the fortunes of the families introduced in "Up the Country", an earlier novel written...

Contains a Table of Contents.   Miles Franklin (born "Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin"; 1879 – 1954) was an Australian writer and feminist, who is best known for her autobiographical novel, My Brilliant Career, published in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her...

COCKATOOS A story of restless youth, soaring ambition, thwarted dreams. A sequel to her: Up the country, and, Ten creeks run.   Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, known as Miles Franklin (14 October 1879 – 19 September 1954) was an Australian writer and feminist who is best...

Set in England, France, and USA. This story involves the politics of war and the mysteries of the heart. "She still could be mine by employment of that high formula for the brave. I could wear it in my heart till I became a mellow and gracious conqueror of carnal man like Sir Hugh la...

"When the adventurous Zarl Osterley is invited to an English country house for the weekend, she is told to bring her monkey Percy. She also takes her friend, who is disguised as a maid and monkey-minder. "During their stay the peaceful, idyllic atmosphere of Tattingwood Hall is...

Kendall was born near Ulladulla, New South Wales.  His three volumes of verse were all published under the name of "Henry Kendall". He received only a slight education. When he was 15 he went to sea with one of his uncles and was away for about two years. Returning to Sydney when 17...

LANDTAKERS was published in 1934 as the first of a projected trilogy, was followed only by Inheritors (1936).   Derek Cabell, arriving in Australia in 1842 intending to make his fortune and return quickly to England, Cabell takes a job as an overseer on Murrumburra station, 40 miles...

This is and adventure story of exploration in the wilds of Canada. R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books.   Robert went to Canada aged 16, and spent five years working for the Hudson's Bay Company....