Hi Suzanne, one I've enjoyed recently is . For primary sources, check out The Birth of Sydney edited by Tim Flannery ... and right now the State Library's bookshop has the paperback edition of H.M. Bark Endeavour by Ray Parkin on sale... really brings Cook's voyage up the east coast of Australia to life.
Would also recommend the books by the explorers Giles, Eyre & Sturt... and anything to do with cameleering, like 'Crossing the Dead Heart' by C.T. Madigan, 'The Red Centre' by H.H. Finlayson and 'Camels and The Outback' by H.M. Barker.
Suzanne,
Here are a couple of fiction novels featuring Australian History by Australian authors as a start.
Journal of Fletcher Christian by Peter Corris
Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Company by Arabella Edge
Thankyou for your wonderful comment! I do love the Irish and I will be reading Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. It looks captivating! Great link to Irish Book Awards!! Have a great St Patricks Day..Here is an Irish Toast to you! "May neighbours…
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I got into Harry Potter when I was in year one (so roughly when I was 6 going on 7) and I saw the first movie on the big screen. It made me fell in love with the whole fantasy things (I think the whole Harry Potter thing made me have a big imaginati…
To carry on from Wallerawang's St Patrick's Day Blog here is a link to the Irish Book Awrads site for the 2009 winners in the fiction category. Some great reads especially the Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
http://www.irishbookawards.ie/Awar…
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Would also recommend the books by the explorers Giles, Eyre & Sturt... and anything to do with cameleering, like 'Crossing the Dead Heart' by C.T. Madigan, 'The Red Centre' by H.H. Finlayson and 'Camels and The Outback' by H.M. Barker.
Here are a couple of fiction novels featuring Australian History by Australian authors as a start.
Journal of Fletcher Christian by Peter Corris
Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Company by Arabella Edge