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Tjuringa    by Linda Lee Rathbun
Price: $2.99 USD. 89520 words. Published on February 11, 2011. .

A Tjuringa, a magical Aboriginal artifact is stolen from a sacred site. A deadly chase through a remote desert will become a more meaningful search for identity. Tjuringa, follow it into the heart of Australia.
Children of The Earth    by Gwen Walton
Price: $2.99 USD. 107560 words. Published on September 20, 2011. .

The marriage of settler couple Hestia and Adam is not happy. But one by one three intriguing strangers arrive at their lonely bush farm, and lives are changed forever. Walton's first novel is an imaginative look at 1850s South Australia, set against a background of carefully researched history. Three ancient mythologies underlie the meeting of European and Aboriginal cultures. Captivating reading.
The Secret of the Emu Plains    by Linda Massola
Price: $2.99 USD. 19480 words. Published on October 28, 2011. .

Tuk, a young Aboriginal girl and Ruby a very different redback spider embark on an adventure together in the Australian bush where they are helped by nature spirits of the Dreamtime and a remarkable crow named Waang.
Marngrook and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Australian History Award    by David Vernon
Price: $3.99 USD. 46420 words. Published on December 27, 2011. .

Twenty-six award-winning short stories vividly bring Australian history to life, in this anthology from both established and new writers. Chosen by Gregory Blake, Jamie Hodder, Nadine Smith and David Vernon, Australian history has never been more interestingly and entertainingly presented.
For the Love of Regional Areas    by Tom Clark
Price: $0.99 USD. 7520 words. Published on March 22, 2012. .

Verses and Lyrics Public and Personal from the Last Years of Australia
Sheila’s Planet    by William Bond II
Price: Free! 92320 words. Published on April 15, 2012. .

Three young men and a girl find themselves in a desperate situation when their aircraft crash lands in an Australian desert. They are rescued by a woman in a flying saucer, who takes them to live on spaceship where women are the rulers. The earthmen are then trained to obey women, but one earthman rebels and try to escape back to Earth.
FREIGHT TRAIN ACROSS THE OUTBACK:On Board The First Train to Cross Australia from South to North    by Simon Worrall
Price: $3.99 USD. 12230 words. Published on June 6, 2012. .

National Geographic writer, Simon Worrall, was the first writer to cross the Australian continent from south to north by train. Traveling more than 3,000 miles from Adelaide to Darwin on a freight train making history, he takes readers on an enthralling journey through the Red Center of Australia.
Letting Go    by Kendall Grey
Price: $0.99 USD. 7190 words. Published on August 6, 2012. .

An insecure girl conquers her inadequacies - both real and imagined - when an old man, a little boy, and two whales teach her that fitting in is a simple matter of letting go.
Cold Comfort    by Denis OLeary
Price: Free! 10010 words. Published on November 18, 2012. .

A detective is thrown in to a maelstrom of characters; a young aboriginal woman, a kidnapped boy, and a group of thuggish building workers. What starts out as a simple police investigation into a brutal assault develops into a much deeper mystery.
No Road Out: Yarrabah Mission    by Kathleen Denigan
Price: $6.50 USD. 25760 words. Published on May 15, 2013. .

Yarrabah Mission was a dumping ground for Aboriginal people—especially half-caste children and women—forced from their homes by state police, who were appointed as their protectors. From its establishment in 1892, to its takeover by the Queensland Government in 1960, Yarrabah mission was a place of no return, with no way out and absolute control exercised over every aspect of an inmate's life.