Books tagged: australian aboriginals

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The Feast of the Bunya    by Peter Denton
Price: $3.95 USD. 98350 words. Published on July 29, 2010. .

Ulloola Yaluma has done a bad, bad thing. Worse, everyone in the Sea Eagle clan knows about it. When the old men send him across the mountains carrying news of the great bunya feasting, Ulloola thinks he’s got off lightly. But when he begins his bride-service for his betrothed, the very beautiful and independent Baringa, things get very, very dangerous. "Very beautiful writing" ABC
Judas    by Daniel Kennedy
Price: $2.99 USD. 107340 words. Published on December 2, 2011. .

From Australia to the shores of the Dead Sea, "Judas" follows a tale of treachery, betrayal & murder. As people die in Amsterdam, London and Israel, Negus, a writer about religious artifacts becomes involved in the hunt for the truth about the killings, and the search for priceless diaries alledged to be written by Judas in biblical times. They claim to witness the birth & death of Jesus Christ.
Captain Rodrigo's Telescope    by Warne Wilson
Price: $1.00 USD. 3110 words. Published on February 24, 2012. .

Aimee aged eight finds a very old, sand encrusted brass telesope buried in the ocean beach at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne, Australia. Her father takes it to the museum for evaluation and during restoration it is found to be Portugese. The story has a flashback to a visit by a Portugese ship and a brush with aboriginals in which a crew member loses his life.
Soaring With Cockatoos    by Trevor Steele
Price: $4.95 USD. 106650 words. Published by Mirador Publishing  on May 14, 2012. .

The last decades of the nineteenth century. European powers are colonising the whole planet and seem unstoppable. In the British colony of Western Australia white settlers ignore the rights of the Aborigines, murder them or chase them from their land, or perhaps readmit them to work as unpaid labourers on newly created properties. This is their story...
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.