Books tagged: australian history

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The Feast of the Bunya    by Peter Denton
Price: $9.95 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
Kittens In The Emu Field    by Lee McAulay
Price: $0.99 USD. 2280 words. Published on April 14, 2011. .

Four travellers through the Australian Outback - two European, two Aboriginal - are stuck in a shack on the edge of the desert, waiting for nightfall. In the distance, Army trucks move on the road. Will it thwart their plans? A paranormal short story.
Children of The Earth    by Gwen Walton
Price: $3.99 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.
Nathaniel's Bloodline    by Peter Blakeborough
Price: $4.99 USD. 127060 words. Published on September 24, 2011. .

A novel about Australian First Fleet convicts and their families. Nathaniel's Bloodline is based on historical events in the earliest days of convict settlement in New South Wales. It is also about fair-dinkum Aussie battlers chasing their dreams, and running from gangsters and corrupt lawmen.
The Drover    by Pat  Ritter
Price: $1.99 USD. 43260 words. Published on October 11, 2011. .

Harry Williams from the age of ten years wanted to become a drover, like his father and grandfather before him. This is his life story of leaving school at ten years old, operating his first droving plant at thirteen years and fully operational at twenty-one years old. Droving is now a craft past its used by date. Harry Williams didn't think so.
The Schrader Letters 1871-1896    by Caroline Gaden
Price: $5.99 USD. 45020 words. Published on November 30, 2011. .

The Schrader Letters give a wonderful insight into the triumphs and struggles, loves and hates, quarrels and makeups, birth and deaths of the family of Dr CUD Schrader in rural NSW. Covering a period of twenty five years, from 1871 to 1896, the letters are a rich social history of the time as Australia moved towards nationhood.
From Baron To Battler    by Caroline Gaden
Price: $9.99 USD. 81420 words. Published on February 2, 2012. .

The story of Dr CUD Schrader and his family who migrated from Schleswig-Holstein to Australia in 1853. Included is the diary of his son Ludwig written in 1873-74 and extensive information about members of the family with family trees for several generations. This book is a companion volume to 'The Schrader Letters' and gives more information about the family, their lives and their homes.
Belonging: A Place in the World    by garry McDougall
Price: $5.99 USD. 20 words. Published on February 23, 2012. .

Dr Louis Gabriel arrives in legendary Gundagai, passionate about the new medicine and pioneering surgery. He is fired with hope and ambition, but is new, black and overqualified. Will he be top, or bottom, of the social ‘pile’? Will he ever belong? Based on the eminent photographer and medico, we follow his struggles, his loves and dilemmas, climaxing with Federation and the murderous Boer War.
The Spirit of the Anzac    by Rebecca Byfield
Price: Free! 1150 words. Published on March 22, 2012. .

An emotional look at what Anzac Day means to Australians and New Zealanders.
The Eulo Queen and Other Outback and Opal Stories    by Colin Wurth KOA-Publications
Price: $0.99 USD. 63160 words. Published by Kylie Reynolds on April 5, 2012. .

Based on facts, this collection of Australian stories revolves around frontier life on the opal fields at the turn of the of the century (19thC to 20thC).