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Book Synopsis An Australian Girl by : Catherine Martin
Download or read book An Australian Girl written by Catherine Martin and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Australia began the process of breaking away from its from status a British colony, Catherine Martin was fascinated with the meaning of Australian culture and identity. She examines these issues through the story of the independent and intelligent Stella Courtland, a young girt who marries and finds herself hampered by the social constraints of her new life. In this sensitive Late of moral and emotional growth, Martin brilliantly captures this turning point in Australian history and anticipates the values of a new generation.
Download or read book Meet Marly written by Alice Pung and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1983 in Sunshine, Melbourne, and funny, quick-thinking Marly is just trying to fit in. But being a 10-year-old boat refugee from Saigon doesn't make things easy. Especially when your cousins come to stay - permanently! Marly tries to teach them Australian ways, but as her school friends start making fun of her too, she is torn between her loyalties to her cousins and sticking up for what she knows is right, and wanting to fit in. To make matters worse, Marly discovers she has accidentally named herself after one of Michael Jackson's brothers ...
Book Synopsis Settler Romances and the Australian Girl by : Tanya Dalziell
Download or read book Settler Romances and the Australian Girl written by Tanya Dalziell and published by University of Western Australia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incisive readings of popular late 19th and early 20th century settler adventure romance unmask a deep-seated anxiety about the stability of concepts of whiteness and femininity in colonial Australia. It considers in detail Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career and Catherine Martin's An Australian Girl.
Download or read book Meet Grace written by Sofie Laguna and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1808 and Grace is living with her uncle in London. They have no money, and Grace is always lonely and often hungry. The best part of her day is going to Fleet Street to talk to the horses that she loves so much. One afternoon Grace can't resist taking a shiny red apple from a grocer's cart - and then another.
Book Synopsis ‘The Right Thing to Read’ by : Bronwyn Lowe
Download or read book ‘The Right Thing to Read’ written by Bronwyn Lowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The Right Thing to Read’: A History of Australian Girl-Readers, 1910-1960 explores the reading habits, identity, and construction of femininity of Australian girls aged between ten and fourteen from 1910 to 1960. It investigates changing notions of Australian girlhood across the period, and explores the ways that parents, teachers, educators, journalists and politicians attempted to mitigate concerns about girls’ development through the promotion of ‘healthy’ literature. The book also addresses the influence of British publishers to Australian girl-readers and the growing importance of Australian publishers throughout the period. It considers the rise of Australian literary nationalism in the global context, and the increasing prominence of Australian literature in the period after the Second World War. It also shows how access to reading material improved for girls over the first half of the last century.
Book Synopsis Shout Out to the Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women by : Penguin Random House Australia
Download or read book Shout Out to the Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women written by Penguin Random House Australia and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shout-outs to 50 awesome Australian women with easy-to-read biographies of their incredible achievements. From Cathy Freeman to Turia Pitt, Edith Cowan to Julia Gillard, Mum Shirl to Vali Myers, plus rally car drivers, molecular biologists and more, this book is a celebration of women in all fields, from all walks of life, and from Australia's past and present.
Book Synopsis Bold Australian Girl by : Jess Black
Download or read book Bold Australian Girl written by Jess Black and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what my Mum whispers as she straightens out a curl? You can do anything. Youre my bold Australian girl. This delightful picture book encourages girls to do anything.... Focusing in a nurturing relationship between a young Indigenous girl and her mum, this book celebrates everything from football to friendship, reading to surfing.
Download or read book Meet Ruby written by Penny Matthews and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2013 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she gets ready for her 12th birthday party, Ruby has never been happier. But the world she knows is collapsing, and people everywhere are losing their jobs and their homes. Soon Ruby's comfortable life falls apart in ways she could never have imagined . . . Meet Ruby and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a happy-go-lucky girl in a time of great change.
Book Synopsis Our Australian Girl: The Rose Stories by : Sherryl Clark
Download or read book Our Australian Girl: The Rose Stories written by Sherryl Clark and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Independent, adventurous and courageous, Rose is an unforgettable Australian Girl. It's 1900 . and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket and have adventures but Rose's conservative mother won't let her. Then young Aunt Alice, a feisty suffragette, moves in with them and everything changes, not only for Rose, but for the whole country.
Book Synopsis An Australian Girl by : Catherine Martin
Download or read book An Australian Girl written by Catherine Martin and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vibrant landscape of Australia's transformation from a British colony, Catherine Martin weaves a narrative of Stella Courtland in 'An Australian Girl'. Stella, a spirited and intellectual young woman, finds herself torn between societal expectations and her yearning for freedom. Amidst her world of family, friends, and suitors, she must navigate the delicate dance of love and self-discovery. As her heart pulls her towards a captivating visitor from England, she must confront challenges and upheavals that threaten to disrupt her path.
Book Synopsis An Australian Girl in London by : Louise Mack
Download or read book An Australian Girl in London written by Louise Mack and published by Grattan Street Press. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Louise Mack's An Australian Girl in London, Sylvia Leighton embarks on an increasingly familiar narrative in turn-of-the-century Australian fiction, travelling to England to establish herself in a country she has long dreamed of visiting. Mack's novel describes Sylvia's ambitions and expectations and tracks their complicated fates as they try to settle in London.
Book Synopsis Our Australian Girl: The Lina Stories by : Sally Rippin
Download or read book Our Australian Girl: The Lina Stories written by Sally Rippin and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1956 . . . and Lina dreams of being a writer, but her strict Italian parents have other ideas. Now that she's won a scholarship to an expensive girls school, Lina has other troubles, too. But the Melbourne Olympic Games could be an opportunity for Lina to follow her dream of working on the school paper. Journey with Lina across all four exciting stories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong. Imaginative, kind and hard-working, Lina is an unforgettable Australian Girl.
Download or read book The Grace Stories written by Sofie Laguna and published by Viking. This book was released on 2013 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, read all four Grace stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1808 . . . and Grace's world is about to change - from her tough life as a mudlark on the River Thames in London, to the adventures and challenges she faces as a servant girl in a new country. Journey with Grace across all four exciting stories about a convict girl who's given a second chance. Dreamy, thoughtful, brave and compassionate, Grace is an unforgettable Australian Girl.
Book Synopsis An Australian Girl by : Mrs. Alick Macleod
Download or read book An Australian Girl written by Mrs. Alick Macleod and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: An Australian Girl by Mrs. Alick Macleod
Book Synopsis True Spirit [sound Recording] by : Jessica Watson
Download or read book True Spirit [sound Recording] written by Jessica Watson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At only 16 years of age Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted and non-stop around the world. In her very own words, she tells us about her childhood, her influences, her years of planning and her incredible journey. She shares how she battled with sleep deprivation, gale-force winds, mountainous seas, whales and icebergs and what it was liek to hold firm against the solitude of 210 says at sea.
Book Synopsis Our Australian Girl: The Ruby Stories by : Penny Matthews
Download or read book Our Australian Girl: The Ruby Stories written by Penny Matthews and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she prepares for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier, but the world outside is experiencing harder times. Ruby knows that lots of people are losing their jobs, but her own family life seems comfortable and secure ... until things start falling apart. Happy-go-lucky, compassionate and loving, Ruby is an unforgettable Australian Girl.
Book Synopsis Our Australian Girl: A Lesson for Lina (Book 4) by : Sally Rippin
Download or read book Our Australian Girl: A Lesson for Lina (Book 4) written by Sally Rippin and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1956 . . . and the Melbourne Olympics is over but for Lina the excitement is just beginning. She has a new best friend, the school magazine is a huge hit, and her parents have a surprise that will change everything. When Lina has the chance to meet her idol, the famous writer Stella Davis, it seems as if all her dreams have come true - or have they? Follow Lina on her adventure in the final of four exciting stories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong.