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'Where the mist swallows mountains and winds whisper through ancient trees, a mother and her pup run wild and free. They hunt, but they are also hunted. Carted away. Sold for bounty. And then, one careless night … The last thylacine is gone. The beautiful but heartbreaking story of Australia's last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), which died in captivity.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Does Your Child Know More about Dinosaurs Than Dugongs? Perhaps They’re Reading the Wrong Books
2020
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 March 2020;'Identifying the difference between a native burrowing frog and an introduced cane toad is fundamental ecological knowledge. After bushfires ravaged Australia’s animal and plant communities and razed millions of hectares of land, such knowledge has never been more important.' (Introduction)
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Does Your Child Know More about Dinosaurs Than Dugongs? Perhaps They’re Reading the Wrong Books
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 March 2020;'Identifying the difference between a native burrowing frog and an introduced cane toad is fundamental ecological knowledge. After bushfires ravaged Australia’s animal and plant communities and razed millions of hectares of land, such knowledge has never been more important.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2021 longlisted Book Links Award for Historical Fiction
- 2020 finalist Crystal Kite Award — Australian and New Zealand Division
- 2020 commended Whitley Awards
- 2020 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
- 2020 shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards Australia — Primary
- Tasmania,