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3 1 y separately published work icon Colour in the Creek Margaret Paice , Sydney : Collins , 1976 Z830983 1976 single work children's fiction children's
10 4 y separately published work icon Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , London Sydney : Methuen Hicks Smith , 1968 Z792182 1968 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Three Novels : The Fox Hole; Let the Balloon Go; Over the Top 1975;

Handicapped by cerebral palsy and overprotected by his parents, a twelve-year-old, left alone for the first time, in a desperate need to exert his independence, does precisely what he has been forbidden to do.

(Source: Trove)
3 2 y separately published work icon Run to the Mountains Margaret Paice , Sydney : Collins , 1972 Z41568 1972 single work children's fiction children's
5 6 y separately published work icon Climb a Lonely Hill Lilith Norman , Sydney London : Collins , 1970 Z863545 1970 single work children's fiction children's Chronicles a brother's and sister's efforts to survive when an auto accident strands them in the Australian bush.
2 1 y separately published work icon Riverview Kids Elizabeth Wilton , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1971 Z847046 1971 single work children's fiction children's
4 2 y separately published work icon The Battle of the Galah Trees Christobel Mattingley , Leicester : Brockhampton Press , 1974 Z896279 1974 single work children's fiction children's

Matt saves a young galah and his growing attachment to the bird leads him to a greater concern - saving the huge gum trees on the recreation ground on which the birds perch. (Source: Trove)
3 1 y separately published work icon Riverboat Family Elizabeth Wilton , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1967 Z849291 1967 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction A Mannum family resurrects a river boat from the bottom of the River Murray and uses her as a trader in the time when Queen Victoria was on the throne.
4 2 y separately published work icon Windmill at Magpie Creek Christobel Mattingley , Leicester : Brockhampton Press , 1971 Z830350 1971 single work children's fiction children's

'Tim, a young Australian boy, loves the windmill on his father's farm, but is scared to climb it.

When Tim's father injures his back the windmill's future is threatened unless Tim can conquer his fear and brave the magpies too that haunt the top of the windmill.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
5 3 y separately published work icon Over the Top Ivan Southall , Sydney London : Hicks Smith Methuen , 1972 Z792196 1972 single work children's fiction children's With his mother about to give birth and his father unconscious from a fall, it's up to eleven-year-old Perry to take charge.
6 8 y separately published work icon Tangara Tangara : 'Let Us Set Off Again' Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1960 Z39640 1960 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Tiger in the Bush [and] Tangara 1982;

'Sometimes when Lexie fingered a string of shells she had been given as a little girl, she felt strange memories stir. It was as if something very precious was buried away in her own mind. Great-great Aunt Rita's old shell necklace carries a power that Lexie can't possibly know. Then, when it leads her to a new friend, she and Merrina enter the secret gully where Merrina's people live.But the gully holds a terrible secret, as old as the necklace itself. Will Lexie be strong enough, as she relives the nightmare her Aunt Rita endured?This deeply moving classic by one of our great children's writers is part fantasy, part history, and one hundred percent masterpiece.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (UQP reprint).
43 22 y separately published work icon Mary Poppins P. L. Travers , New York (City) : Reynal and Hitchcock , 1934 Z797048 1934 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

The first of P.L. Travers's novels about the magical nanny, Mary Poppins.

When Katie Nana, the much-tried nanny to the Banks family of 17 Cherry Tree Lane, finally storms out in a huff, the wind blows in Mary Poppins and her carpetbag. The Banks children find that Mary Poppins is stern, vain, and usually cross – but also has a touch of magic about her.
4 1 y separately published work icon Mathinna's People Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1967 Z39740 1967 single work children's fiction children's A fictional reconstruction of the tragic fate of the Toogee people, Aborigines of western Tasmania, after the arrival of Europeans.
15 4 y separately published work icon Heatwave in Berlin Dymphna Cusack , London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1961 Z42385 1961 single work novel
— Appears in: Hohullam Berlinben [and] Fekete villam 1969;
— Appears in: Zharkoe leto v Berlie [and] Solnetise-ceto eshche ne vse 1990;

'After ten years of happy marriage, Joy Miller, a young Australian woman, overcomes the reluctance of her husband to return to his native Germany. There she discovers the truth about his family background and his Nazi upbringing.' (Publisher's blurb)
6 5 y separately published work icon Poor Man's Orange Ruth Park , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1949 Z196404 1949 single work novel
— Appears in: The Harp in the South Trilogy 1987;

'First published in 1949 as the sequel to the award-winning "The Harp in the South", this novel continues the story of the Darcy family of Sydney. The author also wrote "Swords and Crowns and Rings", which won the Miles Franklin Award.' (Publication summary)
11 40 y separately published work icon The Harp in the South Ruth Park , 1947 Z1326724 1947 single work novel (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: The Harp in the South Trilogy 1987;
— Appears in: Great Australian Writers : Miles Franklin, Henry Handel Richardson, Mrs Aeneas Gunn, Ruth Park 1987; (p. 513-698)

'Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is scarce and life is not easy. Crammed together within the thin walls of Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street are the Darcy family: Mumma, loving and softhearted; Hughie, her drunken husband; pipe-smoking Grandma; Roie, suffering torments over her bitter-sweet first love; while her younger sister Dolour learns about life the hard way.' (Book description from publisher's website.)
3 8 y separately published work icon The Cautious Amorist Norman Lindsay , New York (City) : Grosset and Dunlap , 1932 Z287264 1932 single work novel
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