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Only those works by Australian authors or with Australian content are indexed below.
Other works in this volume include: 'On Top of the World' by Sir Edmund Hillary, from John Hunt's The Ascent of Everest, 23-34; 'To the Ocean's Depths' from Two Thousand Fathoms Down by G. Houot and P. Willm, 35-45; 'Trapped', from One of Our Submarines by Edward Young, 46-57; 'Rescue by Night', from Away All Boats by Kenneth Dodson, 83-95; 'Triumph in a Test Tube', from Adventure Ahead by Newton Branch, 123-128; 'The End of the Boat Journey', from South by Ernest Shackleton, 129-139; 'In Peril Beyond the Reef', from Escape to Adventure by Noel Monkman, 140-145.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1959 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Adventure on the Murray, extract children's fiction children's (p. 1-14)
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Men Who Blazed the Highway,
extract
prose
(p. 15-22)Editor's note: 'In this vivid account, Francis Murray takes us back to the days when the track [from southern New South Wales to Melbourne, which later became the Hume Highway] was being slowly and painfully marked out. He briefly traces the history of the highway and introduces us to the original overlanders, notable among whom was John Conway Bourke, a typical pioneer in his courage, energy and resource.'
- Ordeal by Water, extract autobiography war literature (p. 58-70)
- 'Pleasures That the Townsfolk Never Know', extract autobiography (p. 71-82)
- Air Raid on Bremen, extract autobiography war literature (p. 98-106)
- 'South America, Harry', extract autobiography (p. 107-122)
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