Patrick Carlyon

This book takes young people on an unforgettable and tough journey deep into the heartland of war. Carlyon digs past the myths to explore the lives and choices of the men who found themselves caught up in a battle far from home

James Cook

Cook's journey south from New Zealand on a search for the great southern continent. Cook was to encounter huge icebergs, erupting volcanoes and discover a new but terrible continent never before charted.

Our holiday at Wombat Flat. Great text and drawings by Roland Harvey. 24pp

Read this book to find out about poison-dart frogs, toad tunnels, and frogs that sunbake. 

A firestorm fuelled by roaring winds can turn everything in its path to ash. Read about people caught in the line of fire and their survival stories.

John Barwick. Whose bushranging career only lasted one week? Why couldn't Captain Moonlight spell? Lots of other facts about Australian Bushrangers

Kerry Greenwood. A young boys journey alone from his home in Wales to be re-united with a mother who didn't really want him, and a grandfather who did - both of whom had been deported for stealing. He eventually ends up on the goldfields of Ballarat just in time for the Eureka uprising.