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Illustrations of people and a horse playing instruments and dancing

Illustration from 'Captain Thunderbolt's Recital'

New NLA Publishing children’s book based on a bushranger story

This is one of the unexpected stories of Fred Ward aka Captain Thunderbolt, who was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’.

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New Year Surprise!

Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Di Wu

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A watercolour illustration of an emu standing on one leg next to a nest of teal eggs

A watercolour illustration from Have You Seen My egg?

NLA Publishing celebrates the 10th anniversary of ‘Have You Seen My Egg?’

To celebrate 10 years of this classic children’s title, NLA Publishing is producing an anniversary edition of Have You Seen My Egg?.

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John Ireland and Thomas Teller, The shipwrecked orphans : a true narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of John Ireland and William Doyley, who were wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, on an island in the South Seas, 1845, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-50459466

O'Neill Collection

1534 children's books written by Australians, with significant Australian content, or with an Australian as one of the main characters, published between 1813 and 1981. They include novels, short stories, picture books, plays, poetry and non-fiction books.

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