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Cover of the book 'Fauna: Australia's Most Curious Creatures'
Fauna: Australia's Most Curious Creatures

Tania McCartney

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NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'Trouble in the Surf'
Trouble in the Surf

Stephanie Owen Reeder and Briony Stewart

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NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'This is Home'
This is Home: Essential Australian Poems for Children

Selected by Jackie French, illustrated by Tania McCartney

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NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'Australian Backyard Earth Scientist'
Australian Backyard Earth Scientist

Peter Macinnis

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NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'My Australia'
My Australia

Julie Murphy, illustrated by Garry Fleming

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NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'The Flying Optometrist'
The Flying Optometrist

Joanne Anderton, illustrated by Karen Erasmus

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NLA Publishing book
Front cover of a red leather book

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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