Our Australian Girl
Our Australian Girl is a new series of character-based historical novels for readers aged 8 – 11 that was launched in February 2011. This series of 18 books showcases unforgettable stories, full of excitement and adventure. It introduces young readers to strong, believable and inspiring characters. Through these stories, we aim to encourage a new generation to discover our history and culture in all its diversity, and to celebrate the independence of spirit that we treasure as Australians.
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- ISBN-13: 9780143305293
- Published: 02 May 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1808 . . . and Grace is on board the ship Indispensable with her friend Hannah. The girls wonder what the new land will be like – the convict women say there are giant rats and other strange animals! Then sickness strikes t...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305316
- Published: 03 October 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1808 . . . and Grace loves caring for baby Alice and working with her mistress, Beth, on the property at Rose Hill. Grave tries so hard to be a good servant – but still her master, Tom, doesn't trust her. Does he blame her ...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306306
- Published: 26 April 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1918 . . . and Alice has never felt lonelier. Her father is missing at sea, her brother Teddy is away at war, and she's not allowed to speak to her best friend anymore. Alice tries to forget her worries by having a stall at the Apple Blossom...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306313
- Published: 02 July 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1918 . . . and the war has finally ended. Alice can't wait for Teddy to come home from fighting in Europe so things can go back to normal. But when Mabel gets up to mischief and a handsome stranger returns to Peppermint Grove, life becomes mo...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305309
- Published: 27 June 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1808 . . . and Grace has arrived at a bark hut on the edge of a river to start her life as a servant. But even though she tries hard, nothing she does for her new master ever seems right – especially if it involves Glory, his bel...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305415
- Published: 02 May 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
IT'S 1841 . . . and Letty and her sister Lavinia have arrived in Sydney town. It's a dangerous place for two girls on their own. When Lavinia gets a job, poor Letty is left feeling useless and alone. Then she meets Mary, a stra...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305422
- Published: 27 June 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's1841 . . . and if Letty wants to keep her job she must travel with her mistress to a sheep farm in the Blue Mountains, leaving her sister Lavinia behind in Sydney. Letty has heard that the bush is a wild place, full of strange beasts an...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305439
- Published: 03 October 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1841 . . . and Letty must leave her job on the sheep-run because drought has brought hard times. Together, she and the Grey family set out over the Blue Mountains. When disaster strikes, Letty needs to be stronger than she could ...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306290
- Published: 25 January 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1918 . . . and Alice lives with her big family by the Swan River in Perth, while on the other side of the world, the Great War rages. Alice's deepest wish is to become a ballerina, and when she auditions for a famous dance teacher from...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305286
- Published: 31 January 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1808 . . . and Grace is living with her uncle in London. They have no money, and Grace is always lonely and often hungry. The best part of her day is going to Fleet Street to talk to the horses that she loves so much. One afternoon Grac...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305408
- Published: 31 January 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1841 . . . and Letty is on the docks in England, farewelling her bossy older sister who is about to take a long sea voyage to Australia. But then there is a mix-up,and before she knows it Letty finds herself on the ship too, travelling to Ne...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306238
- Published: 25 January 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1849 . . . and Nellie O'Neill is arriving in South Australia on a ship bringing orphan girls from Irish workhouses. Nellie and her best friend, Mary, have left the famine in Ireland far behind, and are full of hopes and dreams for the future...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305323
- Published: 31 January 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1864 . . . and Poppy lives at bird Creek Mission near Echuca. Poppy hates the Mission, especially now that her brother, Gus, has run away to pan for gold. What if Poppy escaped, too? Would she survive alone in the bush?...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305361
- Published: 31 January 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1900 . . . and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket, climb trees and be an adventurer! But Rose's mother has other ideas. Then Rose's favourite young aunt comes to town, and everything ...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306245
- Published: 26 April 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1849 . . . and Nellie is starting her new life as a kitchen maid in a grand Adelaide house with her best friend, Mary. But Nellie's desire to live out her dreams soon leads to a battle with the spiteful cook Bessie Rudge… Can Nell...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306269
- Published: 22 August 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
Nellie returns to Adelaide, where a shock awaits her. A reunion with someone from her past has the power to fulfil the wishes she made when she first arrived in Australia... A dramatic conclusion to the Nellie books that will have readers weeping...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306252
- Published: 02 July 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1850 and Nellie's best friend, Mary, is gravely ill. To provide Mary with the care she needs, Nellie must break a promise and go on a quest to find the Thompson family. But will they be able to help? And who will Nellie turn to when her own l...
- ISBN-13: 9780143306320
- Published: 22 August 2012
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
Alice's mother is sick, and everyone fears that she might have the dreaded Spanish Influenza. Alice begins to dance again to distract herself but soon becomes frustrated at how difficult she finds it. Meanwhile, the family plant a tree for Papa Si...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305347
- Published: 27 June 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1864 . . . and Poppy is on the road again, heading to the town of Wahgunyah. On the way she meets a stranger who seems to know something about her past, and her special letter with the red tiger seal. But the more time she spends...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305330
- Published: 02 May 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1864 . . . and Poppy, disguised as a boy, has escaped from Bird Creek Mission to find her brother, Gus. Life on the road is hard, but Poppy is given shelter at the Summerhill Homestead. There she meets a new friend, Noni – ...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305354
- Published: 03 October 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1864 . . . and Poppy, disguised as a lost princess from India, has joined a travelling medicine show. They're about to enter the town of Beechworth, where her brother Gus told her he was heading months before. Poppy is so happy t...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305392
- Published: 03 October 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1901 . . . and even the death of Queen Victoria can't stop the growing excitement as Melbourne gets ready to celebrate Federation – on Rose's birthday! Meanwhile at school, Rose loves being involved in the cricket team. She...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305378
- Published: 02 May 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1900 . . . and Rose feels that Aunt Alice is the only one who understands her. But now it looks as if Aunt Alice is going to live in Adelaide, leaving Rose with a dreadful new governess, Miss Higginbottom! Can Rose stop Aunt Alic...
- ISBN-13: 9780143305385
- Published: 27 June 2011
- Format: Paperback, 132 pages
- RRP: $14.95
It's 1900 . . . and Rose's world is changing. At last she can go to a proper school where she makes a best friend, learns more than just embroidery and even gets to play in a proper cricket match. But at home, Mother is dangerously il...
