Title Australians all : a history of growing up, from the ice age to the apology / Nadia Wheatley ; illustrated by Ken Searle

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2013 Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2013

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Description 280 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 29 cm regular print Series Premier's Reading Challenge. 5-6 Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.The Law of the Land -- 2.A World Away -- 3.Aliens -- 4.Becoming Australians -- 5.A Wealth of People -- 6.Living a Legend -- 7.A Nation for a Continent -- 8.Sacrifice -- 9.Times a-Changing -- 10.New Beginnings Summary Contains brief accounts of the lives of young Australians from "the Ice Age to the Apology". Some of the subjects of the eighty mini-biographies have become nationally or even internationally famous. Others were legends in their own families and communities. Meticulously researched, beautifully written and highly readable, Australians All helps us understand who we are, and how we belong to the land we all share. It also shows us who we might be. Reflects a commitment to the issues of reconciliation, social justice and the conservation of the environment Analysis Australian juvenile Nonfiction Notes This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australian Council, its arts funding and advisory body Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience For secondary school age Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities. Children -- Australia -- Biography. Children -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature. Children -- Australia. Education, Secondary. Teenagers -- Australia -- Biography. Youth -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature SUBJECT Australia -- Biography http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114302 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114302 Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- History -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009594 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- History -- To 1788 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Searle, Ken, 1951- illustrator LC no. 2015375757 ISBN 9781741146370 (hardback) 9781742370972

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