Title River Murray Mary / story by Colin Thiele ; drawings by Robert Ingpen

Published Adelaide : Rigby, 1979

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Thi/Rmm		AVAILABLE
ADPML SPWV	827.03 T431 A6/Ri		LIB USE ONLY
MELB SPCBC	819 Thiele Col/Rmm		LIB USE ONLY
MELB SPCBC	819 Thiele Col/Rmm		LIB USE ONLY

Description 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm Series Rigby opal books Rigby opal books Summary Mary's parents settle on the banks of the River Murray as part of a soldier settlement. She makes friends with Abel Stenross who owned a paddlesteamer, and shows her courage in getting a doctor for her mother who is injured during a flood Notes Children's stories in English. Australian writers, 1945-. Texts (ANB/PRECIS SIN 000006x) Audience For children Subject Floods -- Juvenile fiction. Country life -- Australia -- Murray River Region (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Juvenile fiction Paddle steamers -- Australia -- Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Juvenile fiction. Courage -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Action and adventure fiction. Historical fiction. Children's stories, Australian Australian multicultural literature collection. Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) collection. Author Ingpen, Robert, 1936- ISBN 0727009869 :

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