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My Australian Story

Index My Australian Story

My Australian Story is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Australia which was inspired by Dear America. [1]

29 relations: Allan Baillie, Anita Heiss, Bombing of Darwin, Cockatoo Island (New South Wales), Cyclone Tracy, David Hill (author), Dear America, Dear Canada, Diary, Don Bradman, Fremantle Prison, Goldie Alexander, Historical fiction, History of Australia, I Am Canada, Jenny Pausacker, Kerry Greenwood, Libby Gleeson, Melbourne Cup, My Story (Scholastic UK), Nadia Wheatley, Ned Kelly, Nuclear weapons tests in Australia, Patricia Bernard, Peter Allen (musician), Phar Lap, Sophie Masson, Tangiwai disaster, Victorian gold rush.

Allan Baillie

Allan Baillie (born 28 January 1943) is an Australian writer.

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Anita Heiss

Dr Anita Heiss (born 1968 in Sydney) is an Australian author, presenter and commentator.

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Bombing of Darwin

The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.

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Cockatoo Island (New South Wales)

Cockatoo Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Cyclone Tracy

Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974, devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

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David Hill (author)

David Hill (born 1942) is a New Zealand author, especially well known for his young adult fiction.

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Dear America

Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996.

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Dear Canada

Dear Canada is a series of historical novels marketed at kids first published in 2001 and continuing to the present.

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Diary

A diary is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period.

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Don Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.

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Fremantle Prison

Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western Australia.

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Goldie Alexander

Goldie Alexander (born 6 September 1936) is an Australian author, born in Melbourne to Polish migrants.

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

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History of Australia

The History of Australia refers to the history of the area and people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding Indigenous and colonial societies.

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I Am Canada

I Am Canada is a series of Canadian historical novels marketed at older boys, with the first book being published in September 2010.

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Jenny Pausacker

Jenny Pausacker (born November 2, 1948 in Adelaide) is an Australian author.

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Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (born 17 June 1954 in Footscray, Victoria) is an Australian author and lawyer.

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Libby Gleeson

Libby Gleeson AM (born 1950) is an Australian children's author.

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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race.

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My Story (Scholastic UK)

My Story is a series of historical novels for children published by Scholastic UK.

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Nadia Wheatley

Nadia Wheatley is an Australian writer whose work includes picture books, novels, biography and history.

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Ned Kelly

Edward "Ned" Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer.

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Nuclear weapons tests in Australia

The United Kingdom conducted 12 major nuclear weapons tests in Australia between 1952 and 1957.

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Patricia Bernard

Patricia Bernard is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

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Peter Allen (musician)

Peter Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough; 10 February 1944 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona and lavish costumes.

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Phar Lap

Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the Australian public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression.

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Sophie Masson

Sophie Masson is a French-Australian fantasy and children's author.

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Tangiwai disaster

The Tangiwai disaster occurred at 22:21 on 24 December 1953 when the Whangaehu River bridge collapsed beneath Wellington-to-Auckland express passenger train № 626 at Tangiwai, in the central North Island of New Zealand.

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Victorian gold rush

The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Australian_Story

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