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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?: Ellen Thomson - The Only Woman Executed in Queensland by Vashti Farrer
Category: True Crime
North Queensland was alive with goldrush excitement when a young widow moved to the new township of Port Douglas. Vashti Farrer opens the door on a colonial world, and hard pioneering lives in a tropical paradise.
Bridging Sydney (My Australian Story) by Vashti Farrer
Category: Education
I said to Mum that the sky-workers must have really good heads for heights, but she said, 'Either that, or they have a family to feed and will do anything for a job that pays.' It is 1932 and Sydney has hit hard times, but the construction of a bridge that will reach across the harbour is setting spirit ...Show more
My Australian Story: Plagues and Federation by Vashti Farrer
Category: Education | Series: My Australian Story Ser.
The year 1900 was a momentous one for Kitty Barnes. Bubonic plague, the Black Death, was killing large numbers of people; the country was on the verge of becoming a federation; Kitty's brother was in Africa fighting in the Boer War; and Kitty was finding herself somewhat attracted to Reggie, the boy dow ...Show more
Sydney Harbour Bridge (My Australian Story) by Vashti Farrer
Category: Education | Series: My Australian Story
'I said to Mum that the sky-workers must have really good heads for heights, but she said, Either that, or they have a family to feed and will do anything for a job that pays.' It is 1932 and Sydney has hit hard times but the construction of a bridge that will reach across the harbour is setting spirits ...Show more
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