australia

A very simple introduction to the geography, topography, flora, fauna, and people of Australia.

While venturing into the Australian outback with his uncle and Natalie, a biology student, Jayden finds himself placed in a difficult position when disaster strikes and he and Natalie are left in the outback to fight for their survival.

While venturing into the Australian outback with his uncle and Natalie, a biology student, Jayden finds himself placed in a difficult position when disaster strikes and he and Natalie are left in the outback to fight for their survival.

Discover the history, terrain, people, culture, government, wildlife, and cuisine of Australia.

Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.

Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin, the senior Aboriginal elder of the Wurundjeri people, channels her passion for storytelling into a remarkable and utterly unique picture book that invites readers to discover some of the history and traditions of her people. Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy gives the Wurundjeri Welcome to Country form in beautiful paintings rich with blues and browns, as full of wonder and history as the tradition they depict.

Describes the location, land, size, animals, plants, history, and people of Australia.

"When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path. But one of the women doesn't come out of the woods. And each of her companions tells a slightly different story about what happened. Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing hiker. In an investigation that takes him deep into isolated forest, Falk discovers secrets lurking in the mountains, and a tangled web of personal and professional friendship, suspicion, and betrayal among the hikers. But did that lead to murder?"--OCLC.

The Silva family is vacationing in Australia when a nearby volcano erupts and a tsunami moves in.

"Blue Weston's life is spiralling out of control. Her parents are sending her to boarding school next year. Her mad twin brothers are building pig chariots in the back shed. Her best friend has been abducted by zombies and replaced with a boy-crazy tween. And then there's the drought that's showing no signs of ending soon..."--OCLC.