australia

Includes sections on: The coast- Shark Bay, Great Barrier Reef --- The islands - Lord Howe Island Group, Fraser Island --- The forests - West Tropics of Queensland, Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Tasmanian Wilderness --- The top end - Kakadu National Park --- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites - Riversleigh, Naracoorte --- Our stamp heritage.

As emus really do, Enoch sits on the nest for weeks till the nine eggs laid by his wife hatch, and then he proudly shows his babies off to his friends at the Emu Club.

Sixteen-year-old Roland's hit-and-run accident in a borrowed car sends him fleeing into the wild Australian countryside, where he struggles for both survival and self-respect.

Christina and Grant, along with their grandmother go on a trip to "Down Under" and discovers a lot of surprises and mysterious activities.

Jeff Corwin examines the wildlife in Australia including dingoes, snakes, bats, koala, wallabies, and a real live dragon.

An account of the convict settlements in Australia based upon letters, diaries, and documents from the first landing in Botany Bay in 1788 to the last shipload of convicts in 1868.

Examines life in Australia's harsh yet beautiful desert known as the Outback.

Examines the vanishing culture of the Tiwi tribe, aborigines who live on a small island off the coast of Australia.

Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, travel to Australia to retrace their lost parents' footsteps in the hunt for the thirty-nine clues. The trip brings up terrible memories for Amy and she makes a mistake that costs the life of an ally.

Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.