Books from Omnibus Books
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Fair Dinkum Histories (All the Stinky Bits): Convicts
By Jackie FrenchTelling BITS of history as they really were!
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Fair Dinkum Histories #8: Booms, Busts and Bushfires
By Jackie FrenchAustralia had changed before, but slowly.
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Fair Dinkum Histories #5: A Nation of Swaggies and Diggers
By Jackie FrenchThe Australian colonies had come a long way since they were a dump for grim crims and convicts.
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Fair Dinkum Histories #3: Rotters and Squatters
By Jackie FrenchRotters and Squatters continues the warts-and-all story of Australia from 1820 to 1850.
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Fair Dinkum Histories #6: Weevils, War and Wallabies
By Jackie French1920-1945, an iconic period in Australian history: QANTAS founded, the Sydney Harbour Bridge built, Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup and dies in the US, Don Bradman wows the world at the wicket and becomes the main target in the Bodyline ...
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Fair Dinkum Histories #2: Grim Crims and Convicts
By Jackie FrenchIt was the craziest, wildest and most daring expedition the world had ever seen. Eleven ships with nearly 15,000 people travelled 25,000 kilometers to the other side of the world. But what did they find when they arrived?
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
By Mem FoxWilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home. When he finds out that his special friend, Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, is losing her memory he sets out to find what a memory is.
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The Crocodolly
By Martin McKennaAdelaide doesn't have an ordinary dolly - she has a very special dolly, a crocodolly. Everyone had better look out when they go out to play!
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This Is My Song
By Richard YaxleyThis is my blood, this is my song.
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Fair Dinkum Histories #7: Rockin', Rollin', Hair and Hippies
By Jackie FrenchWorld War II was over, and it was a good time to be Australian.
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Ribbit Rabbit Robot
By Victoria MackinlayThis lamp is enchanted and I am the genie. I'll grant all your wishes, but don't be a meanie... When a friendly frog, a greedy rabbit and a robot with a short fuse discover a magic lamp, chaos follows...and friendship is found.
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The Days of in Between
By Peter FentonA lyrical novel of the joys of childhood, friendship, facing truths, the trials of growing up ... and the days of in between.