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Atomic Testing - My Australian Story by Alan Tucker
$16.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
The British Government's going to test atomic bombs on the Woomera Rocket Range. It's in the paper. Mum said that if she'd known they were going to test atomic bombs here, she'd never have come. What's she worried about? It's only a bomb. When the army assigns Anthony's father to work on the top secret ...Show more
Bombing of Darwin (My Australian Story) by Alan Tucker
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Category: Junior Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
"More bombs exploded and within seconds several ships were on fire. Japanese planes flew so close to me that I could not only see the red circles painted under their wings, but I could see the pilots' faces. It only took a moment." It was a moment that Tom would always remember - that morning of 19 Febr ...Show more
Cyclone Tracy (My Australian Story) by Alan Tucker
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Category: Junior Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
Darwin is almost completely destroyed; buildings, shops, houses, cars. Whole streets are gone, even the signposts. And now the people are going. Evacuations started today. Ryan just wants to hang out with his mates, go fishing and avoid being hassled by his dad, the super-strict deputy principal. But tr ...Show more
Gallipoli (My Australian Story) by Alan Tucker
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Category: Children's True Stories
The attack has been timed to the minute. Thirty minutes from now well climb down the rope ladders in to the lighters and find our seat. Im one of the lucky ones. Ive been chosen as one of the 500 men from my battalion who will be in the first wave to land... The Turks wont know whats hit them... Two mil ...Show more
Kokoda (My Australian Story) by Alan Tucker
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Category: Children's True Stories | Series: My Australian Story
Its been a disastrous day. The radio news reports that HMAS Canberra has been sunk with the loss of 819 lives and Kokoda has been lost by the Australians. Who knows where Dess lot are? Somewhere on the mountain track between Kokoda and Port Moresby with the Japs hot on their heels. Harold couldnt say to ...Show more
My Australian Story: Gallipoli by Alan Tucker
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Category: Children's True Stories | Series: My Australian Story Ser.
Lying about his age and looking for adventure, 14-year-old Victor March enlists in the 10th Battalion of the AIF to fight in the Great War. Victor and his new mates, Fish, Needle and Robbo, are headed for the Gallipoli peninsula, and into battle. He is among the first soldiers to land at what will becom ...Show more
Rebellion at Eureka by Alan Tucker
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Category: Young Adult Fiction
August 1854: At thirteen, Alf has just finished school and wants to make decisions about his future. But his mum has uprooted their life in Melbourne and insisted he help her set up a store in Ballarat on the goldfields. While Alfs not sure what he wants to do, he definitely knows he does not want to be ...Show more
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