Pilkington, Doris
Summary: Three mixed-race Australian girls, having been taken from their Aboriginal families, escape and return home on foot, without supplies or gear, while trying to evade recapture, in an account based on a true story. Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black Aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up by whites and taken to settlements to be assimilated. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Books/Hyperion 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 994.04 PILSummary: The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASSummary: In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction, Grace Dillon collects some examples of the craft, with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 2012
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALThomson, Sarah L.
Summary: During the fire season in Australia, a wombat allows its underground shelter to become a place of refuge for other vulnerable animals in need. Discusses Australia's devastating 2019-2020 fire season, in which many animals lost their lives or their habitats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOSummary: It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Media 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRAFields-Schneider, Penny
Summary: "Jack has been praised all his life for his extraordinary artistic talent and is rarely seen without his sketchpad. However, in Jack's world art is considered a hobby - men are expected to support their families with steady jobs offering solid prospects for advancement. Future responsibilities are far from Jack's thoughts, however, as he departs Australian shores for a six-month holiday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PFS 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIESummary: Samson and Delilah are two teens living in an isolated Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes, they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone, they discover that life isn't always fair, but love never judges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IndiePix 2010
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE SAMSummary: A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece. Along the way, they met a young aborigine on his 'walkabout, ' a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Bluey and her family are playing Swim School! But their swimming lessons are proving to be difficult. Can Mum, Dad, and Bingo pass without dobbing on each other?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BLUSummary: "Have you seen Bluey and Bingo? There are lots of other hidden items, too, so join the fun in this search-and-find book!" -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bluey, Bingo, and Dad head to the pool. What could go wrong? Find out in this beautiful picture book adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: One of our most inventive and important international literary voices, Richard Flanagan now delivers Wanting , a powerful and moving tale of colonialism, ambition, and the lusts and longings that make us human. It is 1841. In the remote penal colony of Van Diemen s Land, a barefoot aboriginal girl sits for a portrait in a red silk dress. She is Mathinna, the adopted daughter of the island s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLASummary: "Dad takes Bluey, Bingo, and Mackenzie to the creek after they grow tired of playing at the playground. But Bluey doesn't like the thorns, or the spiders, or the pointy rocks, or ... the leeches! She struggles to find the fun. Can Bluey learn to step out of her comfort zone and try new things?"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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Summary: Who knows blue? Roo knows blue! But does Roo know other colours too? Sing along with Roo and Possum as they practise their colours.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TRESummary: Readers will love this collection of Bluey's greatest adventures, plus fun facts about everyone's favorite characters! It's the best of Bluey all in one book! This book includes Good Night, Fruit Bat; The Creek; Bob Bilby; and The Beach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2021
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Summary: "Terra Nullius (def): land belonging to no one; no man's land. 'Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running.' The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to bring peace to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLBluey
Summary: Everyone loves Bandit, but especially Bluey and Bingo! He's always making up funny games, playing Daddy Robot, and taking them on exciting adventures. This is the perfect book to celebrate your dad on Father's Day, or any day, and share what makes him awesome!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: A young novice, uncertain about becoming a nun, becomes governess to seven children of an autocratic ex-naval captain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SOUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SoLim, Rebecca
Summary: "Wen Zhou is a first-generation daughter of Chinese migrant parents. She has high expectations from her parents to succeed in school, especially her father, whose strict rules leave her feeling trapped. She dreams of creating a future for herself more satisfying than the one her parents expect her to lead. Then she befriends a boy named Henry who is also a first generation immigrant. He is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LIMHall, Leanne
Summary: When sixteen-year-old Yin Mitchell is abducted, the news reverberates through the whole Year Ten class at Balmoral Ladies College. As the hours tick by, the girls know the chance of Yin being found alive is becoming smaller and smaller. Everyone is affected by Yin's disappearance--even scholarship student Chloe, who usually stays out of Balmoral dramas, is drawn into the maelstrom. And when she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Text Publishing 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HALGermein, Katrina
Summary: Captain Dad and his crew are having a day at the beach, and of course Dad is bringing his treasure trove of jokes. Whether it's a ship he bought on sail or an earring that costs one buccaneer, a day with Dad is shore to be hilarious! At least he seems to think so.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GERSummary: Set during the colonization of Australia in 1825, the film follows Clare, a 21-year-old native Irish wife and mother held captive beyond her 7-year sentence, desperate to be free of her obsessed master, British lieutenant Hawkins. Clare's husband Aidan intervenes with devastating consequences for all. When British authorities fail to deliver justice, Clare pursues Hawkins, who leaves his post...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NiHarvey, Jacqueline
Summary: Where do you draw the line when your family d friends are in grave danger? Do you take action even though it means ignoring the rules? Back at Alexandria with their friend Curtis Pepper visiting, Kensy and Max are enjoying the school break. Especially when Granny Cordelia surprises them with a trip to New York! It's meant to be a family vacation but the twins soon realise there's more to this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022