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List view record 71: Castaway : the extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858List view anchor tag for record 71: Castaway : the extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858
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Lawson

Kieza, Grantlee2021
Books, Manuscripts
Henry Lawson captured the heart and soul of Australia and its people with greater clarity and truth than any writer before him. Born on the goldfields in 1867, he became the voice of ordinary Australians, recording the hopes, dreams and struggles of bush battlers and slum dwellers, of fierce inde...
List view record 73: Working with Winston : the unsung women behind Britain's greatest statesmanList view anchor tag for record 73: Working with Winston : the unsung women behind Britain's greatest statesman
List view record 74: Freddie Mercury : the definitive biographyList view anchor tag for record 74: Freddie Mercury : the definitive biography
List view record 75: The conventList view anchor tag for record 75: The convent
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The convent

Hargreaves, Marie2020
Books, Manuscripts
"When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going on holiday. But little does she know she will not see her home again for four long years. Her family cannot afford to keep her at home. Marie tells the story of how she was taken away from a poor ...
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Boys who made a difference

McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968-2018
Books, Manuscripts
When it comes to making a difference, there's no such thing as too young! Get ready to meet some incredible young men who followed their dreams and changed the world for the better, often by taking the path less travelled and staying true to themselves. From Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Nelson Mand...
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Mary Queen of Scots

Guy, J. A. (John Alexander)2018
Books, Manuscripts
Soon to be a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years; at eighteen she ascended the throne and began ruling one...
List view record 78: The price of fortune : the untold story of being James Packer : a biographyList view anchor tag for record 78: The price of fortune : the untold story of being James Packer : a biography
List view record 79: My longest roundList view anchor tag for record 79: My longest round
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My longest round

Carr, Wallace William Edward, 1954-2019
Books, Manuscripts
The life story of Australian and Commonwealth champion boxer Wally Carr. A powerful biographical story about the journey of a young Wiradjuri boy, Wally Carr, escaping the dreaded Aboriginal Welfare Board - a journey from the heartbreak and crushing loneliness of childhood to the mean streets of ...
List view record 80: The chain : 50 years of Fleetwood MacList view anchor tag for record 80: The chain : 50 years of Fleetwood Mac
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