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... book which is the latest in the 'Portraits of Victoria ' series. Sovereign Hill, a goldfield's town in Ballarat, captures the excitement of life in the 1850s, and attracts around 450,000 visitors every year. Bendigo is ...

... to introduce some of the many bike trails in and around the Grampians, Horsham, Murray River, Ballarat, the Central Highlands, Bendigo, Central Victoria, the Shipwreck and Surf Coasts, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula ...

... drop-in and alcoholic rehabilitation centre in Melbourne, and subsequently became the youngest-ever superintendent of the Ballarat City Mission in its history of more than a century. He has dedicated his life and career ...

... and a range of touring information, this directory will ensure you find your way around every inch of Victoria. Ballarat is growing fast & we have included over 40 new streets, the suburb of Winter Valley & many other ...

... Colonel Charles KAPPE OBE, PSC, AMICE, was born on 3 December 1990 at Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria. He was educated at Ballarat High School, where he later commanded the school's Cadet Corps. He joined ...

... -the view of John La Gerche, one of the first generation of foresters in Victoria, who managed the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest in the late nineteenth century. La Gerche's Letter Books and Pocket Books have survived to ...

... About the Author Margaret Zeegers: Associate Professor, School of Education and Arts, University of Ballarat Author: Margaret Zeegers. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & ...

... , the police had hounded them, forcing them to show their licenses like common criminals. At last the diggers of Ballarat made a stand. They would pay no more licence fees. They took up arms, built a stockade, and swore ...

... to pass on his expertise to others. Stuart is a former editor of Illawarra Mercury and The Courier, Ballarat, and a former deputy and acting editor of The Canberra Times. He is passionate about helping businesses become ...

... Islands. This book is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring Bondi markets, Ballarat and Noosa, to discovering Magnetic Island, Bells Beach and the National Gallery of Australia. - ...

... of child sex offences. The abuse involved choirboys at Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral. George Pell was a Ballarat boy who studied at Oxford and rose through the Catholic Church ranks to become adviser to Pope Francis ...

... dreams of beating the odds. About the Authors Michelle Payne entered racing aged 15, winning her first race in Ballarat on Reigning, a horse trained and owned by her father. Michelle became the first female jockey to win ...

... at galleries including forty five downstairs. His photographs of Tokyo will be exhibited at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2019. His previous books are Abandoned India and Chittagong Steel. Author: Kip ...

... : The unauthorised biography. Keir Reeves is professor of Australian history at Federation University in Ballarat. Author: Carolyn Holbrook. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books History General & World History Regional ...

... as an administrator in higher education for both federal and state governments. Since 1995 he has lived at Ballarat. Author: Ross Gillett. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Literature, Poetry & Plays Poetry Poetry By ...

... University. Gloria Stillman is Associate Professor in Mathematics Education at the Australian Catholic University, Ballarat. Katie Makar is Associate Professor, School of Education at the University of Queensland. Sandra ...

It's 1854, and the Ballarat goldfields are a place of dreams and rebellion as Sam, a homeless teenager, is called back to the past to join the Puddlehams, who run 'the best little cook shop on the diggings'. The ...

... his aunt is ill and needs money for her medicine, he sets off to strike it lucky. But life in Ballarat is far tougher than Charlie dreamed. And in the mines, trouble is brewing. The new colony is about to change ...

... other side there is street level mapping for the major town centres of Melbourne City, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Albury Wodonga, Sale, Mildura and Warrnambool plus some handy touring information on discovering Victoria ...

... until he retired in 2001. Grantley Bernard has been a sports writer since 1986 with stints at the Ballarat Courier, Geelong Advertiser, The Australian , and Herald-Sun . He has co-authored several books, including The ...

... young Australian soldier whose life of opportunity was challenged by trauma and salvaged by strength. Nelson Ferguson, from Ballarat, was a stretcher-bearer on the Western Front in France in World War I. He survived the ...

... of a fine documentary ... an easy, informative read, bringing historic personalities to life' -- Ballarat Courier Author: Grantlee Kieza. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies ...

... business relationships between Australia and India. Sunil earned his Master of Accounting from the University of Ballarat and Bachelor Economics Degree from India prior to founding Reliance. Sunil has also been featured ...

... of a fine documentary ... an easy, informative read, bringing historic personalities to life' -- Ballarat Courier Author: Grantlee Kieza. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies ...

... first time around these pieces were not widely heard or read. A roomful of festival-goers in Sydney or Penang or Ballarat could well have heard me hold forth on the subject of Enid Blyton, say, or kissing, it's true, and ...

... AMICE, was born on 3 December 1990 at Balarat in the Australian state of Victoria. He was educated at Ballarat High School, where he later commanded the school's Cadet Corps. He joined the Australian Army before the war ...

... The Grand Tour, which was published in 2020. Born and raised in Melbourne, Olivia now resides in Ballarat, Victoria, with her filmmaker husband and two sons. Author: Olivia Wearne. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books ...

... for the first time, the discovery of gems in Victoria. These included blue and white sapphires from Ballarat diggings and rubies, topaz and garnet from the River Ovens in northeast Victoria. In 1857, well-known ...

... John Oddie grew up on a farm near the small Victorian town Skipton and completed school as a boarder in Ballarat. In his early twenties he decided to join the air force. He spent 35 years in the military, culminating in ...

... Anthony Regan (full-time worker in Adelaide 1969 and 1970), Pat Walsh ( 19681978, chaplain in the Ballarat diocese then as national chaplain) and Cathy Whewell (Adelaide full-time worker 19741975). Author: Hilary D Regan ...

... of a fine documentary ... an easy, informative read, bringing historic personalities to life' -- Ballarat Courier Author: Grantlee Kieza. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies

... of a fine documentary ... an easy, informative read, bringing historic personalities to life' -- Ballarat Courier Author: Grantlee Kieza. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies ...

... on Mt Hotham. In retirement, John farms a property in the Adelaide Hills. Bill Dowling was brought up in Ballarat, Victoria, but has lived in Adelaide for 50 years. Before retirement, he worked as a builder's labourer ...

... , Monte, Mickey and Erica Morley Punshon, moving effortlessly from the Methodist respectability of bourgeois Ballarat to the bohemian world of children's travelling theatre, from patriotic amateur acting to pioneering ...

... . Plastic cover ideal for use in field About the Author Ken Stepnell grew up on a farm at Buninyong near Ballarat. His love of photography started when his parents gave him a box camera for his ninth birthday. Since then ...

... self-improvement through reading, and was a poet in both Welsh and English, winning 13 consecutive prizes at the Ballarat St David's Day Eisteddfod for his englyniau (a specific form of Welsh-language poetry) so he is ...

Sandy Jeffs was born in Ballarat in 1953. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1976, a time when recovery was seen as unlikely. She was in and out of institutional care for 15 years, including at the infamous Larundel ...

... reading in their own right. But it is in the rebellion itself that the unbiddable women of Ballarat come into their own. Groundbreaking, absorbing, crucially important- The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka is the uncut story ...

... immediacy of a fine documentary ... an easy, informative read, bringing historic personalities to life' -- Ballarat Courier Author: Grantlee Kieza. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books History Specific Events & Topics in ...

... and stormed a crudely-built fortification erected by insurgent gold miners at the Eureka lead on the Ballarat Gold Diggings. The fighting was intense, the carnage appalling and the political consequences of the affair ...

... are of a life spent in the village of St Kilda, the diplomatic and government house circle and the Ballarat gold fields. Her descriptions of a public hanging, Governor Hotham's 'beer ball' and her own Ball for the ...

... and her brother Angus discover lots of fabulous things to see and do in Ballarat Wonderland and beyond ...Ballarat Wonderland is a delightful story written with simplicity and charm and illustrated in vibrant watercolour ...

... 's quest for independence set against the colourful backdrop of 19th century Bendigo and the goldfields of Ballarat. 1854, Ballarat, Victoria When Nell Amberton's husband is shot dead by a bushranger, there are few who ...

... second novel, is set in Bendigo in the 1890s, and her third novel, The Widow of Ballarat , takes place on the Ballarat goldfields in the 1850s. Darry currently lives, works and writes on Kangaroo Island, an awe-inspiring ...

... second novel, is set in Bendigo in the 1890s, and her third novel, The Widow of Ballarat , takes place on the Ballarat goldfields in the 1850s. Darry currently lives, works and writes on Kangaroo Island, an awe-inspiring ...

... , her second novel, is set in Bendigo in the 1890s, and her third novel, The Widow of Ballarat , takes place on the Ballarat goldfields in the 1850s. In The Good Woman of Renmark , she takes us to the rural riverland of ...

... , equipping them to succeed in their exams. About the Authors Greg Neal is the Mathematics Learning Area Leader at Ballarat High School and has been teaching for over 30 years. He has written a range of texts for VCE ...

... , her second novel, is set in Bendigo in the 1890s, and her third novel, The Widow of Ballarat, takes place on the Ballarat goldfields in the 1850s. In The Good Woman of Renmark, she takes us to the rural riverland of ...

... , equipping them to succeed in their exams. About the Authors Greg Neal is the Mathematics Learning Area Leader at Ballarat High School and has been teaching for over 30 years. He has written a range of texts for VCE ...

The journey of an unworthy son. Yong doesn't want to leave Guangdong to travel to the goldfields of Ballarat. But as the firstborn son, he has no choice. On the long and treacherous journey, Yong strives to be an ...

... , and was named an Honour Book in the Children's Book Council, Book of the Year. Cath lives in Ballarat, Victoria. Review by Emily Meredith This is definitely one of my top five books of 2016. Words in Deep Blue ...

... of the Year: Older Readers 2018 and was shortlisted for a Gold Inky Award 2018. Cath lives in Ballarat, Victoria. Author: Cath Crowley. Format: Paperback Kids & Children Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction ...

... of the Year: Older Readers 2018 and was shortlisted for a Gold Inky Award 2018. Cath lives in Ballarat, Victoria. Author: Cath Crowley. Format: Paperback Kids & Children Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction ...

... of the Year: Older Readers 2018 and was shortlisted for a Gold Inky Award 2018. Cath lives in Ballarat, Victoria. Author: Cath Crowley. Format: Paperback Kids & Children Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction ...

... of the Year: Older Readers 2018 and was shortlisted for a Gold Inky Award 2018. Cath lives in Ballarat, Victoria. Author: Cath Crowley. Format: Paperback Kids & Children Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction ...

... a living that here went by that name, but Life with a capital L. Richard Mahony is a restless man. Ballarat, England, Melbourne, Europe, the bush: elsewhere is always better. Searching for a place, a meaning, a life, and ...

... the concrete, fibro and methamphetamine wastelands that we like to call home. From Coober Pedy to Canberra, from Ballarat to Broken Hill, from Logan to Launceston, Sh*t Towns takes us through the veritable f*ck-tonne of ...

... who keeps stealing the limelight. About the Author Ben Sanders toils away in his mid-century studio in Ballarat, Victoria where he illustrates for clients such as Apple, the Wall Street Journal and Harrods of London. He ...

... -aged children. Molly and her father have emigrated to Australia to try their luck as gold prospectors in Ballarat, Victoria. Life on the diggings is hard and Molly misses her mother, who died before they left England ...

... by Thames & Hudson. About the Illustrator Ben Sanders is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer based in Ballarat, Australia. He is the author and illustrator of I Could Wear That Hat and I've an Uncle Ivan ...

... novel, Lovesick, was the inaugural winner of the XO Romance Prize. Jean currently lives in Ballarat, Victoria and teaches creative writing at Federation University. Author: Jean Flynn. Format: Paperback Fiction Books ...

... is he without ballet? And is he setting himself up for another heartbreak? About the Author Originally from Ballarat, Tobias worked for ten years as a dancer, touring Australia and New Zealand with musicals such as Mary ...

... creative duo originally from Hong Kong and New Zealand, but now living on a thickly forested hill in Ballarat, Australia. They are toy, graphic and garden designers who love to make funny books for kids. Author: Candy ...

... (all Thames & Hudson). About the Illustrator Ben Sanders is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer based in Ballarat, Australia. He is the author and illustrator of I've an Uncle Ivan and I Could Wear That Hat ...

... creative duo originally from Hong Kong and New Zealand, but now living on a thickly forested hill in Ballarat, Australia. They are toy, graphic and garden designers who love to make funny books for kids. Author: Candy ...

... . Connie Starr was always a difficult child. Her mother knew as soon as Connie entered the world that day in Ballarat in 1934 and opened her lungs to scream, there was more chaos in the world than before and it wouldn't ...

... Because love is worth the risk. And, really, what could possibly go wrong? About the Author Originally from Ballarat, Tobias worked for ten years as a dancer, touring Australia and New Zealand with musicals such as Mary ...

... of the Bad Guys and the Nerd Herd series. About the Author Jack Henseleit is a children's author from Ballarat, Victoria. He likes reading, writing, and playing board games, and has two very friendly cats named Teddy and ...

... (all Thames & Hudson). About the Illustrator Ben Sanders is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer based in Ballarat, Australia. He is the author and illustrator of I've an Uncle Ivan and I Could Wear That Hat ...

... -qualified, with a background in education and commerce. About the Illustrator Caroline Keys is an illustrator based in Ballarat, Australia. She grew up in South Africa and wanted to be an artist from the time she could ...

... the editor of two collections. Previous novels in the Phryne Fisher series are Flying too High, Murder on the Ballarat Train, The Green Mill Murder, Blood and Circuses, Death on the Victoria Dock, Ruddy Gore, Urn Burial ...

... designers originally from New Zealand and Hong Kong, but now living on a thickly forested hill near Ballarat. Author: Nico Robertson. Format: Board Book Kids & Children Picture Books & Early Learning Picture Books in ...

... designers originally from New Zealand and Hong Kong, but now living on a thickly forested hill near Ballarat. Author: Candy Robertson. Format: Board Book Kids & Children Picture Books & Early Learning Picture Books in ...

... to lives you can't even imagine. We know a secret world-wakening secret, a brain-boggling secret, on Ballarat Street. Every Saturday, when the chores are done, two children set out on a journey to their local bookshop ...

... (all Thames & Hudson). About the Illustrator Ben Sanders is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer based in Ballarat, Australia. He is the author and illustrator of I've an Uncle Ivan and I Could Wear That Hat ...

... , presents at conferences and has expertise with CAS technology. Sue Garner has taught VCE Mathematics at Ballarat Grammar School for over 30 years and lectured tertiary students in Mathematics Education. Sue has been a ...

... love about #LoveOzYA. About the Author Tobias Madden is a writer, editor and proud Hufflepuff. Originally from Ballarat, Tobias worked as a singer, dancer and actor for ten years, touring Australia and New Zealand with ...

... JENNIFER NIVEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places About the Author Originally from Ballarat, Tobias worked for ten years as a performer, touring Australia and New Zealand with musicals such as ...

... CREWMATE really the dogs' best friend? About the Author Jack Henseleit is a pirate children's author from Ballarat, Victoria. He likes reading, writing, and sailing the seven seas playing board games, and has two very ...

... the editor of two collections. Previous novels in the Phryne Fisher series are Flying too High, Murder on the Ballarat Train, The Green Mill Murder, Blood and Circuses, Death on the Victoria Dock, Ruddy Gore, Urn Burial ...

... with diggers -- and danger! Orphaned twelve-year-old Tigg is the Bandicoot Bushranger, the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1859. When a robbery goes wrong, Tigg must flee in disguise as one of the tens ...