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A Collection of Australian Bush Verse - HB
Even though the traditional Australian way of life has almost disappeared we all love to identify with it; the little Aussie battlers, the swaggies, the shearers, the cattlemen and the old bush characters. It's all part of our heritage.
Friendly Way, The
'The Friendly Way' ... Selections of prose and verse. Australian, English and American with some b/w illustrations.
Henry Lawson Best Stories
Here are thirty-five of Henry Lawson's finest short stories. Comic or tragic, always sympathetic, always the very essence of the Australia of his period...
Man From Snowy River & Other Verses
This popular selection of A.B. (Banjo) Paterson's verses include bush ballads, narrative poems and humorous verse - as fresh today and as widely read as they were on their first appearance.
Poems of Henry Lawson - HB
The poems selected for this book have been enjoyed by more than seven generations, from the famous 'Faces in the Street', which exposed the social injustices of the late 1800's.
Saddle Up
This diverse collection of stories, ballads and poems will delight all young horse lovers. Written by some of Australia's leading authors including Alan Marshall, Colin Thiele, Banjo Patterson, Gillian Rubinstein, Elyne Mitchell and Henry Lawson.
Saddle Up Again
Saddle Up Again brings together favourites like Alan Marshall, Sally Odgers and Garry Hurle, mixes them with classic tales from Henry Lawson and C.J. Dennis.
Selected Poems of Henry Lawson - HB
Lawson was known as "the people's poet" for he caught the mood of his times - the hopes and despairs of all Australians, whether city or rural dwellers-as this selection of his verse demonstrates.
Tales of My Uncle Harry.
Keith Garvey - A keen reader of all types of prose and verse, his often-misplaced loyalty to the underdog in any case made him an ardent admirer of Henry Lawson's works.
Tall Tales From the Bush Vol 3
New Tales from Uncle Harry
The Bush Undertaker and other stories.
This unique A & R Classic volume of Henry Lawson stories includes a 25 page Commentary on the author's corrections and publishing history of each story.
The Loaded Dog and other stories.
Stories by authors' - Spike Milligan, Jill Morris, James Thurber, Patricia Wrightson, John Thompson, Paul Simon, Arthur C. Clarke, James Nimmo Britton...
The Man From Snowy River & other verses - HB
"Paterson more than any other balladist, more indeed than any other Australian writer of verse, conveys to us the atmosphere of the Australian countryside and its inhabitants..."
Uncle Harry Rides Again
This is the second collection of tall tales featuring the inimitable Uncle Harry and his laconic mate, Stevo.
World of 'Banjo Paterson', The - HB
Here from many sources Clement Semmler has assembled the best of Paterson's prose: his brilliant dispatches to the Sydney Morning Herald from the Boer War; his superbly funny short stories..