Abbey, Edward. Slumgullion Stew: An Edward Abbey Reader. One of America's most vivid environmentalists includes comments on the Australian outback in this collection.
Abbott, Bev & Wayne Mullins. Safety In The Mountains. Bushcraft. New Zealand Mountain Safety Council. 1983.
Adams, Ed. Letters of Rachel Henning. How a Victorian lady adapts to pioneer life in the Australian bush.
Anderson, Jessica. Tirra Lirra By the River. Short evocative novel.
Baglin, Douglas & Barbara Mullins. Islands Of Australia. Ure Smith, Sydney.
Banfeild, E.J. Beachcomber Paradise. The Australian Thoreau.
Blainey, Geofrey. Triumph of the Nomads. Another historical account of Australia's past from a different perspective than Manning Clark.
Brook, J & Kohen, J. L. The Parramatta Native Institution and the Black Town: A History. History of Parramatta Native Institution, Aborigines in Australia and New South Wales.
Chatwin, Bruce. The Songlines. Interesting, very informative tracking of the Aboriginal Songlines (Creation Myths) of Dreamtime.
Clark, Manning. Short History of Australia. Used as a reference in history class; broad, easy to read background on Australia
Conway, Jill Kerr. The Road to Coovain. US bestseller biography of girlhood in NSW.
Egerton, Louise. Favorite Australian Birds. Bay Books, Sydney. No date.
Dark, Elanor. The Timeless Land. 1941. Story of Aborigines from a European awe filled - eye; stories of early colonials from journals. An Australian classic.
Davidson, Robyn. Tracks. A woman alone, across Australia with a dog and four camels. An incredible tale.
Facey. A Fortunate Life. Readers of this wonderful book are the fortunate ones. Get hold of it if you can.
Flood, Josephine. Archaeology of the Dreamtime. Past and present aborigine life. University of Hawaii Press, 1983.
Franklin, Miles.
An original feminist: wonderful descriptions of Australian life in the country plus ironic views of society.
Gunn, Jeannie. We of the Never-Never. 1908. A novel about pioneer women in the outback.
Hooker. The Bush Soldiers. Exciting, true adventures.
Hughes, R. The Fatal Shore. The convict beginnings, aborigines, more.
Huxley, Elspeth. Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia.
Keneally, Thomas. Outback. A novelist's lively account of past and present in the magnificent Northern Territory. Woman of the Inner Sea. Fiction about a woman leaving Sydney on “walkabout.”
Kennedy, David. Citizen Diplomacy: Responding to Questions About America. Collection of more than sixty questions frequently asked about America, with sample responses that are informative, balanced, and nonconfrontational.
Marshall, James V. Walkabout. Two children, survivors of a plane crash, walk by a young aborigine on a walkabout (rite of passage).
Millar, Sean. Getting Around New Zealand's North Island. Millar Publishing, Auckland. 1986.
Moorhead, Alan. Cooper's Creek. Exploration, bravery, hardship & tragedy. (Also a movie based on this book called “Burke & Wills.”)
Morgan, Sally. My Place. An Aborigine woman's account of discovering her family's background.
Morrison, John & GERAGHTY, Paul & CROWL, Linda.
Pope, Diana & Jeremy. The North Island of New Zealand. Reed Methuen Publishers, Auckland. 1986.
Ravuvu, Asesela D.
Reed, A. W. A Dictionary of Maori Place Names. Heinemann Reed, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., Auckland. 1988.
Reader's Digest Services Pty. Ltd.
Reynolds, Henry. The Law of the Land. 1992 updated. Provocative look at Aborigines' basic rights to land.
Shaw, Patricia.
Many historical fiction novels set in early Australia. Excellent reading for the plane home - once you know the places and people she refers too.
Slaters, Peter, Pat & Raoul. The Slater Field Guide To Australian Birds. Weldon Publishing, Sydney. 1989.
Symanski, Richard. Outback Rambling. Tells of one person's experience with the land, people and IMAGES of the outback.
Terrill, Ross. The Australians. Born and raised in Australia, author comes back after 20 years in the US. to see if Australia is "the same." 1984-86 interviews with political and social scientists, prime ministers, Midnight Oil, etc.
Walker, Kath. My People.
Ward, Russell. Finding Australia.
Wognar, B.
Short stories by an aborigine.
Werchik, R. & Arne. The Great Barrier Reef-A Guide to the Islands and the Reef.
White, Patrick. A Fringe of Leaves. Penguin Books, 1976. A novel by Australia's Nobel Prize winning author about a British woman shipwrecked among the natives of Australia. A harrowing adventure.
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