Flynn of the Inland by Ion (Jack) Idriess is a book I've used in the past for high school. I'll be using it again next year as an Australian Biography substitute in Ambleside Online Year 10. This book reflects views on race that were acceptable for the time in which it was written but … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 10: an Australian Biography – Flynn of the Inland by Ion L. Idriess (1932)
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A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill
A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill is the sixth book in the Rowland Sinclair series of crime mysteries set in Australia in the 1930’s.One of the author’s trademarks throughout this series, and one of its most enjoyable aspects, is the cast of historical characters she skillfully weaves into the narrative.Kingsford Smith, Nancy Bird, Robert … Continue reading A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill
An Australian Classic & a Living Book – My Love Must Wait: The Story of Matthew Flinders by Ernestine Hill (1941)
'If the plan of a voyage of discovery were to be read over my grave, I would rise up, awakened from the dead.' Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) My Love Must Wait is a book I've known about for years and if it had been published under a more auspicious title I might have read … Continue reading An Australian Classic & a Living Book – My Love Must Wait: The Story of Matthew Flinders by Ernestine Hill (1941)
Radio Rescue by Jane Jolly; Illustrated by Robert Ingpen
Radio Rescue was published in November, 2016, and is a successful collaboration between author Jane Jolly and illustrator Robert Ingpen. (Tea and Sugar Christmas, published in 2014, was another book they worked on together).Radio Rescue is an exquisitely illustrated book that captures the uniqueness of outback Australia while presenting an important piece of history. The … Continue reading Radio Rescue by Jane Jolly; Illustrated by Robert Ingpen
AusReading Month 2016: Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill
Miles Off Course is the third book in Sulari Gentill's Rowland Sinclair Novels set in Australia in the 1930's. Rowland and his three Bohemian friends were enjoying the serenity of The Hydro Majestic in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, far from the scene of their previous troubles and misadventures (which you can read … Continue reading AusReading Month 2016: Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill
A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey (1894-1982)
It's a tribute to Albert Facey that in his simply told, poignant autobiography, he was able to say that his had been a 'fortunate' life.There were many episodes in his life which many would class as most unfortunate, but although he acknowledged his life had its share of hardship and difficulties, he was grateful for … Continue reading A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey (1894-1982)
A Condensed Year 9 & 10 with a Weekly Schedule
This is a term of work for Benj with an outline of his weekly schedule. He's 15 years old and will be starting Ambleside Online Year 11 at the beginning of next year by which time he'll have turned 16. This term has a selection of some books from AO Years 9 & 10 … Continue reading A Condensed Year 9 & 10 with a Weekly Schedule
Ambleside Online Year 5 – with Australian Substitutes: Updated
What, then, have we to do for the child? Plainly we have not to develop the person; he is there already, with, possibly, every power that will serve him in his passage through life. Some day we shall be told that the very word education is a misnomer belonging to the stage of thought when … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 5 – with Australian Substitutes: Updated
The Secret River by Kate Grenville (2005)
Kate Grenville's work of historical fiction, The Secret River, was inspired by her own family history. The main character in this story, William Thornhill, was born into an impoverished family living in the London of 1777. He roamed the streets of London with his brothers and a couple of friends, Dan and Collarbone, but his … Continue reading The Secret River by Kate Grenville (2005)
An Educational Manifesto – Ambleside Online Year 4
Every scholar of six years old and upwards should study with 'delight' his own, living, books on every subject in a pretty wide curriculum. Children between six and eight must for the most part have their books read to them. School Education by Charlotte Mason This year is the 7th and the … Continue reading An Educational Manifesto – Ambleside Online Year 4
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