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Louise Park
The evacuation from Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand troops was a logistically incredible undertaking. The exhausted young men were to slip away by ship in the dead of night…
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Mirranda Burton
Led by an unconscientiously objecting wombat registered for military service during Australia’s war in Vietnam, Underground digs tunnels through a chapter of Australian history that many have attempted to bury.
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Alan Tucker
Lying about his age, and looking for adventure, 14-year-old Victor March enlists in the 10th Battalion of the AIF to fight in the Great War. Victor and his new mates…
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Rachel Bin Salleh
Alfred’s War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian Indigenous servicemen who returned from the WWI battlelines.
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Patrick Carlyon
An unforgettable and tough journey deep into the heartland of the Gallipoli campaign; award-winning journalist Patrick Carlyon digs past the myths to explore the lives and choices of the men…
Jan Andrews, Timothy Ide (illus.)
Pidge’s Poppies is based on a true story about a pair of pigeons at the Australian War Memorial.
Jackie French
It is 1915. War is being fought on an horrific scale in the trenches in France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen-year-old Midge MacPherson, who…
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Anthony Hill
On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne aboard the troopship Berrima - bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old. Soldier Boy is Jim’s extraordinary…
Edith Wright
‘One morning Charlie was working inside a seaplane. He suddenly heard planes flying overhead, and they seemed incredibly low. Charlie went outside. When he looked up he saw enemy planes…
Archie’s two brothers are fighting in the battlefields of World War II. Des has been sent with the militia to fight in the treacherous landscape of the jungles of New…
Peter FitzSimons
Kokoda, 1942. In the muddy, treacherous mountains of Papua New Guinea, a small force of young Australian soldiers - some of them still teenagers - are up against highly trained…
Felice Arena
Another crowd-favourite from the number-one bestselling author of the Specky Magee series!
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Dianne Wolfer
In 1914 Jim and Charlie abandon the Australian outback for the excitement and adventure of the war to end all wars. But in the Light Horse they quickly discover the…
There were 136,000 Australian horses sent to fight during the First World War. Just one came home.
Michael Rosen
Inspired by the true story of his father’s cousin, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing wartime story of perseverance and hope in the face of horrors and hardship. Beginning in 1939…
Pierre-Jacques Ober
A young WWI soldier’s unauthorized visit home has dire consequences in a haunting story reimagined in miniature tableaux.
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Claire Saxby
A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australian history. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It is the name given to…
Kerry Greenwood
A gripping novel about an incredible journey behind enemy lines, told in diary form. Fourteen-year-old Evan Warrender travels with his father to the Dardenelles, where they intend to provide succour…
