Historias de Australianhistory

A 2019 Wattys entry deeply into climate change, global warming, and environmental destruction, especially the nuclear kind! A lot of true facts are embedded in this story which has both true and fictional characters. Who is to be believed is for you to decide. The chapters are many but many are short. Still, it is a full-sized novel with promise for future adventures. Plot: An international crew of scientists board a large state-of -the art oceanographic vessel privately funded by an anonymous source. The itinerary is to travel down the west coast of the Americas and travel the South Pacific to Antarctica. The team plans to visit many known sites of hydrothermal vents using a device called the MAPR, searching vents for a bacterium that seems promising in use as a way to fight carbon dioxide emissions. But one of the two junior scientists on the team soon realizes that secrets are being kept, and makes promises to keep some, while learning that some onboard have entirely different agendas. To complicate matters, this junior scientist's desire for a special friendship grows in intensity, just as mysterious murmurings and strange sightings intensify. And then, the ship experiences a sequence of events that will draw world attention and leave all of us with more questions than answers. "If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water." "The Immense Journey" by Loren Eiseley "No other place, always this Your earthly landfall, and no ship exists To take you from yourself." By Lawrence Durrell

Set in the early twentieth century in the goldfields of Western Australia, Bessie is a short story about a young woman struggling to find a path for herself. She is caught between her father's strict religion, and the bent of her own heart.

Written as dedication to young Australians who lost their lives to meaningless war. Lest we forget them.

Before the Kelly Gang made their last stand at Glenrowan, there were many other stories to tell of the various characters who occupied Kelly Country. This collection of short stories depicting figures and events from the lives of those who were involved in the story of Ned Kelly is full of human drama and vivid dramatisation of the tail end of the Victorian era.

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧..." ᴵᵗ'ˢ ¹⁷⁸⁸, ᵃⁿᵈ ᶜʸⁿᵗʰⁱᵃ ᴬᵖᵖˡᵉᵍᵃᵗᵉˢ, ᵃ ʸᵒᵘⁿᵍ ᶜᵒⁿᵛⁱᶜᵗ ᵍⁱʳˡ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᴱⁿᵍˡᵃⁿᵈ, ⁱˢ ᵃᵇᵃⁿᵈᵒⁿᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ʰᵉʳ ʰᵒʳʳⁱᵇˡᵉ ᵃᵘⁿᵗ ᴹᵃʸᵇᵉˡˡᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱˢ ᶠᵒʳᶜᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ˡᵉᵃᵛᵉ. ᴼⁿᵉ ᵈᵃʸ, ˢʰᵉ ˢᵗᵉᵃˡˢ ᵐᵒⁿᵉʸ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵃ ˡᵒᶜᵃˡ ᵇᵃⁿᵏ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱˢ ˢᵉⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᴬᵘˢᵗʳᵃˡⁱᵃ ᵗᵒ ʷᵒʳᵏ ʰᵃʳᵈ ˡᵃᵇᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵂⁱˡˡ ˢʰᵉ ˢᵘʳᵛⁱᵛᵉ ᵃ ˢⁱˣ⁻ᵐᵒⁿᵗʰ ᵗʳⁱᵖ ᵗᵒ ˢʸᵈⁿᵉʸ ᶜᵒᵛᵉ?

Three girls one name, one family, one country. Join Isabel, Isabelle and Isobel in their views on some very important events in Australian history.

A touching short short story of a young boy living in 1940's outback Australia.

This is about my 3 times great grandparents and her life in Australia. Some will be fake other parts true! I will update when the others are finished this needs documentation which is why it's on hold

When author, Courtney, found out her second cousin genealogist, Heather Stevens, saw a new close match on ancestry, she was stunned! Not only was the match a newfound connection to a missing link in the family tree, but it was a match with remarkably, a 99 year old lady.