Childrens picture books on burke and wills? stuart? sturt?
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 19:44
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Carlin
Does anyone know of any? I want to give kids the background before we head off!I am going nuts trying to find any on the internet.
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Reply By: nqdave - Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 21:54
Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 21:54
Hi Carlin,
The company I work for used to distribute a range of children's books about early Australian
explorers. I've been meaning to grab a set for my little boy before we take him west too.
I'll have a look what might be sitting in the warehouse and let you know if any are available and what age group they might suit.
David
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Follow Up By: Carlin - Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:01
Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:01
that wuld be great thanks!
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Follow Up By: nqdave - Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 09:50
Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 09:50
Hi Carlin,
Sorry it's taken awhile to get back to you. If you're still looking for books, they have a set (one book per explorer) that includes:
-
Eyre
- Sturt
- Burke & Wills
- Oxley
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Mitchell
- Leichhardt
- Cunningham
- Logan
- Lawson, Blaxland &
Wentworth
- Kennedy
They should suit kids of primary school age.
Cheers,
David
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Follow Up By: Carlin - Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 09:58
Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 09:58
Yes I am!! How do I get them?
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Follow Up By: Carlin - Monday, May 10, 2010 at 19:22
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 19:22
what company did you work for?
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Follow Up By: nqdave - Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 00:14
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 00:14
Sorry 'bout the hold up. Have been busy with work and getting a new forby!
I work for a specialist library supplier based in
Brisbane.
Can you email me at davids at peterpal dot com dot au so we can work out the details.
Thanks.
David
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Reply By: equinox - Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 22:49
Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 22:49
Hi Carlin,
Try:
The Incredible Outback Adventure of Burke & Wills by Frank Clune. ISBN 0207121036
The Great Overland Race by Marcia McEwan. ISBN 0858352648
Australian
Explorers edited by John Currey. ISBN 304939153
John Nairn and Frank Pash (artist) have a few books with good pictures.
If you going through B&W country, sure, read up on them if your not don't worry - Burke was a fool and does not belong in the group of Great Australian
Explorers. He should never have been chosen to lead the expedition. Next time I visit
Melbourne, I may and go and visit his grave, but only to see where the idiot ended up!!
Cheers
Alan
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Follow Up By: Carlin - Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:07
Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:07
Yes I have an ongoing argumnt with a frind about this! I am a a Stuart and Sturt fan as well. My argument is also h did not even make the ocean! Tidal water in swamp does not count. He also had no respect for the locals. Still, all expeditions contributed to our history I guess. Thanks I will get those books.
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Follow Up By: Carlin - Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 19:11
Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 19:11
I found the furst and third ones.
ta
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Reply By: Dave B ( BHQ NSW) - Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 23:09
Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 23:09
I am not sure if this might be an option for you Carlin, but they are playing a story of the Burke & Wills expedition on ABC local radio
Broken Hill lately.
I am not sure if it is available from them or the ABC
shop. Maybe email them and they could tell you if it is available.
I have a few different stories about
explorers and various subjects that I have on a USB flash drive and play them in the car as we travel along.
Dave
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Follow Up By: Carlin - Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:08
Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:08
What other stories do you use in the car about
explorers i will look up abc online thanks!
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Follow Up By: Dave B ( BHQ NSW) - Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 21:36
Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 21:36
Carlin, I have some of Len Beadells stories, and also on the local ABC some time ago there was a series about the early days of
Broken Hill.
I also trawl through various podcasts on the net and pick out stories that I think that I would be interested in and download them.
And again, put them on a USB flash drive.
I use a Flash drive rather than a CD because they don't jump around on the corrugations.
If you have a tapedeck in your car, there are usually some good audio books available from your local library.
Dave
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