Connecting you with Australian culture online
Latest news & events (RSS format) New Australian Stories (RSS format)
F!NK design - an Australia design success story The state of craft in Western Australia Arts and crafts movement in Australia
Australian weather and the seasons European discovery and the colonisation of Australia Convicts and the British colonies in Australia Great Barrier Reef Australian Indigenous cultural heritage Sydney Opera House Australian food and drink The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia Christmas season celebrations in Australia Modern Australian fashion
Australian children's literature rests on the enthusiasm and talents of many individuals, including a great many more Australian writers, illustrators and books than can be listed in this article. The earliest books published for children were mostly ins...
> READ on THE WILD SIDE! 2009-10 Read on the wild side! 2008-09 Get In The Game, READ!...
Children's CDs & DVDs - Childrens Book Week CDs Craig Christie, best known as the composer of the Australian mega-hit musical Eurobeat-Almost Eurovision, is also a prolific producer of works in the fields of Education, Music Theatre and Community Theatre....
RIDDLE, ARTHUR RAYMOND (1888-1967), biophysicist, and DOROTHY (1894-1979), librarian, were husband and wife. Arthur was born on 24 July 1888 at Yorketown, South Australia, sixth of seven sons of William Riddle, an English-born machinist, and his wife Eli...
> 8.4 Collections for People with Disabilities> 8.4.1 Books on CD> 8.5 Adult literacy services> 8.5.1 Literacy resources> 8.5.2 Who can use literacy resources? Public Library Services collection has a number of resources available for loan to public libra...
RIDDLE, ARTHUR RAYMOND (1888-1967), biophysicist, and DOROTHY (1894-1979), librarian, were husband and wife. Arthur was born on 24 July 1888 at Yorketown, South Australia, sixth of seven sons of William Riddle, an English-born machinist, and his wife Eli...
PETERS, CHARLES HAROLD (1889-1951), bookseller and soldier, was born on 25 January 1889 at Collingwood, Melbourne, son of Charles Thomas Peters, a Victorian-born boot importer, and his second wife Katie Gibbs, n. Peters became general manager of Robertson...
Information on Australian children's literature centres, and Australian and international children's book awards. British book awards [new window] Information on the Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal annual children's book awards. Children's Book Co...
Information on Australian children's literature centres, and Australian and international children's book awards. British book awards [new window] Information on the Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal annual children's book awards. Children's Book Co...
> 8.4 Collections for People with Disabilities> 8.4.1 Books on CD> 8.5 Adult literacy services> 8.5.1 Literacy resources> 8.5.2 Who can use literacy resources? Public Library Services collection has a number of resources available for loan to public libra...
Information on Australian children's literature centres, and Australian and international children's book awards. British book awards [new window] Information on the Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal annual children's book awards. Children's Book Co...
Australian children's literature rests on the enthusiasm and talents of many individuals, including a great many more Australian writers, illustrators and books than can be listed in this article. The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Awards we...
Item A1> Title: Writing Possum Magic> Citation: Reading Time, Jul 1984. Item D6> Title of Award: COOL Awards> Award For: Possum Magic> Citation: The Chronicle (Canberra), 9 Nov 1992, p 7.> Created: November 1992> Description: COOL Win for Artists. Item K1...
The collection includes Scripts, Promotional Material, Articles By Author, Autobiographical Notes, Reviews, Manuscripts, Correspondence, Biographical Notes, Photographs, Exhibition Material, Articles Relating to Publications, Bibliographic Notes, Transcri...
The Lu Rees Archives is an Australian children's literature research collection owned, financed, promoted and staffed by the Children's Book Council of Australia, ACT Branch (hereinafter CBC), with financial assistance from all Branches of the Children's ...
Item A1> Title: Writing Possum Magic> Citation: Reading Time, Jul 1984. Item D6> Title of Award: COOL Awards> Award For: Possum Magic> Citation: The Chronicle (Canberra), 9 Nov 1992, p 7.> Created: November 1992> Description: COOL Win for Artists. Item G3...
body {background: url('http://www.canberra.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0007/626389/dropShadow.gif') repeat-y center center;} #banner {background: url('http://www.canberra.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0004/626386/banner-bg.jpg') no-repeat left top;} #globalNa...
Item D11> Title of Award: Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award, Eve Pownall Award for Information Books: shortlisted> Award For: Who's Running This Country? Item D13> Title of Award: Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award, Eve Pownall Aw...
Item D11 Title of Award: The Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers: Honour Book Award For: Don't Pat the Wombat! Item N3 Title: Remote Man Author: Honey, Elizabeth Illustrator: Honey, Elizabeth Created: ca. Item V17 Title: Eliz...
The collection includes Promotional Material, Awards, Articles By Author, Reviews, Correspondence, Biographical Notes, Articles Relating to Publications, Exhibition Material and Bibliographic Notes. Item H33 Review Of: Grandad's Magic Title: Children's Bo...
If you can see this message, you are probably not seeing this site in the way it was designed. This site uses cascading style sheets (CSS2) to control the way in which elements are displayed on the page.
You will still be able to access everything in this site, but we do recommend you upgrade your browser to a more recent, standards compliant, browser.