Vandemonians, the repressed history of colonial Victoria by Janet McCalman
‘Me name’s Miles; Ellen Miles,’ remarked an old woman at the City Court yesterday.
Spinning Tops and Gumdrops, a portrait of colonial childhood by Edwin Barnard
This book tells the story of the six generations of children, the offspring and descendants of convicts and settlers who grew up in Australia in the years between 1788 and about 1900.
Escape the Choice by Ellie Yarde
I replayed the scene in my head as I twirled my pen absentmindedly around my fingers. We had been talking about Oliver, disagreeing about him.