Voices of Australian Veterans

Eighteen veterans inhabit these pages. Each voice their story directly to the reader without intervention. One describes having breast milk squirted in his face, another tells of having his hands held behind his back as a knife is put to his throat, and yet another describes the incidents in the…

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Digger's Story

How do you survive when you're beaten, starved and humiliated as a prisoner of war in a camp on the Thai-Burma railway? 'You stick together, that's what you do,' says David 'Digger' Barrett. 'You scam, lie, steal, cheat and hate the bastards with as much energy as you love and…

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A Gordon For Me

A Gordon For Me is an entertaining and compelling story of one man’s experiences of the Armed Forces, and the true nature of international conflict. 60 years ago, Brian Roberston left his family farm to undergo two years of National Service. From Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee to Cyprus, Brian experienced much,…

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My Australia

Australia has its own unique symbols history landscape and much more. Read about the special features and quirky characteristics that make up Australia's patchwork in this book. Full colour illustrations and interesting trivia make it an easy and fun journey of learning! Author: Brian Robertson and Ron Smallwood

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Riotous Retirement

Burnside is where people go to retire, socialise and appreciate peace and quiet — WRONG! It’s where over 55 year olds go who are bored, who enjoy a good fight, hate authority, argue like hell, question every rule and regulation, love to interfere in the lives of others and, of…

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Agriculture in Melanesia – Grade 9 Student’s Book

This book provides grade 9 students with the support necessary to achieve all of the agriculture syllabus outcomes detailed for this level. All agriculture students are required to cover the first two core units and two of the other six optional units or one optional unit from this book plus…

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Agriculture in Melanesia – Grade 9 Teacher’s Resource

This Teacher’s Resource is very simple to use. The headings follow exactly the headings in the student book for grade 9. It has additional advice to offer if students are likely to have difficulty in understanding a particular topic. It also answers or comments on all the questions students are…

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Agriculture in Melanesia – Grade 10 Student’s Book

This book provides grade 10 students with the support necessary to achieve all of the agriculture syllabus outcomes detailed for this level. All agriculture students are required to cover the first two core units and two of the other four optional units or one optional unit from this book plus…

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Agriculture in Melanesia – Grade 10 Teacher’s Resource

This Teacher’s Resource is very simple to use. The headings follow exactly the headings in the student book for grade 10. It has additional advice to offer if students are likely to have difficulty in understanding a particular topic. It also answers or comments on all the questions students are…

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Making a Living Outcomes – Grade 6 Student's Book

Students will use more than their imagination as they work through Making a Living Outcomes for grade 6. This course is all about preparing students for leaving school and joining their community. There are plenty of practical activities and stories and many opportunities to test what they have learned. What…

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Making a Living Outcomes – Grade 6 Teacher's Resource

The Secretary for Education states that the Making a Living syllabus will enable students to participate actively in society, be self reliant and live sustainably now and in the future. This Teacher’s Resource and the Student’s Book will enable you to deliver a course that will enable students in your…

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Making a Living Outcomes – Grade 7 Student's Book

Students will use more than their imagination as they work through Making a Living Outcomes for grade 7. This course is all about preparing students for leaving school and joining their community. There are plenty of practical activities and stories and many opportunities to test what they have learned. What…

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Making a Living Outcomes – Grade 7 Teacher's Resource

The Secretary for Education states that the Making a Living syllabus will enable students to participate actively in society, be self reliant and live sustainably now and in the future. This Teacher’s Resource and the Student’s Book will enable you to deliver a course that will enable students in your…

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Making a Living Outcomes – Grade 8 Student's Book

Students will use more than their imagination as they work through Making a Living Outcomes for grade 8. This course is all about preparing students for leaving school and joining their community. There are plenty of practical activities and stories and many opportunities to test what they have learned. What…

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Making a Living Outcomes – Grade 8 Teacher's Resource

The Secretary for Education states that the Making a Living syllabus will enable students to participate actively in society, be self reliant and live sustainably now and in the future. This Teacher’s Resource and the Student’s Book will enable you to deliver a course that will enable students in your…

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Making a Living Practical Guide – Coffee and Cocoa Farming

Like all the books in this series the main purpose is to let young people know how they can make some money by starting a business that is well within their capability. They are written to be easily understood, provide honest advice and encourage enthusiasm. Coffee and Cocoa Farming are…

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Making a Living Practical Guide – Insect Farming

Like all the books in this series the main purpose is to let young people know how they can make some money by starting a business that is well within their capability. They are written to be easily understood, provide honest advice and encourage enthusiasm. Insect Farming explains very simply…

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Making a Living Practical Guide – Rabbit Farming

Like all the books in this series the main purpose is to let young people know how they can make some money by starting a business that is well within their capability. They are written to be easily understood, provide honest advice and encourage enthusiasm. Rabbit Farming was written by…

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Making a Living Practical Guide – Vanilla Farming

Like all the books in this series the main purpose is to let young people know how they can make some money by starting a business that is well within their capability. They are written to be easily understood, provide honest advice and encourage enthusiasm. Vanilla Farming was written in…

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Organising School Agriculture

This is the first book I ever wrote. I co-authored it with my friend Toben, for the agriculture teachers in Papua New Guinea and other South Pacific Island countries. My co-author Karapuke Toben and I were worried that many agriculture teachers got themselves into bother because they failed to keep…

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Practical Science Grade 9

Practical Science Grade 9 is an exciting new science course for Lower Secondary. The books are structured simply, and feature a wealth of full-colour photographs, diagrams and illustrations which will engage students and help bring science to life. Each unit states the outcomes as detailed in the syllabus and takes…

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Practical Science Grade 10

Practical Science Grade 10 is an exciting new science course for Lower Secondary. The books are structured simply, and feature a wealth of full-colour photographs, diagrams and illustrations which will engage students and help bring science to life. Each unit states the outcomes as detailed in the syllabus and takes…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 1

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 2

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 3

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 4

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 5

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 6

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 7

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Reader 8

All the readers in this series aim to engage the students though the story content and the illustrations. Many of the stories (but not all of them) were developed from accounts of activities experienced by teacher college students when they were very young and living in their villages. The authors…

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Ples Bilong Yumi Teacher's Resource

This teacher’s Resource contains advice and suggestions for each story on: Outcomes—there are three or four outcomes listed for each story achievable by students through listening to or reading the story and by participating in associated learning activities. A table is also provided referring to the syllabus outcomes. Technical information—this…

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