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Here are some of my favorite titles that are good reading for the plane ride over. The first title will help you navigate Sydney and locate the different convict settlements.

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The Fatal Shore Book coverThe Fatal Shore: The epic of Australia's founding
By Robert Hughes
A great story giving you history of the convict settlement.

Tracks book coverTracks
By Robyn Davidson
Story of a girl who spent two years on a camel crossing the Outback

No Image AvailabeAustralians
By Ross Terrill
Australia in the past and present

I Aboriginal CoverI the Aboriginal
By Douglas Lockwood
Good for the Northern Territory visit

The Songlines coverThe Songlines
By Bruce Catwin
About Aboriginal culture

No Image AvailabeOutback Women
By Melissa McCord
About a lady who spent two years in the outback interviewing stations

We of the Never Never CoverWe of the Never Never
By Aeneas Gunn
About the Northern Territory

My Place CoverMy Place
By Sally Morgan
Set in Western Australia, about Aboriginal families assimilating

A Town Called Alice CoverA Town Like Alice
By Nevil Shute
Great book about Alice Springs, Northern Territory

No Image AvailabeKings in Grass Castles
By Mary Durack
True story about a pioneer family in the cattle business in Western Australia and the Northern Territory

 
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