My Australian Story Explained

My Australian Story is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Australia^[1] which was inspired by Dear America. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in Australian history.

Series

• On Board the Boussole: The Diary of Julienne Fulbert, Laperouse's Voyage of Discovery, 1785-1788 by Christine Edwards (2002)
• Surviving Sydney Cove: The Convict Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Sydney, 1790 by Goldie Alexander (2000)
• The Rum Rebellion: The Diary of David Bellamy, Sydney Town, 1807-1808 by Libby Gleeson (2001)
• A Banner Bold: The Diary of Rosa Aarons, Ballarat Goldfield, 1854 by Nadia Wheatley (2000)
• Archer's Melbourne Cup: The Diary of Robby Jenkins, Terara, New South Wales, 1860-1861 by Vashti Farrer (2007)
• New Gold Mountain: The Diary of Shu Cheong, Lambing Flat, New South Wales, 1860-1861 by Christopher W. Cheng (2005)
• Riding with Thunderbolt: The Diary of Ben Cross Northern NSW, 1865 by Allan Baillie (2004)
• The Yankee Whaler: The Diary of Thomas Morris, Bunbury, Western Australia, 1876 by Deborah Lisson (2001)
• Claw of the Dragon: The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton, Broome, Western Australia, 1899-1900 by Patricia Bernard (2008)
• Plagues and Federation: The Diary of Kitty Barnes, The Rocks Sydney - 1900 by Vashti Farrer (2000)
• The Melting Pot: The Diary of Edward, Chek Chee, Sydney, 1903-1904 by Christopher W. Cheng (2007)
• Our Enemy, My Friend: The Diary of Emma Sheldrake, Adelaide Hills, 1915 by Jenny Blackman (2005)
• A Different Sort of Real: The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne, 1919 - 1919 by Kerry Greenwood (2001), also titled The Deadly Flu as printed in 2012, and Contagion: My Australian Story, Scholastic Australia, 2020.^[2]
• Fords and Flying Machines: The Diary of Jack McLaren, Longreach, 1919-1921 by Patricia Bernard (2003)
• Outback: The Diary of Jimmy Porter, Central Australia, 1927-1928 by Christine Harris (2005),
• Our Don Bradman: The Diary of Victor McDonald, Sydney, 1932 by Peter Allen (2004)
• Who am I? The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney, 1937 by Anita Heiss (2001)
• The Bombing of Darwin: The Diary of Tom Taylor, Darwin, 1942 by Alan Tucker (2002)
• My Story: Journey to Tangiwai, The Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier 1953 by David Hill (2003)
• Atomic Testing

The Diary of Anthony Brown, Woomera, 1953 by Alan Tucker (2009)

• A Marathon of Her Own: The Diary of Sophia Krikonis, Melbourne, 1956 by Irini Savvides (2004)
• Snowy: The Diary of Eva Fischer, Cabramurra, 1958-1959 by Siobhan McHugh (2003)
• A Tale of Two Families: The Diary of Jan Packard, Melbourne, 1974 by Jenny Pausacker (2000)
• Cyclone Tracy

The Diary of Ryan Turner, Darwin, 1974 by Alan Tucker (2006)

• Refugee: The Diary of Ali Ismail, Woomera, 2001-2002 by Alan Sunderland (2006)
• The Hunt for Ned Kelly by Sophie Masson (2010)
• The Phar Lap Mystery by Sophie Masson (2010)
• My Father's War by Sophie Masson (2011)
• The Melting Pot by Christopher Cheng (2011)
• Secrets and Sisterhood by Jenny Pausacker (2012)
• The Rum Rebellion by Libby Gleeson (2012)
• Snatched by Pirates by Patricia Barnard (2012)
• The Deadly Flu by Kerry Greenwood (2012)
• Voyage to Botany Bay by Chrissie Michaels (2012)
• Sydney Harbour Bridge by Vashti Farrer (2012)
• Heroes of Tobruk by David Mulligan (2012)
• Escape from Cockatoo Island by Yvette Poshoglian (2013)
• Gallipoli by Alan Tucker (2013)
• Fremantle Prison Break by Deborah Lisson (2013)
• Kokoda by Alan Tucker (2014)
• Convict Girl by Chrissie Michaels (2014)
• Black Sunday: Australia's Biggest Beach Rescue by Evan McHugh (2016)

See also

• Dear America
• Dear Canada
• I Am Canada
• My Story

External links

• Scholastic Australia's My Australian Story
• Good Reads
• Wheeler's Books

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . scholastic.com.au.
2. https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_bks&q=Greenwood%2C+Kerry+Contagion&fq=dt%3Abks