Upside-down History of Down Under The

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The true story of Australia starts with a piece of land that went for a swim. About 200 million of years ago it floated away from Africa. Very, very, slowly. It was home to dinosaurs and giant animals, then the first Australians showed up and got comfortable.
And for a long time this wild and wonderful land was a mystery to the rest of the world. Until the English decided to make it the biggest jail ever . . .

Funny, heroic and tragic - the story of our country from prehistory to federation.The true story of Australia starts with a piece of land that went for a swim. About 200 million of years ago it floated away from Africa. Very, very, slowly. It was home to dinosaurs and giant animals, then the first Australians showed up and got comfortable.
And for a long time this wild and wonderful land was a mystery to the rest of the world. Until the English decided to make it the biggest jail ever . . .

Funny, heroic and tragic - the story of our country from prehistory to federation.
Alison Lloyd is old enough to have written 10 books, including Do You Dare- Bushranger's Boys, Our Australian Girl- The Letty Stories, Year of the Tiger and its sequel Battle of the Jade Horse.

Terry Denton has written or illustrated a vast number of amazing books, including the world-famous Treehouse series (with Andy Griffiths) and the picture books Jandamarra and Boomerang and Bat (with Mark Greenwood).