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Timeline of my books

60,000 BCE–the present Let the Land Speak: How the Land Created Our Nation Angus and Robertson 60,000 BCE–the present Refuge (migrations to Australia) Angus and Robertson

60,000 BCE–1779 Shipwrecks, Sailors and 60,000 Years (Dinkum Histories) Scholastic

60,000 BCE–present All of Us: A History of South-East Asia (working title, coming 2018) Angus and Robertson

40,000 BCE–present Walking the Boundaries  Angus and Robertson

4,000 years ago–present Valley of Gold Angus and Robertson

4,000 years ago–present The Fascinating History of your Lunch Angus and Robertson

4,000–10,000 BCE Dingo:The Dog who Conquered a Continent Angus and Robertson

4,000 BCE–the present The Book of Horses and Unicorns Angus and Robertson

3,500 BCE Oracle Angus and Robertson

3,000 BCE Pharaoh:The Boy who Conquered the Nile Angus and Robertson

70-72 CE Just a Girl (Coming September 2018) Angus and Robertson

1,000 CE They Came on Viking Ships Angus and Robertson

circa 1200 CE–the present Macbeth and Son Angus and Robertson

1400 CE Lady Dance Angus and Robertson

1556–present The White Ship Angus and Robertson

1556–1569 The Dog Who Loved a Queen Angus and Robertson

1562–1616  The Diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman Angus and Robertson

1768–1774 The Goat Who Sailed the World (Cook’s voyage) Angus and Robertson

1778–1820 Grim Crims and Convicts (Dinkum Histories) Scholastic

1788 Nanberry: Black Brother White Angus and Robertson

178 Birrung the Secret Friend Angus and Robertson

1790 The Secret of the Black Bushranger Angus and Robertson

1791 Barney and the Secret of the Whales Angus and Robertson  

1800–1810 Barney and the French Spies Angus and Robertson

17881860 Tom Appleby, Convict Boy Angus and Robertson

 1820s Daughter of the Regiment Angus and Robertson 

 18201848 Rotters and Squatters (Dinkum Histories) Scholastic

1830–1870  The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Angus and Robertson

1840 Queen Victoria’s Underpants (with Bruce Whatley) Angus and Robertson

1848 Queen Victoria’s Christmas (with Bruce Whatley) Angus and Robertson

18481880 Gold Graves and Glory (Dinkum Histories) Scholastic

1854 The Night They Stormed Eureka  Angus and Robertson

1855–1866 The Camel Who Crossed Australia Angus and Robertson

1864–present Dancing with Ben Hall and Other Yarns Angus and Robertson

18101920 A Nation of Swaggies and Diggers (Dinkum Histories) Scholastic

18921915 A Waltz for Matilda (Federation to WWI ) Angus and Robertson

1902-1919 Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies Angus and Robertson

1913 How the Finnegan’s Saved the Ship Angus and Robertson

1914–1920 (WWI ) A Rose for the Anzac Boys Angus and Robertson

1915–present A Day to Remember (with Mark Wilson) Angus and Robertson

1915–present The Beach They Called Gallipoli (with Bruce Whatley) Angus and Robertson

1918–present When the War is Over (with Anne Spudvillas) Angus and Robertson

19151924 The Girl From Snowy River (WWI) Angus and Robertson

1919 Horace the Baker’s Horse (with Peter Dray) (National Museum of Australia) (influenza epidemic)

1920s One Perfect Day (National Museum of Australia)  (opening of Parliament) 

19301945 Weevils, War and Wallabies (Dinkum Histories, Scholastic)

1932 Somewhere Around the Corner (Depression) Angus and Robertson

1932–1934 The Road to Gundagai (Depression) Angus and Robertson     

1939–1949 Pennies For Hitler (WWII) Angus and Robertson   

19401946 Hitler’s Daughter Angus and Robertson    

1942 Soldier on the Hill (WWII) Angus and Robertson  

19421946 To Love A Sunburnt Country Angus and Robertson      

19451954 Goodbye, Mr Hitler Angus and Robertson   

1945–1962  Rockin’ Rollin’ Hair and Hippies (Dinkum histories) Scholastic     

1960s1978 To the Moon and Back (with Bryan Sullivan) Angus and Robertson          

1968–1969 The Ghost By the Billabong  Angus and Robertson   

19721975  If Blood Should Stain the Wattle Angus and Robertson  

1972–present Booms, Busts and Bushfires (Dinkum histories) Scholastic    

1974 Cyclone (with Bruce Whatley) (Cyclone Tracy) Scholastic     

1978 A Land of Love and Flame (working title, coming December 2017)  Angus and Robertson

1979–1979 While the Billy Boils (working title, coming December 2018)  Angus and Robertson

1978–1982 Drought  Scholastic     

2003 Fire (with Bruce Whatley) Scholastic 

2003 The Day I was History (National Museum of Australia) (Canberra and regional fires)    

2011 Flood (with Bruce Whatley) (Brisbane Floods) Scholastic

2014 The Hairy-Nosed Wombats Find a New Home (with Sue deGennaro) Angus and Robertson  

Today and TomorrowThe Tomorrow Book (with Sue deGennaro) Angus and Robertson 

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