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A Home Among the Gum Trees

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A Home Among the Gum Trees

By John Nicholson About

Winner, Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1998Shortlisted, Primary Single Book, Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing 1998What kind of buildings do Australians live in? The answers are sometimes surprising.A Home Among the Gum Trees takes us from Aboriginal shelters and the rough efforts of early settlers to modern suburban houses; from early company town to convict hospital; from tree-house to lighthouse to mobile home…Along the way, it shows how Australians have responded to the land, the weather and new fashions and materials.

AuthorJohn Nicholson About
Type Of BookAustralian Information
FormatPaperback
ISBN9781864480955
Lists And AwardsPremier's Reading Challenge 5-6 (NSW), Premier's Reading Challenge 6-9 (SA), Premier's Reading Challenge 7-8 (NSW)
Price Per CopyRRP $15.95
1–9 copies$14.35
10–19 copies$13.55
20+ copies$12.76
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John Nicholson

John Nicholson is an award-winning author with a passion for the built and natural environment. He originally trained as an architect, and has built his own environment-friendly home in the Australian bush. He relishes the detailed research that goes into his books. He is renowned for his attractive and accurate illustration. Many of his books have been shortlisted in the CBC Awards and four of them, Animal Architects, A Home among the Gum Trees, The First Fleet and Fishing for Islands have won the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.

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