Ill, p.327.non-fictionFactual account of life in the Northern Territory in the late 19th century; - 1st section - Authors adventures as a shipwrecked mariner at Wark Aboriginal Settlement and Port Essington; 2nd section - Detailed narrative of the authors work & explorations as a customs official and as a patrol police officer, stationed at Port Darwin; Description of Malays and their trading ventures by proas; Relations between Malays and Aborigines employment of latter in collecting, trepangs, pearls, tortoise-shells - physical and cultural influences (e.g. intermixture, and language) feuds and murders; Notes on food gathering and hunting (use of wommera) - tracking - corroborrees settling of disputes by simulated fighting - group murder and guilt rites (Malays and Chinese), canoes decorated - Maria Is. sacred burial ground qualities of Aborigines; noted; Intertribal fighting - Woolna tribe against local Darwin Aborigines; Cannibalism at Limba Luchumbo - King River; Contact between Aborigines and settlers, ranging from extreme cruelty to great friendships; Aboriginal girls stolen for domestic work causing trouble; Further accounts of Chinese - opium & gold smuggling; Search for Dylompo - Groote Eylandt unsuccessful. northern australia - description and travel, northern australia - economic relations

Ill, maps, p.154.non-fictionRum Jungle at the time was a recently discovered uranium mine. The book's principle theme is the sudden appearance of modern science in a region which has not really been civilised by white man. Anecdotal accounts of the authors travels in northern Australia, mainly NT; includes comments and stories about Aborigines; including Albert Namatjira.northern territory - description and travel, rum jungle - northern territory

Ill, p.615.non-fictionThe author tells the game's whole story from the first recorded match until the season of 1957-8.cricket - australia - history, sport - cricket

p.332.fictionA novel told partly in flashbacks about a girl's search for the Australian she met in Malaya during World War II. A young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life.australia - fiction, women prisoners - fiction

p.184.Story of the last air-mail flight for New Zealand of the "Southern Cross" and a brief reference to events which followed it.air mail service - australia, southern cross (airplane)

p.906non-fictionNotable Australians in 1944australia - biography, biographies - dictionaries

p.872non-fictionNotable Australians in 1955australia - biography, biographies - dictionaries

p.350fictionWilliam Wallace encounters secret passageways, disguises, and a quintet of horrible villains as he fights for Scotland at the turn of the fourteenth century. english fiction - 19th century, romantic fiction

p.386.fictionWhen Frank Osbaldistone, goes to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt owed to his father, he falls in love and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite politics of the time. scotland - fiction, scotland - history

p.326.fictionStories of Scotlandscotland - fiction, scotland - short stories

Ill, p.224.non-fictionAn account of the 1956 Olympic games including statisticsolympic games - history, olympic games - melbourne

p.272.fictionStalky and his two friends, Beetle and McTurk, attend a boarding school in Devon, England during the mid-19th century. Studying is not important to them and instead they have many interesting experiences including taking revenge on another school house that insults their hygiene, tricking some teachers who try to catch them breaking the rules, and finally achieving success as adults despite their teachers thinking that they would become failures. The story is semi-autobiographical of Kipling's own school experiences.england - fiction, juvenile fiction

Ill, p.270.non-fictionBiography of Père Yakouba, a French monk who became a White Father missionary to Timbuctoo in 1895 and later left the priesthood to marry a native, remaining in the city until his death in 1945.catholic church, missionaries - west africa

p.208.fictionBarrack-Room Ballads first series. To that Illustrious Soldier, Lieut-General Sir EVELYN WOOD, V.C., G.C.M., K.C.B ° “ The Young British Soldier,” by Gerard F. Cobb J® by Gerard F, Cobb ~ “ Route ... Sheet advertising copies of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-room Ballads, set to music by Gerard F. Cobb. england - poetry, england - ballads - military

p.408.fictionA romantic novel england - fiction, romantic fiction

p.342.fictionA novel set in revolutionary Romeengland - fiction, italy - history

p.458.fictionRomantic fiction set in Veniceengland - fiction, romantic fiction

Index, ill, p.613.non-fictionStudy of the ancient city of Romerome - description, rome - history

P.443.fictionSant' Ilario is an absorbing story depicting the impact of social change on an Italian family during the late 1800s. Set mostly in Rome, it tells the fascinating tale of Sant' Ilario, A Lady of Rome, and Giovanni Saracinesca. The novel presents an interesting picture of the period, describing the spiritual and economic concerns of the aristocracy at a time when its power and position were under attack from the emerging forces of modernity.england - fiction, italy - history

Ill, p.335.fictionBased on memoirs of Zahir-Ud-Din, called Babar.england - fiction, babur - emporor of hindustan - fiction

p.348.fictionA story of Mogul Emperor Akhbarengland - fiction, akhbar - mogul emperor - fiction

p.367.fictionA story of Mogul Emperor Jahangirengland - fiction, jahangir - mogul emporer - fiction

p.322.fictionA story of Mogul Emperor Shahjahanengland - fiction, shahjahan - mogul emporer - fiction

p.82.fictionA book of childrens poetrybengali literature, childrens poetry

p.388.fictionA novel of British military life in Indiaengland - fiction, india - british occupation - fiction

Ill, p.576.fictionA novel of a boy and jungle animalsengland - fiction, jungle animals - fiction

p.240.fictionThis dramatic nineteenth-century nautical adventure and classic coming-of-age story is one of Rudyard Kipling's most enduringly popular works. Harvey Cheyne Jr., the teenage son of a millionaire American railroad tycoon, is sailing to Europe on a luxury liner when he falls overboard off the coast of Newfoundland. He's saved from drowning by the We're Here, a New England fishing schooner captained by Disko Troop. He's alive, but his tough new companions find him to be spoiled and ignorant. Desperate to get back to the world he knows, Harvey must prove his worth as one of the crew by mastering the challenging tasks and physical labor of life at sea. With help from the captain's son, Dan, he braves a number of risky exploits and adventures as they travel along the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Shedding his expectations of a pampered life, Harvey begins to embrace the tough work of a fisherman. Filled with thrilling action, this classic sea story will delight and excite readers of all ages.england - fiction, juvenile fiction

p.365.fictionA collection of short storiesengland - fiction, england - short stories

p.407.fictionStories of life in India under the British occupationengland - fiction, india - history

p.406.fictionA collection of twelve stories ranging from the tale of a British engineer obsessed with saving his bridge from destruction by the flooding River Ganges, to the tale of an inconspicuous boat which mysteriously disappears on the high seas. england - fiction, england - short stories