Geography
Australia
Come and explore this vast and diverse continent with us! The All About Australia series is perfect for students in kindergarten and up. See more titles in this series.
Explorers: Rainforests of Australia
There are rainforests in almost every state and territory of Australia, ranging from tropical to temperate. Come along with us and we’ll learn how the rainforest ecosystem works as we visit some of our beautiful forests, meet some local wildlife and investigate how we’re protecting these areas for the future. The Explorers series is a favourite for students Year 3 and up, see more titles in this series here.
Explorers: National Parks
With more than 9700 national parks and conservation reserves, and 200 marine protected areas, Australia has one of the worlds best systems to protect our wild heritage. There are thousands of plants and animals to discover in our national parks, come with us as we visit some of these famous parks in this hard cover, educational book. Perfect for young explorers! The Explorers series is a favourite for students Year 3 and up, see more titles in this series here.
Explorers: Our Captial City
Come with the Australian Geographic team on a visit to Canberra and go inside Parliament House, to the Royal Australian Mint and to the snow-capped national park that takes up almost half of the whole Australian Capital Territory! You’ll meet all of our prime ministers, learn how to make a new law and discover how Australia became a nation. Part of Australian Geographic’s Explorers series, Our Capital City is a hard cover educational book perfect for young explorers. The Explorers series is a favourite for students Year 3 and up, see more titles in this series here.
Explorers: Amazing Antarctica
Come with us on a journey of discovery across the very large, icy, white world at the end of the Earth! You’ll find a place where penguins march, whales and seals splash and most animals depend for their survival on tiny prawn-like creatures called krill. Antarctica was the last continent to be discovered and large parts of it are yet to be explored, come and discover Antarctica with Australian Geographic’s full colour, hard covered book. Perfect for young explorers! The Explorers series is a favourite for students Year 3 and up, see more titles in this series here.
Australia’s Most Adventurous
You’ll be awestruck by the achievements of these totally amazing Australians! An inspiring read, full of awesome adventures from mountain climbing to diving with sharks! The Australia’s Most series is sure to inspire little readers- see more of this series here.
Australia’s Best Inventions
You probably know that Australia’s came up with boomerangs, vegemite and utes – but did you know that Aussie medical equipment and breakthroughs have saved the lives of millions of people around the world? Have you heard of the Australian electrical engineer responsible for the handy invention used by millions of people every single day? There’s a remarkable number of inventions, ideas and ingenious applications of technology that Australians are responsible for! The Australia’s Most series is sure to inspire little readers- see more of this series here.
OUR AUSTRALIA SERIES
This fiction series written by renowned kids’ author Phil Kettle is a celebration of the nation! Jump aboard the campervan with Taha, an Australian boy of Greek heritage, and his mum. They’re off on a journey of discovery that’s going to lead them to some of our country’s most fascinating places. Each book in this series comes with downloadable teachers notes. $12.95 each. View the titles in this series