Ambleside Online Australian – Seven Little Australians & Counting

* Much thanks to Jeanne from A Peaceful Day for sharing her family’s plans of how they Australianised Ambleside Online.

See A Peaceful Day for reviews on the books Jeanne suggests for adding an Australian flavour to AO and her other Australian Book Reviews.

* Much thanks to Carol from Journey and Destination for sharing how her family adapted Ambleside Online for Australia.

Scroll Journey and Destination labels such as: Towards an Australian CM Education, Ambleside Online for each year, Australian Books and Australian Curriculum and Substituting books for AO for all of Carol’s adaptions for AO.

Legend: AO Aust PD = A Peaceful Day recommendations

AO Aust JD = Journey & Destination recommendations

Name	Writers	Illustrators	Tags	Series	Target Age	Print Status	Curriculums
60 Classic Australian Poems for Children	Cheng, Christopher	Rogers, Gregory			6-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD
A Book for Kids	Dennis, C J	Dennis, C J			5-12 Years	eBook, In Print	AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD, MA1B Aust
A Bush Calendar	Mack, Amy		Bush, Calendar, Seasons, Sydney		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust JD, AO7 Aust PD
A Fortunate Life	Facey, A B		Bush Life, Gallipoli, World War One		Young Adult	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO7 Aust JD
A Little Black Princess	Gunn, Jeannie		Elsey Station, Katherine		10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD, MA2:2 Aust
A Little Bush Maid	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	Billabong	10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD, AO5 Aust JD, AO6 Aust JD, MA2:2 Aust
A Short History of Australia	Scott, Ernest				15-18 Years	eBook, In Print	AO Aust JD, AO10 Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD, MA5 Aust
A Short History of Nearly Everything	Bryson, Bill				13-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO10 Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
All the Green Year	Charlwood, Don		Coming of Age, Mornington Peninsula		13-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO10 Aust JD
Animals of Australia in Colour	Stevens, Lyla				6-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD
Aroora the Red Kangaroo	Rees, Leslie	Singleton, John	Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Red Kangaroos		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
Around the Boree Log	O'Brien, John		Australian Bush		8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
Ash Road	Southall, Ivan		Bushfire		11-15 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust PD
Australian Backyard Astronomy	Bhathal, Ragbir				10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
Australian Backyard Explorer	Macinnis, Peter				10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
Australian Backyard Naturalist	Macinnis, Peter				10-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
Australian Legendary Tales	Parker, K Langloh		Bangate Station, Euahlayi People, Goodooga, Lightning Ridge, Noongahburrah People, Traditional Story		8-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Australian Nature Studies	Leach, J A				13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust PD
Back to Billabong	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	Billabong	10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO9 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Bennelong	Phipson, Joan	Stackpool, Walter	Bennelong, Eora Nation, Gadigal People, Sydney	Australians in History Series	7-13 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Billabong’s Daughter	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	Billabong	10-18 Years	eBook	AO Aust PD, AO9 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Bligh: Master Mariner	Mundle, Rob		1800-1810, Governor William Bligh		15-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
Bush Charms	Chandler, L G		Natural History		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO8 Aust PD
Bush Days	Mack, Amy		Sydney		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust PD
Bushland and Seashore	Hill, Robin	Hill, Robin	Bush, Seashore		8-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
Bushland Stories	Mack, Amy		Parables, Sydney		6-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD, AO3 Aust JD
Captain Cook	MacLean, Alistair		Captain James Cook		Young Adult	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
Captain Cook Explores the South Seas	Sperry, Armstrong		1760-1770, Captain James Cook	Landmark	8-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
Captain Jim	Bruce, Mary Grant		War Effort England	Billabong	10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO8 Aust PD
Children of the Dark People	Davison, Frank Dalby		pre-1788		11-15 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill	Wall, Dorothy		Koalas		5-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD, AO2 Aust JD
Currency Lass	Reeson, Margaret		Mary Hassall, Sydney		15-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
Devil’s Hill	Chauncy, Nan				11-15 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO3 Aust JD
Doctor Hunger & Captain Thirst	Hooper, Meredith				10-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD
Emu	Saxby, Claire	Byrne, Graham	Emu	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD
Famous Australian Birds	Kaplan, Gisela				6-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
February Dragon	Thiele, Colin		Bushfire		10-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
First Studies in Plant Life	Gillies, William		Plants		12-17 Years	eBook	AO Aust JD, AO7 Aust JD
Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia	Mundle, Rob		Matthew Flinders		15-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
Flynn of the Inland	Idriess, Ion		John Flynn, Royal Flying Doctors		Young Adult	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO10 Aust JD, MA5 Aust
From Billabong to London	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	Billabong	10-18 Years	eBook	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Goldseekers	Knudsen, Greta	Sandor, Eva	Bathurst		6-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
Gully of Gold	Clark, Mavis Thorpe		1850-1860, Ballarat Goldfields		10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
Henry Lawson Stories and Poems	Lawson, Henry	Huxley, Dee			10-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
History of Australia	Clark, Manning, Ferrier, Susanne, Hooper, Meredith				10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, AO5 Aust JD, AO5 Aust PD, AO6 Aust JD
I Can Jump Puddles	Marshall, Alan		Bush Life, Polio		Young Adult	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD, MA5 Aust
I Find Australia	Hatfield, William		Geography		15-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO11 Aust JD
James Cook, Royal Navy	Finkel, George		Captain James Cook		8-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD
James Ruse: Pioneer Wheat Farmer	Chapman, Jean		Convict Emancipist, James Ruse, Sydney, Wheat Farmer		8-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
Jim and Wally	Bruce, Mary Grant		World War One	Billabong	10-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust PD
John of Sydney Cove	Chadwick, Doris		1780-1790, Sydney		5-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO5 Aust PD, MA1B Aust
John of the Sirius	Chadwick, Doris		1780-1790, First Fleet, Sydney		5-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, MA1B Aust
Karalta	Bruce, Mary Grant		War Evacuee		12-17 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
Kookanoo and Kangaroo	Durack, Mary	Durack, Elizabeth	Kangaroos		5-10 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
Little Dragons of The Never Never	McFadyen, Ella		Thorny Devil, Thorny Dragon		6-10 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD
Longtime Passing	Brinsmead, Hesba		Blue Mountains, Swagman		10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust PD
Maggie the Magnificent	Thompson, C K		Magpies	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD
Magic Australia	Mass, Nuri		Geography		6-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
Magpie Island	Thiele, Colin	Haldane, Roger	Eyre Peninsula, Magpies		6-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
Margaret Catchpole	Donkin, Nance	Bell, Edwina	Hawkesbury, Margaret Catchpole, Midwife	Australians in History Series	7-13 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD, MA2:2 Aust
Mates at Billabong	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	Billabong	10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Matthew Flinders	Finkel, George	Hatcher, Victor	Matthew Flinders	Australians in History Series	7-13 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Monarch of the Western Skies	Thompson, C K		Eagles, Wedge Tailed Eagle	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
My Brilliant Career	Franklin, Miles				Young Adult	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO12 Aust JD, AO9 Aust PD
My Love Must Wait	Hill, Ernestine		Matthew Flinders		Young Adult	eBook	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
Nature Studies in Australia	Gillies, William				12-17 Years	eBook, Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO10 Aust JD, AO8 Aust JD
Ned Kelly	Clune, Frank	Stackpool, Walter	1870-1880, Ned Kelly	Young Australia Series	7-13 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
News from Nature: A Selection of Seasonal Gossip	Chisholm, Alec H		Natural History		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO8 Aust PD
Norah at Billabong	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	Billabong	10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Nowhere to Hide	Clark, Mavis Thorpe		Prisoner War Camp, War Homefront, World War Two		11-15 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
Old Bob’s Birds	Thompson, C K				5-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD
Open Air Studies in Australia	Chapman, Fredrick		Geology		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO8 Aust PD
Our Australasian Story	Marshall, H E				8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Our Australian Girl: Meet Poppy	Wang, Gabrielle		1860-1870, Aboriginal Mission, Chinese-Aboriginal, Echuca, Stolen Generation	Our Australian Girl	8-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
Our Sunburnt Country	Baillie, Arthur				6-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Pastures of the Blue Crane	Brinsmead, Hesba		Family, Grandfathers, Grandparents, Murwullimbah, North Coast		Young Adult	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO9 Aust PD
Radio Rescue!	Jolly, Jane	Ingpen, Robert	Pedal Radio, Royal Flying Doctors, School of the Air		5-10 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD
River Murray Mary	Thiele, Colin		1920-1930, Murray River		6-12 Years	eBook	AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD, MA1B Aust
River Rivals	Mudie, Ian	Cunningham, Walter	Francis Cadell, Murray River, Steamship, William Randell	Australians in History Series	7-13 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD, MA2:2 Aust
Sarli the Barrier Reef Turtle	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Great Barrier Reef, Reptiles, Turtles		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
Scotty in Gumnut Land	Gibbs, May	Gibbs, May			6-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
Seven Little Australians	Turner, Ethel		Family, Sydney	Woolcott Family	12-17 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust JD, AO3 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Shy the Platypus	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
Silvertail The Story of a Lyrebird	Watson, Ina	Cunningham, Walter	Lyrebird		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD
Storm Boy	Thiele, Colin		Coorong, Pelicans		8-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD
Stowaway	Hesse, Karen		1760-1770, Captain James Cook		10-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
Stradbroke Dreamtime	Nunukul, Oodgeroo	Bancroft, Bronwyn	Short Story, Stradbroke Island, Traditional Story		5-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust PD
Sun on the Stubble	Thiele, Colin		Barossa Valley		10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust JD, AO6 Aust PD
Switherby Pilgrims	Spence, Eleanor		1820-1830, South Coast		8-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD
Tangara	Chauncy, Nan		Time Slip		11-15 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO7 Aust JD
The 10 Bushcraft Books	Graves, Richard		Bushcraft		10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO8 Aust JD
The Adventures of Burke and Wills	Clune, Frank		Burke & Wills		8-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
The Animals Noah Forgot	Paterson, A B				4-12 Years	eBook	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
The Aussie Crusaders	Bowes, Joseph		War Middle East, World War One		12-17 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
The Australian Twins	Rooke, Daphne	Biro	Twins		6-10 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO3 Aust JD
The Bight	Thiele, Colin	McKelvey	Great Australian Bight		12-17 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO8 Aust JD
The Buccaneer Explorer	Dampier, William, Norris, Gerald		William Dampier		13-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
The Bush Boys	Tierney, James	Thomson, Mary-Kate	Blue Mountains, Camping	Bush Boys	9-15 Years	eBook	AO Aust JD, AO3 Aust JD
The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie	Gibbs, May	Gibbs, May			5-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD
The Courteous Savage: Yagan of Swan River	Durack, Mary	Durack, Elizabeth	Indigenous Warriors, Noongar People, Swan River, Yagan		8-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
The Drover’s Wife	Lawson, Henry		Short Story		13-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
The Dutchman Bold: Abel Tasman	Finkel, George		1640-1650, Abel Tasman		10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks	Banks, Joseph, Brunton, Paul		Joseph Banks		15-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
The Family at Misrule	Turner, Ethel		Family, Sydney	Woolcott Family	12-17 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
The Flyaway Highway	Lindsay, Norman				8-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD
The Flying Doctor	Brown, Barry		John Flynn, Royal Flying Doctors		10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony	Richardson, Henry Handel		Ballarat Goldfields		Young Adult	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO11 Aust JD, AO12 Aust JD
The Life of Captain James Cook	Beaglehole, J C		Captain James Cook		15-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders	Scott, Ernest		Matthew Flinders			In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
The Life Of Laperouse	Scott, Ernest		Laperouse		13-18 Years	eBook, Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
The Life of Matthew Flinders	Estensen, Miriam		Matthew Flinders		15-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO9 Aust JD
The Lighthorsemen	Mitchell, Elyne		Australian Light Horse Brigade, Battle of Beersheba, War Middle East		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
The Little Grammar People	Mass, Nuri		Grammar		8-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
The Little Wooden Horse	Wilson, Mark	Wilson, Mark	Child Convict, Orphans, Sydney		5-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
The Magic Pudding	Lindsay, Norman	Lindsay, Norman			6-14 Years	eBook, In Print	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
The March of Mother Duck	Thiele, Colin	Milton, Mary	Adelaide, Ducks		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD
The Muddle-headed Wombat	Park, Ruth	Young, Noela	Wombats		6-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
The Nargun and the Stars	Wrightson, Patricia		Aboriginal Mythology, Hunter Valley		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO8 Aust PD
The Old Man River Of Australia	Pirani, Leila	Cunningham, Walter	Geography, Murray River		8-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD
The Randy	Sanders, Dorothy		1940-1950, Ship Voyage		9-15 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO6 Aust PD
The Return of the Word Spy	Dubosarsky, Ursula	Riddle, Tohby	Grammar	Word Spy	12-17 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust PD
The Silver Brumby	Mitchell, Elyne		Brumbies, Horses, Snowy Mountains		10-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
The Singing Wire	Pownall, Eve	Stackpool, Walter	1870-1880, Charles Todd, Engineer, Overland Telegraph	Australians in History Series	7-13 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD, MA2:2 Aust
The Story of Australia				Childcraft		Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD, AO3 Aust JD
The Story of Australia for Boys and Girls	Bryant, Joseph				10-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD
The Story of Karrawingi the Emu	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Emu		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
The Way of the Whirlwind	Durack, Mary	Durack, Elizabeth	Kimberley, Traditional Story		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD
The Wilderness	Mack, Amy		Calendar, Sydney		13-18 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO10 Aust JD
The Wonderland of Nature	Mass, Nuri		Nature Study, Science		6-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD, AO3 Aust JD
The Word Spy	Dubosarsky, Ursula	Riddle, Tohby	Grammar	Word Spy	12-17 Years	In Print	AO Aust PD, AO7 Aust PD
They Live in Australia	Pownall, Eve	Cunningham, Walter			6-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust PD
Thiele Tales: Three Long Stories for Children	Thiele, Colin		Bunyip, Flash Flood, Flinders Ranges, Tiger Snake		6-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
Tiger Cat	Thompson, C K		Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Quoll, Tiger Cat, Tiger Quoll	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD
Tiger in the Bush	Chauncy, Nan		Extinct Animals, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacine		11-15 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO7 Aust JD
Trim: the Story of A Brave Seafaring Cat	Flinders, Matthew		Matthew Flinders		11-15 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, MA1B Aust
Two-Thumbs the Koala	Rees, Leslie	Senior, Margaret	Koalas, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals			Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
Verity of Sydney Town	Williams, Ruth		1810-1820, Parramatta, Sydney		5-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD, MA1B Aust
Victorian Readers: Set 8 Books	Education Department Victoria		Readers		5-14 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO1 Aust PD, AO2 Aust PD
Warrigal the Warrior	Thompson, C K		Dingo, Mammals, Placental Mammals	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO3 Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
Wilderness Orphan	Cottrell, Dorothy		Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		6-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust PD, AO3 Aust PD

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