‘Jackie French has a passion for history, and an enviable ability to weave the fascinating minutiae of everyday life into a good story. Paterson and from events rooted in actual history, this is the untold story behind Australia’s early years as an emerging nation. It is also the story of others who had no vote and very little but their dreams.ĭrawing on the well-known poem by A.B. 6 Books 1 A Waltz for Matilda Jackie French From 15. See the complete The Matilda Saga series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Set against a backdrop of bushfire, flood, war and jubilation, this is the story of one girl’s journey towards independence. by Jackie French includes books A Waltz for Matilda, The Road to Gundagai, To Love a Sunburnt Country, and several more. In front of his terrified daughter, he makes a stand against them, defiant to the last. In the tradition of The Man from Snowy River comes a gripping and courageous sequel to A Waltz for Matilda. Her father has turned swaggie and he’s wanted by the troopers. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. ‘Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy boiled You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me…’ The story behind Banjo Paterson’s iconic Australian song.
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