Lists of Bests: Australian Children's Book of the Year Award - Book of the Year / Older Readers http://www.listsofbests.com/list/52120 The first Australian Children's Book of the Year Award was made in 1946. At that time and until 1952, there was but a single category of award. In 1952 a category for the picture books was created, a Younger Readers category in 1982, the Eve Pownall Award for Non-Fiction in 1993, and the Early Childhood in 2001. This award became the Book of the Year: Older Readers in 1987. There were no awards given in 1947, 1949 & 1975. There were ties in 1953, 1962 & 1994. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:11:49 GMT en-us 0 50 63 50 0 The Story of Karrawingi The Emu http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810687 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leslie Rees</div> Shackleton's Argonauts: A Saga of the Antarctic Icepacks by Frank Hurley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810692 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Whalers of the midnight sun;: A story of modern whaling in the Antarctic. Illustrated with woodcuts by Charles Pont http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810696 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan John Villiers</div> Verity of Sydney Town http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810698 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Williams</div> The Australia Book by Eve Pownall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810699 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Good Luck To The Rider http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810700 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Aircraft of today and tomorrow, http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810701 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Henry Martin</div> Australian Legendary Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810702 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810702"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hbVCIRuxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katie Langloh Parker</div> The First Walkabout http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810710 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman B. Tindale and H. A. Lindsay</div> The Crooked Snake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810707 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Wrightson</div> The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810725 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Enid Moodie (chosen, edited and arranged by). Heddle</div> Tiger in the Bush (Puffin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810728 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nan Chauncy</div> Devil's Hill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810743 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nan Chauncy</div> All the Proud Tribesmen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810784 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kyle Tennant</div> Tangara http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810785 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nan Chauncey</div> The Racketty Street Gang http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810786 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. H. Evers</div> Rafferty Rides a Winner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810818 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Woodberry</div> The Family Conspiracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810790 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Phipson</div> The Green Laurel by Eleanor Spence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810796 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Pastures Of The Blue Crane http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3343161 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3343161"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01RFF9YX7XL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hesba Brinsmead</div> Ash Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1684082 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1684082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/193242511X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ivan Southall</div> THE MIN-MIN. Illust. by Genevieve Melrose. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810889 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mavis Thorpe Clark</div> To the Wild Sky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1684078 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ivan Francis Southall</div> When Jays Fly To Barbmo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810887 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Balderson</div> Uhu by Annette Macarthur - Onslow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810897 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Bread and Honey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337494 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ivan Southall</div> Longtime Passing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810903 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hesba Brinsmead</div> Family at the Lookout http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810907 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Noreen Shelley</div> The Nargun and the Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810910 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Wrightson</div> Fly West by Ivan Southall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810934 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The October Child http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810942 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eleanor Spence</div> The Ice Is Coming http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810944 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Wrightson</div> The Plum-Rain Scroll http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810945 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810945"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YMEVKMZVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Manley</div> Displaced Person by Lee Harding http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810949 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Playing Beatie Bow (Puffin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3084 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3084"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140314601.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056420784_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Park</div> The Valley Between http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3810952 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Thiele</div> Master of the Grove http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/626032 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/626032"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140313869.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Kelleher</div> A Little Fear http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3811004 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wrightson</div> The True Story of Lilli Stubeck http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3811026 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Aldridge</div> The Green Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3811037 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> All We Know by Simon French http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3811097 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> So Much to Tell You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201823 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201823"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449703746.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444398_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Marsden</div> Beyond the Labyrinth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1772006 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gillian Rubinstein</div> Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (Puffin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026671 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026671"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140342540.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056420857_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Klein</div> Strange Objects http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2920010 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Crew</div> The House Guest by Eleanor Nilsson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3811429 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Looking for Alibrandi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978823 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978823"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375836942.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Melina Marchetta</div> The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3811519 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Angel's Gate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/822202 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/822202"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689801661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Crew</div> Foxspell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1772005 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1772005"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689806027.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056466427_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gillian Rubinstein</div>