A Banner Bold
by Nadia Wheatley (Author)
A Banner Bold: The Diary of Rosa Aarons, Ballarat Goldfield, 1854
Something is happening. I can hear bullets going off, and people are running down towards the Eureka field...In 1854 Rosa Aarons and her family travel from London to the goldfield at Ballarat. She makes new friends, learns to ride a horse, and helps her family get by. Soon Rosa becomes caught up in one of the most dramatic events in Australian history: the Eureka Stockade. As the battle between the miners and the soldiers rages around her, Rosa's main concern is the safety of her beloved Papa.
Something is happening. I can hear bullets going off, and people are running down towards the Eureka field...In 1854 Rosa Aarons and her family travel from London to the goldfield at Ballarat. She makes new friends, learns to ride a horse, and helps her family get by. Soon Rosa becomes caught up in one of the most dramatic events in Australian history: the Eureka Stockade. As the battle between the miners and the soldiers rages around her, Rosa's main concern is the safety of her beloved Papa.
My Australian Story Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: My Australian StoryReading level: 9+
Books in series: 34
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: adventure historical culture realistic fiction
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. A Banner Bold (2000)2. Secrets and Sisterhood (A Tale of Two Families) (2000)
3. Plagues and Federation (2000)
4. Surviving Sydney Cove (2000)
5. The Deadly Flu (A Different Sort of Real) (2001)
6. The Rum Rebellion (2001)
7. The Yankee Whaler (2001)
8. Who Am I? (2001)
9. Voyage to Botany Bay (On Board the Boussole) (2002)
10. The Bombing of Darwin (2002)
11. Fords and Flying Machines (2003)
12. Snowy (2003)
13. Riding with Thunderbolt (2004)
14. Our Don Bradman (2004)
15. A Marathon of Her Own (2004)
16. Our Enemy, My Friend (2005)
17. New Gold Mountain (2005)
18. Outback (2005)
19. Cyclone Tracy (2006)
20. Refugee (2006)
21. The Melting Pot (2007)
22. Archer's Melbourne Cup (2007)
23. Snatched by Pirates (Claw of the Dragon) (2008)
24. Atomic Testing (2009)
25. The Hunt for Ned Kelly (2010)
26. The Phar Lap Mystery (2010)
27. My Father's War (2011)
28. Sydney Harbour Bridge (2012)
29. Heroes of Tobruk (2012)
30. Escape from Cockatoo Island (2013)
31. Gallipoli (2013)
32. Fremantle Prison Break (2013)
33. Kokoda (2014)
34. Convict Girl (2014)