Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Nonfiction >> People & Places - Australia & Oceania

Imagine you had to sail 10,000 miles to an island in the South Pacific Ocean in an old wooden boat. In 1788 that happened to over 1400 English convicts, colonists, captains and men of the Marine Corps. Watched by fearful local Aboriginals, they established a base in a place called New South Wales, Australia. Who were these amazing people? What great stories do they have to tell? How did they survive and build the great and beautiful city that we now call Sydney? A city tour unlike any other, 'Amazing People of Sydney' brings you in touch with real people who have left us a legacy that we can...

1988

The small island of Tasmania off Australia's south coast is a long way from England.

Turquoise blue skies, endless sunshine, pub bands and local radio. For a girl from Manchester with a passion for live music, it's the perfect location.

Tasmanian band, The Fish John West Reject are living 400km away in Melbourne, recording their first album, Swim and playing regular gigs at The Punters Club. But when a boy brings his band back to the island for Christmas there is a chance encounter on the streets...