Go on a journey through our colourful postal past and find out how Australians have stayed connected — from message sticks to stamps, and from overland telegraphs to satellites.
You see their faces every day. You may even be carrying their picture in your wallet right now. Meet the great Australians on our banknotes.
Notable book, 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia awards
I’ve been meaning to put this up for ages.
My publishers bought me a box of chocolates from Disneyland during a (not so) recent trip to the United States.
As you can see, the chocolates were packaged to look like a fat bundle of Disney dollar bills.
I’m not sure what the exchange rate of Disney dollars is to Australian dollars, but I do know that the rate at which the chocolates were exchanged from being in their box to being in my stomach was pretty darn impressive.
Using Stuck on History in the classroom 15/7/2008
Nudge nudge, link link 10/5/2008
Taking a stand 28/4/2008
Short stuff 28/4/2008
New book, new look 3/4/2008
Not an April fool 2/4/2008
Teachers notes for WOTM 4/3/2008
Mickey money 8/2/2008
New book coming in April 30/1/2008
WOTM is a book for all ages! 6/7/2007
So what’s next? 11/3/2007
Launch(es) 9/3/2007
Talking to teachers 9/3/2007
Who’s on the Money? in stores now! 1/3/2007
My very own advance copy 18/1/2007
Selected links from my Australian history linkroll at del.icio.us.
Aboriginal history and occupation of Australia A Queensland Government reference on the history and occupation of Australia via migration 40,000 years ago to Sahul, the combined landmass of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Includes a map of Sahul.
Melbourne academic claims to have found buried equipment from Burke & Wills expedition
Open Library Another way to access the mind-bogglingly huge archive of full text digitised books at the Internet Archive (archive.org); very neat site design and great options for refining searches
I live in the northern suburbs of Melbourne with my partner, our daughter and two chickens.
As well as being a writer of books for children, I work as an editor for a medical organisation and as a freelance web designer.
Feel free to contact me at mail@chrismiles.com.au