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SUBJECT INDEX- B.

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Bandicoots  Banshees - Bees or wasps - Boats or ships

Bunyips Bushrangers

Bandicoots

 

THAT BOTHERSOME BANDISCOOT (A bandicoot wreaks havoc on Dad's lawn)

 

Banshees

 

EEEEEEMAIL (A girl encounters an electronic banshee)

 

Bees or Wasps

 

DAISY TOES (A bee sting ruins Mimi's romantic attempt to see herself as the Princess of the Lake.)

 

HERO (Bees provide the clue a young boy needs to communicate with aliens)

 

A STICKY PICTURE (Wasps invade an art exhibition and it's Toby's fault!)

 

Boats or Ships

AURORA (Aurora, the alien teenager, has her own special coracle-shaped dinghy)

 

A CREW FOR CAPTAIN KATE (A pirate captain searches for a crew and decides to kidnap children from the local school)

 

DOWN RIVER (Three girls and a dog in a dinghy; The Native Hen.)

 

KALLIE FETCHES THE DRAGON (A wizard's apprentice finds a dragon pestering the fishermen)

 

KALLIE AND THE FISHERMEN (A fisherman's daughter is apprenticed to a wizard)

 

KAYAK (Two boys kayak down the Bandinangi River and Mark and the Red Devil disappear)

 

KISSING COUSINS (adult novel - A young woman crosses Bass Strait in the ferry in her effort to escape an abusive ex-boyfriend.)

 

LOOKING OUT FOR SAM (A teenager meets the boy of her dreams on the ferry - but there's a catch)

 

Mangrove Mystery Ruby's brother Oliver takes Auntie and his sisters out in a boat on the Mangrove River.

 

MIX AND MATCH (adult novel - Yachts and yachties - and a young woman who can't swim. The yacht Aphrodite plays a major part, so does the motorboat Jemima.)

 

POWDERFLASH (Adult novel - A brideship girl arrives aboard the Clara, marries in haste and repents for quite some time)

 

SELKA (An island ferryman who pilots the Akira is "seawise" - divers search for treasure in the Scottish isles.)

 

SHAKEDOWN (The yacht Amanda May and a reef form the backdrop for a daring piece of fraud)

 

TRINITY STREET (An explosion on the yacht Kismet triggers an escape into time)

 

Triple Treat (Adult novel - A cruise-ship hostess meets trouble in the shape of her ex-fiancé aboard the Jenny Penmarrick)

 

Wedlocks (Adult novel - A young woman is washed ashore - is she a shipwreck victim from the sunken Bula Suva, or is something more sinister afoot?)

 

A Wild Welcome (Fleur and her family face storm and shipwreck aboard the immigrant ship Kingdom.)

 

Bunyips

BUNYIPS DON’T (A young bunyip learns his job)

 

THE BUNYIP'S LAIR (Elvie learns of the mysterious bunyip's lair and resolves to find it.)

 

THE BUNYIP WAKES  (A bunyip wakes from hibernation and finds friends in the modern world)

 

Bushrangers

ANNA'S OWN (A young colonial wife meets a desperate bushranger)

 

Beyond the Black Stump  (Michael and Ben hear four bushrangers making plans.)

 

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF AUSTRALIA (Some famous bushrangers)

 

Dolphin (Dolphin the convict girl routs bushranger Bad Jack.)

 

GOLD’S BRIDE (Originally published under the title: “POWDERFLASH”).  (Adult novel - Bushrangers attack a colonial farm and burn down Jeremiah Gold's house with him inside)

 

WICKED ROSE (Wicked Rose is a faithful wife, a loving mother - and a bushranger as well)

 

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