by Robert Newton
YEAR 8 NOVEL STUDY
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Being the son of an army officer, Robert Newton spent his childhood moving to different postings around Australia. Six schools later, including a stint in Singapore, his family finally settled in Melbourne
At an early age, Robert dreamed of playing the trombone, but soon discovered his arm wasn't long enough to fully extend the slide valve. Instead, he took up the trumpet and played briefly with the Melbourne Youth Symphonic Orchestra. After finishing school Robert, in his own words, didn't have a clue what he wanted to do, so filled his time studying and trying his hand at various jobs
During this time he and his older brother ventured into small business and launched the very promising Newton Brother's Rubbish Removal Company. Despite its catchy slogan, 'WE'RE RUBBISH -- IF IT STINKS, WE WANT IT', the company, sadly, fell bankrupt. Thirteen years ago Robert decided to join The Metropolitan Fire Brigade as a full time firefighter.
Robert Newton
works as a full-time firefighter with the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. His first
novel, My Name is Will Thompson, was published in 2001. Since then he has
written four other novels for young people, including Runner, which was
published by Penguin in 2005. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and three
daughters.
Ref 994 Aus Australians : A Historical Atlas
994 Cla Clark, Manning A History Of Australia
Ref 912.9451 Lee Leeuwenburg, Jeff The Making Of Melbourne On Maps
331.0994 Car Carroll,Brian Australians At Work Through 200 Years
Dewey munbers to browse: 994 (Australian history)
994.04 Aus Australia Through Time : 127 Years Of Australian History
994.04 Hal Hallett, Keith Now And Then : Australian history And Identity In The 20th Century
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/public/gallery/rocks/rocks.html
Runner; The Punjabi Pappadum; Saturday Morning, Mozart and Burnt Toast; The Khaki Kid;
My Name is Will Thompson ; The Black Dog Gang
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/links/history/aust.cfm
An annotated directory of websites relating to Australian history compiled by ... images of the City of Sydney, mostly dating from 1900 to the present day. ...
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/public/gallery/plague/history.htm :The Bubonic Plague hit Sydney in January 1900. Spreading from the waterfront, the rats carried the plague throughout the city. Within eight months 303 cases ...
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/public/gallery/rocks/displays/displays-item-13.html : contains photographs of the streets in The Rocks area , c. 1900
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/objectsthroughtime/timeline/1918.shtml : some good photos
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/public/gallery/rocks/rocks.html : showcases the history of the Rocks area of Sydney
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