Tony Palmer Tony Palmer i(A64080 works by)
Born: Established: 1941 ;
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Soldier's Gift Tony Palmer , Melbourne : Penguin Books , 2014 6865893 2014 single work children's fiction children's war literature

'Emily knows her big brother, Tom, wants to leave Hillside Farm and go overseas to the war, but Emily doesn't want him to go.

'"Everyone else is going," said Tom to Emily when their uncle was gone. "That's not a good reason," said Emily.

'The Soldier's Gift is a moving story of one family's courage and endurance during the First World War, the terrible losses at Gallipoli and a time that changed Australia forever.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 5 y separately published work icon The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , Camberwell : Penguin , 2011 Z1768891 2011 single work novel young adult historical fiction

'1854, the eve of the Eureka Stockade battle. Ballarat is teeming with miners and rebels, and Irish-born Fintan Donovan is fighting private battles of his own.

'I'm a daughter of my homeland.  We're Irish. It's all we need to know.'

'This isn't Ireland, Niamh.' Kilkenny Pat cut through her words. 'It's a new country.
Even the English aren't English here.'

'It is 1854 and Ballarat is teeming with miners, dreamers and rebels. On the eve of the Eureka Stockade battle, Fintan Donovan is fighting private battles of his own. Torn between his Irish upbringing and his friendship with an English boy called Matthew Ward, Fintan must make a stand. Will he be dominated by the hatreds of the old world or will he find a new way to live in the new country?

'Vivid and powerful, The Valley of Blood and Gold evokes a moment in history that is entrenched in Australian national heritage.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 Meet the Author : Tony Palmer Tony Palmer , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2007; (p. 4)
1 8 y separately published work icon Break of Day Tony Palmer , Camberwell : Penguin , 2007 Z1358589 2007 single work novel young adult 'On the Kokoda Track, in the damp, disease-filled jungles of Papua New Guinea, Murray Barrett and the rest of the 39th Battalion are the only thing standing between Australia and a Japanese invasion. Everyone thinks they'll be slaughtered, and Murray finds he'll have to fight alongside his worst enemy...Does Murray have the courage to do what he has to do? And what is courage, after all?' - back cover
1 y separately published work icon The Trials of Oz Tony Palmer , London : Blond and Briggs , 1971 Z913114 1971 single work biography
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