'The story of Marmel the Aboriginal, of the Uwadga tribe, a true story and friend of the author who travels to other parts of Australia. Macassar traders, traditional life, and work as a stockman in the Norhtern Territory.' (Source: AbeBooks website)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1969Dick Marston narrates the events of his and his brother Jim's association with notorious bushranger Captain Starlight.
Adelaide : Rigby , 1970'Everyone in Port Lincoln thinks Snook Pascoe is a loser. People joke about his clumsiness; his teacher ridicules him and even his father, skipper of the tuna boat Blue Fin, is convinced that Snook will never amount to anything. After all, tuna fishing is a hard life for ‘real men’.
'When Snook is allowed, for once, to sail on Blue Fin he faces a terrifying disaster. A waterspout engulfs the ship, the deck is swept clean, the radio and rudder are wrecked, the engine is disabled, the crew is lost overboard and Snook’s father lies unconscious down below. Snook is on his own, far out to sea…' (Publication summary)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1971(Publication summary)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1973The story of a boy and his pelican, Mr Percival, who live on the South Australian Coorong.
Adelaide : Rigby , 1976The tiny South Australian coastal town of Ripple Bay is changed when Albatross Two, a giant offshore oil rig arrives. As her brother is employed on the rig, Tina Banks tries to understand the need for oil exploration, until an oil spillage threatens to destroy all the coastal wildlife. (Source: Trove)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1977'The author is Lardil man from Mornington Island; comments on conception beliefs, birth, food plants, camp life, Creation myth, myths on origin of death, Thuwathu the Rainbow Serpent, marriage rules, relations with Mission staff, hunting & fishing, stellar myths, dugong hunting, wild bee myth; initiation myth, describes initiation ceremony, subincision, secret Damin language; flood ceremony, 22 lines of rain stopping song (with free translation), story of Warrenby, sorcery and sorcerers, clay as medicine, love magic, moon legend, death & mourning, burial, inquest, spirit beliefs; relations with Bentinck Island (Kaiadilt) people, stories of early settlement of Sweers Island; work on cattle stations & as deckhand, encouragement to work on bark painting' (Source: Online)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1977