Mary Grant Bruce
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Jeffery Greyling
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Mary Grant Bruce
Most of you probably haven't heard of her, but she wrote the Billabong books, which are now Australian classics. She wrote them between 1910 and 1942. If any of you have read Seven Little Austalians (by Ethel Turner) they're reasonably similar. I've always loved these books, though they are quite hard to get hold of really. If you find any, try reading them, 'cause they're good to read, but if you don't like them, they'll get heaps on Ebay.
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Jeffery Greyling
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Re: Mary Grant Bruce (Australian author)
Anyone?
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Re: Mary Grant Bruce (Australian author)
I've heard of her, and would quite like to read her books, but I'm not sure if they're readily available outside Australia without paying a lot of money. Still, one can always hope... 
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Jeffery Greyling
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Re: Mary Grant Bruce (Australian author)
There's a few copies of the first book on Ebay Australia at the moment, for quite cheap - I messaged the seller asking how much for postage to the UK, but they haven't replied.
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auscatherine
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Re: Mary Grant Bruce (Australian author)
I read a few of these as a child (they were my mum's copies as she loved them herself). I didn't like them as much as the Seven Little Australians series though. I was thrilled recently to discover a Seven Little Australians park in Sydney near where Ethel Turner used to live.
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Jeffery Greyling
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Re: Mary Grant Bruce (Australian author)
I don't know if you did, but the Billabong books are better if you start from the start (A Little Bush Maid). Which ones did your Mum have? Just Billabong, or others such as Seahawk?
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auscatherine
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Re: Mary Grant Bruce (Australian author)
I would have read A Little Bush Maid first but can't remember which other ones I read or in what order. I do remember that they were out of print then (1970s) so mum would keep an eye out for them in op shops or second hand stalls. I will have to see if she still has any.