This beloved coming-of-age novel offers a profound exploration of the Australian boyhood experience, capturing the essence of growing up in Australia. Through its relatable characters and vivid storytelling, it delves into themes of friendship, identity, and the challenges of adolescence, making it a quintessential read for anyone interested in the nuances of youth in an Australian context.
A Bomber Command classic depicting the deep feelings associated with the human cost of the air war in World War II. This is the breathtaking story of a wartime bomber crew facing the hazards of bombing strongly defended targets. A navigator with the RAAF based at Elsham Wolds, Charlwood writes sympathetically and understandingly of the hopes and fears of the crews as squadron losses mounted.
Don Charlwood read more than 120 immigrant diaries kept on the long sailing ship voyages to Australia, and numerous letters the settlers wrote home. He tells about the perils, the ships and their routes, accommodation on board, surgeons and health, messing and dining, pastimes and consolations, the crew and the new shore.Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Ethnic Affairs Commission Award in 1982.