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Australian Miscellany
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readin…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged, version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Lewis Carroll
A delightful version of Alice's Adventures following that scurrying Rabbit with the watch that is shortened for the enjoyment of younger chi…
The Tale of Benny Badger
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
"Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won ed…
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat (Dramatic Reading)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Thornton W. Burgess
Join us as we follow Jerry Muskrat and his friends on an adventure to discover what is threatening their homeland, Laughing Brook and Smilin…
Stingaree
Read by Beeswaxcandle
E. W. Hornung
Ten tales of the adventures of an Australian Bushranger - (Summary by Beeswaxcandle)
The Magic Pudding
Read by ilianthe
Norman Lindsay
Bunyip Bluegum the koala sets out on his travels taking only a walking stick. At about lunchtime, feeling more than slightly peckish, he mee…
Dad's Trip to Brisbane (from Our New Selection)
Read by Son of the Exiles
Steele Rudd
Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…
Seven Little Australians
Read by Ophelia Darcy
Ethel Turner
This is the story of seven incorrigible children living near Sydney in the 1880’s with their military-man father, and a stepmother who is sc…
The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack (version 2)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Thornton W. Burgess
Poor Mrs. Quack has lots of ducklings and lots of misadventure. Most are funny but some are scary. And where, oh where is Mr. Quack?! - S…
The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2)
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
From the armadillo and musk ox to the walrus and manatee, this book introduces you to the many mammals who live and play throughout North Am…
Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Rudyard Kipling
The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of h…
Winnie-the-Pooh (Version 2)
Read by Matthew Soanes
A. A. Milne
A charming collection of 10 relaxing tales, come along into the Forest as Winnie-the-Pooh tries to get some honey, the search is on for Eeyo…
Tale of Brownie Beaver
Read by Betsie Bush
Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books, centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weavin…
The Boy Travellers in Australasia
Read by Adrian Wilson
Thomas Wallace Knox
ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO THE SANDWICH, MARQUESAS, SOCIETY, SAMOAN, AND FEEJEE ISLANDS, AND THROUGH THE COLONIES OF NEW ZEALA…
An Outback Marriage
Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Andrew Barton Paterson
A ROLLICKING YARN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LEGENDBanjo Paterson is our best known and most loved bush poet. Less well known, but no less captivati…
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Thornton W. Burgess
Chatterer the Red Squirrel finds himself in trouble again and is forced to abandon his old home. As the search for a new home begins, Chatte…
Barnaby Rudge (version 2)
Read by Mil Nicholson
Charles Dickens
One of the two Historical novels Charles Dickens wrote, Barnaby Rudge is set around the ‘Gordon’ riots in London in 1780. The story begins i…
Australian Fairy Tales
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
James Hume-Cook
"The Stories in this little book have been set down almost in the same words in which they were told. How the telling of them came abou…
Winnie-the-Pooh
Read by Phil Chenevert
A. A. Milne
Winnie the Pooh, the loveable little bear with a great big heart (and only a slightly less large appetite for honey), has fun and adventures…