Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Countries

Let's go, Globetrotters! We're travelling to Australia, home to unique wildlife and some of the world's most spectacular landscapes. Discover what life is like in Australia, and how people live, work and play. Find out about the food, culture and language, and visit some of the most beautiful nat...

"Oh no! You've been bitten by an inland taipan? Don't worry, The Australia Survival Guide has the first-aid advice you need! What's that? You're lost in the bush and need to know how to collect your own water? The Australia Survival Guide has got you covered. Our amazing country has its fair ...

Australian Backyard Explorer tells the stories of many intrepid individuals who explored the Australian continent in the first 120 years of European settlement. It includes little-known explorers as well as the old favourites, such as James Cook, Edward John Eyre, Robert O'Hara Burke and William ...

"What is the Magna Carta and what connection does it have with Canberra? Find the answer to this question and many others in the section on the Australian Parliament and system of government. Read about the history of the areas that became the Australian Capital Territory, and learn about the rol...

With stunning images from Australian Geographic's extensive picture library and fun facts about Australian culture and history, this book is a great way to introduce the country we call home. From our first people and the history of exploration, to our plants and animals and profiles on each stat...

The immense desert areas of Australia used to be called its 'dead heart'. Today we realise that deserts and savannahs have complex ecosystems, with plants and animals that have adaptations enabling them to survive there and not in any other location. Deserts are now iconic symbols of Australia an...

Australia's mountains are not high by world standards, but they have influenced the spread of human settlement, and they affect the weather and the presence of water in the environment. From the ancient, weathered ranges in the deserts, to the Great Dividing Range and the extinct volcanoes, Austr...

The Outback is not a place with any definite boundary. When Australians refer to the Outback they mean the enormous regions of the country that are far away from the sorts of services transport and facilities that people expect to find in urban areas. Find out who lives in the Outback how they su...

New South Wales is the fourth largest state in Australia, but it has the highest population and an economy that is bigger than that of some nearby countries. Sydney is where Australia's first British colony was founded in 1788, making its early history also the history of the nation. Find out how...