* Much thanks to Jeanne from A Peaceful Day for sharing her family’s plans of how they Australianised Ambleside Online. 

See A Peaceful Day for reviews on the books Jeanne suggests for adding an Australian flavour to AO and her other Australian Book Reviews. 

* Much thanks to Carol from Journey and Destination for sharing how her family adapted Ambleside Online for Australia.

Scroll Journey and Destination labels such as: Towards an Australian CM Education, Ambleside Online for each year, Australian Books and Australian Curriculum and Substituting books for AO for all of Carol’s adaptions for AO.

Legend: AO Aust PD = A Peaceful Day recommendations

               AO Aust JD = Journey & Destination recommendations

Image	Name	Writers	Illustrators	Tags	Target Age
	60 Classic Australian Poems for Children	Cheng, Christopher	Rogers, Gregory		6-14 Years
	A Book for Kids	Dennis, C J	Dennis, C J		5-12 Years
	A Bush Calendar	Mack, Amy		Bush, Calendar, Seasons, Sydney	13-18 Years
	A Fortunate Life	Facey, A B		Bush Life, Gallipoli, World War One	Young Adult
	A Little Black Princess	Gunn, Jeannie		Elsey Station, Katherine	10-18 Years
	A Little Bush Maid	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	10-18 Years
	A Short History of Australia	Scott, Ernest			15-18 Years
	A Short History of Nearly Everything	Bryson, Bill			13-18 Years
	All the Green Year	Charlwood, Don		Coming of Age, Mornington Peninsula	13-18 Years
	Animals of Australia in Colour	Stevens, Lyla			6-12 Years
	Aroora the Red Kangaroo	Rees, Leslie	Singleton, John	Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Red Kangaroos	5-12 Years
	Around the Boree Log	O'Brien, John		Australian Bush	8-18 Years
	Ash Road	Southall, Ivan		Bushfire	11-15 Years
	Australian Backyard Astronomy	Bhathal, Ragbir			10-18 Years
	Australian Backyard Explorer	Macinnis, Peter			10-14 Years
	Australian Backyard Naturalist	Macinnis, Peter			10-18 Years
	Australian Legendary Tales	Parker, K Langloh		Bangate Station, Euahlayi People, Goodooga, Lightning Ridge, Noongahburrah People, Traditional Story	8-14 Years
	Australian Nature Studies	Leach, J A			13-18 Years
	Back to Billabong	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	10-18 Years
	Bennelong	Phipson, Joan	Stackpool, Walter	Bennelong, Eora Nation, Gadigal People, Sydney	7-13 Years
	Billabong’s Daughter	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	10-18 Years
	Bligh: Master Mariner	Mundle, Rob		1800-1810, Governor William Bligh	15-18 Years
	Bush Charms	Chandler, L G		Natural History	13-18 Years
	Bush Days	Mack, Amy		Sydney	13-18 Years
	Bushland and Seashore	Hill, Robin	Hill, Robin	Bush, Seashore	8-18 Years
	Bushland Stories	Mack, Amy		Parables, Sydney	6-12 Years
	Captain Cook	MacLean, Alistair		Captain James Cook	Young Adult
	Captain Cook Explores the South Seas	Sperry, Armstrong		1760-1770, Captain James Cook	8-18 Years
	Captain Jim	Bruce, Mary Grant		War Effort England	10-18 Years
	Children of the Dark People	Davison, Frank Dalby		pre-1788	11-15 Years
	Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill	Wall, Dorothy		Koalas	5-12 Years
	Currency Lass	Reeson, Margaret		Mary Hassall, Sydney	15-18 Years
	Devil’s Hill	Chauncy, Nan			11-15 Years
	Doctor Hunger & Captain Thirst	Hooper, Meredith			10-18 Years
	Emu	Saxby, Claire	Byrne, Graham	Emu	4-12 Years
	Famous Australian Birds	Kaplan, Gisela			6-18 Years
	February Dragon	Thiele, Colin		Bushfire	10-14 Years
	First Studies in Plant Life	Gillies, William		Plants	12-17 Years
	Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia	Mundle, Rob		Matthew Flinders	15-18 Years
	Flynn of the Inland	Idriess, Ion		John Flynn, Royal Flying Doctors	Young Adult
	From Billabong to London	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	10-18 Years
	Goldseekers	Knudsen, Greta	Sandor, Eva	Bathurst	6-14 Years
	Gully of Gold	Clark, Mavis Thorpe		1850-1860, Ballarat Goldfields	10-14 Years
	Henry Lawson Stories and Poems	Lawson, Henry	Huxley, Dee		10-18 Years
	History of Australia	Clark, Manning, Ferrier, Susanne, Hooper, Meredith			10-14 Years
	I Can Jump Puddles	Marshall, Alan		Bush Life, Polio	Young Adult
	I Find Australia	Hatfield, William		Geography	15-18 Years
	James Cook, Royal Navy	Finkel, George		Captain James Cook	8-14 Years
	James Ruse: Pioneer Wheat Farmer	Chapman, Jean		Convict Emancipist, James Ruse, Sydney, Wheat Farmer	8-12 Years
	Jim and Wally	Bruce, Mary Grant		World War One	10-18 Years
	John of the Sirius	Chadwick, Doris		1780-1790, First Fleet, Sydney	5-14 Years
	John of Sydney Cove	Chadwick, Doris		1780-1790, Sydney	5-14 Years
	Karalta	Bruce, Mary Grant		War Evacuee	12-17 Years
	Kookanoo and Kangaroo	Durack, Mary	Durack, Elizabeth	Kangaroos	5-10 Years
	Little Dragons of The Never Never	McFadyen, Ella		Thorny Devil, Thorny Dragon	6-10 Years
	Longtime Passing	Brinsmead, Hesba		Blue Mountains, Swagman	10-14 Years
	Maggie the Magnificent	Thompson, C K		Magpies	8-18 Years
	Magic Australia	Mass, Nuri		Geography	6-14 Years
	Magpie Island	Thiele, Colin	Haldane, Roger	Eyre Peninsula, Magpies	6-12 Years
	Margaret Catchpole	Donkin, Nance	Bell, Edwina	Hawkesbury, Margaret Catchpole, Midwife	7-13 Years
	Mates at Billabong	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	10-18 Years
	Matthew Flinders	Finkel, George	Hatcher, Victor	Matthew Flinders	7-13 Years
	Monarch of the Western Skies	Thompson, C K		Eagles, Wedge Tailed Eagle	8-18 Years
	My Brilliant Career	Franklin, Miles			Young Adult
	My Love Must Wait	Hill, Ernestine		Matthew Flinders	Young Adult
	Nature Studies in Australia	Gillies, William			12-17 Years
	Ned Kelly	Clune, Frank	Stackpool, Walter	1870-1880, Ned Kelly	7-13 Years
	News from Nature: A Selection of Seasonal Gossip	Chisholm, Alec H		Natural History	13-18 Years
	Norah at Billabong	Bruce, Mary Grant		Station Life	10-18 Years
	Nowhere to Hide	Clark, Mavis Thorpe		Prisoner War Camp, War Homefront, World War Two	11-15 Years
	Old Bob’s Birds	Thompson, C K			5-12 Years
	Open Air Studies in Australia	Chapman, Fredrick		Geology	13-18 Years
	Our Australasian Story	Marshall, H E			8-18 Years
	Our Australian Girl: Meet Poppy	Wang, Gabrielle		1860-1870, Aboriginal Mission, Chinese-Aboriginal, Echuca, Stolen Generation	8-12 Years
	Our Sunburnt Country	Baillie, Arthur			6-12 Years
	Pastures of the Blue Crane	Brinsmead, Hesba		Family, Grandfathers, Grandparents, Murwullimbah, North Coast	Young Adult
	Radio Rescue!	Jolly, Jane	Ingpen, Robert	Pedal Radio, Royal Flying Doctors, School of the Air	5-10 Years
	River Murray Mary	Thiele, Colin		1920-1930, Murray River	6-12 Years
	River Rivals	Mudie, Ian	Cunningham, Walter	Francis Cadell, Murray River, Steamship, William Randell	7-13 Years
	Sarli the Barrier Reef Turtle	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Great Barrier Reef, Reptiles, Turtles	5-12 Years
	Scotty in Gumnut Land	Gibbs, May	Gibbs, May		6-14 Years
	Seven Little Australians	Turner, Ethel		Family, Sydney	12-17 Years
	Shy the Platypus	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus	5-12 Years
	Silvertail The Story of a Lyrebird	Watson, Ina	Cunningham, Walter	Lyrebird	5-12 Years
	Storm Boy	Thiele, Colin		Coorong, Pelicans	8-14 Years
	Stowaway	Hesse, Karen		1760-1770, Captain James Cook	10-14 Years
	Stradbroke Dreamtime	Nunukul, Oodgeroo	Bancroft, Bronwyn	Short Story, Stradbroke Island, Traditional Story	5-14 Years
	Sun on the Stubble	Thiele, Colin		Barossa Valley	10-14 Years
	Switherby Pilgrims	Spence, Eleanor		1820-1830, South Coast	8-14 Years
	Tangara	Chauncy, Nan		Time Slip	11-15 Years
	The 10 Bushcraft Books	Graves, Richard		Bushcraft	10-18 Years
	The Adventures of Burke and Wills	Clune, Frank		Burke & Wills	8-12 Years
	The Animals Noah Forgot	Paterson, A B			4-12 Years
	The Aussie Crusaders	Bowes, Joseph		War Middle East, World War One	12-17 Years
	The Australian Twins	Rooke, Daphne	Biro	Twins	6-10 Years
	The Bight	Thiele, Colin	McKelvey	Great Australian Bight	12-17 Years
	The Buccaneer Explorer	Dampier, William, Norris, Gerald		William Dampier	13-18 Years
	The Bush Boys	Tierney, James	Thomson, Mary-Kate	Blue Mountains, Camping	9-15 Years
	The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie	Gibbs, May	Gibbs, May		5-12 Years
	The Courteous Savage: Yagan of Swan River	Durack, Mary	Durack, Elizabeth	Indigenous Warriors, Noongar People, Swan River, Yagan	8-12 Years
	The Drover's Wife	Lawson, Henry		Short Story	13-18 Years
	The Dutchman Bold: Abel Tasman	Finkel, George		1640-1650, Abel Tasman	10-14 Years
	The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks	Banks, Joseph, Brunton, Paul		Joseph Banks	15-18 Years
	The Family at Misrule	Turner, Ethel		Family, Sydney	12-17 Years
	The Flyaway Highway	Lindsay, Norman			8-12 Years
	The Flying Doctor	Brown, Barry		John Flynn, Royal Flying Doctors	10-14 Years
	The Fortunes of Richard Mahony	Richardson, Henry Handel		Ballarat Goldfields	Young Adult
	The Life of Captain James Cook	Beaglehole, J C		Captain James Cook	15-18 Years
	The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders	Scott, Ernest		Matthew Flinders
	The Life Of Laperouse	Scott, Ernest		Laperouse	13-18 Years
	The Life of Matthew Flinders	Estensen, Miriam		Matthew Flinders	15-18 Years
	The Lighthorsemen	Mitchell, Elyne		Australian Light Horse Brigade, Battle of Beersheba, War Middle East	13-18 Years
	The Little Grammar People	Mass, Nuri		Grammar	8-12 Years
	The Little Wooden Horse	Wilson, Mark	Wilson, Mark	Child Convict, Orphans, Sydney	5-12 Years
	The Magic Pudding	Lindsay, Norman	Lindsay, Norman		6-14 Years
	The March of Mother Duck	Thiele, Colin	Milton, Mary	Adelaide, Ducks	5-12 Years
	The Muddle-headed Wombat	Park, Ruth	Young, Noela	Wombats	6-12 Years
	The Nargun and the Stars	Wrightson, Patricia		Aboriginal Mythology, Hunter Valley	13-18 Years
	The Old Man River Of Australia	Pirani, Leila	Cunningham, Walter	Geography, Murray River	8-14 Years
	The Randy	Sanders, Dorothy		1940-1950, Ship Voyage	9-15 Years
	The Return of the Word Spy	Dubosarsky, Ursula	Riddle, Tohby	Grammar	12-17 Years
	The Silver Brumby	Mitchell, Elyne		Brumbies, Horses, Snowy Mountains	10-18 Years
	The Singing Wire	Pownall, Eve	Stackpool, Walter	1870-1880, Charles Todd, Engineer, Overland Telegraph	7-13 Years
	The Story of Australia
	The Story of Australia for Boys and Girls	Bryant, Joseph			10-14 Years
	The Story of Karrawingi the Emu	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Emu	5-12 Years
	The Way of the Whirlwind	Durack, Mary	Durack, Elizabeth	Kimberley, Traditional Story	5-12 Years
	The Wilderness	Mack, Amy		Calendar, Sydney	13-18 Years
	The Wonderland of Nature	Mass, Nuri		Nature Study, Science	6-14 Years
	The Word Spy	Dubosarsky, Ursula	Riddle, Tohby	Grammar	12-17 Years
	They Live in Australia	Pownall, Eve	Cunningham, Walter		6-12 Years
	Thiele Tales: Three Long Stories for Children	Thiele, Colin		Bunyip, Flash Flood, Flinders Ranges, Tiger Snake	6-14 Years
	Tiger Cat	Thompson, C K		Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Quoll, Tiger Cat, Tiger Quoll	8-18 Years
	Tiger in the Bush	Chauncy, Nan		Extinct Animals, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacine	11-15 Years
	Trim: the Story of A Brave Seafaring Cat	Flinders, Matthew		Matthew Flinders	11-15 Years
	Two-Thumbs the Koala	Rees, Leslie	Senior, Margaret	Koalas, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals
	Verity of Sydney Town	Williams, Ruth		1810-1820, Parramatta, Sydney	5-14 Years
	Victorian Readers: Set 8 Books	Education Department Victoria		Readers	5-14 Years
	Warrigal the Warrior	Thompson, C K		Dingo, Mammals, Placental Mammals	8-18 Years
	Wilderness Orphan	Cottrell, Dorothy		Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals	6-12 Years