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Barney and the secret of the whales / Jackie French ; Mark Wilson.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780732299446 (paperback)
Classification	JF FREN
Personal Name	French, Jackie
Title	Barney and the secret of the whales / Jackie French ; Mark Wilson.
Production & Copyright Details	South, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2016.
Production & Copyright Details	©2016
Physical Description	130 pages ; 20 cm.
Content type	text
Series	Secret Histories 02
Summary Note	What is the sailor's secret about the treasure of Australia's colony? The second book in a series that explores little-known history about Australia's fascinating past. Barney Bean is keen to make his fortune and he hears a secret; a sailor's secret about the treasure of the colony. But how can chasing whales make you rich? Is adventure at sea worth leaving everything he loves? Written by award-winning author Jackie French and superbly illustrated by Mark Wilson, this second book in The Secret Histories series explores how the early colony survived with the wealth from whaling, a little-known secret from Australia's past.
Target audience note	For primary school age.
Subject - Topical Term	Whales -- Juvenile fiction
	Whaling -- New South Wales -- Juvenile fiction
	Children's stories
Subject - Geographic Name	New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Juvenile fiction
Subject - Fiction Genre	Australian historical fiction
Added Entry - Personal Name	Wilson, Mark, 1949- illustrator.