John of the Sirius

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After reading the manuscript of John of the’Sirius’, Kylie Tennant, the well-known Australian novelist, wrote: “Doris Chadwick has a sure taste for all the little details that children of today want to know about the children of other times. Miss Chadwick studied all the documents and old manuscripts abot1t the First Fleet until she knew exactly what happened every day of the long voyage. And against this background of fact her characters–John, Sue and all the personalities of the Sirius, from Captain Arthur Phillip to the cook, emerge as living people.”

This is a story rich in detail, written in a style easy to read, exciting, swift-moving. It combines sound scholarship with a vivid understanding of a child’s taste and joys.

Titles in Series

John of the Sirius
John of Sydney Cove
John and Nanbaree