Bücher veröffentlicht von James Timothy Connelly

Jim Connelly revels in the histories and mysteries of his native Gippsland (Round and About in Gippsland, Stories of old Gippsland, Growing up in Garfield). Here he writes of twelve famous Australians who have called Gippsland home. They range from scientists (Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet) to writers (Mary Grant Bruce) to boxers (Lionel Rose). All have walked the green green grass of Gippsland.

Prolific Gippsland author, Jim Connelly, digs into the past to find twenty tales of intrigue and adventure, bringing them to life with his distinctive flair. Take a journey into Gippsland's and Australia's colourful past.

Molly's farm lies next to the snow-covered peaks of the Alpine National Park in Australia's high country. Beauty is Molly's treasured four-month-old foal. With her mother, Beauty breaks out and joins the wild bush horses that run in the National Park. In the months that follow, Beauty falls into other, crueller hands. The time comes when Molly has to decide whether to keep Beauty for herself or return her to the free life of the mountain brumbies. What would you do? What does Molly do? No peeping to the last page! This is a story full of warm human feelings as well as a good deal of solid horse sense!

Well-known Australian author, Jim Connelly, gives us another series of quirky observations on himself and his local community. In this volume he adds another dimension: a collection of his original bush verse, some comic, some old-world sentimental, all bearing his special brand of sympathetic understanding of human nature.

This is the story of the coming together of families of British and Irish stock, translated from the Old World to the New. The Hazards of ancient English lineage, conjoined with the Tooths of similar English background, joined in the new land of Australia with the Connellys from Ireland. Here, subsequent generations flourished. How much do they owe to their European forebears? Are these truly new families or transplanted Britons?

In this action-packed third book in the 'Tom and Anna' series, Tom and Anna are joined by their class-mate, Danny, as they hunt down a violent gang of criminals smuggling rare birds overseas. Their investigations take them far afield - into the Australian bush and to faraway Switzerland. Another triumph for brains and bravery over the forces of evil.

Our two young heroes, Tom Sinclair and Anna Kavanagh, are at it again. This time they are confronted by the puzzling disappearance of a large number of dogs, including their friend, Mia's. Without warning they are thrown into a desperate situation and barely escape without harm. In a spectacular climax they secure the arrest of their attacker and are led towards a solution of the case of the disappearing dogs.