ISBN 0 340 24544 1
ISBN 0 9597926 7 8
ISBN 0 908708 20 3
ISBN 0 207 15738 3
ISBN 1558586210
ISBN 1558587993
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| Roy Wagener
| 'The Desart Shore' | Self-published 1983. Reflections on the changes to the Aupouri Peninsula of northern NZ, with particular reference to gum-digging. The author and his family at one time relied heavily on the hard-won kauri gum dug out of the swamps by hand. In later years these same swamps became valuable farm and horticultural properties. Contact Myra, directly at myra@mackay.net.au
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| 'Gumfields of Aupouri' | Self-published 1977. A small booklet dedicated to descriptions of how gum (amber) was recovered from the swamps of the Aupouri Peninsula of northern NZ. Contact Myra, directly at myra@mackay.net.au
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| Alice Evans
| 'Mt Camel Calling' ISBN 0 340 24544 1 | Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1977. A woman's perspective on the early days in the Far North of New Zealand. Valuable historical record of both Wagener and Subritzky families. Contact Myra, directly at myra@mackay.net.au
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| 'Teatree Berry Kid' ISBN 0 9597926 7 8 | Published by the Northland Historical Publications Society Inc. in 1996; A personal journey from early days to now. Contact Myra, directly at myra@mackay.net.au
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| Mike Subritzky | 'The Subritzky Legend' ISBN 0 908708 20 3 | Published by Heritage Press. The history of the Subritzky family in New Zealand and Australia, with considerable information concerning the settlements of Nelson, in New Zealand's South Island (in the 1840's), of the historic Australian town of Maldon, in Victoria, Australia, and of the establishment of the various settlements in the Far North of New Zealand's North Island. Contact Mike for this and other books at 'Mikes Bookstore'
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| Noel Fatnowna
| 'Fragments of a Lost Heritage' ISBN 0 207 15738 3 | Published by Angus & Robertson. The account of a South Sea Islander growing up in Mackay, Queensland, in the days when 'Kanakas' had been forcibly imported to work in the sugar industry. A thought provoking book by a man determined to record his culture and family history, to lay open a chapter of Australia's past in light of today's comforting insularity. Availability unknown at this time. |
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| Gerda Wagener
| 'A Mouse in the House' ISBN 1558586210 | Published by North-South Books. In a comfortable children's story, young Julia, her brother and their little sister are appalled when their cat catches a mouse. When their mother startles the cat it releases the mouse to escape and run loose in the house. For several days they try to catch the mouse, and eventually trap him and release him back into the woods. First published in Switzerland, this warm family story s translated by Rosemary Lanning from the original German. |
| 'The Ghost in the Classroom' ISBN 1558587993 | Published by North-South Books. Tina is an only child, and she wants a cat of her own, but her parents declare this to be out of the question. That is, until Otto appears atop Tina's sandwich at lunchtime, invisible to anyone except children. He accompanies her to school and totally disrupts the class, then later his antics at home drive Tina's father out to the library where he finds the way he can rid the house of the imp. The solution, it seems, is a cat after all... Translated by Alison James from the original German.
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