Never lose hope : the story of Australia's first school

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The work Never lose hope : the story of Australia's first school represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Never lose hope : the story of Australia's first school

Title remainder

the story of Australia's first school

Statement of responsibility

Mark Wilson

Creator

• Wilson, Mark, 1949-

Author

• Wilson, Mark, 1949-

Subject

• Hudson, John -- Juvenile fiction
• Hudson, John -- Pictorial works | Juvenile literature
• Prisoners -- New South Wales | Port Jackson -- Juvenile fiction
• Prisoners -- New South Wales | Port Jackson -- Pictorial works | Juvenile literature
• Rosson, Isabella -- Juvenile fiction
• Rosson, Isabella -- Pictorial works | Juvenile literature
• Australian fiction
• Schools -- New South Wales | Port Jackson -- Pictorial works | Juvenile literature
• Schools -- New South Wales | Port Jackson -- Juvenile fiction
• Biographies

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile literature
• Pictorial works
• Biographies
• Australian fiction

Language

eng

Summary

John is a child convict, transported to New South Wales for stealing a shirt. Life is grim in the fledgling colony and when food runs short, John once again has to steal to survive. Starving and alone, he is taken in by Australia's first schoolteacher, Isabella Rosson. In her simple classroom, John learns to read and write and soon becomes her star pupil - until he is discovered by the soldiers and again sent away in chains. Yet John never forgets Isabella's lessons, the power of words - and the hope for a brighter future

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

AU@

Index

no index present

Intended audience

For primary school age

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

primary