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Age range 5+ The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on aThursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year. Today was Sunday. Four more days without sugar. Four more days until the Christmas train. Please,please be on time. Please don't be late.
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*WINNER ABIA Small Publisher Children's Book of the Year*
*WINNER MAPDA Children's Book Design Award*
*SHORTLISTED CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information Books*
*NOTABLE BOOK CBCA Picture Book*
*NOTABLE BOOK CBCA Younger Readers*
The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on a Thursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year.
Today was Sunday.
Four more days without sugar.
Four more days until the Christmas train. Please, please be on time. Please don't be late.
For 81 years, from 1915 to 1996, the Tea and Sugar Train travelled from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie once a week.It serviced the settlements along the Nullarbor Plain, a 1050-long rail link. It was a lifeline.There were no shops or services in these settlements. The train carried everything they needed-household goods, groceries, fruit and vegetables, a butcher's van, banking facilities and at one time even a theatrette car for showing films.The biggest excitement for the children was the first Thursday of December every year, when Father Christmas travelled the line. He distributed gifts to all the children on the way, including those of railway workers, those in isolated communities, and station kids.
Join Kathleen in the outback as she eagerly awaits the Christmas Tea and Sugar train. Will she meet Father Christmas? Will she receive a Christmas gift from him?A delightful, heart-warming story from the National Library of Australia that will intrigue, captivate and introduce readers to a slice of the past.Wonderful sensitive illustrations, including a beautiful double fold-out image showing the shops inside all the carriages.
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ISBN: 9781922507402
Publisher: National Library of Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2022
Country: Australia
Imprint: National Library of Australia
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Robert Ingpen
- Illustrated by Robert Ingpen
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 225.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 36
About the Author
Jane Jolly is a primary school teacher of 35 years' experience. She has taught in Aboriginal schools, area schools and primary schools. In 1983 she worked as a governess on Commonwealth Hill Station. She now works part time as a teacher/librarian at Eastern Fleurieu School in South Australia, teaching creative writing and literature appreciation. Jane has had three picture books published, each earning a Notable Award from the Children's Book Council of Australia.
Robert Ingpen was born in 1936 in Geelong, Victoria, and still lives and works nearby in Barwon Heads. In a long career as an illustrator and writer, he has published several books on Australian life. In 1986 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature and has been honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia.
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