A Little Bush Maid

Mary Grant Bruce

Jun 2015 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

Enjoyed by generations of young Australians since its publication in 1910, A Little Bush Maid is the ultimate, idyllic tale of an adventurous girl growing up in the Australian bush.

Billabong, a large cattle and sheep property in the Australian countryside, is home to twelve-year-old Norah Linton, her widowed father and her older brother, Jim. Norah's prim and proper aunts, who live in the city, consider she is in danger of "growing up wild" - riding all over Billabong on her beloved pony, Bobs, helping with mustering, and joining in all the holiday fun when Jim and his friends come home from boarding school. A fishing trip results in unexpected drama when they discover a mysterious stranger camped in the bush. Who is this stranger and why is he there? Norah's resourcefulness is tested to the full!

Ratings and reviews

True Australian Classic that will never fade - I received this book when I was a girl at an end of year school presentation. What joy to read it again. Even as an adult it's wonderful reading. Highly highly recommend.

A exciting adventure,with a mini mystery thrown in and twist on old fashoined australian bush life

About the author

Mary Grant Bruce (christened Minnie) was born in 1878 and enjoyed writing from an early age. Much of her childhood was spent on her grandparent’s property, which set the scene for the Billabong books. Her first novel, A LITTLE BUSH MAID, was published in 1910 and based on her already popular children’s serial of the same name, published weekly in the Age. It was an instant success and thirteen more Billabong books followed.Mary Grant Bruce died in 1958.