Seven Little Australians: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Seven Little Australians, credited to Ethel Sybil Turner, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

This is the story of seven incorrigible children living near Sydney in the 1880’s with their military-man father, and a stepmother who is scarcely older than the oldest child of the family. A favourite amongst generations of children for over a century, this story tells of the cheeky exploits of Meg, Pip, Judy, Bunty, Nell, Baby, and The General (who is the real baby of the family), as well as providing a fascinating insight into Australian family life in a bygone era. (Summary by Ophelia Darcy) Read by Ophelia Darcy For more information on our readers, please visit the catalog page

Recording facts

• Recording title: Seven Little Australians
• Author credits: Ethel Sybil Turner
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 4:11:30

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• children

Track guide

1. Chapter 01 - Chiefly Descriptive, Chapter 02 - Fowl For Dinner — 18:16
2. Chapter 03 - Virtue Not Always Rewarded — 19:57
3. Chapter 04 - The General Sees Active Service — 18:40
4. Chapter 05 - Next Monday Morning, Chapter 6 - The Sweetness of Sweet Sixteen — 22:15
5. Chapter 07 - What Say You to Falling in Love? — 19:42
6. Chapter 08 - A Catapault and a Catastrophe, Chapter 09 - Consequences — 16:27
7. Chapter 10 - Bunty in the Light of a Hero — 19:13
8. Chapter 11 - The Truant, Chapter 12 - Swish, swish! — 21:50
9. Chapter 13 - Uninvited Guests, Chapter 14 - The Squatter's Invitation — 21:26
10. Chapter 15 - Three Hundred Miles On The Train; Chapter 16 - Yarrahappini — 23:01
11. Chapter 17 - Cattle-drafting at Yarrahappini, Chapter 18 - The Picnic at Krangi-Bahtoo — 17:59
12. Chapter 19 - A Pale-blue hair ribbon; Chapter 20 - Little Judy — 18:18
13. Chapter 21 - When the Sun Went Down, Chapter 22 - At Last — 14:33

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