Dianne Bates

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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1900
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Book List in Order: 22 titles

  • Basil Bopp the Burper

  • Billy Fishbone, King of the Kids

    On the Buttibotti goldfields, a gang of orphaned kids are running wild! The leader, Billy Fishbone, and his gang, are taking a holiday from bushranging and causing chaos wherever they go. Archibald McBean Esquire, the very strict school teacher, is s...

  • Desert Dan, the Dunnyman

    Desert Dan the Dunnyman is the best dunny-builder in the business, but no-one seems to appreciate his work. When he meets up with the notorious bushranging duo Bad Brad and Mad Chad, he decides to seek revenge on the desert town - especially as his d...

  • Dora Agnes Kelly

    Dora Agnes Kelly is not your average girl. She can hit a tin can at 200 metres (by spitting) and shoe a horse in 15 minutes flat. Unfortunately, she is sent to a boarding school by her despairing parents, but luckily makes some friends and becomes th...

  • Grandma Cadbury's Water World

  • Hairy Hannah and the Grandad Gang

    Ever since red-haired Hannah can remember, she has been running wild in the bush. Then she discovers three old men, Freddy Lurk, Neddy Irk and Teddy Burke. Once respectable bankers, they retired to the bush for some peace and quiet, but soon Hannah t...

  • Jacob Fang and His Feral Family

    Out in the Gollygosh George in the middle of Australia is a hidden waterhole. And camped by that waterhole is the deadliest, dirtiest, most despicable desperado - Jacob Fang. Life is very lonely for him until he holds up the coach of Schoolmarm Sue a...

  • Scrum O'Crum and the Bushranger Babes

  • Big Bad Bruce



  • The Hold-Up Heroes

    When Polly and James accidentally overhear a gang of bush rangers plotting to hold up the governor, their first thought is to tell their parents and become heroes for saving the day. They soon find out, however, that their dad might be helping the bu...

  • Crossing the Line

    Orphaned then abandoned by long-term foster carers, teenager Sophie lives with Amy and Matt.  For a long time and unknown to others, Sophie has been self-mutilating: more recently she has been in therapy. Concerned about Sophie’s increasi...

  • Aussie Kid Heroes

    Heroes. You find them in the strangest places, doing all those wonderful things. But kids can be heroes, too, in so many different ways. Author Di Bates has collected lots of stories about what Aussie kids have done to earn their stripes as heroes. A...

  • The Girl in the Basement

    A man lurks in the shadows spying on a girl in a red party dress Enter the minds of a psychopath and a defenceless teenager in this mesmerising and timely page turner with its unforeseeable twists and edge of the seat suspense Enter the minds of a ps...

  • A Game of Keeps

  • Here Comes Trouble!

    Nine Years old and always in trouble, Sam has a kind heart but more challenges than most. After Sam gets in trouble with the police, things get even worse and Sam and his four brothers and sisters are left alone when their mum goes missing. Here Come...

  • To the Moon and Back

    Claire’s mum has been keeping secrets… and now she’s left Claire’s dad and dragged her to live in a run-down old shack in the country. Did anyone ask Claire if that was what she wanted?! Not only does Claire have to leave her dad, her friends...

  • Nobody's Boy

  • Mad, Bad Jason

    Zane Fellows is shocked on the first day of school when his new teacher, Ms Plumb, has him sit next to the naughtiest boy in school. Jason Riley has a bad reputation and a disregard for the rules. Zane would prefer to sit next to his best mate, but A...

  • Wild & Wacky Adventurers

    TWO Adventurous Stories in one...TAZZIE WALLAROO & THE PERFECT MATCHThe wildest and toughest adventurers in this world - and the next - have failed to find and capture the Abominable Snowman. Famed adventurer, Tasman Wallaroo (known as Tazzie) enters...



  • Daisy's Bedtime

    A familiar bedtime story about a girl who can’t sleep, not even when mom and dad do everything they can to help her. For sleepyheads ages 4 years and up.Daisy can’t sleep! Mommy read her a story and Daddy sung her a lullaby, but nothing h...

  • Big Boss

    As a small boy goes to bed, he checks his bedroom for monsters like Heeby Jeeby, Creepy Critter and the Toe Taster. He looks under his bed, in his cupboard, behind the curtains. Satisfied they are not there he jumps into bed with his teddy bear. Befo...

  • More Wild & Wacky Adventurers

    Two new adventures from the multi-award winning duo Dianne Bates and Bill Condon, with illustrations by Cherie Dignam.In Hardnut Hannigan and the Jewel of the Jungle...Harold Hannigan's parents knew their baby was different when he fell out of his co...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dianne Bates has published 22 books.

Dianne Bates does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, More Wild & Wacky Adventurers, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Dianne Bates, Billy Fishbone, King of the Kids, was published in January 1900.

No. Dianne Bates does not write books in series.
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