Wai Chim
Wai Chim is a first generation Chinese-American from New York City. She grew up speaking Cantonese at home and absorbing Western culture through books, TV and school. She spent some time living in Japan before making Sydney, Australia her permanent …
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Us Mob Walawurru
Central Australia, 1960s ... Ruby lives on a cattle station and goes to the ‘silver bullet' school…
Year:
Secondary, Year 8
Author:
Lisa Wilyuka, David Spillman
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2006
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This All Come Back Now: An Anthology of First Nations Speculative Fiction
A world-first collection of blackfella speculative fiction from well-known and emerging First …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Mykaela Saunders
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2022
The Yield
Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Tara June Winch
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2019
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The White Earth
One spring day in late 1992, when William was halfway between his eighth birthday and his ninth, he …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Andrew McGahan
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2005
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Essay
The Welcome to Country Handbook
The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Marcia Langton
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Publishing
Published year:
2023
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The Two Bullies
What happens with Ni-ou, the self-proclaimed 'strongest fellow in Japan' rows to China to challenge …
Year:
Primary, Year 3
Author:
Junko Morimoto
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
1998
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The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
This compelling young adult novel about growing up in a migrant Asian family with a mother who is …
Year:
Secondary, Year 9
Author:
Wai Chim
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2019
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The Silver Donkey
One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a …
Year:
Primary, Year 5, Year 6
Author:
Sonya Hartnett
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2007
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The Rabbits
A rich and haunting allegory for all ages, all cultures.
'The rabbits came many grandparents ago…
Year:
Secondary, Year 8
Author:
John Marsden
Illustrator:
Shaun Tan
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
2008
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