Books

Hope: Selected Poetry and Prose

This volume contains the best and most characteristic of a lifetime’s work by one of Australia’s…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: A. D. Hope Publisher: Halstead Press Published year: 2000

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Black Rock White City

Black Rock White City is a novel about the damages of war, the limits of choice, and the hope of …

Author: A. S. Patrić Publisher: Transit Lounge Published year: 2015

A Fortunate Life

Born in 1894, and first sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a …

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: A.B. Facey Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 1981

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Mulga Bill’s Bicycle

Celebrating 50 years in print, this is a new edition of the classic children's poem by Australia's …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: A.B. Paterson Illustrator: Deborah Niland, Kilmeny Niland Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1973

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Zac and Mia

The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: A.J. Betts Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2013

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The Garret: Zac and Mia

A.J. Betts' novel Zac and Mia won the 2012 Text Prize and the 2014 Ethel Turner Prize for …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: A.J. Betts Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way…

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Aaron Blabey Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

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Contemporary Asian Australian Poets

This ground-breaking anthology collects poems written by Australian poets who are migrants, their …

Author: Adam Aitken, Kim Cheng Boey, Michelle Cahill Publisher: Puncher & Wattmann Published year: 2013

Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller

Chosen for National Simultaneous Storytime 2026, Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller delivers a high-energy…

Year: Foundation, Primary, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Adam Jackson, Adrian Lloyd Illustrator: Jake A. Minton Publisher: Little Book Press Published year: 2025

The One Day of the Year

Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme…

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 9 Author: Alan Seymour Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1958

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