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The Battlers

The flowers flared up from the ground unconquerable. The unrepentant gaiety of the weed, the burning…

Author: Kylie Tennant Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1941

Finding Eliza

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Fiona Foley, Finding …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Larissa Behrendt Publisher: UQP Published year: 2016

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The Garret: Finding Eliza

Larissa Behrendt, a Eualeyai and Kamillaroi woman, is a writer, lawyer and academic. This …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Larissa Behrendt Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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The Drover’s Wife

Tarantino meets Deadwood in this full-throttle drama of our colonial past, written by the …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 2017

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The Garret: The Drover’s Wife

Leah Purcell, a proud Goa, Gunggari, Wakka Wakka Murri woman, is a multi-award-winning author, …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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Iris and the Tiger

Twelve-year-old Iris has been sent to Spain on a mission: to make sure her elderly and unusual aunt…

Author: Leanne Hall Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2016

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Race Against Time

'Race against Time vigorously and clearly apprehends the facts of mortality while eschewing the …

Year: Tertiary Author: Lee Cataldi Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1998

The Big Book of Old Tom

Angela Throgmorton lives alone and likes it that way. One day she finds an unusual bundle on her …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Leigh Hobbs Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2014

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The Garret: Leigh Hobbs

Leigh Hobbs is the 2016-2017 Australian Children's Laureate. The theme for Hobbs’s term as …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leigh Hobbs Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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Mr Chicken All Over Australia

Australia is big, but so is Mr Chicken. He can't wait to go everywhere, see everything and meet …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Leigh Hobbs Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2019

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