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Father’s Day

Tony Birch has an eye for life lived at the margins and in Father’s Day he brings the streets of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tony Birch Publisher: Hunter Publishers Published year: 2009

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The Floating World

The story of a returned serviceman's descent into madness on a cruise ship bound for Japan. …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: John Romeril Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1975

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A Mother’s Disgrace

'A journey of identity by a virtuoso in language and master of narrative control . . . a brave, …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Robert Dessaix Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1994

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For the Term of His Natural Life

The classic novel of convict Australia, For the Term of His Natural Life is a novel of tremendous …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Marcus Clarke Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 1874

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The Slap

To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Christos Tsiolkas Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

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No Sugar

Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jack Davis Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1985

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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Ray Lawler's revised script (2012) of his (and Australia's) most famous play, in which two larrikin …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

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The Female Eunuch

A worldwide bestseller, translated into over twelve languages, The Female Eunuch is a landmark in …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Germaine Greer Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1970

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Don’t Take Your Love to Town

A seminal work of Indigenous memoir. Ruby Langford Ginibi’s remarkable talent for storytelling …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ruby Langford Ginibi Publisher: UQP Published year: 1988

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Carpentaria

Carpentaria is an epic of the Gulf country of north-western Queensland. Its portrait of life in the…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alexis Wright Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2006

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