The Tall Man
Essay by Kim Mahood
The death
On the morning of November 19th, 2004, an Aboriginal man named …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Book Author: Chloe Hooper
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2009
The Slap
Essay by Kerryn Goldsworthy
The slap that I wanted to deliver with that book was to a culture in …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Book Author: Christos Tsiolkas
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2008
The Removalists
Essay by James McNamara
David Williamson is our most distinguished dramatist. His plays have been …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Book Author: David Williamson
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1971
The Red Shoe
Essay by Clare Bradford
In 1989 Ursula Dubosarsky published her first book, Maisie and the Pinny …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Book Author: Ursula Dubosarsky
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2006
The Pea-pickers
Essay by Lucy Treep
Eve Langley’s first novel, The Pea-pickers (1942), has surprised and …
Year:
Tertiary
Book Author: Eve Langley
Publisher:
Angus & Robertson
Published year:
1942
The One Day of the Year
Essay by Anne Pender
Provocations
The One Day of the Year is one of the most provocative plays …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10, Year 9
Book Author: Alan Seymour
Publisher:
Angus & Robertson
Published year:
1958
The Natural Way of Things
Essay by Anne Summers
It is almost impossible to believe: ten young women, all of them aged under…
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Book Author: Charlotte Wood
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2015
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Essay by Kerryn Goldsworthy
When Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his sixth novel…
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Book Author: Richard Flanagan
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Published year:
2014
The Messenger
Essay by Felicity Castagna
The underlying theme in Marcus Zusak’s novels is ordinariness. Whether…
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Book Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan Australia
Published year:
2002
The Lost Thing
Essay by Gary Crew
Written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, The Lost Thing (2000) prompts readers to …
Year:
Secondary, Year 7, Year 8
Book Author: Shaun Tan
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
2000