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Stasiland

Essay by Malcolm Knox Stasiland is one of the finest works of journalism produced anywhere in the …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Anna Funder Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2003

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Tell Me I’m Here

Essay by Stephanie Dowrick A short way into Tell Me I’m Here, Anne Deveson’s magnificent …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Anne Deveson Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1991

Café Scheherazade

Essay by Angelo Loukakis In Café Scheherazade, Arnold Zable has harnessed anecdote and history…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Arnold Zable Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2001

Bush Studies

Essay by Judith Rodriguez Barbara Baynton is a hero of Australian writing because, in a decade …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Barbara Baynton Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1902

Remember Ronald Ryan

Essay by Jeff Sparrow ‘Please admit the bearer…to the execution of Ronald Joseph Ryan, on …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Barry Dickins Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1994

Sometimes Gladness

Essay by Matthew Condon Bruce Dawe's first collection of poetry – No Fixed Address – was …

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12, Year 9 Book Author: Bruce Dawe Publisher: Pearson Education Published year: 2006

Dark Roots: and short story writing

Essay by Amy Gray Short stories are often the unsung virtuosos of literature. Gone is the luxury of…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Cate Kennedy Publisher: Scribe Published year: 2012

Evil Genius

Essay by Beth Driscoll Evil Genius is set in real-world Sydney, but it is driven by a compelling …

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Book Author: Catherine Jinks Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2005

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 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