Essays

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

Essay by Patrick Holland There are always two landscapes in a Malouf story. The one you can touch …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: David Malouf Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2007

By Billy Griffiths David Unaipon’s Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines is part of the …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: David Unaipon Publisher: MUP Published year: 1930

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

Essay by Bernadette Brennan Has our public language really deteriorated to the point where we no…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Don Watson Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2004

Essay by Nicole Moore It is eight o’clock in the evening on the 21st of January, 1971, and the …

Year: Tertiary Book Author: Dorothy Hewett Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1972

Essay by Noëlle Janaczewska Dorothy Hewett belongs to a long line of women who spoke out of turn…

Year: Tertiary Book Author: Dorothy Hewett Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1972

Essay by Delys Bird Elizabeth Jolley's personal and publishing history is well known. She …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Book Author: Elizabeth Jolley Publisher: UQP Published year: 1980

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

Essay by James Bradley Gail Jones' fifth novel, Five Bells, is many things: a love letter to …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Gail Jones Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2011