Literacy

The Bodysurfers

Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach – and the tidal changes of three …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Robert Drewe Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1983

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'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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Black Inc.’s bestselling Growing Up series goes to the country – Rick Morton Growing Up in…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Rick Morton Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2022

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A novel of the cruelty of war, tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. August, 1943. …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Richard Flanagan Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2014

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

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

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Even though Midnite was seventeen, he wasn't very bright. So when his father died, his five animal …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Randolph Stow Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1967

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Romulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Raimond Gaita Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1999

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Alfred’s War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Rachel Bin Salleh Illustrator: Samantha Campbell Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Peter Temple Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2010

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A reissue of the classic Australian fantasy counting picture book which follows one dragon's dream …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Peter Pavey Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 1978

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