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The Bodysurfers

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

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

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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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Limberlost

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Robbie Arnott Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2022

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Growing Up in Country Australia

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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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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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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 F Team

Meet Tariq Nader, leader of ‘The Wolf Pack’ at Punchbowl High, who has been commanded by the new…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Rawah Arja Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2020

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Midnite

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, My Father

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

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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