Water Dreamers: The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent
The long-awaited history that will change the way Australians think about their country. The …
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The long-awaited history that will change the way Australians think about their country. The …
Michael Cathcart was born in Melbourne in 1956 – the year that television came to Australia. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar, the University of Melbourne, ANU and a tyre factory in Port Melbourne. He has worked as a schoolteacher, university …
View Books by Michael CathcartWritten from her home in the Sydney suburb of Annandale over a period of thirty years, but ranging …
Antigone Kefala’s writing is remarkable for its clarity, intensity and austerity. Intimate in its recollections, social in nature, the Journals establishes her as one of Australia’s great diarists. Antigone Kefala has written four works of …
View Books by Antigone Kefala‘Frank, enraging and captivating.' The New Yorker Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known …
Teacher Resource Essay 1 Essay 2Geraldine Brooks is the Australian-born author of the bestselling novels Caleb's Crossing, People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the acclaimed non-fiction works Nine Parts Of …
View Books by Geraldine BrooksA narrative non-fiction picture book about the life of Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang, Australia’s …
Teacher ResourceFrane Lessac is an author and illustrator of international renown having over forty children's books published throughout the world. She was born in the USA and lived on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and London before moving to Australia. Fran …
View Books by Frane LessacMark Greenwood is a history hunter. His award-winning books include The Legend of Lasseter’s Reef and The Legend of Moondyne Joe, both winners of the West Australian Premier’s Book Award. Mark often teams with his wife, illustrator Frané Lessac…
View Books by Mark GreenwoodBorn in 1855, Ned Kelly remains the most famous criminal in Australian history. His life has been extensively documented, and dramatised in plays, novels, poems and films. Kelly was arrested and hanged in 1880 after the famous siege of Glenrowan…
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