Year Published

1980

The Transit of Venus

Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to…

Author: Shirley Hazzard Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1980

Tracks

A revised, reissued fortieth anniversary edition of this prize-winning, bestselling account of one …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Robyn Davidson Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Published year: 1980

Teacher Resource Essay

John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat

Rose lived with her dog, John Brown. 'Just the two of us,' said Rose, until the mysterious midnight …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Jenny Wagner Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, Picture Puffin Published year: 1980

Teacher Resource

Honour & Other People’s Children

In Honour & Other People's Children, Helen Garner examines the idiosyncratic and bothersome …

Author: Helen Garner Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1980

Miss Peabody’s Inheritance

"Elizabeth Jolley joins the handful of Australian writers of whom it may be said that their books …

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

Teacher Resource Essay