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Maralinga, the Anangu Story

An extraordinary illustrated history told from the Indigenous perspective and created through a …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, Christobel Mattingley Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

The Garret: Thomas Keneally

Reading Australia presents this Thomas Keneally podcast, with permission from The Garret Podcast…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Thomas Keneally Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2018

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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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Kath Walker in China

OUT OF PRINT Collection of poems in English with translations into Putonghua (modern standard …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Oodgeroo Noonuccal Publisher: Jacaranda Press Published year: 1988

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The Jerilderie Letter

Outlaw, murderer, self-proclaimed victim, Ned Kelly is an Australian icon. But who was he? Kelly…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Ned Kelly Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1879

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My Place (Nadia Wheatley)

Everyone is part of History, and every place has a story as old as the earth. My Place depicts …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Nadia Wheatley Illustrator: Donna Rawlins Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 1987

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Ned Kelly and the Green Sash

A narrative non-fiction picture book about the life of Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang, Australia’s …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Mark Greenwood Illustrator: Frane Lessac Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2010

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The Welcome to Country Handbook

The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Marcia Langton Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2023

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Finding Eliza

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Fiona Foley, Finding …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Larissa Behrendt Publisher: UQP Published year: 2016

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The Secret River

In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Kate Grenville Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2005

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