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The Garret: Hannie Rayson

Reading Australia presents this Hannie Rayson podcast, with permission from The Garret Podcast…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Hannie Rayson Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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Unpolished Gem

This story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. In a …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alice Pung Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2006

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The ABC Book of Australian Poetry

Follow the river of poetry through country, town, the bush, the four seasons, night and day and …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Libby Hathorn Illustrator: Cassandra Allen Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2010

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The Garret: Christos Tsiolkas

Christos Tsiolkas is the author of five novels, most of which have been adapted for the screen. …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Christos Tsiolkas Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert

The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Jukuna Mona Chuguna, Pat Lowe Illustrator: Mervyn Street Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2015

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Death Sentence

Don Watson's Death Sentence is scathing, funny and brilliant. In public life the Australian …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Don Watson Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2004

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While the Billy Boils

Fifty-two of Henry Lawson's stories and sketches that he had first published in newspapers and …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Henry Lawson Publisher: SUP Published year: 1896

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

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Murray: Collected Poems

Les Murray's Collected Poems displays the full range of his poetic art. This volume contains all the…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Les Murray Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 1991

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Hope: Selected Poetry and Prose

This volume contains the best and most characteristic of a lifetime’s work by one of Australia’s…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: A. D. Hope Publisher: Halstead Press Published year: 2000

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