Memoir

A Fortunate Life

Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: A. B. Facey Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Published year: 1981

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'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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A brutally honest account of love, marriage, families and death.It wasn't until years later that…

Author: Georgia Blain Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2008

"Now for the first time I was going to live in and off the bush. Hard physical gut-busting work and …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ruby Langford Ginibi Publisher: UQP Published year: 1988

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This is an extraordinary story of courage and faith. It is based on the actual experiences of three …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Doris Pilkington Publisher: UQP Published year: 1996

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Good Muslim Boy tells the story of Osamah Sami’s journey from Iran during the Iraq war to the …

Author: Osamah Sami Publisher: Hardie Grant Published year: 2015

Hoi Polloi recounts a childhood spent on racetracks and in bars, as the author’s parents struggle …

Author: Craig Sherborne Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2005

The remarkable life story of a leading Aboriginal community activist who grew up in a camp in …

Author: Heather Goodall, Isabel Flick Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2004

Jeanine Leane grew up on a sheep farm near Gundagai, and the stories are based on her childhood …

Author: Jeanine Leane Publisher: UQP Published year: 2011

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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