Memoir

Wandjuk Marika: Life Story

Wandjuk Marika: Life Story is the autobiography of one of Australia's greatest indigenous statesmen…

Author: Jennifer Isaacs Publisher: UQP Published year: 1995

Velocity tells the moving, painful but often hilarious story of Mandy Sayer's childhood and …

Author: Mandy Sayer Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2005

'I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but …

Author: Clive James Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 1981

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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This inspirational, bestselling true Australian story is now published in multiple countries, …

Year: Secondary Author: Robert Hoge Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2015

'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing …

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

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Barbara Hanrahan was both a writer and a visual artist, and this magical first novel is an …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Barbara Hanrahan Publisher: UQP Published year: 1973

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Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom blonde-brick. Family of five. Beat-up Ford …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2016

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This is the compelling story of Jonathan, a charming teenager who turns into a fearful and tormented…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Anne Deveson Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1991

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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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