Memoir

A Fortunate Life

Born in 1894, and first sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a …

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: A.B. Facey Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 1981

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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 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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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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'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

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

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

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

Winner of the David Unaipon Award, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jeanine Leane Publisher: UQP Published year: 2011

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

Author: Jennifer Isaacs Publisher: UQP Published year: 1995