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Narrative History

Stasiland

Truth can be stranger – and more fascinating – than fiction. Anna Funder tells extraordinary…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Anna Funder Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2003

Teacher Resource Essay

Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance

The true story of the Aboriginal resistance fighter, Jandamarra, whose legend is etched into the …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Banjo Woorunmurra, Howard Pedersen Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 1995

Teacher Resource

Dark Emu

Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Bruce Pascoe Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2014

Teacher Resource

Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines

David Unaipon – the man on the $50 note – was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: David Unaipon Publisher: MUP Published year: 1930

Teacher Resource Essay

A Million Wild Acres

Thirty years ago, a bomb landed in the field of Australian consciousness of itself and its land in …

Author: Eric Rolls Publisher: GHR Press Published year: 1981

The Tyranny of Distance

"One of the most illuminating books ever written on Australian history." - The Bulletin In The …

Author: Geoffrey Blainey Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2001

The Colony: A History of Early Sydney

The Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It …

Author: Grace Karskens Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

This House of Grief

Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and …

Author: Helen Garner Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2014

The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia

The publication of this book in 1981 profoundly changed the way in which we understand the history …

Author: Henry Reynolds Publisher: UNSW Press Published year: 1981

Dancing With Strangers

In January 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women, …

Author: Inga Clendinnen Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2003