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Welcome to Country Youth Edition

– Professor Marcia Langton Written by one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous voices, …

Author: Marcia Langton Publisher: Hardie Grant Published year: 2019

This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983

As the bells in the tower of Sydney's General Post Office chimed eight o'clock on the evening of …

Author: Ken Inglis Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 1983

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 Tyranny of Distance

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

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

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

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

The Australian Legend

In this classic piece of Australian literary heritage, Russell Ward looks at the ideals, traits and …

Author: Russel Ward Publisher: Oxford University Press Published year: 1958

Stasiland

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

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

Teacher Resource Essay

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

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: 2011

Teacher Resource