Books

Brontide

A coming of age story about four boys and their lot in life. Recounted through storytelling sessions…

Author: Sue McPherson Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

Bastard Boys is the story of the fight that stopped the nation – the 1998 battle for Australia's …

Author: Sue Smith Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 2007

An unforgettable collection of short fiction, poetry and comic art from Australia and beyond… A…

Author: Susan La Marca, Pam Macintyre Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2012

The best-selling I Am Jack is regarded as the go-to book about the bullying issue and the award-…

Author: Susanne Gervay Illustrator: Cathy Wilcox Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2000

Cuddle up with someone from your family and visit 15 of Australia’s native animals and their …

Author: Tai Snaith Publisher: Thames and Hudson Published year: 2012

When May's mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Tara June Winch Publisher: UQP Published year: 2006

Teacher Resource Essay

Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tara June Winch Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2019

Wresting his family from the easy living of nineteenth–century Sydney, Cornelius Laffey takes them…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Thea Astley Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1989

Teacher Resource Essay

In this widely acclaimed volume, bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of…

Author: Thomas Keneally Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 1999

When Jimmie Blacksmith marries a white woman, the backlash from both Jimmie′s tribe and white …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Thomas Keneally Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1972

Teacher Resource Essay