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The Children’s Bach

Athena and Dexter lead an enclosed family life, innocent of fashion and bound towards a disturbed …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Helen Garner Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1984

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The Morality of Gentlemen

A true classic, The Morality of Gentlemen was first published in 1984. It is one of a few great …

Author: Amanda Lohrey Publisher: Vulgar Press Published year: 1984

Oh Lucky Country

Oh Lucky Country (Paese fortunato) uses first-person point of view to inflate migrant oppression to …

Author: Rosa Cappiello Publisher: SUP Published year: 1984

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home. When he finds out that his …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Mem Fox Illustrator: Julie Vivas Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 1984

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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

Doctor Wooreddy’s Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World

The author evokes with irony the bewilderment and frailty of the best native Tasmanians, as they …

Author: Mudrooroo Nyoongah (Colin Johnson) Publisher: Hyland House Published year: 1983

The Bodysurfers

Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach – and the tidal changes of three …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Robert Drewe Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1983

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Five Times Dizzy

Together Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli tell the tale of Mareka and the Wilson kids…

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Nadia Wheatley Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1982

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Playing Beatie Bow

Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1982

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Who Sank the Boat?

Who sank the boat? Was it the cow or the donkey or the sheep with her knitting? Surely it wasn’t …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Pamela Allen Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1982

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