Books

They’re A Weird Mob

Who the hell’s Nino Culotta. That’s what you asked yourself when you first picked up this book, …

Author: John O’Grady Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1957

Ray Lawler's revised script (2012) of his (and Australia's) most famous play, in which two larrikin …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

Teacher Resource Essay

In the history of Australian literature few books have been so controversial than Frank Hardy's …

Author: Frank Hardy Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1950

Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1948

Teacher Resource Essay

The definitive collection of work from one of Australia's preeminent twentieth century poets, …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Kenneth Slessor Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1944

Teacher Resource Essay

In The Pea-pickers, a novel based on Eve Langley's own experiences, Steve and Blue are two girls who…

Year: Tertiary Author: Eve Langley Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1942

Essay

The flowers flared up from the ground unconquerable. The unrepentant gaiety of the weed, the burning…

Author: Kylie Tennant Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1941

'I consider Brumby Innes to be in a class by itself', wrote theatre director Gregan McMahon in 1927…

Year: Tertiary Author: Katharine Susannah Prichard Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1940

The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Christina Stead Publisher: MUP Published year: 1940

Teacher Resource

Spanning three generations, Capricornia tells the story of Australia's north. It is a story of …

Author: Xavier Herbert Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1938