Books

Ash Road

It's hot, dry and sweaty on Ash Road, where Graham, Harry and Wallace are getting their first taste …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Ivan Southall Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1966

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This Australian children's classic has now been enchanting children for 60 years. The Colin …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Colin Thiele Publisher: New Holland Publishers Published year: 1964

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'Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck.' The phrase '…

Author: Donald Horne Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1964

‘Imagine the entire population of Melbourne abandoning their homes and taking to the road in …

Author: George Johnston Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1960

Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme…

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 9 Author: Alan Seymour Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1958

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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

This masterpiece of Australian fiction was written by Randolph Stow when he was just twenty-two. It …

Year: Tertiary Author: Randolph Stow Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1958

Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and…

Year: Tertiary Author: Patrick White Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 1957

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 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

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