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Reading Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence – Aboriginal Child Removal in 2017

Essay by Hannah McGlade Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (1996) is the story of three young Aboriginal …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Book Author: Doris Pilkington Publisher: UQP Published year: 1996

Mirror

Essay by Robin Morrow When a full account of the rise and fall of the printed book is written, the…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Book Author: Jeannie Baker Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 2011

Wright: Collected Poems

Essay by Judith Rodriguez At the end of World War II, Judith Wright was thirty, and less than a year…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Judith Wright Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1994

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Mahtab’s Story

Essay by Yassmin Abdel-Magied ‘We must stop the boats.’ It’s a phrase every Australian has …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Book Author: Libby Gleeson Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

‘The Liquid City, the Uncertain Horizon’: Peter Temple’s Truth and Truthfulness

Essay by Stephen Knight (University of Melbourne) 1. Towards Truth Australians have always been …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Peter Temple Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2010

The Chapel Perilous

Essay by Nicole Moore It is eight o’clock in the evening on the 21st of January, 1971, and the …

Year: Tertiary Book Author: Dorothy Hewett Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1972

The White Earth

Essay by Rebecca Starford Fire is an element deeply embedded in the Australian consciousness. In …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Andrew McGahan Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2005

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The Messenger

Essay by Felicity Castagna The underlying theme in Marcus Zusak’s novels is ordinariness. Whether …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Pan Macmillan Published year: 2002

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Zac and Mia

Essay by Agnes Nieuwenhuizen In the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s there was a flurry of what were …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: A. J. Betts Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2013

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Don’t Call Me Ishmael

Essay by Miriam Cosic It’s not easy having a weird name, as many teenagers with foreign or …

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Book Author: Michael Gerard Bauer Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

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