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Essay by Alice Pung When I first read Melina Marchetta's much-loved book, Looking…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Book Author: Melina Marchetta Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Published year: 1992

Essay by Elizabeth Webby What is an anthology? The term comes from two Greek words meaning ‘…

Book Author: Nicholas Jose Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

Essay by Robyn Sheahan-Bright Fox was a contemporary classic the minute it was published – an …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Book Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2000

Essay by Monique Rooney Ruth Park's Playing Beatie Bow (1980) is a fantastical, time-travel novel …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Book Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Published year: 1982

Essay by Clare Bradford In 1989 Ursula Dubosarsky published her first book, Maisie and the Pinny …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2006

Essay by Pamela Freeman The wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia on the coast of Western Australia in…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Book Author: Gary Crew Publisher: Hachette Australia, Hachette Childrens Published year: 1990

Essay by Melissa Lucashenko Is it possible to feel too much? For millennia, stories from around …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Wesley Enoch Publisher: Playlab Published year: 1996

Essay by Judith Rodriguez 'Away', as a title, gives little away. It's a common word that's …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Michael Gow Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1986

Essay by David Berthold The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Nick Enright Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1996

Essay by Anna Haebich The 2010 film adaptation of Bran Nue Dae was a risky venture for Rachel …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Jimmy Chi Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1991