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Tirra Lirra by the River

Essay by Kerryn Goldsworthy In 1978, Australia’s two most coveted national literary prizes of …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Jessica Anderson Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 1978

True History of the Kelly Gang

Essay by John Kinsella A key to understanding Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang is …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Peter Carey Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2001

Truth

Essay by Shane Maloney On the Westgate Bridge, behind them a flat in Altona, a dead woman, a …

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

Death Sentence

Essay by Bernadette Brennan Has our public language really deteriorated to the point where we no…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Don Watson Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2004

Here on Earth

Essay by Danielle Clode  Literature has long provided a powerful outlet for the expression of our…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Tim Flannery Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2010

The Tall Man

Essay by Kim Mahood The death On the morning of November 19th, 2004, an Aboriginal man named …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Chloe Hooper Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

Dobson: Collected Poems

Essay by Peter Goldsworthy 'Wonder' is probably Rosemary Dobson's second most favourite word. As …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Rosemary Dobson Publisher: UQP Published year: 2012

Harwood: Collected Poems 1943–1995

Essay by Bonny Cassidy . . . [Harwood] was one of those poets I grew up with, care of my mother who…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Gwen Harwood Publisher: UQP Published year: 2003

Hope: Selected Poetry and Prose

Essay by Kerry Greenwood A. D. Hope is well recognised as one of Australia's greatest poets, who…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: A. D. Hope Publisher: Halstead Press Published year: 2000

Slessor: Selected Poems

Essay by Peter Kirkpatrick People who go in for the arts are often advised: Don't give up your day…

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