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The Lost Thing

Essay by Gary Crew Written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, The Lost Thing (2000) prompts readers to …

Year: Secondary, Year 7, Year 8 Book Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2000

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 Australia Published year: 2002

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Essay by Kerryn Goldsworthy When Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his sixth novel…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Richard Flanagan Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2014

The Natural Way of Things

Essay by Anne Summers It is almost impossible to believe: ten young women, all of them aged under…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Charlotte Wood Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2015

The One Day of the Year

Essay by Anne Pender Provocations The One Day of the Year is one of the most provocative plays …

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 9 Book Author: Alan Seymour Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1958

The Pea-pickers

Essay by Lucy Treep Eve Langley’s first novel, The Pea-pickers (1942), has surprised and …

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

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The Red Shoe

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

The Removalists

Essay by James McNamara David Williamson is our most distinguished dramatist. His plays have been …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: David Williamson Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1971

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The Slap

Essay by Kerryn Goldsworthy The slap that I wanted to deliver with that book was to a culture in …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Christos Tsiolkas Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

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