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Critical and Creative Thinking

The Arrival

A unique 128-page, textless graphic novel, in black, white and sepia, The Arrival draws its …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2006

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Tomorrow, When the War Began

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: John Marsden Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 1993

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The Gathering

When Nathanial and his mother move to the quiet, safe streets of Cheshunt, he immediately senses …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Isobelle Carmody Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1993

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Blueback

Blueback is an achingly beautiful story about family, belonging, and living a life in tune with the …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Tim Winton Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1997

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While the Billy Boils

Fifty-two of Henry Lawson's stories and sketches that he had first published in newspapers and …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Henry Lawson Publisher: SUP Published year: 1896

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The Complete Stories

Thirty-one epic stories from Australia's award-winning author David Malouf. David Malouf's …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: David Malouf Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2007

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Janette Turner Hospital Collected Stories

OUT OF PRINT This collection brings together in one distinguished volume a range of stories written…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Janette Turner Hospital Publisher: UQP Published year: 1995

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Bush Studies

Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism—for not romanticising bush life, instead showing all …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Barbara Baynton Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1902

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The Bodysurfers

Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach – and the tidal changes of three …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Robert Drewe Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1983

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The Boat

The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

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