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A Fortunate Life

Born in 1894, and first sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a …

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: A.B. Facey Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 1981

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Playing Beatie Bow

'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1982

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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 Children’s Bach

Athena and Dexter lead an enclosed family life, innocent of fashion and bound towards a disturbed …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Helen Garner Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1984

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No Sugar

Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jack Davis Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1985

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Lilian’s Story

The heartwarming story of Lilian Singer, who starts life at the beginning of the twentieth century …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Kate Grenville Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 1985

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Away

Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespearean themes of …

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

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Don’t Take Your Love to Town

"Now for the first time I was going to live in and off the bush. Hard physical gut-busting work and …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ruby Langford Ginibi Publisher: UQP Published year: 1988

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Kath Walker in China

Collection of poems in English with translations into Putonghua (modern standard Chinese) on Chinese…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) Publisher: Jacaranda Press Published year: 1988

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It’s Raining in Mango

Wresting his family from the easy living of nineteenth–century Sydney, Cornelius Laffey takes them…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Thea Astley Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1989

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