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Bran Nue Dae

The story of Bran Nue Dae concerns Willie, who having been expelled from the missionary school in …

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

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Brontide

A coming of age story about four boys and their lot in life. Recounted through storytelling sessions…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Sue McPherson Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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Burial Rites

In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Hannah Kent Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2014

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Burning Rice

These poems were written while Eileen Chong was an Australian Poetry Fellow in 2011–2012, mentored…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Eileen Chong Publisher: Pitt Street Poetry Published year: 2012

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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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By the River

A memorable YA novel about the tough and tender sides of growing up in a small country town. …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Steven Herrick Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2004

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Cafe Scheherazade

"In Acland Street, St Kilda, there stands a cafe called Scheherazade." Thus begins Arnold Zable’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Arnold Zable Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2001

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Carry Me Down

John Egan lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland. The Guinness Book of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: M. J. Hyland Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2006

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

When Jimmie Blacksmith marries a white woman, the backlash from both Jimmie′s tribe and white …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Thomas Keneally Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1972

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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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