Maggie Prewett
Maggie Prewett is a descendent of the Ngarluma people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She grew up in Perth, and studied Design and Illustration at Perth Technical College.
From an early age, art and literature were encouraged, …
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Mahtab’s Story
The vivid and compelling story of a young girl fleeing Afghanistan with her family and their journey…
Year:
Secondary, Year 7
Author:
Libby Gleeson
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2008
Teacher Resource
Essay
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington …
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Author:
Christina Stead
Publisher:
MUP
Published year:
1940
Teacher Resource
Mandy Sayer
Mandy Sayer won the Australian Vogel Award at age 26 for her first novel Mood Indigo. Since then she has published five works of fiction and two anthologies, and has been named by the Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australia's Best Young Novelists…
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Maralinga, the Anangu Story
An extraordinary illustrated history told from the Indigenous perspective and created through a …
Author:
Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, Christobel Mattingley
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2009
Marcia Langton
Professor Marcia Langton AO PhD Macq U, BA (Hons) ANU, FASSA is one of Australia's most important voices for Indigenous Australia. As an anthropologist and geographer, she has made a significant contribution to government and non-government policy as…
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Marcus Clarke
Marcus Clarke is best known for his classic novel of the convict system, For the Term of His Natural Life, although he also wrote numerous essays, stories and plays and edited literary journals.
Born in London, educated as a gentleman and expected…
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Maree Coote
One of the very first to identify the contemporary rise of Melbourne’s cultural and place power, Maree Coote has won The Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s Gold Prize for ‘The Art of Being Melbourne’. Her unique command of history, …
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Margaret Wild
Margaret Wild is one of Australia's most-loved picture book authors.
She has written over twenty books, many of which have appeared in foreign editions. All have been highly acclaimed. Jenny Angel (which was inspired by her brother's death at the…
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Margrete Lamond
Margrete Lamond is a picture book publisher and creative director. She is excited by all things in the world of words and illustrations, particularly the magical integration of words and illustrations as they manifest in picture books.
Margrete has …
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